Disturbance and repair of solitary waves in blood vessels with aneurysm

This paper analyzes the effects of a local increase of radius followed by local variation of the thickness or rigidity of an elastic tube on the behavior of solitary waves. The basic equations for the analysis is a set of Boussinesq-type equations derived from the flow equations in elastic tubes. It is found that the increase in rigidity and thickness reduces the effects of the tube local enlargement on the amplitude of waves. Attention is paid to the aneurysmal affection of blood vessels where there is an increase in rigidity due to calcification or an increase of thickness due to thromboses. It thus comes that those effects contribute to the regeneration of blood waves and can merge the effects of the disease.     

Effectiveness of using hollow fibers to improve the rigidity of glass-reinforced plastics

Calculated and experimental relations between the modulus of elasticity and rigidity of unidirectional glass-reinforced plastics (GRP) and the capillarity coefficient of the hollow fiber reinforcement are presented. It is established that in calculating the flexural rigidity ratio of hollow- and solid-fiber GRP specimens of equal weight it is not permissible to neglect the mass and modulus of elasticity of the resin. The potentialities of hollow fibers as reinforcement for GRP shells subjected to external pressure are demonstrated.All-Union Scientific-Research Institute of Glass-Reinforced Plastics and Glass Fibers, Moscow Region. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 672–676, July–August, 1968.     

Numerical simulation of solitary blood waves in an elastic tube subjected to a localised deformation

In order to well apprehend what really happens in a locally deformed elastic tube, a numerical analysis of the liquid flow in such a media has been undertaken. A cylindrical tube with constant rigidity subjected to a localised dilatation is first considered and results obtained help to understand the behaviour and the developing process of aneurysm. The analysis of the effects of stenoses on blood flow is also done.     

Solitary waves in a fluid-filled thin elastic tube with variable cross-section

The present work treats the arteries as a thin walled prestressed elastic tube with variable cross-section and uses the longwave approximation to study the propagation of weakly nonlinear waves in such a fluid-filled elastic tube by employing the reductive perturbation method. By considering the blood as an incompressible inviscid fluid, the evolution equation is obtained as the Korteweg–de Vries equation with a variable coefficient. It is shown that this type of equations admits a solitary wave type of solution with variable wave speed. It is observed that, for soft biological tissues with an exponential strain energy function the wave speed increases with distance for narrowing tubes while it decreases for expanding tubes.     

Analyzing of the effect of the dusty fluid,anisotropy and layered of the wall on the wave propagation

This study considers the propagation of time harmonic waves in, prestressed, anisotropic elastic tubes filled with viscous fluid containing dusty particles. The fluid is assumed to be incompressible and Newtonian. The tube material is considered to be incompressible, anisotropic, and elastic. The tube is subjected to a static inner pressure P_i and an axial stretch λ. Utilizing the theory of “Superposing small deformations on large initial static deformations”, differential equations governing wave propagation inside the tube are obtained in terms of cylindrical coordinates. Analytical solutions for the equations of motion for the dust and the fluid are obtained, and expressed numerically. The dispersion relation is obtained as a function of the stretch, the thickness ratio and the parameters for dusty particles.     

在受轴向周期扰动作用下双壁碳纳米管动力屈曲的研究

对双壁碳纳米管受轴向周期扰动的动力响应进行了研究．采用连续体模型研究双壁碳纳米管的动力屈曲问题,考虑了壁间van der Waals力和周围弹性介质对轴向动力屈曲的影响．给出了受轴向周期扰动的屈曲模型及临界应变和临界频率．发现双壁碳纳米管由于壁间van der Waals力的作用较单壁碳纳米管具有较低的临界应变．van der Waals力和周围弹性介质将影响双壁碳纳米管不稳定区,van der Waals力使受轴向周期性扰动的双壁碳纳米管的临界频率增大,周围弹性介质对双壁碳纳米管的临界频率影响不大．     

Thermal buckling and post-buckling analysis of geometrically imperfect FGM clamped tubes on nonlinear elastic foundation

Present research deals with the thermal buckling and post-buckling analysis of the geometrically imperfect functionally graded tubes on nonlinear elastic foundation. Imperfect FGM tube with immovable clamped–clamped end conditions is subjected to thermal environments. Tube under different types of thermal loads, such as heat conduction, linear temperature change, and uniform temperature rise is analyzed. Material properties of the FGM tube are assumed to be temperature dependent and are distributed through the radial direction. Displacement field satisfies the tangential traction free boundary conditions on the inner and outer surfaces of the FGM tube. The nonlinear governing equations of the FGM tube are obtained by means of the virtual displacement principle. The equilibrium equations are based on the nonlinear von Kármán assumption and higher order shear deformation circular tube theory. These coupled differential equations are solved using the two-step perturbation method. Approximate solutions are provided to estimate the thermal post-buckling response of the perfect/imperfect FGM tube as explicit functions of the various thermal loads. Numerical results are provided to explore the effects of different geometrical parameters of the FGM tube subjected to different types of thermal loads. The effects of power law index, springs stiffness of elastic foundation, and geometrical imperfection parameter of tube are also included.     

Methods of analysing ropes. The extension–torsion method

Two new approaches are used for calculating the stress–strain state of a rope and its stiffnesses. The first approach relies on the theory of fibrous composites and Saint-Venant's solution for a cylinder with helical anisotropy. The second approach is based on the solution by the finite element method of the three-dimensional problem of elasticity theory for a solid inhomogeneous cylinder formed by a finite number of elastic fibres arranged in helical lines and connected by a weak filler (in the sense that its Young's modulus is several orders of magnitude less than the Young's modulus of the fibre). The behaviour of the stiffness when the modulus of elasticity of the filler tends to zero is analysed, and the results of the limiting transition are discussed. The numerical results obtained are compared with calculations by other well-known applied theories.     

Bending of a multilayer cylindrical shell with an elastic core under a local radial load

The problem of the state of stress and strain of a multilayer cylindrical shell with a soft elastic core subjected to an external, locally distributed radial load is solved under the simplifying assumption that all the layers satisfy the generalized Hooke's law and work together without slip. A numerical example is given.     

On the derivation of nonlinear rod theories from three-dimensional elasticity

Summary Nonlinear elastic constitutive laws for slender rods are derived from three-dimensional elasticity, using an asymptotic analysis in appropriate scaled material coordinates. Although the strain is everywhere small, displacements and rotations may be large and the elastic behaviour is nonlinear. In the lowest-order rod theory, the couple-resultant and tensile load are expressed as derivatives of a cross-sectional energy. The equations of this theory are similar to those in a director theory of Green and Laws. An iterative procedure for the generation of higher order rod theories is outlined.

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Sommario A partire dell'elasticità tridimensionale, si dedottono le leggi costituive non-lineare elastiche per verghe sottile, utilizzando un metodo asintotico in coordinate materiau delle scale opportune. Benchè la deformazione sia piccolò, i dislocamenti e le rotazioni possono essere grandi ed il comportamento elastico è non-lineare. Nella teoria delle verghe del ordine molto basso, la coppiarisultanta ed il carico tensile si esprimono come derivate di una energia trasversale. Le equazioni di questa teoria sono analoghe di quelle nella teoria direttiva di Green & Laws. Un procedimento iterativo è delineato per la generazione delle teorie delle verghe di ordini superiori.

     

Analyzing the harmonic wave propagation in the layered thick tubes

In this study, the propagation of time harmonic waves in prestressed, anisotropic elastic tubes filled with viscous fluid is studied. The fluid is assumed to be incompressible and Newtonian. A two layered hyperelastic anisotropic structural model is used for the compliant arterial wall. The tube is subjected to a static inner pressure P_i and an axial stretch λ. The governing differential equations of tube are obtained in cylindrical coordinates, utilizing the theory of “Superposing small deformations on large initial static deformations”. The analytical solutions of the equations of motion for the fluid have been obtained. Due to variability of the coefficients of the resulting equations for the solid body they are solved numerically. The dispersion relation is obtained as a function of the stretch and material parameters.     

A three-dimensional quasicontinuum approach for predicting biomechanical properties of malaria-infected red blood cell membrane

This paper presents the first attempt to comprehensively estimate the elastic properties and mechanical responses of malaria-infected red blood cell (iRBC) membrane when subjected to uniaxial, shear and isotropic area-dilation loading conditions. With the three-dimensional (3D) quasicontinuum approach, we predicted the biomechanical properties of the iRBC membrane for all infection stages. Effect of temperature on the membrane elastic properties during the trophozoite stage was also examined. It is found that a multifold increase in the elastic properties of the iRBC membrane occurs as infection progresses. The axial, shear and area stiffnesses of the iRBC membrane increase exponentially, resulting in semi-logarithmic stress–strain relationship curves. In addition, the rigidity of the iRBC membrane in the trophozoite stage increases as temperature rise. It is concluded that Plasmodium falciparum parasites significantly affect the biomechanical properties of the RBC membrane due to the structural remodeling of the iRBC membrane microstructure.     

Stress state in multilayer cylindrical tubes made of elastically compressible linear viscoelastic material

Through the use of Abel's operators and э operators, the authors obtained an implicit solution for N-layered cylindrical tubes with alternating elastic and viscoelastic layers under conditions of elastic compressibility of the viscoelastic medium. Explicit expressions were written for the reactive pressures in 3- and 2-layered cylindrical tubes with alternating elastic and viscoelastic layers; these are analyzed in detail. Based on the solution obtained earlier for a condition where the viscoelastic operator corresponding to Poisson's coefficient is taken as a constant, it has been shown that the hypotheses discussed will lead in time to qualitatively different stress states. The overall results obtained are illustrated on an example.     

A model of the gas flow in hollow fibres with permeable walls

A model of the isothermal flow of a viscous ideal gas in long tubes (hollow fibres) with permeable walls is constructed. Analytical relations are derived for the relative flow rate of the gas through the permeable walls of tubes made of porous and non-porous materials. It is established that, for a specified pressure drop, there is an optimum length of the tube when the gas flow rate through its walls reaches a maximum value. A formula is derived for calculating the characteristic fibre length for which the gas flow rate through the tube walls becomes predominant in the overall balance of the gas flow rate entering the input section of the fibre. A single universal dimensionless relation, describing the balance of the gas flow rates for fibres having different permeability mechanisms, is proposed.     

Propagation of elastic waves in certain composites

Conclusions 1. Relationships have been obtained for determining nine elastic characteristics of orthotropic composite materials from the properties of the starting components and the assigned reinforcement scheme.2. Formulas are given for calculating the propagation velocity of three types of elastic flat waves for an arbitrary direction in one of the planes of elastic symmetry of a uniform orthotropic material.3. It has been shown that the velocity of the first arrival of a packet of ultrasonic vibrations which is recorded in an experiment is equal to the velocity of motion of the wave front in a limitless medium even for rather thin (5–10 mm) fiberglass-plastic specimens with unidirectional or cross-reinforced schemes.4. The dependences of elastic properties and rates of propagation of elastic vibrations on direction which are calculated theoretically from the properties of the starting components and the reinforcement scheme agree satisfactorily with experimental results.Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 3, pp. 531–536, May–June, 1978.     

The propagation of elastic waves in composite materials reinforced with piezoelectric fibres

The propagation of longitudinal elastic waves in composite materials, consisting of a polymer matrix reinforced by continuous fibres in one direction, is considered. The reinforcing fibres have piezoelectric properties and have a thin current-conducting coating (“shunted fibres”). The scattering of electric energy in such materials leads to dispersion of the velocity of the elastic waves and to their attenuation. The effective-field method is used to determine the macroscopic electroelastic constants of such composites. These constants enable one to obtain, in explicit form, the frequency dependence of the real and imaginary parts of the wave number of a longitudinal wave, propagating along the reinforcement direction, and also their dependenc on the physical and geometrical characteristics of the components.     

A model of fluid injection into the spinal disc

This paper presents an analytical model of the stress–strain response of intervertebral disc to fluid injection. The disc has nonlinear properties and collagen fibres play a significant role in sustaining strain. Each fibre is modeled as a flexible, helical string inclined at ∼30° to the horizontal plane. The tensile stress in the fibres is obtained from a nonlinear stress–strain law that has been determined by experiment. An asymptotic approximation of the model equations based on the ratio of the fluid injected to the initial volume of fluid in the disc is developed and its solution obtained. Some quantitative predictions are made by considering a hypothetical value of the amount of fluid injected and some material values of discs at different levels of the spine. Numerical simulations show that the model compare reasonably well with some experimental observations for discs of the lumbar region.     

Anisotropy of torsional rigidity of sheet polymer composite materials

Wide application of polymer composite materials (PCM) in modern technology calls for detailed evaluation of their stress-strain properties in a broad temperature range. To obtain such information, we use the dynamic mechanical analysis and with the help of a reverse torsion pendulum measure the dynamic torsional rigidity of PCM bars of rectangular cross section in the temperature range up to 600 K. It is found that the temperature dependences of the dynamic rigidity of the calculated values of dynamic shear moduli are governed by the percentage and properties of the binder and fibers, the layout of fibers, the phase interaction along interfaces, etc. The principles of dynamic mechanical spectrometry are used to substantiate and analyze the parameters of anisotropy by which the behavior of a composite can be described in the temperature range including the transition of the binder from the glassy into a highly elastic state. For this purpose, the values of dynamic rigidity are measured under low-amplitude vibrations of the PCM specimens with a fiber orientation angle from 0 to 90°. It is shown that for unidirectional composites the dependence between the dynamic rigidity and the fiber orientation angle is of extreme character. The value and position of the peak depend on the type of the binder and fibers and change with temperature. It is found that the anisotropy degree of PCM is dictated by the molecular mobility and significantly changes in the temperature range of transition of the binder and reinforcement from the glassy into a highly elastic state (in the case of SVM fibers). The possibility of evaluating the anisotropy of composites with other reinforcement schemes, in particular, of orthogonally reinforced PCMs, is shown.Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 291–308, May–June, 1999.     

On the plane deformation of fibre-reinforced viscoelastic plates

The realization method of elastic solutions is used to solve the problem of bending of a viscoelastic plate reinforced unidirectionally by elastic fibres. Numerical computations are carried out for three kinds of external load. The plane deformation of this plate is discussed.     

Bifurcation theory applied to buckling states of a cylindrical shell

Veins, bronchii, and many other vessels in the human body are flexible enough to be capable of collapse if submitted to suitable applied external and internal loads. One way to describe this phenomenon is to consider an inextensible elastic and infinite tube, with a circular cross section in the reference configuration, subjected to a uniform external pressure. In this paper, we establish that the nonlinear equilibrium equation for this model has nontrivial solutions which appear for critical values of the pressure. To this end, the tools we use are the Liapunov-Schmidt decomposition and the bifurcation theorem for simple multiplicity. We conclude with the bifurcation diagram, showing the dependence between the cross-sectional area and the pressure.