基于精确Cosserat模型的螺旋杆稳定性分析

弹性杆的螺旋线平衡问题在DNA、纤维、海底电缆和输油管线等方面具有应用背景.Kirchhoff动力学比拟是分析弹性细杆平衡稳定性的有效方法.Kirchhoff模型中包括中心线无拉伸变形和截面无剪切变形的基本假定与生物大分子等软物质的实际状况有较大差异.基于精确Cosserat模型,考虑中心线的拉伸压缩变形和截面剪切变形,以及剪切变形引起杆中心线转动导致切线轴相对截面法线轴的偏离,以Euler角表达截面姿态,建立圆截面弹性杆的动力学普遍方程.在静力学范畴内讨论螺旋线平衡状态的Liapunov稳定性和Euler稳定性问题,导出稳定性条件及轴向力和扭矩的Euler临界值.证明螺旋杆平衡的静态Liapunov稳定性和Euler稳定性条件是动态Liapunov稳定性的必要条件.     

The oscillations of a rod in an inhomogeneous elastic medium

The local length-dependence of the natural frequencies and forms of plane transverse oscillations of a thin inhomogeneous rod in an elastic medium with a variable stiffness and arbitrary elastic-fastening boundary conditions is investigated. It is established that the presence of an external elastic medium, described by the Winkler model, can lead to an anomalous effect – an increase in the natural frequencies of lower oscillation modes as the length of the rod increases continuously. The extremely fine properties of this change as a function of the length, the mode number and the method of fastening are revealed. The oscillations in the case of standard methods of fastening are investigated separately. Simple examples, which illustrate the anomalous dependence of the natural oscillation frequencies of the rod in an extremely inhomogeneous elastic medium with different boundary conditions are calculated.     

Traveling Waves in Elastic Rods with Arbitrary Curvature and Torsion

The dynamic Kirchhoff equations, describing a thin elastic rod of infinite length, are considered in connection with the study of the conformations of polymeric chains. A?novel special traveling wave solution that can be interpreted as a conformational soliton propagating at constant speed is obtained, featuring arbitrary non-constant curvature and torsion of the rod, in the simple case of constant cross-section, homogeneous density and elastic isotropy. This traveling wave corresponds to a specific constraint on the twist-to-bend ratio of the constant stiffness parameters, which in turn appears to be compatible with the experimental evidence for the mechanical properties of real polymeric chains. Due to such a constraint, the square of the velocity of the solitary wave is directly proportional to the bending stiffness and inversely proportional to the density and to the principal momentum of inertia of the rod. Several applications to the study of conformational changes in polymeric chains are given.     

Variational approach to modeling and control of dynamic systems with distributed parameters

Controlled motions of a thin elastic rod are studied. A variational statement of the initial-boundary value problem is given based on the integral formulation of constitutive relations. An approach relying on the Ritz method and finite element technique is proposed to design the boundary control that moves the rod with certain accuracy to a given final state and minimizes the mean energy. The results of numerical simulation and the estimates of solution quality are presented and discussed. (© 2014 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Asymptotic Behavior of a Structure Made by a Plate and a Straight Rod

This paper is devoted to describing the asymptotic behavior of a structure made by a thin plate and a thin perpendicular rod in the framework of nonlinear elasticity. The authors scale the applied forces in such a way that the level of the total elastic energy leads to the Von-K′arm′an’s equations (or the linear model for smaller forces) in the plate and to a one-dimensional rod-model at the limit. The junction conditions include in particular the continuity of the bending in the plate and the stretching in the rod at the junction.     

Tendril Perversion in Intrinsically Curved Rods

Summary. A straight elastic rod with intrinsic curvature under varying tension can undergo an instability and bifurcate to a filament made out of two helices with opposite handedness. This inversion of handedness, known as perversion, appears in a wide range of biological and physical systems and is investigated here within the framework of thin elastic rods described by the static Kirchhoff equations. In this context, a perversion is represented by a heteroclinic orbit joining asymptotically two fixed points representing helices with opposite torsion. A center manifold reduction and a normal form transformation for a triple zero eigenvalue reduce the dynamics to a third-order reversible dynamical system. The analysis of this reduced system reveals that the heteroclinic connection representing the physical solution results from the collapse of pairs of symmetric homoclinic orbits. Results of the normal form calculation are compared with numerical solutions obtained by continuation methods. The possibility of self-contact and the elastic characteristics of the perverted rod are also studied.     

Mathematical analysis of some new Reynolds‐rod elastohydrodynamic models

In this paper, some new elastohydrodynamic Reynolds‐rod models are posed to obtain the existence of solution (the lubricant pressure and the elastic rod displacement). More precisely, a sign restriction on fluid pressure for cavitation modelling and different unilateral conditions on the rod displacement associated with a rigid structure coating are formulated in terms of coupled variational inequalities. The particular hinged or clamped boundary conditions on the rod displacement require different techniques to prove the existence of solution. Besides nearly linear coupled problems, two non‐linear rod problems including curvature effects are analysed. Mainly, regularity results and L^∞ estimates for the solution of variational inequalities and fixed‐point theorems lead to the existence results for the various coupled models. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Feasibility of determining the characteristics of the failure of fibers by electrical simulation

A feasibility study is made of the use of electrical models in a seismoacoustic study of the failure process of fibers (rods). Specific models are proposed for the case of the failure of a thin glass rod. The output signal of the electrical model is compared with the experimentally recorded elastic pulse produced upon the failure of the glass specimen. The close correspondence between the seismoacoustic pulse and the output signal of the electrical model is pointed out.     

The stability of a non-potentially loaded discrete-continuous gyroscopic system with internal and external friction

The problem of the stability of the axial rotations of a symmetric rotor by means of an elastic shaft in the form of a thin straight rod, when there is a follower force and linear dissipation, is considered. Linearized equations for the displacement of the rotation of the rotor and the transverse plane oscillations of the rod are presented in a complex form as well as the boundary conditions. Using the standard procedure of a Laplace transformation with respect to time, relations for the images are obtained which are then solved by means of quasipolynomials of the complex transform parameter, and an asymptotic analysis of them is carried out. The effect of a follower force is investigated and its critical values are determined. The results of mathematical modelling for specific numerical values of the parameters are presented.     

Experimental reconsideration of spatio‐temporal dynamics observed in fluid‐elastic oscillator arrays from complex system viewpoint: From vibrating pipes in heat exchangers to waving plants in agricultural fields

Transition from local complexity to global spatio‐temporal dynamics in a two‐dimensional array of fluid‐elastic oscillators is examined experimentally with an apparatus comprising 90‐1000 cantilevered rods in a wind tunnel as the Reynolds number (based on rod diameter) is increased from 200 to 900. A cluster‐pattern entropy measure is introduced as a quantitative measure of local complexity. As the intensity of interaction among neighboring elements (in this case, frequency of collisions among rods) increases, a set of the elements (in this case, a rod‐array) achieves globally better‐organized behavior. On the basis of accelerometer data, the rod impact rate versus flow velocity shows a power‐law scaling relation. Video images reveal that, initially, each rod moves individually; then clusters consisting of several rods emerge. Finally, global wave‐like motion occurs at higher flow velocities. Each wave‐like motion has its specific frequency and spatial wavelength, which vary according to wind velocity. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Complexity 12: 36–47, 2007     

An analytical formula for an elastic thin rod shape under composite loading

The Euler problem on the stability of a thin elastic rod under compressing forces is widely known. In a number of papers this problem is generalized to finding the shape of such a rod under the simultaneous action of a compressing force and a torsional moment. The shape is determined by solving a complex nonlinear boundary value problem by numerical methods. In this paper, an approach providing a full analytical solution of the problem for a broad range of external conditions is discussed. __________ Translated from Fundamentalnaya i Prikladnaya Matematika, Vol. 11, No. 7, pp. 35–42, 2005.     

Optimal Kinematics of a Looped Filament

New kinematics of supercoiling of closed filaments as solutions of the elastic energy minimization are proposed. The analysis is based on the thin rod approximation of the linear elastic theory, under conservation of the self-linking number. The elastic energy is evaluated by means of bending contribution and torsional influence. Time evolution functions are described by means of piecewise polynomial transformations based on cubic spline functions. In contrast with traditional interpolation, the parameters, which define the cubic splines representing the evolution functions, are considered as the unknowns in a nonlinear optimization problem. We show how the coiling process is associated with conversion of mean twist energy into bending energy through the passage by an inflexional configuration in relation to geometric characteristics of the filament evolution. These results provide new insights on the folding mechanism and associated energy contents and may find useful applications in folding of macromolecules and DNA packing in cell biology.     

Junction problem for elastic and rigid inclusions in elastic bodies

An equilibrium problem for an elastic body is considered. It is assumed that the body has a thin elastic inclusion and a thin rigid inclusion. We analyze a junction problem assuming that the inclusions have a joint point. Different equivalent problem formulations are discussed, and existence of solutions is proved. A set of junction conditions is found. We investigate a convergence to infinity and to zero of a rigidity parameter of the elastic inclusion. A delamination of the elastic inclusion is also investigated. In this case, inequality‐type boundary conditions are imposed at the crack faces to prevent a mutual penetration between crack faces. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Asymptotic analysis of a thin‐layer device with Tresca's contact law in elasticity

In this paper, we consider a thin elastic layer between a rigid body and an elastic one. A Tresca law is assumed between the two elastic bodies. The Lamé coefficients of the thin layer are assumed to vary with respect to its height ϵ. This dependence is shown to be of primary importance in the asymptotic behaviour of the device, a critical case leading to a non‐classical contact law when deleting the bond. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A new solution of the equilibrium equations of a system of bodies with elastic joints

Different ways of representing the elastic moments are proposed, which can be used for the finite-dimensional modelling of rod systems using a system of n axisymmetric solids, connected by elastic spherical joints. Using the example of a closed plane rod, possible states of equilibrium of the finite-dimensional model of the rod are analysed for different methods of specifying the elastic torques at the joints. The case when the rod axis has the form of a “figure of eight”, which is modelled by a system of six axisymmetric solids with a relative torsion angle that depends on the bending, is investigated in detail.     

The dual nature of the transverse vibrations of an elastic rod

The transverse vibrations of an elastic rod, to one of which displacements are applied while the other end is free, are investigated. It is assumed that the propagation velocity of the perturbations in the rod is finite. The unperturbed part performed rotational motion around the centre line. The angle of rotation is expressed by the angle of curvature of the centre line of the perturbed part of the rod. Two types of elastic vibrations are obtained: (1) the rod vibrates elastically due to displacements applied at the end, and (2) when performing rotational motion elastic vibrations and additional forces occur in the rod due to elasticity [1].     

Cosserat生长弹性杆动力学的Gauss最小拘束原理

以自然界中具有生长、变形和运动特征的细长体为背景,用经典力学中的Gauss最小拘束原理研究生长弹性杆的动力学建模问题.在为生长弹性杆动力学建模提供新方法的同时,扩大了Gauss原理的应用范围.以Cosserat弹性杆为对象,分析弹性杆生长和变形的几何规则,表明生长应变和弹性应变是非线性耦合的;本构方程给出了截面的内力与弹性变形的线性关系;利用逆并矢,将经典力学中的Gauss原理和Gauss最小拘束原理用于生长弹性杆动力学,得到等价的两种表现形式,反映了时间和弧坐标在表述上的对称性,由此导出了封闭的动力学微分方程.给出了两种形式的最小拘束函数,表明生长弹性杆的实际运动使拘束函数取驻值,且为最小值.最后讨论了生长弹性杆的约束与条件极值等问题.     

一类变形Euler棒P-稳定性的研究

借助于特征根法研究Euler弹性棒变形的P稳定性.将广泛存在于应用技术中的一类弹性单元抽象为Euler弹性棒,建立相应变形的物理和数学模型-常微分方程的边值问题,将其嵌入偏微分方程,得到数学模型解的P-稳定性.     

Application of a refined theory of torsional vibrations to the calculation of natural frequencies and damping coefficients of orthotropic composite cantilever rods

For calculating the natural complex frequencies of torsional vibrations of rectangular orthotropic composite cantilever rods, a theory taking into account the normal stresses and inertial forces acting in the axial direction is employed. The results obtained are compared with those found by using the classical theory of torsional vibrations of rods, the theory of vibrations of thin orthotropic plates, and the FEM. It is found that the difference between the natural frequencies given by the classical and refined theories depends on relations between geometrical sizes of a rod and between its axial elastic modulus and shear moduli, and on the number of the mode of torsional vibrations.