Micromechanical analysis of polymer composites reinforced by unidirectional fibres: Part II – Micromechanical analyses

This paper presents the application of a new constitutive damage model for an epoxy matrix on micromechanical analyses of polymer composite materials. Different representative volume elements (RVEs) are developed with a random distribution of fibres. Upon application of periodic boundary conditions (PBCs) on the RVEs, different loading scenarios are applied and the mechanical response of the composite studied. Focus is given to the influence of the interface between fibre and matrix, as well as to the influence of the epoxy matrix, on the strength properties of the composite, damage initiation and propagation under different loading conditions.     

基于人工弹簧模型的周期结构带隙计算方法研究

能量法具有将求解微分方程边值问题转化为泛函极值问题的优点,故而在结构动力学分析中被广泛使用, 近年来也被引入到周期结构带隙计算中. 然而,由于周期结构边界条件相对复杂,采用传统能量法(如Rayleigh-Ritz法)分析时位移函数构造难度大;且由于位移函数中包含波数项,扫描波数计算带隙的过程中质量、刚度矩阵需不断重算, 导致计算量较大. 鉴于此,本文对传统能量法进行改进,通过引入人工弹簧来模拟包含周期边界在内的各类边界条件,可将边界约束转化为人工弹簧的弹性势能,故而各能量分部中仅有周期边界弹性势能包含波数项,扫描波数时仅需重新计算与其对应的刚度矩阵,其余的质量、刚度矩阵只需要计算一次, 继而显著降低了计算量. 研究结果表明,本文方法准确、可靠, 且相较于传统能量法, 本文方法的计算效率更高,随着结构质量、刚度矩阵的维度增大, 或者扫描波数点数的增多,本文方法计算效率优势更加明显. 此外, 人工弹簧模型使用灵活、便捷,可进一步地拓展到更为复杂的周期性组合结构带隙分析中.      

基于二重网格的动网格松弛法改进

相比传统的弹簧法等方法,基于球松弛算法的动网格松弛法在复杂边界大变形条件下可以得到质量更高的边界网格以及更大的极限变形量,但该方法在时间效率上还有提升的空间.引入二重网格,采用动网格松弛法进行稀疏网格的网格变形,将边界位移传递到整个网格计算域;再利用二重网格映射,将稀疏网格位移映射到原有计算网格的节点上.算例表明,改进...     

弹性地基上各向异性板的静力分析

根据弹性地基上各向异性矩形板弯曲挠度的微分方程精确的求得了适用于各种载荷的非齐次解和各类齐次解。其中由三角函数和双曲线函数组成的齐次解能满足四个边为任意边界条件的问题;由代数多项式和双正弦级数组成的齐次解能满足四个角为任意边界条件的问题。通过适当选取建立了满足任意边界条件和任意载荷作用的一般解。解中的积分常数完全由边界条件来决定。以四边简支承受均布载荷和局部分布载荷的对称迭层复合材料方板为例进行了计算和分析。其结果与已有文献结果是一致的。由于集中载荷不能求得作用点的弯矩,故在例题中改用局部分布载荷因而求得了最大弯矩。     

A dynamic eddy-viscosity closure model for large eddy simulations of two-dimensional decaying turbulence

This paper puts forth a simplified dynamic eddy-viscosity subgrid-scale model for the vorticity transport equation which is employed in a large eddy simulation study of freely evolving isotropic two-dimensional turbulent flows. The dynamic parameter is averaged in space, thereby retrieving a spatially constant value which only varies in time. The proposed dynamic model is applied to a two-dimensional decaying turbulence problem in a square periodic box, which is a standard prototype of more realistic turbulent flows in the atmosphere and oceans, in order to eliminate any possible errors associated with the boundary conditions or mesh non-uniformities. Compared with high-resolution direct numerical simulations, the performance of the dynamic model is systematically investigated considering various filtering strategies by means of test filters. The effects of the computational resolution and the filtering ratio between the test and the grid filters are also studied by using a huge set of parameters.     

A micromechanically based couple-stress model of an elastic orthotropic two-phase composite

We determine couple-stress moduli and characteristic lengths of a two-dimensional matrix-inclusion composite, with inclusions arranged in a periodic square array and both constituents linear elastic of Cauchy type. In the analysis we replace this composite by a homogeneous planar, orthotropic, couple-stress continuum. A generalization of the original Mindlin's (1963) derivation of field equations for such a continuum results in two (not just one!) characteristic lengths. We evaluate the couple-stress properties from the response of a unit cell under several types of boundary conditions: displacement, displacement-periodic, periodic and mixed, and traction controlled. In the parametric study we vary the stiffness ratio of both phases to cover a range of different media from nearly porous materials through composites with very stiff inclusions. We find that the aforementioned boundary conditions result in hierarchies of orthotropic couple-stress moduli, whereas both characteristic lengths are fairly insensitive to boundary conditions, and fall between 0.12% and 0.22% of the unit cell size for the inclusions' volume fraction of 18%.     

An extended finite element method for the simulation of particulate viscoelastic flows

We present an extended finite element method (XFEM) for the direct numerical simulation of the flow of viscoelastic fluids with suspended particles. For moving particle problems, we devise a temporary arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian (ALE) scheme which defines the mapping of field variables at previous time levels onto the computational mesh at the current time level. In this method, a regular mesh is used for the whole computational domain including both fluid and particles. A temporary ALE mesh is constructed separately and the computational mesh is kept unchanged throughout the whole computations. Particles are moving on a fixed Eulerian mesh without any need of re-meshing. For mesh refinements around the interface, we combine XFEM with the grid deformation method, in which nodal points are redistributed close to the interface while preserving the mesh topology. Our method is verified by comparing with the results of boundary fitted mesh problems combined with the conventional ALE scheme. The proposed method shows similar accuracy compared with boundary fitted mesh problems and superior accuracy compared with the fictitious domain method. If the grid deformation method is combined with XFEM, the required computational time is reduced significantly compared to uniform mesh refinements, while providing mesh convergent solutions. We apply the proposed method to the particle migration in rotating Couette flow of a Giesekus fluid. We investigate the effect of initial particle positions, the Weissenberg number, the mobility parameter of the Giesekus model and the particle size on the particle migration. We also show two-particle interactions in confined shear flow of a viscoelastic fluid. We find three different regimes of particle motions according to initial separations of particles.     

Maximum frequency design of laminated plates with mixed boundary conditions

A layerwise optimization (LO) approach is extended to accommodate the finite element analysis for optimizing the free vibration behavior of laminated composite plates with discontinuities along the boundaries. The classical non-conforming finite element is modified to fit into the LO procedure and is used to calculate natural frequencies of symmetrically laminated plates. This combined LO-FEM approach is applied to laminated rectangular plates with combinations of free, simply supported and clamped edges along parts of the plate boundary. The fundamental frequency, an object function for the present study, is maximized by optimizing design variables that are a set of fiber orientation angles in the layers. For illustrative purpose nine examples of square and rectangular plates with various types of mixed boundary conditions are considered, and a comprehensive set of results are presented for the optimum fiber orientation angles and the maximum fundamental frequencies of the 8-layer and 24-layer plates.     

A DEPTH-INTEGRATED 2D COASTAL AND ESTUARINE MODEL WITH CONFORMAL BOUNDARY-FITTED MESH GENERATION

Details are given of the development and application of a 2D depth-integrated, conformal boundary-fitted, curvilinear model for predicting the depth-mean velocity field and the spatial concentration distribution in estuarine and coastal waters. A numerical method for conformal mesh generation, based on a boundary integral equation formulation, has been developed. By this method a general polygonal region with curved edges can be mapped onto a regular polygonal region with the same number of horizontal and vertical straight edges and a multiply connected region can be mapped onto a regular region with the same connectivity. A stretching transformation on the conformally generated mesh has also been used to provide greater detail where it is needed close to the coast, with larger mesh sizes further offshore, thereby minimizing the computing effort whilst maximizing accuracy. The curvilinear hydrodynamic and solute model has been developed based on a robust rectilinear model. The hydrodynamic equations are approximated using the ADI finite difference scheme with a staggered grid and the solute transport equation is approximated using a modified QUICK scheme. Three numerical examples have been chosen to test the curvilinear model, with an emphasis placed on complex practical applications.     

形状记忆合金纤维复合材料的等效力学行为

在Aboudi提出的胞元模型以及Liu等建立的形状记忆合金的本构模型的基础上，由Legendre多项式，假设每个子胞元的位移场、应变场和应力场，再由子胞元间交界面的应力连续条件和外荷载边界条件推导出基体为弹塑性材料的形状记忆合金纤维复合材料的胞元模型；模拟了呈周期对称的形状记忆合金纤维复合材料受轴向单向拉伸、横向拉伸和横向剪切荷载作用下的等效力学行为，与有限元解进行了比较，结果基本一致。与有限元法比较起来，本文推导出的形状记忆合金纤维复合材料的胞元模型更具高效性。     

A homogenization theory of strain gradient single crystal plasticity and its finite element discretization

In this study, a homogenization theory based on the Gurtin strain gradient formulation and its finite element discretization are developed for investigating the size effects on macroscopic responses of periodic materials. To derive the homogenization equations consisting of the relation of macroscopic stress, the weak form of stress balance, and the weak form of microforce balance, the Y-periodicity is used as additional, as well as standard, boundary conditions at the boundary of a unit cell. Then, by applying a tangent modulus method, a set of finite element equations is obtained from the homogenization equations. The computational stability and efficiency of this finite element discretization are verified by analyzing a model composite. Furthermore, a model polycrystal is analyzed for investigating the grain size dependence of polycrystal plasticity. In this analysis, the micro-clamped, micro-free, and defect-free conditions are considered as the additional boundary conditions at grain boundaries, and their effects are discussed.     

基于混凝土裂纹数字图像的有限元网格生成

通过结合数字图像处理技术、边界矢量化技术与有限元网格自动生成技术,提出了基于数字图像的混凝土构件裂纹有限元分析方法。本文以混凝土裂纹为研究对象,先采用Canny算子提取裂纹边缘,对中断的边缘和伪边缘利用顺序边缘连接算法进行连接和剔除;然后,通过矢量化技术将裂纹边界拟合成小线段;最后在矢量化边界的基础上,利用自动生成技术生成裂纹结构的有限元网格,实现对裂纹区域受力情况的分析。实验结果表明:本文提出的方法可实现混凝土结构裂纹的图像监测与力学分析的一体化,能够大幅提高现役结构的评估速度和效率。     

Three-dimensional vibration analysis of thick rectangular plates using Chebyshev polynomial and Ritz method

This paper describes a method for free vibration analysis of rectangular plates with any thicknesses, which range from thin, moderately thick to very thick plates. It utilises admissible functions comprising the Chebyshev polynomials multiplied by a boundary function. The analysis is based on a linear, small-strain, three-dimensional elasticity theory. The proposed technique yields very accurate natural frequencies and mode shapes of rectangular plates with arbitrary boundary conditions. A very simple and general programme has been compiled for the purpose. For a plate with geometric symmetry, the vibration modes can be classified into symmetric and antisymmetric ones in that direction. In such a case, the computational cost can be greatly reduced while maintaining the same level of accuracy. Convergence studies and comparison have been carried out taking square plates with four simply-supported edges as examples. It is shown that the present method enables rapid convergence, stable numerical operation and very high computational accuracy. Parametric investigations on the vibration behaviour of rectangular plates with four clamped edges have also been performed in detail, with respect to different thickness-side ratios, aspect ratios and Poisson’s ratios. These results may serve as benchmark solutions for validating approximate two-dimensional theories and new computational techniques in future.     

多特征几何体的全六面体网格自动生成方法

有限元分析的精度和效率与网格划分的质量有直接关系.目前尚缺乏一种普适性的自动网格划分方法,尤其是对于具有多种几何特征的复杂模型,现有的六面体网格自动划分算法存在不同几何特征间的网格兼容性较差以及孔状特征周围网格质量不高的问题.对此本文提出一种基于映射法的六面体网格自动生成方法,在映射法的基本框架下,将物理空间中的复杂几何体映射为计算空间中的规则几何体,引入边界顶点分类,将复杂几何体边界进行简化,将子域约束进行连接,寻找贯穿边界,以使映射网格在约束特征间兼容;对圆弧特征进行等效转化,降低曲率过大对于网格过渡的影响.实例验证表明,本方法稳定可靠,生成的六面体网格质量较高,能够解决多特征复杂几何体六面体网格自动划分问题.     

Adaptive mesh refinement for simulating fluid-structure interaction using a sharp interface immersed boundary method

In this article, adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) is performed to simulate flow around both stationary and moving boundaries. The finite-difference approach is applied along with a sharp interface immersed boundary (IB) method. The Lagrangian polynomial is employed to facilitate the interpolation from a coarse to a fine grid level, while a weighted-average formula is used to transfer variables inversely. To save memory, the finest grid is only generated in the local areas close to the wall boundary, and the mesh is dynamically reconstructed based on the location of the wall boundary. The Navier-Stokes equations are numerically solved through the second-order central difference scheme in space and the third-order Runge-Kutta time integration. Flow around a circular cylinder rotating in a square domain is firstly simulated to examine the accuracy and convergence rate. Then three cases are investigated to test the validity of the present method: flow past a stationary circular cylinder at low Reynolds numbers, flow past a forced oscillating circular cylinder in the transverse direction at various frequencies, and a free circular cylinder subjected to vortex-induced vibration in two degrees of freedom. Computational results agree well with these in the literature and the flow fields are smooth around the interface of different refinement levels. The effect of refinement level has also been evaluated. In addition, a study for the computational efficiency shows that the AMR approach is helpful to reduce the total node number and speed up the time integration, which could prompt the application of the IB method when a great near-wall spatial resolution is required.     

Coupling methods between finite element–based Boussinesq‐type wave and particle‐based free‐surface flow models

We develop one‐way coupling methods between a Boussinesq‐type wave model based on the discontinuous Galerkin finite element method and a free‐surface flow model based on a mesh‐free particle method to strike a balance between accuracy and computational cost. In our proposed model, computation of the wave model in the global domain is conducted first, and the nonconstant velocity profiles in the vertical direction are reproduced by using its results. Computation of the free‐surface flow is performed in a local domain included within the global domain with interface boundaries that move along the reproduced velocity field in a Lagrangian fashion. To represent the moving interfaces, we used a polygon wall boundary model for mesh‐free particle methods. Verification and validation tests of our proposed model are performed, and results obtained by the model are compared with theoretical values and experimental results to show its accuracy and applicability.     

一种模拟大规模高频声场的双层奇异边界法

大规模高频声场的数值模拟是一项非常有计算挑战性的课题. 为了解决传统边界型离散方法由于全局支撑的满阵限制, 不易应用于大规模高频声场模拟的计算瓶颈, 本文提出了一种用于模拟大规模高频声场的双层奇异边界法. 在该方法中, 通过引入双层结构, 细网格上的全局支撑的满阵被转化为局部支撑的大规模稀疏矩阵, 传统奇异边界法模拟大规模问题时所面临的高计算量以及过度存储需求遂得以解决. 其次, 双层奇异边界法仅通过粗网格评估远场作用, 且独立于特定的插值核函数. 相较于快速多级方法, 该方法具有更强的适应性和灵活性, 且多层结构使该方法具有一定的预调节作用, 非常适合求解具有大规模、高秩、高条件数特点的高频波矩阵. 在其后的散射球模型算例中, 双层奇异边界法配置10万个节点, 成功模拟了无量纲波数高达160的声散射问题. 在对于人头模型的声散射特性分析中, 双层奇异边界法比COMSOL软件计算速度快了约78.13\mathrm{\%}. 当配置8万个节点时, 双层奇异边界法成功模拟了频率高达25 kHz 的工况, 该频率已远远超出了人耳的听力极限.      

ANALYSIS OF SYMMETRIC LAMINATED RECTANGULAR PLATES IN PLANE STRESS

Symmetric laminated plates used usually are anisotropic plates. Based on the fundamental equation for anisotropic rectangular plates in plane stress problem, a general analytical solution is established accurately by method of stress function. Therefore the general formula of stress and displacement in plane is given. The integral constants in general formula can be determined by boundary conditions. This general solution is composed of solutions made by trigonometric function and hyperbolic function, which can satisfy the problem of arbitrary boundary conditions along four edges, and the algebraic polynomial solutions which can satisfy the problem of boundary conditions at four corners. Consequently this general solution can be used to solve the plane stress problem with arbitrary boundary conditions. For example, a symmetric laminated square plate acted with uniform normal load, tangential load and nonuniform normal load on four edges is calculated and analyzed.     

判别二维有限元网格图的简便算法

根据图论中欧拉公式推得二维有限元网格图中单元数、节点数、边数及边界数之间的关系式,获得判别网格图中是否存在节点号重复和单元遗漏的简便算法。     

复合材料旋转壳自由振动分析的新方法

提出了一种半解析区域分解法来分析任意边界条件的复合材料层合旋转壳自由振动. 沿壳体旋转轴线将壳体分解为一些自由的层合壳段, 视位移边界界面为一种特殊的分区界面;采用分区广义变分和最小二乘加权残值法将壳体所有分区界面上的位移协调方程引入到壳体的能量泛函中, 使层合壳的振动分析问题归结为无约束泛函变分问题. 层合壳段位移变量采用Fourier 级数和Chebyshev 多项式展开. 以不同边界条件的层合圆柱壳、圆锥壳及球壳为例, 采用区域分解法分析了其自由振动, 并将计算结果与其他文献值进行了对比. 算例表明, 该方法具有高效率、高精度和收敛性好等优点.