Frottement interne et anélasticité des solides

Summary Having recalled a few essential definitions in the theory of internal friction in solids, the authors, in a first chapter, study the propagation of longitudinal waves in a rod; they start from a simple law relating locally stress, strain and their first derivatives with respect to time. This law which is more general thanHooke's law has been proposed first byZener to explain the anelastic behaviour of a standard linear solid. The authors calculate the internal friction resulting from energy dissipation when the vibration is forced then free. The second chapter deals with problems arising when one tries to measure the internal friction in flexure of metallic specimens having the shape of rods or circular plates. The authors develop the basic flexure equations applied to the two types of specimen; then they determine the fundamental characteristics, which appear in internal friction measurement purposes.

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Recherche bénéficant d'un subside du Fonds National Suisses de la Recherche Scientifique (Commission pour la Science Atomique, FN A 176).     

Pricing Fixed-Income Securities in an Information-Based Framework

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to introduce a class of information-based models for the pricing of fixed-income securities. We consider a set of continuous-time processes that describe the flow of information concerning market factors in a monetary economy. The nominal pricing kernel is assumed to be given at any specified time by a function of the values of information processes at that time. Using a change-of-measure technique, we derive explicit expressions for the prices of nominal discount bonds and deduce the associated dynamics of the short rate of interest and the market price of risk. The interest rate positivity condition is expressed as a differential inequality. An example that shows how the model can be calibrated to an arbitrary initial yield curve is presented. We proceed to model the price level, which is also taken at any specified time to be given by a function of the values of the information processes at that time. A simple model for a stochastic monetary economy is introduced in which the prices of the nominal discount bonds and inflation-linked notes can be expressed in terms of aggregate consumption and the liquidity benefit generated by the money supply.     

Maximum friction law in plasticity

The maximum friction law postulates that the friction stress is equal to the maximum possible shear stress admissible by the constitutive equations. The boundary value problems including the maximum friction stress as a boundary condition reveal special mathematical features which are of interest in the development of theories and models, numerical simulation and engineering applications. The present paper shortly reviews the singularity in velocity fields that can occur in the vicinity of maximum friction surfaces. A large class of rigid plastic (in a broad sense that the elastic portion of the strain rate tensor is neglected) is considered. (© 2006 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Unilateral Contact with Coulomb Friction and Uncertain Input Data

Abstract

A quasivariational inequality (QVI) in R ^d , d = 2, 3, with perturbed input data is solved by means of a worst scenario (anti-optimization) approach, using a stability result for the solution set of perturbed QVI-problems. The theory is applied to the dual finite element formulation of the Signorini problem with Coulomb friction and uncertain coefficients of stress-strain law, friction, and loading.     

Nonlinear dynamic effects in automotive clutches

Dynamic effects appearing in the dry friction clutches are very complex. The reason for this is the usual design of the clutches including complex two dimensional friction, unilateral contacts and nonlinear springs. The final quality of the clutch system for a customer depends among other criteria on the awareness of dynamic effects, which can affect functioning and comfort negatively. One of the usual nonlinear dynamic effects in the friction clutch is presented in this work. That is the problem of dynamic disengagement which can cause significant safety problems. First of all the global nonlinear dynamic behavior is considered roughly by means of an analytical approach. Secondly a MBS-model, which includes not only the nominal design of the clutch system but also dispersion of several parameters, is used in order to identify the influence of the asymmetry on the dynamic behavior. Analytical and numerical results are compared with measurements. Finally a possible solution of the considered problem is presented. (© 2011 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Kinetic friction locking for multi-body systems with friction

Summary Limiting equilibrium positions and initial value problems of single freedom multi-body systems with friction-affected sliders and hinges are examined. Static or kinetic locking occurs, when the solutions have infinite absolute values. It is shown, how limit values of friction coefficients and radii corresponding for friction locking can be determined. With friction parameters larger than the limit values no or ambiguous solutions are obtained. Therefore, friction coefficients and radii corresponding to friction locking are upper limits for these parameters.

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Zusammenfassung Es werden Grenzgleichgewichtslagen und Anfangswertproblem für Mehrkörpersysteme mit einem Freiheitsgrad und reibungsbehafteten Schub- und Drehgelenken untersucht. Die Systeme sind statisch oder kinetisch reibblockiert, wenn die Lösungen unendliche absolute Werte annehmen. Es wird gezeigt, wie Grenzwerte für Reibungskoeffizienten und Reibradien, die Blockieren durch Reibung verursachen, bestimmt werden können. Mit Reibwerten, die gröer als die Grenzwerte sind, erhält man keine oder mehrdeutige Lösungen. Deshalb sind die Werte der Reibungskoeffizienten und Reibradien, die Blokkieren verursachen, Obergrenzen für diese Parameter.

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Dedicated to Professor S. H. Crandall, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA, on the occasion of his 75th birthday.     

Boundary optimal control for nonlinear antiplane problems

We consider a nonlinear antiplane problem which models the deformation of an elastic cylindrical body in frictional contact with a rigid foundation. The contact is modelled with Tresca’s law of dry friction in which the friction bound is slip dependent.The aim of this article is to study an optimal control problem which consists of leading the stress tensor as close as possible to a given target, by acting with a control on the boundary of the body. The existence of at least one optimal control is proved. Next we introduce a regularized problem, depending on a small parameter ρ, and we study the convergence of the optimal controls when ρ tends to zero. An optimality condition is delivered for the regularized problem.     

Effect of Coulomb friction on the fiber/matrix debonding and matrix cracking in unidirectional fiber-reinforced brittle-matrix composites

A model for a macroscopic crack transverse to bridging fibers is developed based upon the Coulomb friction law, instead of the hypothesis of a constant frictional shear stress usually assumed in fiber/matrix debonding and matrix cracking analyses. The Lamé formulation, together with the Coulomb friction law, is adopted to determine the elastic states of fiber/matrix stress transfer through a frictionally constrained interface in the debonded region, and a modified shear lag model is used to evaluate the elastic responses in the bonded region. By treating the debonding process as a particular problem of crack propagation along the interface, the fracture mechanics approach is adopted to formulate a debonding criterion allowing one to determine the debonding length. By using the energy balance approach, the critical stress for propagating a semi-infinite fiber-bridged crack in a unidirectional fiber-reinforced composite is formulated in terms of friction coefficient and debonding toughness. The critical stress for matrix cracking and the corresponding stress distributions calculated by the present Coulomb friction model is compared with those predicted by the models of constant frictional shear stress. The effect of Poisson contraction caused by the stress re distribution between the fiber and matrix on the matrix cracking mechanics is shown and discussed in the present analysis. Russian translation published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 171–190, March–April, 2007.     

Zum plastischen Potential in der Bodenmechanik

Summary The paper is based on the principle of maximal specific rate of dissipation work, which yields the theory of the plastic potential including the convexity of the yield surface. The author shows that in isotropic bodies the stress and the strain rate always have a common system of principal axes. He further demonstrates that, for soils with a sufficiently slender conical yield surface, the principal stress corresponding to a zero principal extension rate is always the intermediate one. It follows that a large class of yield surfaces are equivalent in plane flow.

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Herrn ProfessorHenry Görtler zum sechzigsten Geburtstag gewidmet     

Some laws of plastics friction

The dependence of the actual contact area S of plastics on temperature, specific load, and sliding speed has been investigated. The value of S increases exponentially with the specific load, the maximum value at large specific loads being less than the nominal contact area. The temperature dependence of S under static conditions between 20 and 130° C is attributable to the decrease in the static modulus of elasticity of the plastic near the glass transition point and to the development of high-elastic and plastic deformations at elevated temperatures. There is practically no change in S as the sliding speed varies from 10^–3 to 10 cm/min; at the same time the force of friction increases slightly.Mekhanika Polimerov, Vol. 3, No. 6, pp. 1078–1081, 1967     

Global Well-Posedness of Strong Solutions of Doi Model with Large Viscous Stress

We study models of dilute rigid rod-like polymer solutions. We establish the global well-posedness of the Doi model for large data and for arbitrarily large viscous stress parameter. The main ingredient in the proof is the fact that the viscous stress adds dissipation to high derivatives of velocity.

     

Joint application of time — Temperature and time — Stress analogies to constructing unified curves

The possibility of constructing unified curves by joint application of time—temperature and time—stress analogies has been examined. It has been shown that by using this method the time scale can be expanded in constructing the unified curves that serve as models of long-time creep of material on the basis of short-time tests. The dependence of the influencing factorsa _T anda _σ on stress and temperature has been studied.

     

Gravity flow of coarse cohesionless granular materials in conical hoppers

This paper is concerned with the flow of cohesionless granular materials in conical hoppers. The granules are considered to be coarse such that the effects of interstitial fluid can be neglected. Two analytical approaches based upon the method of integral relations are presented. In the first the detailed variations of shear and normal stresses over the cross-section of the hopper are considered. The second is a very simple analysis which makes use of a mean normal stress averaged over the cross-section. The two analyses yield predictions for the flow rate which are almost identical. After the inclusion of an empirical correction factor to account for non-uniform exit velocity profiles and bulk density reductions near the outlet, the flow rate predictions and their variations with internal and wall friction angles and with hopper wall slope are found to agree well with experimental measurements.

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Résumé Cet article traite de l'écoulement de matières granuleuses sans cohésion dans des trémies coniques. On admet que les granules sont assez gros pour que les effets dûs au fluide intersistiel restent négligeables. 2 méthodes d'approche analytiques basées sur la méthode des relations intégrales sont présentées. La première considère en détail la distribution des contraintes normales et de cisaillement sur la section de la trémie. La seconde méthode est une simple analyse basée sur la moyenne des contraintes normales sur cette section. Les 2 analyses fournissent des prédictions presque identiques sur le taux d'écoulement. En introduisant un facteur de correction empirique pour tenir compte de la non-uniformité de profils de vitesses d'écoulement ainsi que de la réduction de densité à la sortie, l'analyse fournit des taux d'écoulement et leurs variations avec la friction interne, les angles de friction aux parois et l'inclinaison des parois de la trémie. Les résultants obtenus sont en accord avec des mesures expérimentales.

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On leave at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge.     

Linearization of a class of non-linear systems modelled by multibond graphs

Based on non-linear systems described by multibond graphs, a procedure designed to present symbolic linearization of these multibond graphs, is presented in this paper. Firstly, a junction structure of a multibond graph with multiport gyrators that represent Eulerian junction structures is proposed. In addition, non-linear multiport resistors are considered. By knowing the non-linear causal paths and loops of the non-linear multibond graph, the linearization is obtained by two steps: (1) The original multibond graph on the nominal operating point is evaluated; (2) New and additional paths based on the non-linear causal paths and loops are included. The state space representation of the linearized multibond graph using the corresponding junction structure is presented. An advantage of this methodology is its ability to allow the user to define a nominal operating point in which the linearization will be carried out.

In order to apply the proposed methodology, two physical systems are modelled and linearized by multibond graphs: a synchronous generator and a two degrees of freedom PUMA. Simulation results of these non-linear and linearized systems are shown.     

Robustness of minimax controllers to nonlinear perturbations

We study the robustness of minimax controllers, originally designed for nominal linear or nonlinear systems, to unknown static nonlinear perturbations in the state dynamics, measurement equation, and performance index. When the nominal system is linear, we consider both perfect state measurements and general imperfect state measurements; in the case of nominally nonlinear systems, we consider perfect state measurements only. Using a differential game theoretic approach, we show for the former class that, as the perturbation parameter (say, >0) approaches zero, the optimal disturbance attenuation level for the overall system converges to the optimal disturbance attenuation level for the nominal system if the nonlinear structural uncertainties satisfy certain prescribed growth conditions. We also show that anH -controller, designed based on a chosen performance level for the nominal linear system, achieves the same performance level when the parameter is smaller than a computable threshold, except for the finite-horizon imperfect state measurements case. For that case, we show that the design of the nominal controller must be based on a decreased confidence level of the initial data, and a controller thus designed again achieves a desired performance level in the face of nonlinear perturbations satisfying a computable norm bound. In the case of nominally nonlinear systems, and assuming that the nominal system is solvable, we obtain sufficient conditions such that the nominal controller achieves a desired performance in the face of perturbations satisfying computable norm bounds. In this way, we provide a characterization of the class of uncertainties that are tolerable for a controller designed based on the nominal system. The paper also presents two numerical examples; in one of these, the nominal system is linear; in the other one, it is nonlinear.This research was supported in part by the US Department of Energy, Grant DE-FG-02-88-ER-13939 and in part by the National Science Foundation, Grant ECS-91-13153.An abridged version was presented at the 32nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Antonio, Texas, December 15–17, 1993, and it appeared in the Conference Proceedings.     

Lie group symmetry analysis for granular media stress equations

The Airy stress function, although frequently employed in classical linear elasticity, does not receive similar usage for granular media problems. For plane strain quasi-static deformations of a cohesionless Coulomb-Mohr granular solid, a single nonlinear partial differential equation is formulated for the Airy stress function by combining the equilibrium equations with the yield condition. This has certain advantages from the usual approach, in which two stress invariants and a stress angle are introduced, and a system of two partial differential equations is needed to describe the flow. In the present study, the symmetry analysis of differential equations is utilised for our single partial differential equation, and by computing an optimal system of one-dimensional Lie algebras, a complete set of group-invariant solutions is derived. By this it is meant that any group-invariant solution of the governing partial differential equation (provided it can be derived via the classical symmetries method) may be obtained as a member of this set by a suitable group transformation. For general values of the parameters (angle of internal friction ? and gravity g) it is found there are three distinct classes of solutions which correspond to granular flows considered previously in the literature. For the two limiting cases of high angle of internal friction and zero gravity, the governing partial differential equation admit larger families of Lie point symmetries, and from these symmetries, further solutions are derived, many of which are new. Furthermore, the majority of these solutions are exact, which is rare for granular flow, especially in the case of gravity driven flows.     

Contribution to the theory of forced high-elastic deformation of polymer materials

The large reversible and irreversible deformations of network polymers are examined. Expressions are derived for the stress tensor and for the conventional tensile stress. The uniaxial homogeneous extension curve has a maximum and a minimum if it is assumed that the coefficient of friction depends exponentially on the applied stress. The "necking" condition is derived for uniaxial tension. The results are compared with the experimental data.Mekhanika Polimerov, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 255–262, 1968     

Mechanical effects of acupuncture

Acupuncture, a physiotherapy, has been widely accepted all around the world. This study focuses on the influence of membrane structures and explains the acupuncture sensations from the aspect of mechanical properties. By mathematical modeling and numerical simulation, the scientific meaning of the acupuncture depth is investigated and phenomena and theory of acupuncture are discussed. The simulation results show that (a) the fascial structure is the main contributor to the force on the needle, the axial force will gradually increase before piercing the fascial, and suddenly decrease after piercing the fascial; (b) there is an inverse relationship between the needle radius and the maximum radial stress, which indicates that the needle should not be too sharp to cause local stress concentration and piece the fascia layer; and (c) the simulation results of comprehensively considering the static friction and sliding friction is identical with the experiment results. This study proposes a preliminary study of mechanical effects of acupuncture manipulation, clarifies key factors affecting the stress on the needle, and explains the objective requirement of acupuncture depth to effective treatment.