Weak formulation and first order form of the equations of motion for a class of constrained mechanical systems

Some new theoretical results are presented on modeling the dynamic response of a class of discrete mechanical systems subject to equality motion constraints. Both the development and presentation are facilitated by employing some fundamental concepts of differential geometry. At the beginning, the equations of motion of the corresponding unconstrained system are presented on a configuration manifold with general properties, first in strong and then in a primal weak form, using Newton׳s law of motion as a foundation. Next, the final weak form is obtained by performing a crucial integration by parts step, involving a covariant derivative. This step required the clarification and enhancement of some concepts related to the variations employed in generating the weak form. The second part of this work is devoted to systems involving holonomic and non-holonomic scleronomic constraints. The equations of motion derived in a recent study of the authors are utilized as a basis. The novel characteristic of these equations is that they form a set of second order ordinary differential equations (ODEs) in both the coordinates and the Lagrange multipliers associated to the constraint action. Based on these equations, the corresponding weak form is first obtained, leading eventually to a consistent first order ODE form of the equations of motion. These equations are found to appear in a form resembling the form obtained after application of the classical Hamilton׳s canonical equations. Finally, the new theoretical findings are illustrated by three representative examples.     

二维拉氏辐射流体力学人为解构造方法

人为构造解方法是复杂多物理过程耦合程序正确性验证的重要方法之一,适用于二维拉氏大变形网格的流体、辐射耦合人为解模型较为少见。针对拉氏辐射流体力学程序正确性验证的需要,从二维拉氏辐射流体力学方程组出发,基于坐标变换技术,给出了拉氏空间到欧氏空间的物理变量导数关系式,开展了辐射流体耦合的人为解构造方法研究,构造了一类质量方程无源项的二维人为解模型,并应用于非结构拉氏程序LAD2D辐射流体力学计算的正确性考核,为流体运动网格上的辐射扩散计算提供了一种有效手段。数值结果显示观测到的数值模拟收敛阶与理论分析一致。

     

On a new algorithm of constructing solitary wave solutions for systems of nonlinear evolution equations in mathematical physics

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Some existence theorems of common and coincidence solutions for a class of systems of functional equations arising in dynamic programming

Some existence theorems of common and coincidence solutions for a class of moregeneral systems of functional equations arising in dynamic programming are shown.Theresults presented in this paper not only contain the corresponding results of[6,7]as specialcases,but also give an existence theorem of solutions for a class of functional equationssuggested by Wang recently.     

New matrix method for analyzing vibration and damping effect of sandwich circular cylindrical shell with viscoelastic core

Based on the linear theories of thin cylindrical shells and viscoelastic materials, a governing equation describing vibration of a sandwich circular cylindrical shell with a viscoelastic core under harmonic excitation is derived. The equation can be written as a matrix differential equation of the first order, and is obtained by considering the energy dissipation due to the shear deformation of the viscoelastic core layer and the interaction between all layers. A new matrix method for solving the governing equation is then presented With an extended homogeneous capacity precision integration approach. Having obtained these, vibration characteristics and damping effect of the sandwich cylindrical shell can be studied. The method differs from a recently published work as the state vector in the governing equation is composed of displacements and internal forces of the sandwich shell rather than displacements and their derivatives. So the present method can be applied to solve dynamic problems of the kind of sandwich shells with various boundary conditions and partially constrained layer damping. Numerical examples show that the proposed approach is effective and reliable compared with the existing methods.