Loss of polyconvexity by homogenization: a new example

This article is devoted to the study of the asymptotic behavior of the zero-energy deformations set of a periodic nonlinear composite material. We approach the problem using two-scale Young measures. We apply our analysis to show that polyconvex energies are not closed with respect to periodic homogenization. The counterexample is obtained through a rank-one laminated structure assembled by mixing two polyconvex functions with P-growth, where p ≥ 2 can be fixed arbitrarily.     

Nonlinear stability in microfluidic porous convection problems

This paper investigates classes of thermal convection problems which display effects which are predominant at small scales, i.e. at the microfluidic level. We concentrate on two effects. The first is the effect of local thermal non-equilibrium (LTNE), where the temperature of the saturating fluid may be different from the temperature of the solid skeleton of the porous body. The second is the effect of anisotropy where differences in the flow direction may change strongly depending on the inertia, permeability, thermal conductivity, and on the diffusion coefficient. The class of porous materials analysed are those of Forchheimer type. However, we employ a Forchheimer law recently in vogue in the literature where the nonlinear term which accounts for the variation from linear in the velocity—pressure gradient relationship is cubic in the velocity field as opposed to the classical quadratic one.

     

Temperature and displacement fields in brake and clutch systems with thermoelastic instabilities

In brake and clutch systems kinetic energy is converted into thermal energy. Experiments show that the corresponding temperature field can develop unstable periodic structures. The temperature field couples to the displacement field by thermal expansion. Local pressure maxima in the frictional plane and the corresponding maxima in heat generated cause thermoelastic instabilities (TEI). A model describing both effects covers layers of thermoelastic materials for all necessary mechanical components of the system. The set of field equations of each layer can analytically be solved by separation of constants. These solutions must fulfill the boundary conditions e.g. in the sliding plane. A stability discussion yields whether TEI appear or not. As a study a brake system is analyzed comprising two pads pressed against a rotating disk with cooling channels inside. (© 2012 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Determination of effective thermal expansion coefficients of unidirectional fibrous nanocomposites

We present an efficient numerical scheme (based on complex variable techniques) to calculate the effective thermal expansion coefficients of a composite containing unidirectional periodic fibers. Moreover, the mechanical behavior of the fibers incorporates interface effects allowing the ensuing analytical model of the composite to accommodate deformations at the nanoscale. The resulting ‘nanocomposite’ is subjected to a uniform temperature variation which leads to periodic deformations within the plane perpendicular to the fibers and uniform deformations along the direction of the fibers. These deformation fields are determined by analyzing a representative unit cell of the composite subsequently leading to the corresponding effective thermal expansion coefficients. Numerical results are illustrated via several physical examples. We find that the influence of interface effects on the effective thermal expansion coefficients (in particular that corresponding to the transverse direction in the plane perpendicular to the fibers) decays rapidly as the fibers become harder. In addition, by comparing the results obtained here with those from effective medium theories, we show that the latter may induce significant errors in the determination of the effective transverse thermal expansion coefficient when the fibers are much softer than the matrix and the fiber volume fraction is relatively high.     

Bifurcation and stability properties of periodic solutions to two nonlinear spring-mass systems

The behavior of a periodically forced, linearly damped mass suspended by a linear spring is well known. In this paper we study the nature of periodic solutions to two nonlinear spring-mass equations; our nonlinear terms are similar to earlier models of motion in suspension bridges. We contrast the multiplicity, bifurcation, and stability of periodic solutions for a piecewise linear and smooth nonlinear restoring force. We find that while many of the qualitative properties are the same for the two models, the nature of the secondary bifurcations (period-doubling and quadrupling) differs significantly.     

Microwave heating of ceramic composites

The microwave heating of a ceramic composite is modelled andanalysed. The composite consists of many small ceramic particlesembedded in a ceramic cement. The composite is assumed to bewell insulated, and each particle is assumed to be in imperfectthermal contact with the surrounding cement. Based on thesetwo assumptions an asymptotic theory exploiting the small Biotnumber and small non-dimensional contact conductance is developed.Our asymptotic theory yields a set of nonlinear partial differentialequations which govern the temperature in the composite. Theseare reduced to a set of coupled nonlinear ordinary differentialequations in which the surface area of each particle entersas a parameter. Recent experiments with such composites haveshown that the steady-state temperature of the composite isstrongly dependent upon the radii of the embedded particles.Our model captures this effect. In fact, our analysis showsthat the assumption of imperfect thermal contact between theparticles and the ceramic cement is essential for this trendto be established.     

Corrector estimates in homogenization of a nonlinear transmission problem for diffusion equations in connected domains

This paper is devoted to the homogenization of a nonlinear transmission problem stated in a two-phase domain. We consider a system of linear diffusion equations defined in a periodic domain consisting of two disjoint phases that are both connected sets separated by a thin interface. Depending on the field variables, at the interface, nonlinear conditions are imposed to describe interface reactions. In the variational setting of the problem, we prove the homogenization theorem and a bidomain averaged model. The periodic unfolding technique is used to obtain the residual error estimate with a first-order corrector.     

Nonlinear in-plane buckling of fixed shallow functionally graded graphene reinforced composite arches subjected to mechanical and thermal loading

The nonlinear in-plane buckling analysis for fixed shallow functionally graded (FG) graphene reinforced composite arches which are subjected to uniform radial load and temperature field is presented in this paper. The arch is composed of multiple graphene platelet reinforced composite (GPLRC) layers with gradient changes of concentration of graphene platelets (GPLs) in each layer. The principle of virtual work, combined with the effective materials properties estimated by the Halpin-Tsai micromechanics model for GPLRC layer, is used to derive the nonlinear buckling equilibrium equations of the FG-GPLRC arch, and then the analytical solutions for the limit point and bifurcation buckling loads are obtained. Comprehensive parametric studies are conducted to explore the effects of various distribution patterns and geometries of GPL, temperature field and arch geometry on the nonlinear equilibrium path and buckling behavior of the composite arch. The influence of temperature on the geometric parameters which are defined as switches between limit point buckling, bifurcation buckling and no buckling are also discussed. It is found that a higher temperature field can increase the buckling loads of the FG-GPLRC arch but reduce the value of the minimum geometric parameters that switching the buckling modes. The results also show that even a small amount of GPLs filler content can increase the buckling loads of the FG-GPLRC arch considerably, and distributing more GPLs near the surface layers is the best pattern to enhance the buckling performances of FG-GPLRC arches.     

The heating of a multilayered half-space by friction

We propose an approach to determining the temperature caused by the action of friction forces in the functioning of braking systems. The nonsteady temperature field in a composite semi-infinite body being heated in a circular region of the boundary surface by a frictional heat flux is found on the basis of the model of homogenization of multilayered periodic media with microlocal parameters. We give a numerical analysis of the behavior of the temperature field as a function of the spatial coordinates and the parameters that characterize the braking process. Translated fromMatematichni Metodi i Fiziko-mekhanichni Polya, Vol. 40, No. 1, 1997, pp. 111–116.     

轻质热防护系统多层材料组合结构的热应力分析

提出了轻质热防护系统外面板使用多层结构的概念,设计了2种热防护材料组合构成的3种铺层方案．通过模拟飞行器再入大气层时受到的机械和热载荷条件,数值计算得到了层间剪切力、底部温度和y方向位移．计算结果发现,层间剪切力发生在边缘部位且呈反对称分布;选用高热导率和高热容材料能够减少材料内的温度梯度,进而有效地降低结构的热应力和热变形;在均匀温度场情况下,两种材料的热膨胀系数之差越小,则层间剪切力越小．该研究表明不同的材料组合和铺层次序的多层结构,可以满足不同设计要求,具有优化设计潜力．     

Recovering unknown terms in a nonlinear boundary condition for Laplace's equation

^** Email: gabriele{at}fi.iac.cnr.it We consider a thin metallic plate whose top side is inaccessibleand in contact with a corroding fluid. Heat exchange betweenmetal and fluid follows linear Newton's cooling law as longas the inaccessible side is not damaged. We assume that theeffects of corrosion are modelled by means of a nonlinear perturbationin the exchange law. On the other hand, we are able to heatthe conductor and take temperature maps of the accessible side.Our goal is to recover the nonlinear perturbation of the exchangelaw on the top side from thermal data collected on the oppositeone (thermal imaging). In this paper, we use a stationary model,i.e. the temperature inside the plate is assumed to fulfil Laplace'sequation. Hence, our problem is stated as an inverse ill-posedproblem for Laplace's equation with nonlinear boundary conditions.We study identifiability and local Lipschitz stability. In particular,we prove that the nonlinear term is identified by one Cauchydata set. Moreover, we produce approximated solutions by meansof an optimizational method.     

Micromechanics of Electro- and Magneto-active Soft Composites

We study the coupled behavior in soft active microstructured materials undergoing large deformations in the presence of an external electric or magnetic field. We focus on the role of the microstructures on the coupled behavior, and examine the phenomenon in the composites with (a) periodic composites with rectangular and hexagonal periodic unit cells, and (b) in composites with the random distributions of active particles embedded in a soft matrix. We show that for these similar microstructures exhibit very different responses in terms of the actuation, and the coupling phenomenon. Next, we consider the macroscopic and microscopic instabilities in the active composites. We show that the external field has a significant influence of the instability phenomena, and can stabilize or destabilize the composites depending on the direction relative to composite geometry. (© 2016 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Numerical modeling of the active damping of forced thermomechanical resonance vibrations of viscoelastic shells of revolution with the help of piezoelectric inclusions

We consider the problem of active damping of forced resonance vibrations of viscoelastic shells of revolution with the help of piezoelectric sensors and actuators. Here, the interaction of electromechanical and thermal fields is taken into account. For modeling of vibrations, we use the Kirchhoff–Love hypotheses as well as hypotheses adequate to them and describing the distribution of temperature and electric field quantities. The shell temperature increases as a result of dissipative heating. For the active damping of vibrations, piezoelectric sensors and actuators are used. It is supposed that the electromechanical characteristics of materials depend on the temperature. The solution of this complex nonlinear problem has been obtained by the iterative method and finite element method. We have investigated the influence of temperature of dissipative heating on the efficiency of active damping of vibrations of a viscoelastic cylindrical panel with rigid restraint of its edges.     

Asymptotic Method of Homogenization in Problems of Heating Composite Plates of Periodic Structure in a High-Frequency Electromagnetic Field

In this paper, we examine the influence of electromagnetic and thermal fields on an inhomogeneous medium of periodic structure and heating of a laminated composite of periodic structure in a high-frequency electromagnetic field.     

Asymptotic computation for transient heat conduction performance of periodic porous materials in curvilinear coordinates by the second‐order two‐scale method

A novel second‐order two‐scale (SOTS) analysis method is developed for predicting the transient heat conduction performance of porous materials with periodic configurations in curvilinear coordinates. Under proper coordinate transformations, some non‐periodic porous structures in Cartesian coordinates can be transformed into periodic structures in general curvilinear coordinates, which is our particular interest in this study. The SOTS asymptotic expansion formulas for computing the temperature field of transient heat conduction problem in curvilinear coordinates are constructed, some coordinate transformations are discussed, and the related SOTS formulas are given. The feature of this asymptotic model is that each of the cell functions defined in the periodic cell domain is associated with the macroscopic coordinates and the homogenized material coefficients varies continuously in the macroscopic domain behaving like the functional gradient material. Finally, the corresponding SOTS finite element algorithms are brought forward, and some numerical examples are given in detail. The numerical results demonstrate that the SOTS method proposed in this paper is valid to predict transient heat conduction performance of porous materials with periodicity in curvilinear coordinates. By proper coordinate transformations, the SOTS asymptotic analysis method can be extended to more general non‐periodic porous structures in Cartesian coordinates. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A multisymplectic integrator for the periodic nonlinear Schrödinger equation

A multisymplectic integrator for the periodic nonlinear Schrödinger equation is presented in this paper. Its accuracy is proved. By introducing a norm, we investigate its nonlinear stability. We also discuss the relationship between this multisymplectic integrator and two variational integrators which are derived by using the discrete multisymplectic field theory and the finite element method.     

On the Poincaré inequality for periodic composite structures

We consider periodic composite structures characterized by a periodic Borel measure equal to the sum of at least two periodic measures. For such a composite structure, verifying the Poincaré inequality may be a difficult problem. Thus, we are interested in finding conditions under which it suffices to verify the Poincaré inequality separately for each of the simpler structure components instead of verifying it for the composite structure.     

Asymptotic Localization of Energy in Nondisordered Oscillator Chains

We study two popular one‐dimensional chains of classical anharmonic oscillators: the rotor chain and a version of the discrete nonlinear Schrödinger chain. We assume that the interaction between neighboring oscillators, controlled by the parameter ? > 0, is small. We rigorously establish that the thermal conductivity of the chains has a nonperturbative origin with respect to the coupling constant ?, and we provide strong evidence that it decays faster than any power law in ? as ? → 0. The weak coupling regime also translates into a high‐temperature regime, suggesting that the conductivity vanishes faster than any power of the inverse temperature. To our knowledge, it is the first time that a clear connection has been established between KAM‐like phenomena and thermal conductivity. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Calculation of deformative and thermal properties of multiphase composite materials filled with composite or hollow spherical inclusions by the effective medium method

A theoretical investigation was carried out to examine the possibilities of a structural approach to prediction of elastic constants, creep functions, and thermal properties of multiphase polymer composite materials filled with composite or hollow spherical Inclusions of several types. The problem of determining effective properties of the composite was solved by generalizing the effective medium method, a variant of the self-consistent method, for the case of a four-phase kernel-shell-matrix-equivalent homogeneous medium model. Exact analytical expressions for the bulk modulus thermal expansion coefficient, thermal conductivity coefficient, and specific heat were obtained. The solution for the shear modulus is given in the form of a nonlinear equation whose coefficients are the solution of a system of 12 linear equations.To be presented at the Ninth International Conference on the Mechanics of Composite Materials, Riga, October 1995.Published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 462–472, July–August, 1995.