Large deformations of a new class of incompressible elastic bodies

The consequences of the constraint of incompressibility is studied for a new class of constitutive relation for elastic bodies, for which the left Cauchy–Green tensor is a function of the Cauchy stress tensor. The requirement of incompressibility is imposed directly in the constitutive relation, and it is not necessary to assume a priori that the stress tensor should be divided into two parts, a constraint stress and a constitutively specified part, as in the classical theory of nonlinear elasticity.     

Leray–Hopf solutions to a viscoelastoplastic fluid model with nonsmooth stress–strain relation

We consider a fluid model including viscoelastic and viscoplastic effects. The state is given by the fluid velocity and an internal stress tensor that is transported along the flow with the Zaremba–Jaumann derivative. Moreover, the stress tensor obeys a nonlinear and nonsmooth dissipation law as well as stress diffusion. We prove the existence of global-in-time weak solutions satisfying an energy inequality under general Dirichlet conditions for the velocity field and Neumann conditions for the stress tensor.     

Global small solutions of 3D incompressible Oldroyd-B model without damping mechanism

In this paper, we prove the global existence of small smooth solutions to the three-dimensional incompressible Oldroyd-B model without damping on the stress tensor. The main difficulty is the lack of full dissipation in stress tensor. To overcome it, we construct some time-weighted energies based on the special coupled structure of system. Such type energies show the partial dissipation of stress tensor and the strongly full dissipation of velocity. In the view of treating “nonlinear term” as a “linear term”, we also apply this result to 3D incompressible viscoelastic system with Hookean elasticity and then prove the global existence of small solutions without the physical assumption (div–curl structure) as previous works.     

Stabilized dual-mixed method for the problem of linear elasticity with mixed boundary conditions

We extend the applicability of the augmented dual-mixed method introduced recently in Gatica (2007), Gatica et al. (2009) to the problem of linear elasticity with mixed boundary conditions. The method is based on the Hellinger–Reissner principle and the symmetry of the stress tensor is imposed in a weak sense. The Neumann boundary condition is prescribed in the finite element space. Then, suitable Galerkin least-squares type terms are added in order to obtain an augmented variational formulation which is coercive in the whole space. This allows to use any finite element subspaces to approximate the displacement, the Cauchy stress tensor and the rotation.     

屈服条件由应力张量的二次齐次函数与一次齐次函数之和来表达的极限分析定理

本文建立了由应力张量σ_ij的二次齐次函数与一次齐次函数的和来表达其屈服条件的刚理想塑性体的极限分析变分原理,它可用于岩土力学的极限分析问题,并把屈服条件为应力张量σ_ij 的二次齐次函数或一次齐次函数来表达的情况作为其特例.     

Circularly polarized wave propagation in a class of bodies defined by a new class of implicit constitutive relations

In this paper, we show that circularly polarized transverse stress waves, standing shear stress waves, and oscillatory shear stress waves can propagate in a new class of viscoelastic solid bodies which are a subclass of bodies described by implicit constitutive theories. The class of models that is being considered includes as sub-classes, the classical Kelvin–Voigt model, the new models introduced by Rajagopal wherein the Cauchy–Green tensor is a non-linear function of the stress, and the Navier–Stokes fluid model. The solutions established in this paper are generalizations of solutions that have been established within the context of nonlinear elasticity by Carroll, and Destrade and Saccomandi, to the new class of elastic and viscoelastic bodies that are being considered.     

Asymptotic behaviour of commutation errors and the divergence of the Reynolds stress tensor near the wall in the turbulent channel flow

The derivation of the space averaged Navier–Stokes equations for the large eddy simulation (LES) of turbulent incompressible flows introduces two groups of terms which do not depend only on the space averaged flow field variables: the divergence of the Reynolds stress tensor and commutation errors. Whereas the former is studied intensively in the literature, the latter terms are usually neglected. This note studies the asymptotic behaviour of these terms for the turbulent channel flow at a wall in the case that the commutation errors arise from the application of a non‐uniform box filter. To perform analytical calculations, the unknown flow field is modelled by a wall law (Reichardt law and 1/αth power law) for the mean velocity profile and highly oscillating functions model the turbulent fluctuations. The asymptotics show that near the wall, the commutation errors are at least as important as the divergence of the Reynolds stress tensor. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On the global existence of weak solution for a multiphasic incompressible fluid model with Korteweg stress

In this paper, we study a multiphasic incompressible fluid model, called the Kazhikhov–Smagulov model, with a particular viscous stress tensor, introduced by Bresch and co‐authors, and a specific diffusive interface term introduced for the first time by Korteweg in 1901. We prove that this model is globally well posed in a 3D bounded domain. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The representation of the displacement gradient of isotropic elastic body in terms of the piola stress tensor : PMM vol. 40, n 6, 1976, pp. 1070–1077

The representation of the displacement gradient of an isotropic elastic body is analyzed. It is shown on the basis of a single controlling inequality and a polar expansion of the Piola tensor that such representation has generally four branches. The mechanical meaning and the nature of that ambiguity is explained. It is established that when the angles of turn of material fibers are not excessively large, only one of the four branches is obtained. Particular cases in which the nature of ambiguity is more complex are investigated. It is noted that in many practical problems the representation of the displacement gradient by the Piola stress tensor is unambiguous.The considered problem is associated with the variational principle of complementary energy in the nonlinear theory of elasticity, where the statistically feasible fields of the asymmetric Piola stress tensor is varied [1], A method was proposed there for expressing the displacement gradient in terms of the Piola stress tensor for an isotropic elastic body. Later the concept of complementary energy and the representation of the strain gradient in terms of the Piola stress tensor were considered in [2, 3]. Examples of the use of the complementary energy concept are given in [2] and the case of an anisotropic body is considered in [3], These investigations disclosed that the considered representation of the strain tensor leads to ambiguity, but the character and nature of the ambiguity were not fully investigated.     

Die Elementararbeit in einem Kontinuum und die Zuordnung von Spannungs- und Verzerrungstensoren

Summary This paper is concerned with the calculation of the elementary work in a continuum. Whence follows a method of associating a definite stress tensor with a given strain tensor. This association is intimately connected with the choice of the definition of the rate of change of the strain tensor. It turns out that very few of the well-known stress and strain tensors are associated. However, additional associations are possible when the material is isotropic in the initial state.     

Mixed problem of plane orthotropic elasticity in a half-plane

We consider a mixed problem of plane isotropic elasticity in a half-plane in which the displacement vector and the normal component of the stress tensor are alternately specified on successive intervals of the real axis. We derive a closed-form expression for the solution of this problem, which is similar to the well-known Keldysh–Sedov formula for the half-plane.     

Biconservative surfaces in BCV‐spaces

Biconservative hypersurfaces are hypersurfaces with conservative stress‐energy tensor with respect to the bienergy functional, and form a geometrically interesting family which includes that of biharmonic hypersurfaces. In this paper we study biconservative surfaces in the 3‐dimensional Bianchi–Cartan–Vranceanu spaces, obtaining their characterization in the following cases: when they form a constant angle with the Hopf vector field; when they are SO(2)‐invariant.     

Vortex dynamics in the presence of excess energy for the Landau–Lifshitz–Gilbert equation

We study the Landau–Lifshitz–Gilbert equation for the dynamics of a magnetic vortex system. We present a PDE-based method for proving vortex dynamics that does not rely on strong well-preparedness of the initial data and allows for instantaneous changes in the strength of the gyrovector force due to bubbling events. The main tools are estimates of the Hodge decomposition of the supercurrent and an analysis of the defect measure of weak convergence of the stress energy tensor. Ginzburg–Landau equations with mixed dynamics in the presence of excess energy are also discussed.     

Tensor Products of Type III Factor Representations of Cuntz–Krieger Algebras

We introduced a non-symmetric tensor product of any two states or any two representations of Cuntz–Krieger algebras associated with a certain non-cocommutative comultiplication in our previous work. In this paper, we show that a certain set of KMS states is closed with respect to the tensor product. From this, we obtain formulae of tensor products of type III factor representations of Cuntz–Krieger algebras which are different from results of the tensor product of factors of type III.     

Eulerian Rate Model for Pseudoelastic NiTi Shape Memory Alloys

A phenomenological material model for the pseudoelastic material behavior of polycrystalline NiTi is presented. It is consistently derived within the Eulerian framework using the Kirchhoff stress (weighted Cauchy stress) and the stretching tensor. Deformation–like variables such as elastic or inelastic strains are omitted. The model is based on a non–convex Helmholtz free energy function for the phases austenite and martensite, which is formulated in terms of the Kirchhoff stress, temperature, mass fraction of martensite, and a tensorial internal variable accounting for the average orientation of the martensite variants. Evolution equations for the mass fraction of martensite as well as for the average orientation of the martensite variants are derived, taking into account the restrictions imposed by thermodynamics. (© 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Micromechanical Generalization of the Mises-Hill Anisotropy Yield Criterion

This paper proposes a new micromechanically motivated yield criterion expressed in terms of the leading tensorial texture coefficient of the crystallite orientation distribution function. The central finding is that although only a 4th–order anisotropy tensor occurs in the expression for the yield locus, the ansatz provides significantly better results in comparison to the quadratic Hill condition. The improvement is due to cubic and quartic tensorial contributions in terms of the stress direction. (© 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Conformal Collineations of the Ricci and Energy–Momentum Tensors in Static Plane Symmetric Space–Times

We provide a complete classification of static plane symmetric space–times according to conformal Ricci collineations (CRCs) and conformal matter collineations (CMCs) in both the degenerate and nondegenerate cases. In the case of a nondegenerate Ricci tensor, we find a general form of the vector field generating CRCs in terms of unknown functions of t and x subject to some integrability conditions. We then solve the integrability conditions in different cases depending upon the nature of the Ricci tensor and conclude that the static plane symmetric space–times have a 7-, 10- or 15-dimensional Lie algebra of CRCs. Moreover, we find that these space–times admit an infinite number of CRCs if the Ricci tensor is degenerate. We use a similar procedure to study CMCs in the case of a degenerate or nondegenerate matter tensor. We obtain the exact form of some static plane symmetric space–time metrics that admit nontrivial CRCs and CMCs. Finally, we present some physical applications of our obtained results by considering a perfect fluid as a source of the energy–momentum tensor.     

On Kähler manifolds with harmonic Bochner curvature tensor

We prove that every irreducible Kähler manifold with harmonic Bochner curvature tensor and constant scalar curvature is Kähler–Einstein and that every irreducible compact Kähler manifold with harmonic Bochner curvature tensor and negative semi-definite Ricci tensor is Kähler–Einstein.     

Stress L∞-estimates and the uniqueness problem for the quasistatic equations to the model of Bodner-Partom

This paper proves the uniqueness result for global in time large solutions of quasistatic equations to an inelastic model of material behavior of metals, provided that an a priori L^∞-estimation for the Cauchy stress tensor holds. © 1997 by B. G. Teubner Stuttgart–John Wiley & Sons Ltd.