Cavity nucleation, growth and stress field in elastic-plastic medium

A finite element method is used to study the cavity nucleation and growth in an elastic-plastic medium. The critical cohesion strength, _c at IPM (interface between second phase particle and matrix) is employed as the criterion of cavity formation. Three different values of _c are taken to examine their influence on the overall mechanical behaviour and process of cavity formation.     

The effects of flow rate and distance travelled on the mobility of phosphate in soils

Effects of flow rate and distance travelled on average mobilities of phosphate in a soil are estimated from breakthrough curves of phosphate at the outlets of small columns of soil, following step increases in the concentration at the inlets. Experimental results are compared with results from a computer simulation model of leached columns of soil.Average mobilities of phosphate in columns of soil, following a step increase in the input concentration, decrease with decreasing rate of flow and with increasing distance travelled and appear to be linearly correlated on a logarithmic scale with both flow rate and distance travelled. An empirical equation, describing these relationships, is fitted to data from leaching experiments at flow rates between 30 and 600 cm/day in 10 cm long columns of soil. Coefficients are obtained by curve fitting breakthrough curves, calculated with a numerical computer simulation model, to experimental breakthrough curves. The fitted equation enables extrapolation to flow rates and travel distances that are more relevant to a field situation.     

Mechanical model of lung parenchyma as a two-phase porous medium

The anatomy and geometry of the lung at the micro- and macroscopic level have been described briefly. A notion of lung parenchyma — a macroscopically continuous medium whose mechanical properties result from those of microstructural components — has been adapted. Simplifying assumptions propounded in the constitutive model have been discussed. Two phases have been distinguished in the medium: the solid phase — a highly deformable, nonlinearly elastic skeleton in the form of a thin-walled tissue structure on the micro-scale — and the fluid phase — perfect gas (air) filterating through the structure. General constitutive relations for both phases and their mechanical interactions have ben formulated. Further, the fundamental set of differential equations of the quasi-static coupled problem has been developed. Large deformations, material nonlinearities, and dependence of permeability on skeleton deformation have been included. Matrix formulation of the problem has been presented from the point of view of the finite element method. An implicit iterative time integration scheme has been proposed. The algorithm has been illustrated with results of simple numerical tests.     

Recent advances in numerical modelling of geomaterials

Geomaterials are modelled as deforming multiphase porous media with a solid, liquid and/or gaseous phase. The models differ according to the mass transfer mechanism taking place at high, medium or low water content. The Finite Element Method is used for the discretization in space of the governing equations.

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Sommario Geomateriali, cioè terre, rocce, calcestruzzi, sono modellati come mezzi porosi multifase, deformabili, composti quindi da una fase solida, da une fase liquida e/o una gassosa. I modelli relativi differiscono secondo il meccanismo di trasporto di massa che prevale ad alto, medio o basso contenuto d'acqua. Il metodo degli elementi finiti è utilizzato per la discretizzazione spaziale e temporale delle equazioni differenziali che governano il problema.

     

停歇对疲劳裂纹扩展超载迟滞效应影响的研究

本文用 16 Mn和 A 537 两种普通低合金钢试件,较系统地研究了停歇对疲劳超载迟滞效应的影响。研究表明,疲劳载荷中的停歇对超载迟滞效应有明显影响,其影响的程度大小与停歇时的载荷 P_H,停歇时间 t_H 等因素密切相关;不但可能使试件的疲劳寿命减少,也可能使试件的疲劳寿命增加。在工程结构疲劳设计、分析及应用超载迟滞效应时应予以注意。     

THE HOLDER CONTINUITY OF GENERALIZED SOLUTIONS OF A CLASS QUASILINEAR PARABOLIC EQUATIONS

I.IntroductionLetFbethen-dimensionalEuclideanspaceandGaboundeddomaininM,WI(C)andM(C)beusualSobolevspaces.Let0相似文献   

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疲劳裂纹扩展门槛值的研究进展

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Basic features of plastic strains: From micro-mechanics to incrementally nonlinear models

Most rate-independent constitutive relations for granular materials are based on the existence of a regular flow rule. This assumption states that once the mechanical state of a material point belongs to the yield surface, then the direction of the plastic strains is independent of the loading direction. In this paper, the notion of a regular flow rule is shown to exist only for two-dimensional and axisymmetric loading conditions. By considering our incrementally nonlinear constitutive model, it is established that this notion disappears as soon as more general loading conditions are applied, as also predicted from discrete element simulations. Moreover, a sound micro-mechanical interpretation of the vanishing of a regular flow rule in three-dimensional loading conditions is given from a multi-scale perspective using the micro-directional model. This model highlights the great influence of the loading history on the shape of the plastic Gudehus response-envelope.