Stretched Gaussian Asymptotic Behavior for Fractional Giona–Roman Equation on Biased Heterogeneous Fractal Structure in External Force Fields

We introduce a biased heterogeneous fractional Giona-Roman equation (BHFGRE) on biased heterogeneous fractal structure media describing systems involving external force fields. The BHFGRE is shown to obey generalized Einstein relation, and its stationary solution is the generalized Boltzmann distribution. It is proved that the asymptotic shape of its solution is a stretched Gaussian and that its solution can be expressed in the form of a function of a dimensionless similarity variable for the case of constant potentials and generic potentials.     

Piezoelectric study on singularities interacting with interfaces in an anisotropic media

In this work, the singularity problem of a three-phase anisotropic piezoelectric media is studied using the extended Stroh formalism. Based on the method of analytical continuation in conjunction with alternating technique, the general expressions for the complex potentials are derived in each medium of a three-phase anisotropic piezoelectric media. This approach has a clear advantage in deriving the solution to the heterogeneous problem in terms of the solution for the corresponding homogeneous problem. The presented series solutions have rapid convergence which is guaranteed numerically. Stress and electric fields which are dependent on the mismatch in the material constants, the location of singularities and the magnitude of electromechanical loadings are studied in detail. Numerical results demonstrate that the continuity conditions at the interfaces are indeed satisfied and show the effects of material mismatch on the stress and electric displacement fields. The image forces exerted on a dislocation due to the interfaces are also calculated by means of the generalized Peach–Koehler formula.     

Forward and inverse modeling of near-well flow using discrete edge-based vector potentials

Homogeneous effective permeabilities in the near-well region are generally obtained using analytical solutions for transient flow. In contrast, this paper focuses on heterogeneous permeability obtained from steady flow solutions, although extensions to unsteady flow are introduced too. Exterior calculus and its discretized form have been used as a guide to derive the system of algebraic equations. Edge-based vector potentials describing 3-D steady and unsteady flow without mass balance error stabilize the solution. After a physics-oriented introduction, relatively simple analytic examples of forward and inverse discrete modeling demonstrate the applicability.     

压电螺型位错和共线界面刚性线夹杂的干涉效应

研究了压电材料中压电螺型位错和共线界面导电刚性线夹杂的电弹干涉效应．运用复变函数解析延拓技术与奇性主部分析方法,获得了该问题的一般解答．作为算例,求出了界面含一条刚性线夹杂时两种压电介质区域广义应力函数的封闭形式解．导出了作用在位错上的像力和刚性线夹杂表面剪应力和电位移的解析表达式．讨论了界面刚性线长度,两种材料的剪切模量比和压电系数比对位错力和刚性线表面剪应力的影响规律．为进一步研究该类问题提供了一个基本解。     

Analytical procedure for determining the linear and nonlinear effective properties of the elastic composite cylinder

In this work we consider a cylindrical structure composed of a nonlinear core (inhomogeneity) surrounded by a different nonlinear shell (matrix). We elaborate a technique for determining its linear elastic moduli (second order elastic constants) and the nonlinear elastic moduli, which are called Landau coefficients (third order elastic constants). Firstly, we develop a nonlinear perturbation method which is able to turn the initial nonlinear elastic problem into a couple of linear problems. Then, we prove that only the solution of the first linear problem is necessary to calculate the linear and nonlinear effective properties of the heterogeneous structure. The following step consists in the exact solution of such a linear problem by means of the complex elastic potentials. As result we obtain the exact closed forms for the linear and nonlinear effective elastic moduli, which are valid for any volume fraction of the core embedded in the external shell.     

Piezoresistive fiber-reinforced composites: A coupled nonlinear micromechanical–microelectrical modeling approach

Piezoresistive composites are materials that exhibit spatial and effective electrical resistivity changes as a result of local mechanical deformations in their constituents. These materials have a wide array of applications from non-destructive evaluation to sensor technology. We propose a new coupled nonlinear micromechanical-microelectrical modeling framework for periodic heterogeneous media. These proposed micro-models enable the prediction of the effective piezoresistive properties along with the corresponding spatial distributions of local mechanical–electrical fields, such as stress, strain, current densities, and electrical potentials. To this end, the high fidelity generalized method of cells (HFGMC), originally developed for micromechanical analysis of composites, is extended for the micro-electrical modeling in order to predict their spatial field distributions and effective electrical properties. In both cases, the local displacement vector and electrical potential are expanded using quadratic polynomials in each subvolume (subcell). The equilibrium and charge conservations are satisfied in an average volumetric fashion. In addition, the continuity and periodicity of the displacements, tractions, electrical potential, and current are satisfied at the subcell interfaces on an average basis. Next, a one way coupling is established between the nonlinear mechanical and electrical effects, whereby the mechanical deformations affect the electrical conductivity in the fiber and/or matrix constituents. Incremental and total formulations are used to arrive at the proper nonlinear solution of the governing equations. The micro-electrical HFGMC is first verified by comparing the stand-alone electrical solution predictions with the finite element method for different doubly periodic composites. Next, the coupled HFGMC is calibrated and experimentally verified in order to examine the effective piezoresistivity of different composites. These include conductive polymeric matrices doped with carbon nano-tubes or particles. One advantage of the proposed nonlinear coupled micro-models is its ability to predict the local and effective electro-mechanical behaviors of multi-phase periodic composites with different conductive phases.     

弹性力学Hamilton方法广义解的适定性

首先引入了Hamilton体系中平面应力弹性力学问题正则方程的Galerkin变分方程,证明了Galerkin变分方程和目前文献中所用的Ritz变分方程的等价性,以及相应广义解的适定性,从而为目前的数值方法提供了理论基础。从证明过程中可以看到广义解实际上是Ritz变分泛函的一个鞍点。     

Interacting elliptic inclusions by the method of complex potentials

An accurate series solution has been obtained for a piece-homogeneous elastic plane containing a finite array of non-overlapping elliptic inclusions of arbitrary size, aspect ratio, location and elastic properties. The method combines standard Muskhelishvili’s representation of general solution in terms of complex potentials with the superposition principle and newly derived re-expansion formulae to obtain a complete solution of the many-inclusion problem. By exact satisfaction of all the interface conditions, a primary boundary-value problem stated on a complicated heterogeneous domain has been reduced to an ordinary well-posed set of linear algebraic equations. A properly chosen form of potentials provides a remarkably simple form of solution and thus an efficient computational algorithm. The theory developed is rather general and can be applied to solve a variety of composite mechanics problems. The advanced models of composite involving up to several hundred inclusions and providing an accurate account for the microstructure statistics and fiber–fiber interactions can be considered in this way. The numerical examples are given showing high accuracy and numerical efficiency of the method developed and disclosing the way and extent to which the selected structural parameters influence the stress concentration at the matrix–inclusion interface.     

Numerical Simulation of Two-Phase Inertial Flow in Heterogeneous Porous Media

In this study, non-Darcy inertial two-phase incompressible and non-stationary flow in heterogeneous porous media is analyzed using numerical simulations. For the purpose, a 3D numerical tool was fully developed using a finite volume formulation, although for clarity, results are presented in 1D and 2D configurations only. Since a formalized theoretical model confirmed by experimental data is still lacking, our study is based on the widely used generalized Darcy–Forchheimer model. First, a validation is performed by comparing numerical results of the saturation front kinetics with a semi-analytical solution inspired from the Buckley–Leverett model extended to take into account inertia. Second, we highlight the importance of inertial terms on the evolution of saturation fronts as a function of a suitable Reynolds number. Saturation fields are shown to have a structure markedly different from the classical case without inertia, especially for heterogeneous media, thereby, emphasizing the necessity of a more complete model than the classical generalized Darcy’s one when inertial effects are not negligible.