A Study on the Propagation of Plane Stress Waves across the Thickness of a Plate by the Method of Analytic Continuation in Time

The interaction of plane tension/compression waves propagating within a plate perpendicularly to its surface is considered. The analytic solution is obtained by a modified method of characteristics for the one-dimensional wave equation used in problems on an impact of a rigid body on the surface of a plate. The displacements, velocities, and stresses in the plate are determined by the edge disturbance caused by the initial velocity and the stationary force field of masses of the striker and the plate. The method of analytic continuation in time put forward allows a stress analysis for an arbitrary time interval by using finite expressions. Contrary to a stress analysis in the frequency domain, which is commonly used in harmonic expansion of disturbances, the approach advanced allows one to analyze the solution in the case of discontinuous first derivatives of displacements without calculating jumps in summing series. A generalized closed-form solution is obtained for stresses in an arbitrary cycle n(t), which is determined by the multiplicity of the time of wave travel across the double thickness of the plate. A method of recurrent solution based on calculating the convolution of repeated integrals of the initial form of disturbance at t = 0 is elaborated. The procedure can be used for evaluating the maximum stress and the contact time in a plane impact on the surface of a plate.     

Nonuniqueness of a Solution to the Problem on Motion of a Rigid Body in a Viscous Incompressible Fluid

This paper is devoted to the problem on motion of a rigid body in a viscous incompressible fluid. It is proved that there exist at least two weak solutions of this problem if collisions of the body with the boundary of the flow domain are allowed. These solutions have different behavior of the body after the collision. Namely, for the first solution, the body goes away from the boundary after the collision. In the second solution, the body and the boundary remain in contact. Bibliography 15 titles.To Vsevolod Alekseevich Solonnikov on the occasion of his jubilee__________Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 306, 2003, pp. 199–209.     

A numerical study of flows driven by a rotating magnetic field in a square container

The influence of the geometry on the magnetically driven flow is studied by means of numerical simulations. Low–frequency, low–induction and low–interaction conditions are assumed. The rotating magnetic field (RMF) gives rise to a time–independent magnetic body force, computed via the electrical potential equation and Ohm's law and a time–dependent part that is neglected due to the low interaction parameter. Flow results of the cylindrical and square container are compared with respect to the magnetic body force, time–averaged velocity fields, first flow instabilities and Reynolds stress tensors. The dependency of the maximal velocity magnitude and the intensity of the magnetic induction is identical in axisymmetric and non–axisymmetric containers and in good agreement with Davidson's theory. However, significant differences are recognized, for instance, in the distribution of the Reynolds stress tensors. (© 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

A further discussion on basic equations for two-phase flow

The following points are argued: (i) there are two independent kinds of interaction on interfaces, i.e. the interaction between phases and the collision interaction, and the jump relations on interfaces can accordingly be resolved; (ii) the stress in a particle can also be divided into background stress and collision stress corresponding to the two kinds of interaction on interfaces respectively; (iii) the collision stress, in fact, has no jump on interface, so the averaged value of its derivative is equal to the derivative of its averaged value; (iv) the stress of solid phase in the basic equations for two-phase flow should include the collision stress, while the stress in the expression of the inter-phase force contains the background one only. Based on the arguments, the strict method for deriving the equations for two-phase flow developed by Drew, Ishii et al. is generalized to the dense two-phase flow, which involves the effect of collision stress.     

Limit velocity for a driven particle in a random medium with mass aggregation

We study a one-dimensional infinite system of particles driven by a constant positive force F which acts only on the leftmost particle which is regarded as the tracer particle (t.p.). All other particles are field neutral, do not interact among themselves, and independently of each other with probability 0<p≤1 are either perfectly inelastic and “stick” to the t.p. after the first collision, or with probability 1−p are perfectly elastic, mechanically identical and have the same mass m. At initial time all particles are at rest, and the initial measure is such that the interparticle distances ξ_i's are i.i.d. r.v.'s. with absolutely continuous density. We show that for any value of the field F>0, the velocity of the t.p. converges to a limit value, which we compute.     

Motion of imperfect spheroid in elastic medium: a singularity method approach

In the present paper, solution to the displacement problem of an imperfect rigid spheroidal particle in an infinite elastic medium is constructed with the help of singularities of the elastostatic equations. The analysis reveals that for small deformity while the force on the particle remains unchanged, a couple gets generated. In the end, drag coefficient of the net force experienced by the body along x-axis is evaluated which increases as aspect ratio δ = b/a increases and Poisson’s ratio corresponding to the material varies.     

On the “piano movers'” problem I. The case of a two-dimensional rigid polygonal body moving amidst polygonal barriers

We present an algorithm that solves a two-dimensional case of the following problem which arises in robotics: Given a body B, and a region bounded by a collection of “walls”, either find a continuous motion connecting two given positions and orientations of B during which B avoids collision with the walls, or else establish that no such motion exists. The algorithm is polynomial in the number of walls (O(n⁵) if n is the number of walls), but for typical wall configurations can run more efficiently. It is somewhat related to a technique outlined by Reif.     

On a free boundary value problem of physical geodesy,I (uniqueness)

The determination of the figure of the earth is considered as a local free boundary value problem of potential theory: the shape of a slowly rotating heavy body has to be found from the boundary data of the attracting force and its potential outside of the body, provided that an approximation to the solution is already known. In this paper a uniqueness result is proved which is local with respect to the C¹-topology.     

Trace theorems and kinetic equations for non divergence free external forces

For a general class of time dependent linear Boltzmann type equations with (i) an external, non divergence free force terma a ?u/?ξ (ii) a collision term which can be written as the difference of a gain term involving a general nonnegative "collision frequencyn h(x,ξ,t) and a loss term involving an arbitrary bounded linear operator J, and (iii) a general boundary operator K which is a (strict) contraction, the method of characteristics and perturbation techniques are used to obtain the well-posed- ness of the initial-boundary value problem, provided the divergence b of a is bounded above. The functional setting is L^p, 1o-semigroup on L_p(Σdμ). The results are proven by generalizing a recently established theory of time dependent kinetic equations where the external force is divergence free with respect to velocity. Solutions on spaces of measures are discussed briefly.     

The 3D motion of a solid with large deformations

We study in dimension 3 the motion of a solid with large deformations. The solid may be loaded on its surface by needles, rods, beams, shells, etc. Therefore, it is wise to choose a third gradient theory for the body. It is known that the stretch matrix of the polar decomposition has to be symmetric. This is an internal constraint, which introduces a reaction stress in the Piola–Kirchhoff–Boussinesq stress. We prove that there exists a motion that satisfies the complete equations of Mechanics in a convenient variational framework. This motion is local-in-time for it may be interrupted by a crushing, which entails a discontinuity of velocity with respect to time, i.e., an internal collision.     

Dynamics of a coupled modified (1 + 1)‐dimensional Toda equation of BKP type

In this paper, we present a new coupled modified (1 + 1)‐dimensional Toda equation of BKP type (Kadomtsev‐Petviashvilli equation of B‐type), which is a reduction of the (2 + 1)‐dimensional Toda equation. Two‐soliton and three‐soliton solutions to the coupled system are derived. Furthermore, the N‐soliton solution is presented in the form of Pfaffian. The asymptotic analysis of two‐soliton solutions is studied to explain their collision properties. It is shown that the coupled system exhibit richer interaction phenomena including soliton fission, fusion, and mixed collision. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On stability of certain key types of rigid body motion in a nonconservative field

In this activity the qualitative analysis of spatial problems of the real rigid body motions in a resistant medium is fulfilled. A nonlinear model that describes the interaction of a rigid body with a medium and takes into account (based on experimental data on the motion of circular cylinders in water) the dependence of the arm of the force on the normalized angular velocity of the body and the dependence of the moment of the force on the angle of attack is constructed. An analysis of plane and spatial models (in the presence or absence of an additional tracking force) leads to sufficient stability conditions for translational motion, as one of the key types of motions. Either stable or unstable self-oscillation can be observed under certain conditions. (© 2014 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Well posedness for the system modelling the motion of a rigid body of arbitrary form in an incompressible viscous fluid

In this paper, we consider the interaction between a rigid body and an incompressible, homogeneous, viscous fluid. This fluid-solid system is assumed to fill the whole space ℝ ^d , d = 2 or 3. The equations for the fluid are the classical Navier-Stokes equations whereas the motion of the rigid body is governed by the standard conservation laws of linear and angular momentum. The time variation of the fluid domain (due to the motion of the rigid body) is not known a priori, so we deal with a free boundary value problem. We improve the known results by proving a complete wellposedness result: our main result yields a local in time existence and uniqueness of strong solutions for d = 2 or 3. Moreover, we prove that the solution is global in time for d = 2 and also for d = 3 if the data are small enough. Patricio Cumsille’s research was partially supported by CONICYT-FONDECYT grant (No. 3070040) and Takéo Takahashi’s research was partially supported by Grant (JCJC06 137283) of the Agence Nationale de la Recherche.     

Existence of a Weak Solution in L p to the Vortex-Wave System

The vortex-wave system is a coupling of the two-dimensional vorticity equation with the point-vortex system. It is a model for the motion of a finite number of concentrated vortices moving in a distributed vorticity background. In this article, we prove existence of a weak solution to this system with an initial background vorticity in L ^p , p>2, up to the time of first collision of point vortices.     

Passage to the limit in Proposition I, Book I of Newton's Principia

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the way in which Newton uses his polygon model and passes to the limit in Proposition I, Book I of his Principia. It will be evident from his method that the limit of the polygon is indeed the orbital arc of the body and that his approximation of the actual continuous force situation by a series of impulses passes correctly in the limit into the continuous centripetal force situation. The analysis of the polygon model is done in two ways: (1) using the modern concepts of force, linear momentum, linear impulse, and velocity, and (2) using Newton's concepts of motive force and quantity of motion. It should be clearly understood that the term “force” without the adjective “motive,” is used in the modern sense, which is that force is a vector which is the time rate of change of the linear momentum. Newton did not use the word “force” in this modern sense. The symbol F denotes modern force. For Newton “force” was “motive force,” which is measured by the change in the quantity of motion of a body. Newton's “quantity of motion” is proportional to the magnitude of the modern vector momentum. Motive force is a scalar and the symbol F_m is used for motive force.     

Nonlinear free oscillations of a rotating solid body in a Newtonian force field

Nonlinear free oscillations of a rotating axisymmetrical solid body are considered with respect to the center of mass and with the body moving in a Newtonian force field. To construct periodic solutions of nonlinear differential equations of the motion, some algorithms, which are based on a modification of the extension method of solution with respect to a parameter, are used. The stability of nonlinear oscillations of the rotating solid body are studied with respect to stationary motions, some amplitude-frequency characteristics and forms of oscillations of the body are formulated for different values of its inertial parameters.Translated from Dinamicheskie Sistemy, No. 8, pp. 3–8, 1989.     

On the hydrodynamic interaction of two circular cylinders oscillating in a viscous fluid

The present paper deals with the plane flow fields induced by two parallel circular cylinders with radiia andb oscillating in a direction which is i) parallel or ii) perpendicular to the plane containing their axes. The effect of the cylinders' hydrodynamic interaction on steady streaming has been studied analytically at high frequency by the method of matched asymptotic expansions.It is found that ifa=b the steady streaming is directed symmetrically to the cylinders while whenab (in the case i)) the secondary steady flow is directed towards the larger cylinder and one of the outer steady vortices disappears.It is shown in case i) that the drag force acting on each cylinder is smaller than the same force experienced on a single cylinder with the same radius which is placed in an unbounded oscillating flow. When the cylinder radii are equal, the drag is greater on the forward cylinder than on the rear one.In contrast, in case ii), wherea=b, it is shown that the drag on each of the two cylinders is greater than the drag acting on a single cylinder with the same radius placed in an unbounded oscillating stream and also each of the cylinders experiences a repulsive force in a direction perpendicular to the oscillating flow.     

Mean exit time for a chain of N = 2,3,4 oscillators

An asymptotic formula is obtained for an average breaking time for a chain of harmonic oscillators consisted of N = 2,3,4 particles with nearest-neighbor interaction and a random external force.     

Self-propulsion of a body with rigid surface and variable coefficient of lift in a perfect fluid

We study the system of a 2D rigid body moving in an unbounded volume of incompressible, vortex-free perfect fluid which is at rest at infinity. The body is equipped with a gyrostat and a so-called Flettner rotor. Due to the latter the body is subject to a lifting force (Magnus effect). The rotational velocities of the gyrostat and the rotor are assumed to be known functions of time (control inputs). The equations of motion are presented in the form of the Kirchhoff equations. The integrals of motion are given in the case of piecewise continuous control. Using these integrals we obtain a (reduced) system of first-order differential equations on the configuration space. Then an optimal control problem for several types of the inputs is solved using genetic algorithms.     

On the hot spots of a catalytic super-Brownian motion

Consider the catalytic super-Brownian motion X ^ϱ (reactant) in ℝ ^d , d≤3, which branching rates vary randomly in time and space and in fact are given by an ordinary super-Brownian motion ϱ (catalyst). Our main object of study is the collision local time L = L _[ϱ,Xϱ] (d(s,x) )of catalyst and reactant. It determines the covariance measure in themartingale problem for X ^ϱ and reflects the occurrence of “hot spots” of reactant which can be seen in simulations of X ^ϱ. In dimension 2, the collision local time is absolutely continuous in time, L(d(s,x) ) = ds K _s (dx). At fixed time s, the collision measures K _s (dx) of ϱ _s and X _s ^ϱ have carrying Hausdorff dimension 2. Spatial marginal densities of L exist, and, via self-similarity, enter in the long-term randomergodic limit of L (diffusiveness of the 2-dimensional model). We alsocompare some of our results with the case of super-Brownian motions withdeterministic time-independent catalysts. Received: 2 December 1998 / Revised version: 2 February 2001 / Published online: 9 October 2001