Analytical formulas for complex permittivity of periodic composites. Estimation of gain and loss enhancement in active and passive composites

ABSTRACT

The asymptotic homogenization method is applied to complex dielectric periodic composites. An equivalence to coupled dielectric problems with real coefficients is shown. This is similar to a piezoelectric problem: an out-plane mechanical displacement and an in-plane electric potential establishing a correspondence principle. Closed-form formulas for the complex dielectric effective tensor in the case of a square array of circular inclusions embedded in a matrix are given. These formulas are written in terms of a real and symmetric matrix which facilitates the implementation of the computational scheme. We also get similar formulas for multilayered complex dielectric composites. The real closed-form formulas are advantageous for estimating gain and loss enhancement properties of active and passive composites in certain volume fraction intervals. Numerical computations are performed and the results are compared with other approaches showing the usefulness of the obtained formulas. This may be of interest in the context of metamaterials.     

A simple and rapid route for synthesizing the nanosized g-C3N4 materials with narrow bandgap and their photocatalytic activity

The graphitic carbon nitride (g-C₃N₄) materials with many intriguing properties have attracted much attention in photocatalysis. The photocatalytic activity of g-C₃N₄ is hindered by serious aggregation and limited exposed active sites. Herein is shown that nanosized g-C₃N₄ can be simply obtained by a superfast high-pressure homogenization approach. The high-pressure homogenization treatment can provide strong force to cut and/or to exfoliate the bulk g-C₃N₄ into nanosized g-C₃N₄ with good dispersion. Moreover, choosing different solvents during treatment can cause a different surface structure of as-prepared nanosized g-C₃N₄. In addition, the narrow bandgap properties, the high photogenerated charge carrier separation, and the transport abilities are achieved in as-prepared nanosized g-C₃N₄ because of the retaining conjugated C₃N₄ system. Specifically, the photocatalytic activities of as-prepared nanosized g-C₃N₄ have been significantly enhanced in terms of degradation of organic dye Rhodamine B (RhB) under visible light irradiation (10 times higher than that of bulk g-C₃N₄). These findings can provide a promising and simple approach to the exfoliation, nanonization, and surface functionalization of 2D layered materials.     

Optimal control problem in a domain with branched structure and homogenization

We consider a linear parabolic problem in a thick junction domain which is the union of a fixed domain and a collection of periodic branched trees of height of order 1 and small width connected on a part of the boundary. We consider a three‐branched structure, but the analysis can be extended to n‐branched structures. We use unfolding operator to study the asymptotic behavior of the solution of the problem. In the limit problem, we get a multi‐sheeted function in which each sheet is the limit of restriction of the solution to various branches of the domain. Homogenization of an optimal control problem posed on the above setting is also investigated. One of the novelty of the paper is the characterization of the optimal control via the appropriately defined unfolding operators. Finally, we obtain the limit of the optimal control problem. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Optimal Control for Multiscale Elliptic Equations with Rough Coefficients

This paper concerns the convex optimal control problem governed by multiscale elliptic equations with arbitrarily rough $L^\infty$ coefficients, which has not only complex coupling between nonseparable scales and nonlinearity, but also important applications in composite materials and geophysics. We use one of the recently developed numerical homogenization techniques, the so-called Rough Polyharmonic Splines (RPS) and its generalization (GRPS) for the efficient resolution of the elliptic operator on the coarse scale. Those methods have optimal convergence rate which do not rely on the regularity of the coefficients nor the concepts of scale-separation or periodicity. As the iterative solution of the nonlinearly coupled OCP-OPT formulation for the optimal control problem requires solving the corresponding (state and co-state) multiscale elliptic equations many times with different right hand sides, numerical homogenization approach only requires one-time pre-computation on the fine scale and the following iterations can be done with computational cost proportional to coarse degrees of freedom. Numerical experiments are presented to validate the theoretical analysis.     

HT—7U超导托克马克纵场线圈等效模量的数值分析

HT－7U托克马克装置的纵场线圈是由多种材料组成的具有周期性分布的大型复杂结构，线圈可视为由超导线、支撑结构和绝缘材料组成的复合材料，结构极其复杂。整个线圈工作在液氦温区。在设计阶段对其宏观等效力学性能进行数值分析计算是十分必要的，但要对整个线圈直接进行有限元分析或实验是极其困难的，主要利用均匀化方法对其进行等效处理，从而分析计算其宏观等效模量，为线圈的设计和评估提供参考依据。另外本文对均匀化方法的边界条件进行了一些改进，提出了更加合理的三维边界条件。     

结构拓扑优化研究方法综述

结构拓扑优化研究方法目前有解析方法和数值方法两大类.首先介绍了解析方法中的 Michell理论,它在结构拓扑优化领域研究较早,影响最为深远.随后着重讨论了杆系和连 续体结构拓扑优化的数值方法.杆系结构常采用基结构方法,通过删除部分杆件达到结构 拓扑优化的目的.连续体结构一般要划分为有限单元,通过删除单元形成带孔的连续体, 以实现拓扑优化.介绍了连续体结构拓扑优化常采用的材料模型:各向同性、各向异性和 带微结构材料.并对连续体结构(0-1)拓扑优化中的数值计算不稳定问题的机理进行了分 析,给出了解决方法.此外,对应力约束问题存在解的奇异性现象也作了简要介绍.最后, 对数值方法中的主要数学求解方法进行了简单介绍.     

用均匀化理论分析蜂窝结构的等效弹性参数

在线弹性范围内,根据均匀化理论,并结合有限元方法推导出适用于二维周期性结构的均匀化的有限元格式（Homo FEM）,计算出不同相对密度下的规则蜂窝结构的等效弹性模量Ee和泊松比νe.同时,利用蜂窝结构的代表胞元模型,用常规的有限元方法（FEM）模拟计算出相应的等效弹性参数.最后将两种数值计算结果与己有的理论公式进行了比较和分析讨论.结果表明:在考察的相对密度全场范围内（0～0.4）,HOmO FEM得到的蜂窝结构的 Ee和νe 与 FEM使用平面实体单元模拟计算得到的结果一致吻合,反映出 Homo FEM数值方法的客观准确性和可行性.而 Gibson公式和 W-K得到的等效弹性模量值 Ee只是在较小相对密度的情况下（小于0.15）与数值计算结果吻合.当结构的相对密度较大时,必须考虑胞棱附近区域由应力集中导致的复杂的应力和应变分布的影响.     

材料弹塑性性能数值模拟的多尺度方法

将均匀化方法和渐近分析(Asymptotic Analysis)与参变量变分原理相结合提出了一种模拟复合材料非线性性能的多尺度数值方法.该方法用渐近分析建立宏-细观变量之间的联系,利用参变量变分原理计算非线性响应,求解过程采用迭代算法.为提高计算精度,针对Von-Mises准则和Tsai-Hill准则,提出了一个基于参变量变分原理的改进算法,算例表明该方法可以显著消除传统方法采用线性展开式构造线性互补条件所带来的误差.     

松质骨弹性模量计算的均匀化方法

对松质骨建立了六种单胞微观结构模型，采用均匀化方法和有限元方法计算松质骨的宏观等效弹性模量。给出了六种单胞模型的松质骨弹性模量与材料密度(体分比）的关系，与实验数据进行了对比，分析了不同微观结构模型在不同骨骼中的应用。结果表明，本文方法及六种单胞模型可以对松质骨微观结构和材料性能进行有效的模拟计算。同时本文又着重对松质骨的宏观等效弹性模量与体分比的指数关系进行了探讨。     

HOMOGENIZATION—BASED TOPOLOGY DESIGN FOR PURE TORSION OF COMPOSITE SHAFTS

In conjunction with the homogenization theory and the finite element method, the mathematical models for designing the corss-section of composite shafts by maximizing the torsion rigidity are developed in this paper. To obtain the extremal torsion rigidity, both the cross-section of the macro scale shaft and the representative microstructure of the composite material are optimized using the new models. The micro scale computational model addresses the problem of finding the periodic microstructures with extreme shear moduli. The optimal microstructure obtained with the new model and the homogenization method can be used to improve and optimize natural or artificial materials. In order to be more practical for engineering applications, cellular materials rather than ranked materials are used in the optimal process in the existence of optimal bounds for the elastic properties. Moreover, the macro scale model is proposed to optimize the cross-section of the torsional shaft based on the tailared composites. The validating optimal results show that the models are very effective in obtaining composites with extreme elastic properties, and the cross-section of the composite shaft with the extremal torsion rigidity. The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (10172078 and 10102018)