Solutions of dynamic problems for incompressible and slightly compressible helically orthotropic non-uniform thick-walled cylinders

Exact analytic solutions are obtained of the one-dimensional dynamic problem for an incompressible elastic radially non-uniform helically orthotropic thick-walled cylinder under plane-strain conditions, loaded with a time-dependent pressure from inside and/or outside. The necessary and sufficient conditions for solutions to exist and to be unique are established. The convergence of the wave solutions for slightly compressible cylinders to the analytic relations obtained for incompressible cylinders is investigated.     

Models of shells and plates in the problems of ophthalmology

This review is devoted to mathematical models created jointly with ophthalmologists. Models for calculating the stress-strain state of an eye shell after surgeries related to the treatment of retinal detachment and models of the theory of accommodation have been described briefly. Mathematical models describing the determination of the actual intraocular pressure (IOP) using application techniques have been discussed. Models making it possible to assess the effect of deviations of the shapes of the cornea and sclera from a spherical shape based on the IOP parameters and the effect of the cornea thickness on them have been also considered. It has been noted that models of ocular biomechanics helped in obtaining a number of new results in mechanics of solids, for example, in solving the problem on the stability of a spherical shell under a concentrated force and normal internal pressure, the stability of an axisymmetric equilibrium form of orthotropic nonuniform circular plates under normal pressure, the problem on the stability of a segment of an orthotropic shell under normal internal pressure and an applied load with a flat base, and solving problems of deformation of transversely isotropic spherical and cylindrical layers under internal and external pressures. The comparison of these solutions with those obtained using nonclassical shell theories made it possible to assess the precision of some theories.     

An orthotropic elastic model for rat abdominal aorta

Assuming the arterial wall is elastic, homogeneous and incompressible material, an orthotropic strain energy function for rat abdominal artery has been presented. Solving the problem of simultaneous inflation and axial stretch of a cylindrical artery, and then comparing the theoretical results with experiments the numerical values of material coefficients are obtained. Using the least-square error method, within the range of admissible physiological loading, the maximum deviation between the theory and experiment is found to be <3%, which seems to be a fairly good approximation. The variation of circumferential stress and incremental pressure modulus with inner pressure are also reported in the work. Unlike dog abdominal artery, the relation between the incremental modulus and intramural pressure is curvilinear.     

The Effect of Inhomogeneity of Elastic Properties on the Stress State in Composite Cylindrical Panels

The effect of inhomogeneity of elastic properties in the circumferential direction on the distribution of stress and displacement fields in orthotropic cylindrical panels is studied. The mechanical properties of the panels and the load acting on them are constant in the axial direction, which makes it possible to neglect the influence of the curvilinear ends. From the initial relations of a three-dimensional problem of the elasticity theory of inhomogeneous anisotropic bodies, a resolving system of partial differential equations is obtained, whose solution is presented in the form of truncated Fourier series, so that the conditions of free support of the rectilinear ends are satisfied. This allows us to separate the variables and to get a system of ordinary high-order differential equations, which is integrated by a stable numerical method. The problem on the stress-strain state of an orthotropic composite panel with a varying relative volume content of reinforcing elements in the circumferential direction is solved. The effect of the change in the reinforcement density on the stresses and displacements of the panel is studied.     

Propagation of unsteady waves in a hollow magnetoelastic cylinder in contact with liquid media

A numerical-analytic solution is constructed for the problem of magnetoelasticity for a hollow cylinder immersed in a liquid and loaded from inside by an impulse-type axisymmetric mechanical pressure. Nonconducting and compressible internal and external media have different densities and elastic moduli, with their motion described by wave equations. The hollow cylinder is assumed to be an ideal conductor, and its motion is described by a linearized system of equations of magnetoelasticity; on internal and external boundaries, the conditions of conjugation hold. The problem is solved by the method of integral Laplace transforms in the time domain, and the inverse transforms are found by numerical inversion. The solutions obtained for the bounded problem are compared with solutions for a simplified unbounded problem.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Prikladnaya Mekhanika, No. 18, pp. 83–87, 1987.     

Plane strain deformation of an initially unstressed elastic medium

Selim and Ahmed [1] used the eigenvalue approach by assuming distinct eigenvalues to calculate the elastic deformation due to an inclined load at any point as a result of an inclined line load of initially stressed orthotropic elastic medium. They studied the plane strain problem and obtained the corresponding results for an unstressed orthotropic medium as a particular case. In the present paper, it is shown that all the eigenvalues do not remain distinct, but become repeated when the elastic medium is free from the initial compressive stresses. Further, the displacements and stresses for an unstressed elastic medium have been independently obtained. The variation of the displacements and stresses due to normal and tangential line load are also shown graphically.     

On the peculiarities of a crack growth path in anisotropic solid

One of the possibilities to increase the resistance of a structure to catastrophic fracture is to force a main line crack to deviate from its path. In this connection the influence of the elastic moduli of an anisotropic material on the possibilities of crack rotation are studied. In particular a linear elastic problem for a straight Mode I crack, located on a symmetry axis of an orthotropic plane is considered. The strength properties of the material are supposed to be isotropic. For studying a direction of a crack growth path several crack models are considered. It is shown that a thin elongated elliptical hole as a crack model leads to more plausible results concerning crack rotation conditions than an ideal cut model. The maximal tensile stresses are taken as a crack growth criterion. It is shown that for some class of orthotropic materials a crack deviates from the straight path just after it starts to grow even in the conditions of uniaxial normal tension. The problem of the stability of a straight crack path under Mode I loading is also considered. This problem is reduced to the problem of the fracture direction determination for thin elongated elliptical cavity slightly inclined to the initial direction. In the frame of the proposed approach the conditions of instability are obtained. It is shown that for some class of orthotropic materials a straight crack path is unstable in the conditions of uniaxial normal tension. This class of materials is wider than one for which a crack deviates from the straight crack path just after its start. (© 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Calculation of the Thermoelastoplastic Nonaxisymmetric Stress-Strain State of Layered Orthotropic Shells of Revolution

The methods for determining the nonaxisymmetric thermoelastoplastic stress-strain state of layered orthotropic shells of revolution are developed. It is assumed that the layered package deforms without mutual slippage or separation of layers. The problem is solved using the geometrically nonlinear theory of shells based on the Kirchhoff-Love hypotheses. In the isotropic layers, plastic deformations may appear, whereas the orthotropic layers deform in the elastic region. It is assumed that the mechanical properties of the materials are temperature-dependent. The thermoplasticity equations are presented in a form corresponding to the method of additional deformations. The order of the system of partial differential equations obtained is reduced with the help of trigonometric series in the circumferential coordinate. The resulting systems of ordinary differential equations are solved by the Godunov technique of discrete orthogonalization. The nonaxisymmetric thermoelastoplastic stress-strain states of layered shells of revolution are considered as examples.     

A Technique for Determining the Elastic and Dissipative Properties of Orthotropic Composites in Shear

A new method is presented for the characterization of three principal complex shear moduli of linear viscoelastic orthotropic materials, which is based on the measurement of complex torsional vibration frequencies of three rods of rectangular cross section. The rod-type test specimens are cut out from a composite plate along the principal material axes in the reinforcement plane. It is shown that the torsional stiffness of an elastic rod can be calculated not only by means of the Saint-Venant torsion theory, but also using a relationship obtained from the Reissner-Mindlin theory of plates. The transfer to a viscoelastic model of the material with complex moduli is realized with the help of the correspondence principle. By applying a numerical sensitivity analysis of natural frequencies to the shear moduli, the advisable width-to-thickness ratios of the specimens are found. As an illustration of data processing, the dynamic shear moduli and the loss factors for a GFRP fabric with an epoxy matrix are calculated. A comparison of the method offered with some known static and dynamic methods for determining the shear moduli of orthotropic materials is given.     

复合材料桥纤维拔出问题的动态裂纹模型

在一无限的正交各向异性体的弹性平面上,对具有桥纤维平行自由表面的一个内部中央裂纹,进行了弹性分析．提出了复合材料桥纤维拔出的一个动态模型．由于纤维破坏是由最大拉应力支配,纤维断裂并且裂纹扩展将以自相似的方式出现．通过复变函数的方法将所讨论的问题转化为Reimann-Hilbert混合边界值问题的动态模型,呈现一简单的和容易的解．求得了正交异性体中扩展裂纹受运动的阶梯载荷、瞬时脉冲载荷作用下问题的解析解,并利用这一解,通过迭加最终求得该模型的解．     

Determination of the physicomechanical characteristics of viscoelastic materials in orthotropic and isotropic layers from the propagation velocities and damping constants of longitudinal and shear vibrations

The author examines the propagation of longitudinal and shear waves in viscoelastic orthotropic and isotropic layers. Relations are obtained for determining the elastic constants and the real and imaginary parts of the complex moduli and Poisson's ratios in orthotropic and isotropic layers from the propagation velocities and damping constants of longitudinal and shear vibrations.Mekhanika Polimerov, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 161–166, 1967     

Application of the method of conditional moments to investigating the deformation properties of orthotropic composites with fiber microdamages

A model of deformation of stochastic composites subjected to microdamage is developed for the case of orthotropic materials with microdamages accumulating in the fibers. The composite is treated as a matrix strengthened with elliptic fibers with orthotropic elastic properties. The fractured microvolumes are modeled by a system of randomly distributed quasi-spherical pores. The porosity balance equation and relations for determining the effective elastic moduli for the case of a fibrous composite with orthotropic components are used as the fundamental relations. The fracture criterion is given as a limit value of the intensity of average shear stresses occurring in the undamaged part of the material, which is assumed to be a random function of coordinates and is described by the Weibull distribution. Based on an analytical and numerical approach, the algorithm for determining the nonlinear deformation properties of such a material is constructed. The nonlinearity of composite deformations is caused by the accumulation of microdamages in the fibers. By using a numerical solution, the nonlinear stress–strain diagrams for an orthotropic composite in uniaxial tension are obtained. Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 17–30, January–February, 2009.     

动脉中血液脉动流的一种分析方法

动脉中的血液流动被分解为平衡状态(相当于平均压定常流状态)和叠加在平衡状态上的周期脉动流,利用Fung的血管应变能密度函数分析血管壁在平衡状态下的应力-应变关系,确定相对于平衡状态血管作微小变形所对应的周向弹性模量和轴向弹性模量,并建立在脉动压力作用下相应的管壁运动方程,与线性化Navier-Stokes方程联立,求得血液流动速度和血管壁位移的分析表达式,详细讨论血管壁周向和轴向弹性性质差异对脉博波、血液脉动流特性以及血管壁运动的影响.     

弹性地基上正交各向异性变厚度圆薄板的大挠度问题

本文推出了均布载荷下弹性基地上的正交各向异性变厚度圆薄板大挠度问题的基本方程。利用修正迭代法获得了该问题的二阶近似解。     

Application of the resonance method for determining the elastic and dissipative properties of an orthotropic polymer composite

Experimentally determined resonant frequencies and damping of flexural and torsional vibrations of rod-type rectangular test specimens made of an orthotropic GFRP fabric with different ratios of cross-sectional sizes are used for calculating six principal complex elastic and shear moduli. The application of the classical theories of flexural and torsional vibrations, the theory of flexural vibrations of a Timoshenko beam, and a refined theory of torsional vibrations of free-free orthotropic rods is analyzed.     

Effective moduli of elasticity of a composite composed of anisotropic layers

Relations are obtained for the effective moduli of elasticity and Poisson's ratios of a laminated fiber-reinforced composite, each layer of which has at least orthorhombic symmetry. The elastic properties of the composite in terms of the elastic constants of the layer are expressed exactly, and the elastic constants of the individual layer in terms of the values for the fiber and the matrix are expressed approximately. Two approximations are considered: one corresponds to the Hashin-Shtrikman variational approach, while in the second the comparison material is assigned elastic properties equal to the Voigt or Reuss means of the values for each layer. A numerical example is worked for the combination boron fibers-epoxy resin. The results of the calculation are compared with the exact solution of the problem for a composite composed of alternating layers of boron and epoxy resin.     

The vibration and stability of non-homogeneous orthotropic conical shells with clamped edges subjected to uniform external pressures

In this paper an analytical procedure is given to study the free vibration and stability characteristics of homogeneous and non-homogeneous orthotropic truncated and complete conical shells with clamped edges under uniform external pressures. The non-homogeneous orthotropic material properties of conical shells vary continuously in the thickness direction. The governing equations according to the Donnell’s theory are solved by Galerkin’s method and critical hydrostatic and lateral pressures and fundamental natural frequencies have been found analytically. The appropriate formulas for homogeneous orthotropic and isotropic conical shells and for cylindrical shells made of homogeneous and non-homogeneous, orthotropic and isotropic materials are found as a special case. Several examples are presented to show the accuracy and efficiency of the formulation. The closed-form solutions are verified by accurate different solutions. Finally, the influences of the non-homogeneity, orthotropy and the variations of conical shells characteristics on the critical lateral and hydrostatic pressures and natural frequencies are investigated, when Young’s moduli and density vary together and separately. The results obtained for homogeneous cases are compared with their counterparts in the literature.     

Application of a refined theory of torsional vibrations to the calculation of natural frequencies and damping coefficients of orthotropic composite cantilever rods

For calculating the natural complex frequencies of torsional vibrations of rectangular orthotropic composite cantilever rods, a theory taking into account the normal stresses and inertial forces acting in the axial direction is employed. The results obtained are compared with those found by using the classical theory of torsional vibrations of rods, the theory of vibrations of thin orthotropic plates, and the FEM. It is found that the difference between the natural frequencies given by the classical and refined theories depends on relations between geometrical sizes of a rod and between its axial elastic modulus and shear moduli, and on the number of the mode of torsional vibrations.     

Large deformations of bodies of revolution made of elastic homogeneous and fiber-reinforced materials 1. Torsion of toroidal bodies

Equations of a mathematical model for bodies of revolution made of elastic homogeneous and fiber-reinforced materials and subjected to large deformations are presented. The volume content of reinforcing fibers is assumed low, and their interaction through the matrix is neglected. The axial lines of the fibers can lie both on surfaces of revolution whose symmetry axes coincide with the axis of the body of revolution and along trajectories directed outside the surfaces. The equations are obtained for the macroscopically axisymmetric problem statement where the parameters of macroscopic deformation of the body vary in its meridional planes, but are constant in the circumferential directions orthogonal to them. The equations also describe the torsion of bodies of revolution and their deformation behavior under the action of inertia forces in rotation around the symmetry axis. The results of a numerical investigation into the large deformations of toroidal bodies made of elastic homogeneous and unidirectionally reinforced materials under torsion caused by a relative rotation of their butt-end sections around the symmetry axis are presented.