Fiber Remodeling During Torsion of a Fiber Reinforced Hyperelastic Cylinder��Unloading Behavior

Previous studies introduced a constitutive theory for fiber reinforced hyperelastic materials that allows the fibers to undergo microstructural changes. In this theory, increasing deformation of the matrix leads to increasing stretch of the fibers that causes their gradual dissolution. The dissolving fibers reassemble in the direction of maximum principal stretch of the matrix. The implications of the constitutive theory were first studied for two homogeneous deformations: uniaxial extension along the fibers and simple shear in the direction normal to the fibers. The constitutive theory was then used in treatment of the non-homogeneous deformation of combined axial stretch and twisting. The emphasis was on the determination of the influence of increasing axial stretch and twist on the spatial distribution of fiber dissolution and reassembly within the cylinder and also on the axial force and torque applied to the end faces of the cylinder. The present work is concerned with another aspect of combined axial stretch and twisting of the cylinder, namely unloading following dissolution and reassembly of some of the fibers. In this case, the cylinder is given an initial twist until there is an inner core of original fiber/matrix material and an outer sheath of remodeled fiber/matrix material. A condition is established that determines the combinations of axial stretch and twist that cause no additional dissolution and reassembly of fibers during unloading. It is also shown that there is a residual axial stretch and twist if the axial force and torque become zero. A numerical example illustrates this for a particular choice of matrix and fiber properties.     

Finite deformation swelling of a temperature-sensitive hydrogel cylinder under combined extension-torsion

The swelling behavior of a temperature-sensitive poly-N-isopropylacrylamide(PNIPAM) hydrogel circular cylinder is studied subjected to combined extension-torsion and varied temperature. In this regard, a semi-analytical solution is proposed for general combined loading. A finite element(FE) analysis is conducted, subjecting a hydrogel cylinder to the combined extension-torsion and the varied temperature to evaluate the validity and accuracy of the solution. A user-defined UHYPER subroutine is de...     

Coupled torsional and longitudinal wave propagation in a neo-hookean bar

When a cylindrical hyperelastic bar is subjected to finite twist there is a second order effect, namely there is a change in length, or an axial force is required if this change in length is constrained. In this paper we consider the finite deformation elastodynamic problem of the coupling that results, because of this second order effect, between longitudinal and torsional waves. An approximate theory is presented and some similarity solutions are obtained.     

Contact force and mechanical loss of multistage cable under tension and bending

A theoretical model for calculating the stress and strain states of cabling structures with different loadings has been developed in this paper. We solve the problem for the first-and second-stage cable with tensile or bending strain. The contact and friction forces between the strands are presented by two-dimensional contact model. Several theo-retical models have been proposed to verify the results when the triplet subjected to the tensile strain, including contact force, contact stresses, and mechanical loss. It is found that loadings will affect the friction force and the mechanical loss of the triplet. The results show that the contact force and mechanical loss are dependent on the twist pitch. A shorter twist pitch can lead to higher contact force, while the trend of mechanical loss with twist pitch is compli-cated. The mechanical loss may be reduced by adjusting the twist pitch reasonably. The present model provides a simple analysis method to investigate the mechanical behaviors in multistage-structures under different loads.     

Kelvin结构开孔泡沫材料的弹性性能研究

采用一修正的十四面体结构模型(Kelvin结构模型)对开孔泡沫金属的弹性性能进行研究,对低密度开孔泡沫材料表现出不可压的特性进行了分析。该模型考虑作用在泡沫筋条上的弯矩、剪力和轴向力,以及轴向力的平衡。修正模型的数值计算结果与实验结果及其他模型的结果进行了对比,结果表明修正模型计算的杨氏模量比原有模型的略有提高,筋条截面为星形的修正模型计算的结果与实验比较符合。在密度等同的条件下,筋条截面惯性矩越大的开孔泡沫材料,其弹性模量也越大,而泊松比则越小。Kelvin结构的开孔泡沫材料的泊松比随相对密度的减小而趋于0.5。     

计算叶片力学特性的三维8节点非协调有限单元法

针对叶片结构几何形状复杂的特点，建立了能进行叶片力学特性分析的三维8节点非协调有限单元模型。该模型采用了几何非线性和线弹性模式，来考虑叶片径向刚度远大于弯曲刚度而引起的在不同转速下初应力对叶片的作用，能够正确反映叶片的弯曲和扭转耦合振动模态、叶片组的切向和轴向振动模态以及它的应力状态。根据质量等效和力等效的原理，导出了在非协调单元中计算单元变形能时，记入附加的内部自由度，而计算单元的动能、体积力、表面力、以及阻尼力所做的虚功时，不记入附加的内部自由度，这是不同于目前一些文献中的提法。最后，通过实例计算验证了该模型的正确性。     

Influence of thermally induced chemorheological changes on the torsion of elastomeric circular cylinders

When an elastomeric material is deformed and subjected to temperatures above some characteristic value T _cr (near 100^∘C for natural rubber), its macromolecular structure undergoes time and temperature-dependent chemical changes. The process continues until the temperature decreases below T _cr. Compared to the virgin material, the new material system has modified properties (reduced stiffness) and permanent set on removal of the applied load.A new constitutive theory is used to study the influence of the changes of macromolecular structure on the torsion of an initially homogenous elastomeric cylinder. The cylinder is held at its initial length and given a fixed twist while at a temperature below T _cr. The twist is then held fixed and the temperature of the outer radial surface is increased above T _cr for a period of time and then returned to its original value. Assuming radial heat conduction, each material element undergoes a different chemical change. After enough time has elapsed such that the temperature field is again uniform and at its initial value, the cylinder properties are now inhomogeneous. Expressions for the time variation of the twisting moment and axial force are determined, and related to assumptions about material properties. Assuming the elastomeric networks to act as Mooney-Rivlin materials, expressions are developed for the permanent twist on release of torque, residual stress, and the new torsional stiffness in terms of the kinetics of the chemical changes.     

Experimental determination of impact force vs. displacement curves

This short application paper describes an experimental technique used by the author to determine impact force vs. displacement curves for such materials as paper, rubber and plastic. The technique utilizes fairly common electronic laboratory instruments that have wider uses than the specific application described herein.     

不同本构模型对橡胶制品有限元法适应性研究

为确定不同本构模型对橡胶制品进行非线性有限元分析的适应性,采用HyperMesh 和ABAQUS软件建立了橡胶标准试件和防尘罩制品的非线性有限元模型. 根据标准试件单轴拉伸试验数据,利用ABAQUS软件拟合了Mooney--Rivlin, Ogden 及Yeoh 3 种本构模型的特征参数,并给出了试件和制品轴向拉伸和压缩工况有限元分析结果. 实测试验与有限元分析结果对比发现:在应变不大于100% 时,两参数的Mooney--Rivlin本构模型计算误差较小;在应变大于100% 时, 用Yeoh 和Ogden 本构模型计算误差较小. 该结论对大变形橡胶元件的非线性特性理论分析具有实际意义.     

旋转方形截面螺旋管内流动与传热特性

利用数值计算方法研究了旋转矩形截面螺旋管内的粘性流动，分析了在离心力，科氏力共同作用下曲线管道中的二次流动结构、轴向流速分布、截面温度分布、摩擦系数比以及管道Nusselt数比随各参数的变化情况。计算结果表明：当旋转方向和主流方向相同时，旋转的作用与增大Dean数的作用相同，使得管道摩擦系数变大，管道换热效果增强，而当旋转方向和主流方向相反时，管道内流动结构变化十分明显，当F≈-1．2时(F为科氏力与离心力之比)，二次流出现类似于直扭管内的鞍状流动结构，轴向速度类似于静止直管内的流动结构，管道内的摩擦系数与静止直管内的摩擦系数大约相等，换热效果减至最弱；挠率对流动结构以及摩擦系数比和Nusselt系数比的影响效果与F有关。     

Torsional buckling of an elastic thick-walled tube made of rubber-like material

The elastic stability of a rubber-like, thick-walled tube which is subjected to finite torsional deformation is investigated both theoretically and experimentally. The analysis is based on the theory of finite elastic deformations, in cojunction with the method of small displacements superposed on large elastic deformations. The governing field equations are solved by a numerical scheme which determines the critical buckling torque and the associated buckling mode of the tube. The predicted results compare closely with the experimental measurements of the buckling of thick-walled silicone rubber tubes tested under finite twist.     

含黏弹性夹芯FG-GRC后屈曲梁的低速冲击响应

研究了含黏弹性夹芯的功能梯度石墨烯增强复合材料(functionally graded graphene reinforced composite, FG-GRC)后屈曲梁在低速跌落冲击下的跳跃振荡行为.采用修正Halpin-Tsai细观模型预测FG-GRC的材料宏观属性.使用赫兹点接触模型确定冲击器和梁之间的接触力.提出了考虑轴向预应力的复合材料层本构关系和阻尼层的Kelvin型黏弹性本构.通过一种广义高阶剪切变形锯齿梁模型建立夹芯梁的非线性位移场. 基于Hamilton 能量变分原理, 推导了动力学控制方程组. 通过两步分析,首先获得弹性后屈曲平衡路径作为冲击问题的初始状态. 随后, 结合四阶龙格库塔法,拓展了两步摄动-伽辽金法计算接触力的时程曲线以及后屈曲梁的位移时程曲线.研究了后屈曲梁在单次和两次撞击下双稳态大幅振荡过程的动力学特征.讨论了轴向载荷、冲击速度、黏弹性阻尼特性、冲击器材料等因素对于碰撞接触力以及后屈曲梁动力响应的影响规律.结果表明, 接触力仅对冲击速度较为敏感,一定的结构碰撞参数设计可以在接触力变化不大的情况下,使得后屈曲梁由单势能阱运动转变为双阱大幅振荡.      

A novel specimen for investigating the mechanical behavior of elastomers under multiaxial loading conditions

In this paper we describe the design and manufacture of an axial-torsion test specimen, and provide relationships needed when conducting stress-strain characterization experiments with the specimen. The specimen is a short hollow cylinder of rubber bonded between two steel mounting rings, in which simultaneous axial and shear strains are produced via independently controlled axial and twist displacements. We present calculations for the strain-displacement and stress-load relationships, and strain energy density. These relationships have been established and validated via a combination of analytical and experimental techniques, and finite element analysis. We have investigated the extent and effects of strain and stress field non-uniformity in the test specimen. The specimen design is sufficiently simple that a closed-form expression for the strain-displacement relationship has been successfully developed.     

On Extension and Torsion of Strain-Stiffening Rubber-Like Elastic Circular Cylinders

This paper is concerned with investigation of the effects of strain-stiffening on the response of solid circular cylinders in the combined deformation of torsion superimposed on axial extension. The cylinders are composed of incompressible isotropic nonlinearly elastic materials. Our primary focus is on materials that undergo severe strain-stiffening in the stress-stretch response. In particular, we consider two particular phenomenological constitutive models for such materials that reflect limiting chain extensibility at the molecular level. The axial stretch γ and twist that can be sustained in cylinders composed of such materials are shown to be constrained in a coupled fashion. It is shown that, in the absence of an additional axial force, a transition value γ=γ _t of the axial stretch exists such that for γ<γ _t , the stretched cylinder tends to elongate on twisting whereas for γ>γ _t , the stretched cylinder tends to shorten on twisting. These results are in sharp contrast with those for classical models such as the Mooney-Rivlin (and neo-Hookean) models that predict that the stretched circular cylinder always tends to further elongate on twisting. We also obtain results for materials modeled by the well-known exponential strain-energy widely used in biomechanics applications. This model reflects a strain-stiffening that is less abrupt than that for the limiting chain extensibility models. Surprisingly, it turns out that the results in this case are somewhat more complicated. For a fixed stiffening parameter, provided that the stretch is sufficiently small, the stretched bar always tends to elongate on twisting in the absence of an additional axial force. However, for sufficiently large stretch, the cylinder tends to shorten on undergoing sufficiently small twist but then tends to elongate on further twisting. These results are of interest in view of the widespread use of exponential models in the context of the mechanics of soft biological tissues. The special case of pure torsion is also briefly considered. In this case, the resultant axial force required to maintain pure torsion is compressive for all the models discussed here. In the absence of such a force, the bar would elongate on twisting reflecting the celebrated Poynting effect.      

Identifying traction–separation behavior of self-adhesive polymeric films from in situ digital images under T-peeling

In this paper procedures are developed to identify traction–separation curves from digital images of the deformed flexible films during peeling. T-peel tests were performed for self-adhesive polymeric films. High quality photographs of the deformed shape within and outside the zone of adhesive interaction were made in situ by the digital light microscope. The deformed line is approximated by a power series with coefficients computed by minimizing a least squares functional. Two approaches to identify the traction–separation curve for the given deformation line are proposed. The first one is based on the energy integral of the non-linear theory of rods and allows the direct evaluation of the adhesion force potential. The second one utilizes the complementary energy type variational equation and the Ritz method to compute the adhesion force. The accuracy of both approaches is analyzed with respect to different approximations for the deformed line and the force of interaction. The obtained traction vs. axial coordinate and the traction–separation curves provide several properties of the adhesive system including the maximum adhesion force, the length of the adhesive zone and the equilibrium position, where the adhesive force is zero while the separation is positive.     

橡胶粘结颗粒材料粘弹性性能的试验研究与离散元模拟

制备了颗粒规则四方排列和六方排列的橡胶粘接颗粒材料试样,实验测试了所制备试样在单向拉伸载荷下的应力松弛曲线和不同应变率时的应力应变曲线。基于所测试的应力松弛曲线,采用曲线拟合方法得到了所测试材料的宏观Burger’s粘弹性本构模型参数。采用离散元模型中单元间连结模型代表颗粒间橡胶粘接剂的作用,并基于试样的宏观Burger’s模型参数与离散元模型中细观Burger’s连结模型参数间的关系,建立了橡胶粘接颗粒材料的无厚度胶结离散元分析模型。最后采用所建立的离散元模型计算了所测试试样的松弛和拉伸力学性能。离散元预测结果与实验结果的对比表明,采用无厚度胶结离散元模型能较好的计算颗粒规则排列的橡胶粘接颗粒材料松弛和拉伸力学性能,但基于应力松弛实验拟合而来参数不能准确反应橡胶粘接剂在高应变率条件下其力学性能的应变率相关性。     

考虑桩土共同作用的钻孔灌注桩承载性状分析

以盖州北海渔民回迁楼工程为依托,选取其中的C14 号楼为研究对象,对其中两根试桩进行现场静载试验,并获得了Q-S 曲线、侧摩阻力随深度变化曲线、桩身轴力随深度变化曲线及桩土接触面相对位移随深度变化曲线. 然后根据现场勘查资料及有限元参数选取的经验值建立单桩模型,利用大型有限元分析软件ADINA 对单桩进行分析,并根据模拟数据及实测数据利用MATLAB 绘制了各项主要承载特性的对比曲线,一方面验证模型及参数的合理性,另一方面研究桩长对单桩各项主要承载特性的影响. 最后利用单桩验证过的模型及参数建立群桩模型,分析群桩的各项主要承载特性与桩长及桩间距的关系.     

Nonlinear lateral vibrations and two-to-one resonant responses of a single pile with soil-structure interaction

Nonlinear responses of a single pile with soil-structure interaction under primary resonance and two-to-one internal resonance are investigated. Considering the effect of soil-structure interaction and geometric nonlinearity, the Hamilton principle is applied to derive the equation of motion of the pile subjected to a lateral excitation and axial load. Then, the effective nonlinear coefficient and the frequency-response equation are presented by employing the multimode discretization and the method of multiple scales. Moreover, the nonlinear frequencies are obtained for the analysis of the nonlinear dynamic characteristics of the pile. The equilibrium and dynamic solutions of modulation equations are examined by using the Newton-Raphson, shooting, and continuation methods. The nonlinear responses of the pile are explored by means of the backbone curves and the frequency (force)-response curves. Meanwhile, the effect of the axial load on the nonlinear dynamic characteristics of the pile is discussed. The numerical results show that the nonlinear responses of the pile exhibit some rich and complex nonlinear phenomena.     

小型化光纤陀螺的轴向磁场误差特性建模方法探讨

小型化光纤陀螺的主要特点是光纤环径向尺寸逐步缩小,而轴向尺寸逐步增大,由此导致轴向磁场误差成为影响小型化光纤陀螺精度的重要因素之一。以小型化光纤陀螺轴向磁场误差特性为研究对象,依据光纤环中光纤的四极对称排列结构,提出轴向螺旋角展开分析法,利用Jones矩阵分别构建保偏型光纤陀螺及消偏型光纤陀螺的传输矩阵及轴向磁场误差模型,探讨光纤扭曲应力寄生圆双折射、轴向尺寸等因素与非互易性Faraday磁场相位误差的关系,得出光纤陀螺轴向磁场漂移误差的数学描述,以此为理论依据,探讨小型化光纤陀螺的轴向磁场误差因素,并提出相应的措施。