A theory of finite tensile deformation of double-network hydrogels

A continuum damage model was developed to describe the finite tensile deformation of tough double-network (DN) hydrogels synthesized by polymerization of a water-soluble monomer inside a highly crosslinked rigid polyelectrolyte network. Damage evolution in DN hydrogels was characterized by performing loading-unloading tensile tests and oscillatory shear rheometry on DN hydrogels synthesized from 3-sulfopropyl acrylate potassium salt (SAPS) and acrylamide (AAm). The model can explain all the mechanical features of finite tensile deformation of DN hydrogels, including idealized Mullins effect and permanent set observed after unloading, qualitatively and quantitatively. The constitutive equation can describe the finite elasto-plastic tensile behavior of DN hydrogels without resorting to a yield function. It was showed that tensile mechanics of DN hydrogels in the model is controlled by two material parameters which are related to the elastic moduli of first and second networks. In effect, the ratio of these two parameters is a dimensionless number that controls the behavior of material. The model can capture the stable branch of material response during neck propagation where engineering stress becomes constant. Consistent with experimental data, by increasing the elastic modulus of the second network the finite tensile behavior of the DN hydrogel changes from necking to strain hardening.     

社会网络环境下保护少数意见的风险性大群体应急决策方法

大群体决策过程中,少数意见十分重要,但考虑少数意见又有一定风险性,本文提出了一种社会网络环境下保护少数意见的风险性大群体应急决策方法。首先,利用自然语言处理技术对社交媒体中公众对突发事件的传播信息进行关键词提取,再采用TF-IDF技术提取公众关心的事件属性并确定属性权重;其次,将专家之间的联系考虑到决策当中,构建决策专家之间的社会网络关系;然后,建立少数意见的识别和风险测度机制,并定义了两个风险系数:信任风险系数和偏好风险系数,通过少数意见聚集的信任风险系数调节少数意见聚集的权重,通过偏好风险系数调节群体共识,以得到共识水平较高的大群体决策方案;最后,通过“7.1”宁乡洪灾案例分析,验证了所提方法的可行性和有效性。     

薄板结构加筋布局优化设计方法研究

提出一种两步优化策略，以加筋板结构的固有频率最大化为目标函数，以结构所受外载荷作用的最大静变形为约束条件，开展薄板结构加筋构件的布局优化设计研究。为了降低加筋布局优化的难度，提高优化设计的效率，将加筋等效为一系列弹性铰（点）支撑，以便快速获得加筋横向移动的灵敏度信息。在基本不改变结构重量的情形下，通过合理布局加筋位置，能显著改善结构的刚度分布，提高结构的整体承载能力。随后，小幅调整加筋的截面尺寸，以满足对结构最大变形的设计要求。最后，用两个算例验证了所提优化方法的可行性和有效性。     

Asymptotic results for weighted means of linear combinations of independent Poisson random variables

ABSTRACT

In this paper we prove the large deviation principle for a class of weighted means of linear combinations of independent Poisson distributed random variables, which converge weakly to a normal distribution. The interest in these linear combinations is motivated by the diffusion approximation in Lansky [On approximations of Stein's neuronal model, J. Theoret. Biol. 107 (1984), pp. 631–647] of the Stein's neuronal model (see Stein [A theoretical analysis of neuronal variability, Biophys. J. 5 (1965), pp. 173–194]). We also prove an analogue result for sequences of multivariate random variables based on the diffusion approximation in Tamborrino, Sacerdote, and Jacobsen [Weak convergence of marked point processes generated by crossings of multivariate jump processes. Applications to neural network modeling, Phys. D 288 (2014), pp. 45–52]. The weighted means studied in this paper generalize the logarithmic means. We also investigate moderate deviations.     

Ergodic properties of some piecewise-deterministic Markov process with application to gene expression modelling

We investigate a piecewise-deterministic Markov process with a Polish state space, whose deterministic behaviour between random jumps is governed by a finite number of semiflows. We provide tractable conditions ensuring a form of exponential ergodicity and the strong law of large numbers for the chain given by the post-jump locations. Further, we establish a one-to-one correspondence between invariant measures of the chain and those of the continuous-time process. These results enable us to derive the strong law of large numbers for the latter. The studied dynamical system is inspired by certain models of gene expression, which are also discussed here.     

基于六面体网格的向量式有限元分析及应用

基于向量式有限元基本原理，给出了八节点六面体等参实体单元的基本公式，通过投影方式将空间曲面六面体转换为投影六面体，采用参考面的逆向运动求解节点纯变形，通过单元形函的虚功方程计算节点内力；针对坐标模式和内力积分模式等关键问题提出了有效的处理方案。编制了六面体实体单元的数值计算程序，并进行工程结构算例分析。结果表明，所编制程序可有效模拟实体结构的静力、动力及大变形大位移行为分析，验证了本文理论和程序的正确性和实用性。     

Opposed type double stage cell for Mbar pressure experiment with large sample volume

ABSTRACT

A new opposed type double-stage large volume cell has been developed to compress large volume samples to more than 100?GPa (Mbar) pressure. A pair of second-stage diamond anvils is introduced into the first-stage Paris–Edinburgh press. The double-stage large volume cell allows the generation of ultrahigh pressures using a large culet diameter of the second-stage diamond anvils (diameters of 0.5–1.2?mm). Pressure generation up to 131?GPa has been achieved by using the culet diameter of 0.5?mm. Sample volume of the double-stage large volume cell can be more than ～100 times larger than that of conventional Mbar experiment using a diamond anvil cell. The double-stage large volume cell has a large opening in the horizontal plane for X-ray measurements, which is particularly suited for the multi-angle energy dispersive X-ray diffraction measurement, thus opening a new way of in situ structural determinations of amorphous materials at Mbar pressures.     

Meshless acoustic analysis using a weakly singular Burton-Miller boundary integral formulation

The Burton-Miller boundary integral formulation is solved by a complex variable boundary element-free method (CVBEFM) for the boundary-only meshless analysis of acoustic problems with arbitrary wavenumbers. To regularize both strongly singular and hypersingular integrals and to avoid the computation of the solid angle and its normal derivative, a weakly singular Burton-Miller formulation is derived by considering the normal derivative of the solid angle and adopting the singularity subtraction procedures. To facilitate the implementation of the CVBEFM and the approximation of gradients of the boundary variables, a stabilized complex variable moving least-square approximation is selected in the meshless discretization procedure. The results show the accuracy and efficiency of the present CVBEFM and reveal that the method can produce satisfactory results for all wavenumbers, even for extremely large wavenumbers such as k = 10 000.     

MEASUREMENT OF LÜDERS BAND IN SMALL SIZE LOW CARBON STEEL SPECIMEN BY 3D DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION METHOD

吕德斯效应是多种金属和合金材料由于屈服阶段的不均匀变形而在材料表面产生条带状褶皱的现象,它会使冲压件表面质量降低. 为了防止它的出现,对吕德斯效应进行研究变得非常重要. 采用小视场(15mm×15 mm)下三维数字图像相关方法对小尺寸低碳钢试件在单轴拉伸载荷作用下的变形场进行测量,实际观测了小尺寸试件的吕德斯效应,结合理论模型解释了其形成机理,并分析了吕德斯带传播过程中应变及应变率的变化规律.实验研究表明,运用三维数字图像相关方法测量试件表面变形场,实现了对小尺寸低碳钢试件的吕德斯带演化过程以及颈缩、断裂等细观力学行为的观测,该方法是研究材料变形细观机理的一种有效测量手段.     

内部爆炸作用下多层钢筒的动态响应

为评估内部爆炸作用下多层钢筒结构的防护效果，考察多层钢筒结构动态响应和变形吸能特征，采用两端开口、总厚度为50 mm的4层圆柱形Q345钢筒，在8.90~18.18 kg TNT药量下进行爆炸实验，并在容器外壁进行应变电测。实验后钢筒结构爆心局部发生塑性变形，内层钢筒变形最大，但未发生破坏。根据研究得到初步认识:采用爆心单位环面变形吸能的设计方法，可以较好地预估给定药量下所需钢筒的厚度；不同药量下，轴向距离超过多层钢筒结构的1/4内径后，其外壁环向变形峰值约减小为爆心截面环向应变峰值的1/2。