On the encounter of an acoustic shear pulse with a phase boundary in an elastic material: reflection and transmission behavior

The fully dynamical motion of a phase boundary is considered for a specific class of elastic materials whose stress-strain relation in simple shear is nonmonotone. It is shown that a preexisting stationary phase boundary in a prestressed layer composed of such a material can be set in motion by a finite amplitude shear pulse. An infinity of solutions is possible according to the present theory, each of which is characterized by different reflected and transmitted waves at the phase boundary. A global analysis gives exact bounds on the size of the solution family for different shear pulse amplitudes. For certain ranges of shear pulse amplitudes a completely reflecting solution will exist, while for an in general different range of shear pulse amplitudes a completely transmitting solution will exist. The properties of these different solutions are examined. In particular, it is observed that the ringing of a shear pulse between the external boundaries and the internal phase boundary gives rise to periodic phase boundary motion for both the case of a completely reflecting phase boundary and a completely transmitting phase boundary.     

Dynamic growth of martensitic plates in an elastic material

The growth of martensitic plates under conditions of anti-plane shear is considered for a particular isotropic hyperelastic material. An asymptotic solution is presented for the displacement field near the tip of a plate growing at an arbitrary velocity up to the shear wave speed of the austenite. An energy balance shows that the rate of energy dissipation is essentially the same as for the quasi-static motion of a normal equilibrium shock. Numerical solutions illustrate how the martensitic plates develop in an initial boundary value problem.This work was supported by the National Science Foundation through grant MSM-8658107 and through a grant of supercomputer resources at the John von Neumann Center.     

Reflection and Refraction of Anti-Plane Shear Waves from a Moving Phase Boundary

The reflection and refraction of anti-plane shear waves from an interface separating half-spaces with different moduli is well understood in the linear theory of elasticity. Namely, an oblique incident wave gives rise to a reflected wave that departs at the same angle and to a refracted wave that, after transmission through the interface, departs at a possibly different angle. Here we study similar issues for a material that admits mobile elastic phase boundaries in anti-plane shear. We consider an energy minimal equilibrium state in anti-plane shear involving a planar phase boundary that is perturbed due to an incident wave of small magnitude. The phase boundary is allowed to move under this perturbation. As in the linear theory, the perturbation gives rise to a reflected and a refracted wave. The orientation of these waves is independent of the phase boundary motion and determined as in the linear theory. However, the phase boundary motion affects the amplitudes of the departing waves. Perturbation analysis gives these amplitudes for general small phase boundary motion, and also permits the specification of the phase boundary motion on the basis of additional criteria such as a kinetic relation. A standard kinetic relation is studied to quantify the subsequent energy partitioning and dissipation on the basis of the properties of the incident wave.     

Augmented perpetual manifolds and perpetual mechanical systems-part II: theorem for dissipative mechanical systems behaving as perpetual machines of third kind

Perpetual points in mathematics defined recently, and their significance in nonlinear dynamics and their application in mechanical systems is currently ongoing research. The perpetual points significance relevant to mechanics so far is that they form the perpetual manifolds of rigid body motions of unforced mechanical systems, which lead to the definition of perpetual mechanical systems. The perpetual mechanical systems admit as perpetual points rigid body motions which are forming the perpetual manifolds. The concept of perpetual manifolds extended to the definition of augmented perpetual manifolds that an externally excited multi-degree of freedom mechanical system is moving as a rigid body, and may exhibit particle-wave motion. This article is complementary to the work done so far applied to natural perpetual dissipative mechanical systems with motion defined by the exact augmented perpetual manifolds, whereas the internal forces, and individual energies are examined, to understand further the mechanics of these systems while their motion is in the exact augmented perpetual manifolds. A theorem is proved stating that under conditions when the motion of a perpetual natural dissipative mechanical system is in the exact augmented perpetual manifolds, all the internal forces are zero, which is rather significant in the mechanics of these systems since the operation on augmented perpetual manifolds leads to zero internal degradation. Moreover, the theorem is stating that the potential energy is constant, and there is no dissipation of energy, therefore the process is internally isentropic, and there is no energy loss within the perpetual mechanical system. Also in this theorem is proved that the external work done is equal to the changes of the kinetic energy, therefore the motion in the exact augmented perpetual manifolds is driven only by the changes of the kinetic energy. This is also a significant outcome to understand the mechanics of perpetual mechanical systems while it is in particle-wave motion which is guided by kinetic energy changes. In the final statement of the theorem is stated and proved that the perpetual dissipative mechanical system can behave as a perpetual machine of third kind which is rather significant in mechanical engineering. Noting that the perpetual mechanical system apart of the augmented perpetual manifolds solutions is having other solutions too, e.g., in higher normal modes and in these solutions the theorem is not valid. The developed theory is applied in the only two possible configurations that a mechanical system can have. The first configuration is a perpetual mechanical system without any connection through structural elements with the environment. In the second configuration, the perpetual mechanical system is a subsystem, connected with structural elements with the environment. In both examples, the motion in the exact augmented perpetual manifolds is examined with the view of mechanics defined by the theorem, resulting in excellent agreement between theory and numerical simulations. The outcome of this article is significant in physics to understand the mechanics of the motion of perpetual mechanical systems in the exact augmented perpetual manifolds, which is described through the kinetic energy changes and this gives further insight into the mechanics of particle-wave motions. Also, in mechanical engineering the outcome of this article is significant, because it is shown that the motion of the perpetual mechanical systems in the exact augmented perpetual manifolds is the ultimate, in the sense that there are no internal forces which lead to degradation of the internal structural elements, and there is no energy loss due to dissipation.

     

Phase transitions induced by extension in a slender SMA cylinder: Analytical solutions for the hysteresis loop based on a quasi-3D continuum model

In this paper, we propose a quasi-3D continuum model to study the rate-independent hysteresis phenomenon in phase transitions of a slender shape memory alloy (SMA) cylinder subject to the uniaxial tension. Based on the three-dimensional field equations and the traction-free boundary conditions, by using a coupled series-asymptotic expansion method, we manage to express the total elastic potential energy of the cylinder in terms of the leading order term of the axial strain. We further consider the rate-independent dissipation effect in a purely one-dimensional setting. The mechanical dissipation functions are also expressed in terms of the axial strain. The equilibrium configuration of the cylinder is then determined by using the principle of maximizing the total energy dissipation. An illustrative example with some special chosen material constants is further considered. Free end boundary conditions are proposed at the two ends of the cylinder. By conducting a phase plane analysis and through some calculations, we obtain the analytical solutions of the equilibrium equation. We find that the engineering stress–strain curves corresponding to the obtained solutions can capture some important features of the experimental results. It appears that the analytical results obtained in this paper reveal the multiple solutions nature of the problem and shed certain light on the instability phenomena during the phase transition process.     

Consequences of the Maxwell relation for anti-plane shear deformations of an elastic solid

Previous numerical work has predicted chaotic distributions of phases in certain deformations of an elastic solid whose stress-strain relation in simple shear is nonmonotone. The present work provides an interpretation of these results making use of elastic stability considerations. For a specific material, a conformal mapping technique is shown to generate the totality of all deformations satisfying the Maxwell relation. It is shown that some boundary value problems have no solutions which obey the Maxwell relation. Such problems may have associated with them an infinite sequence of deformations (corresponding to a minimizing sequence in variational calculus) which satisfies the Maxwell relation in the sense of a limit. The properties of such sequences are examined in detail, and it is shown that the chaotic numerical solutions may be interpreted as terms in this sequence.     

Periodic elastic states: nontrivial body forces and exponentially decreasing asymptotic behavior

Solutions to periodic boundary value problems involving nontrivial body forces on bodies containing the upper half plane or space are examined. It is shown that, corresponding to each periodic strain solution, there is a relatively simple and easily computed asymptotic state. It is further shown that the error in using this asymptotic state rather than the actual solution decreases exponentially with the distance from the boundary.Implications of this behavior with regard to such topics as Saint Venant's principle, the theorem of work and energy, the uniqueness of solutions to periodic and non-periodic boundary value problems are also briefly discussed.     

Nonlinear dynamics of a microelectromechanical mirror in an optical resonance cavity

The nonlinear dynamical behavior of a micromechanical resonator acting as one of the mirrors in an optical resonance cavity is investigated. The mechanical motion is coupled to the optical power circulating inside the cavity both directly through the radiation pressure and indirectly through heating that gives rise to a frequency shift in the mechanical resonance and to thermal deformation. The energy stored in the optical cavity is assumed to follow the mirror displacement without any lag. In contrast, a finite thermal relaxation rate introduces retardation effects into the mechanical equation of motion through temperature dependent terms. Using a combined harmonic balance and averaging technique, slow envelope evolution equations are derived. In the limit of small mechanical vibrations, the micromechanical system can be described as a nonlinear Duffing-like oscillator. Coupling to the optical cavity is shown to introduce corrections to the linear dissipation, the nonlinear dissipation and the nonlinear elastic constants of the micromechanical mirror. The magnitude and the sign of these corrections depend on the exact position of the mirror and on the optical power incident on the cavity. In particular, the effective linear dissipation can become negative, causing self-excited mechanical oscillations to occur as a result of either a subcritical or supercritical Hopf bifurcation. The full slow envelope evolution equations are used to derive the amplitudes and the corresponding oscillation frequencies of different limit cycles, and the bifurcation behavior is analyzed in detail. Finally, the theoretical results are compared to numerical simulations using realistic values of various physical parameters, showing a very good correspondence.     

Dynamical analysis of cavitation for a transversely isotropic incompressible hyper-elastic medium: Periodic motion of a pre-existing micro-void

In this paper, the dynamical cavitation behavior is analyzed for a sphere composed of a class of transversely isotropic incompressible hyper-elastic materials, where there is a pre-existing micro-void in the interior of the sphere. A second-order non-linear ordinary differential equation that governs the motion of the initial micro-void is obtained by using the boundary conditions. On analyzing the qualitative properties of the solutions of the differential equation, some interesting conclusions are proposed. It is proved that the number of equilibrium points of the differential equation depends on the values of the material parameters, and that the phase diagrams of the equation are closed, smooth and convex trajectories. For any prescribed surface tensile dead-loads, the motion of the initial micro-void undergoes a non-linear periodic oscillation. The dependence of the periodic motion of the initial micro-void on material parameters and the radius of the initial micro-void is examined, and numerical results are also provided. It is worth pointing out that the conclusions in this paper can be used to describe approximately the physical implications of the dynamical formation of a cavity in the sphere.     

A preliminary study of 3D difference scheme with energy dynamic equilibrium

In this paper, a difference scheme with energy dynamic equilibrium (DS-EDE) is presented, which can be used for the simulation of long-term atmosphere and sea motion. Based on three dimensional nonlinear evolution equations for atmosphere and sea motion, a three dimensional compact upwind scheme (CUWS) is constructed, as the basis of the DS-EDE. The DS-EDE satisfies the following condition of energy dynamic equilibrium (EDE): the total work of external forces on the region boundary is equal to the sum of the total effective variation of the kinetic energy and the energy dissipation in the average flow motion and the effective variation of the potential energy per unit time within the region of interest. It really reflects the basic mechanism of the action of external forces and dissipation in atmosphere and sea movement. Therefore, the DS-EDE developed in this paper is a suitable model for simulating long-term atmosphere and sea movement with forcing and dissipation.     

Stability of a two-phase process in an elastic solid

This work investigates the linear stability of an antiplane shear motion which involves a steadily propagating normal planar phase boundary in an arbitrary element of a family of non-elliptic generalized neo-Hookean materials. It is shown that such a process is linearly unstable with respect to a large class of disturbances if and only if the kinetic response function—a constitutively supplied entity which relates the normal velocity of a phase boundary to the driving traction which acts on it—is locally decreasing as a function of the appropriate argument. This result holds whether or not inertial effects are taken into consideration, demonstrating that the linear stability of the relevant process depends entirely upon the transformation kinetics intrinsic to the kinetic response function. The morphological evolution of the interface is then, in an inertia-free setting, tracked for a short time subsequent to the perturbation. It is found that, when the kinetic response function is non-monotonic, the phase boundary can evolve so as to qualitatively resemble the plate-like structures which are found in displacive solid-solid phase transformations.     

Dynamic behavior of the interface between two solid phases in an elastic bar

Using the continuum mechanical model of solid-solid phase transitions of Abeyaratne and Knowles, this paper examines the large time dynamical behavior of a phase boundary. The problem studied concerns a semi-infinite elastic bar initially in an equilibrium state that involves two material phases separated by a phase boundary at a given location. Interaction between the phase boundary and the elastic waves generated by an impact at the end of the bar and subsequent reflections is studied in detail, and an exact solution of the dynamical problem, which is governed by a nonlinear resursive formula, is obtained. It is shown that the phase boundary reaches a new equilibrium state for large time. Numerical calculations based on the recursive formula are carried out to illustrate analytical results.Address after August 15, 1995: Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA24061, USA.     

Porous Channel Flows with Spontaneously Broken Symmetry

It is known that even entirely symmetric boundary value problems can admit solutions in which the inherent symmetry of the governing equations gets spontaneously broken. When this happens, two non-symmetric “twin solutions” occur so that the symmetry of the boundary value problem broken in the two individual solutions becomes restored by the twins. The present paper shows that, as a combined effect of buoyancy, viscous dissipation and pressure work, in a mixed convection flow in a vertical porous channel with isothermal walls, in addition to symmetric solutions, precisely this kind of twin solutions with broken symmetry can occur, although the walls are kept at the same temperature. The existence of another remarkable solution branch which describes symmetric adiabatic flows corresponding to nonlinear eigenvalues of the problem is also reported. The heat–work balance of all these steady-flow states is discussed in detail. The analysis is supported by an intuitive point-mechanical analogy. The equivalence of this mechanical energy analysis to the standard phase space method is also discussed shortly.     

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF SEISMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECTION STEEL-STEEL PLATE CONCRETE COMPOSITE WALL1)

提出一种型钢-钢板混凝土组合墙,为了研究其抗震性能,设计制作该形式的型钢-钢板混凝土组合墙进行拟静力试验。通过改变试件的轴压比、剪跨比,研究其在低周往复载荷作用下的受力机理、滞回性能、刚度退化及耗能能力等。试验结果表明：试件的破坏形态为压弯破坏,组合墙两端方钢管正面及侧面发生撕裂,两侧底部钢板屈曲严重,混凝土压溃;随着轴压比减小,试件具有更好的塑性变形能力和耗能能力,剪跨比对组合墙的抗震性能影响较小。     

Heat transfer in flow of nonlinear fluids with viscous dissipation

The rotational flow of viscoplastic fluids between concentric cylinders is examined while dissipation due to viscous effects through the energy balance. The viscosity of fluid is simultaneously dependent on shear rate and temperature. Exponential dependence of viscosity on temperature is modeled through Nahme law, and the shear dependency is modeled according to the Carreau equation. Hydrodynamically, stick boundary conditions are applied, and thermally, both constant temperature and constant heat flux on the exterior of cylinders are considered. The governing motion and energy balance equations are coupled adding complexity to the already highly correlated set of differential equations. Introduction of Nahme number has resulted in a nonlinear base flow between the cylinders. As well, the condition of constant heat flux has moved the point of maximum temperature toward the inner cylinder. Taking viscous heating into account, the effects of parameters such as Nahme and Brinkman numbers, material time and pseudoplasticity constant on the stability of the flow are investigated. Moreover, the study shows that the total entropy generation number decreases as the fluid elasticity increases. It, however, increases with increasing Nahme and Brinkman numbers.     

Construction of two-phase equilibria in a non-elliptic hyperelastic material

This work focuses on the construction of equilibrated two-phase antiplane shear deformations of a non-elliptic isotropic and incompressible hyperelastic material. It is shown that this material can sustain metastable, two-phase equilibria which are neither piecewise homogeneous nor axisymmetric, but, rather, involve non-planar interfaces which completely segregate inhomogeneously deformed material in distinct elliptic phases. These results are obtained by studying a constrained boundary value problem involving an interface across which the deformation gradient jumps. The boundary value problem is recast as an integral equation and conditions on the interface sufficient to guarantee the existence of a solution to this equation are obtained. The contraints, which enforce the segregation of material in the two elliptic phases, are then studied. Sufficient conditions for their satisfaction are also secured. These involve additional restrictions on the interface across which the deformation gradient jumps — which, with all restrictions satisfied, constitutes a phase boundary. An uncountably infinite number of such phase boundaries are shown to exist. It is demonstrated that, for each of these, there exists a solution — unique up to an additive constant — for the constrained boundary value problem. As an illustration, approximate solutions which correspond to a particular class of phase boundaries are then constructed. Finally, the kinetics and stability of an arbitrary element within this class of phase boundaries are analyzed in the context of a quasistatic motion.     

On the propagation of energy in linear conservative waves

Summary This paper is concerned with the question when and why the rate of energy propagation in a system of waves equals the group velocity. It is shown by the method of stationary phase that this equality holds, for travelling waves without dissipation, whenever this method applies. The reason why this result can be obtained by this kinematical method is investigated by a discussion of simple harmonic waves. It is shown that the choice of an expression for the energy density to be used in connection with a given wave equation is restricted by the conservation of energy in such a way that the average rate of work done divided by the average energy density always equals the group velocity. Finally some examples of wave motion are discussed to illustrate the derived formulae.     

New insights on free energies and Saint-Venant’s principle in viscoelasticity

Explicit expressions for the minimum free energy of a linear viscoelastic material and Noll’s definition of state are used here to explore spatial energy decay estimates for viscoelastic bodies, in the full dynamical case and in the quasi-static approximation.In the inertial case, Chirita et al. obtained a certain spatial decay inequality for a space–time integral over a portion of the body and over a finite time interval of the total mechanical energy. This involves the work done on histories, which is not a function of state in general. Here it is shown that for free energies which are functions of state and obey a certain reasonable property, the spatial decay of the corresponding space–time integral is stronger than the one involving the work done on the past history. It turns out that the bound obtained is optimal for the minimal free energy.Two cases are discussed for the quasi-static approximation. The first case deals with general states, so that general histories belonging to the equivalence class of any given state can be considered. The continuity of the stress functional with respect to the norm based on the minimal free energy is proved, and the energy measure based on the minimal free energy turns out to obey the decay inequality derived Chirita et al. for the quasi-static case.The second case explores a crucial point for viscoelastic materials, namely that the response is influenced by the rate of application of loads. Quite surprisingly, the analysis of this phenomenon in the context of Saint-Venant principles has never been carried out explicitly before, even in the linear case. This effect is explored by considering states, the related histories of which are sinusoidal. The spatial decay parameter is shown to be frequency-dependent, i.e. it depends on the rate of load application, and it is proved that of those considered, the most conservative estimate of the frequency-dependent decay is associated with the minimal free energy. A comparison is made of the results for sinusoidal histories at low frequencies and general histories.     

含不可渗透边裂纹压电材料反平面问题的解

研究了含边缘裂纹的矩形截面压电材料在平面内电场和反平面荷载作用下的问题。得到了满足拉普拉斯方程、裂纹面边界条件的位移函数解和电势函数解及电弹场的基本解。最后,用边界配置法计算了能量释放率。本文提出的这种半解析半数值的方法计算简便,而且具有广泛的应用性。     

Fractional visco-elastic Euler–Bernoulli beam

Aim of this paper is the response evaluation of fractional visco-elastic Euler–Bernoulli beam under quasi-static and dynamic loads. Starting from the local fractional visco-elastic relationship between axial stress and axial strain, it is shown that bending moment, curvature, shear, and the gradient of curvature involve fractional operators. Solution of particular example problems are studied in detail providing a correct position of mechanical boundary conditions. Moreover, it is shown that, for homogeneous beam both correspondence principles also hold in the case of Euler–Bernoulli beam with fractional constitutive law. Virtual work principle is also derived and applied to some case studies.