Optimal Slewing of a Flexible Spacecraft

An optimal slewing program is designed within the class of Euler rotations for a spacecraft with elastic elements. The mathematical model constructed accounts for an arbitrary number of partial modes of elastic vibrations. An optimal reorientation problem is formulated using a nontraditional performance criterion, which minimizes the dynamic overloads of the elastic elements in relative motion. An algorithm for solving the corresponding nonlinear boundary-value problem is developed and implemented in a software package of FORTRAN-programs. A neural network is generated in the space of slew parameters; it may be trained during a preflight period. Known radial basis functions are used to model the process of fast in-flight computation of the optimal reorientation program     

挤压油膜阻尼在储能飞轮转子支承系统中应用研究

在飞轮储能系统实验研究中,利用永磁轴承-螺旋槽流体动压锥轴承的混合支承,并采用了挤压油膜阻尼为转子支承系统提供阻尼。基于流体润滑理论的雷诺方程和长轴承近似理论,推导出一端封闭、一端开口边界的挤压油膜的压力分布近似解析解,得到等效油膜刚度和阻尼系数。最后对比分析了飞轮转子支承系统不平衡响应的计算与试验结果。     

Studies of a Magnetocumulative Source of Electromagnetic Pulses with a Double Inductive Energy Storage

An energy source based on a helical magnetocumulative generator with simultaneous initiation of an explosive charge on the axis was developed. The generator operates on a double inductive energy storage with current circuit breakers in each storage. The main analytical dependences of the pulse amplitude and shape on the parameters of the double inductive energy storage were obtained. In an experiment with such an energy source, a voltage pulse of 770 – 800 kV was obtained on a breaker made of electrically exploding wires. The voltage at possible load points was 1300 – 1350 kV. The duration of the voltage pulse edge from 0.1U _max to 0.9U _max did not exceed 0.5 sec.     

Optimal Control of a Vortex Trapped by an Airfoil with a Cavity

An airfoil with a cavity traps a vortex; the lift increases but the vortex shows great receptivity to upstream disturbances. A simple potential flow model confirms that the vortex stability basin is of a reduced extent. In this paper we present a control technique stabilizing the vortex position based on a potential flow model. The actuators are sources/sinks at the wall and the suction/blowing law is obtained by the adjoint optimization method. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Effects of springs on a pendulum electromechanical energy harvester

This paper studies a model of energy harvester that consists of an electromechanical pendulum system subjected to nonlinear springs. The output power is analyzed in terms of the intrinsic parameters of the device leading to optimal parameters for energy harvesting. It is found that in an appropriate range of the springs constant, the power attains higher values as compared to the case without springs. The dynamical behavior of the device shows transition to chaos.     

Heat Transport in Unsaturated Zone Thermal Energy Storage – Analysis with Two-Phase and Single-Phase Models

We analyze a field experiment where ambient air is injected into the soil during the summer and extracted again during the winter. A multiphase model accounting for the conductive transport as well as the convective transport with the moving liquid and gas phases is used along with a more simplified single-phase model where the convective transport is due to the gas alone. The latter model also accounts for subzero wintertime temperatures. The multiphase model captures well both the seasonal variations and the actual test sequence, the main calibration being in the adjustment of medium permeabilities based on the observed pressure responses. The effect of the injection pump on the temperature and humidity of the injection air needs to be known accurately. Taking into account the humidity of the injection air explicitly instead of using humidity-corrected enthalpy values also has an effect. The effect of various humidity and specific enthalpy assumptions is of the order of 1–1.5°C, while ignoring the wintertime subzero temperatures has an effect of 1–2°C. These differences are of the same order of magnitude as the heterogeneity-introduced differences in field data. Using the simplified single-phase model typically appears to cause a difference of 1–2°C, but can yield an even higher deviation of the order of 3–4°C.     

Transition of Energy to a Nonlinear Localized Mode in a Highly Asymmetric System of Two Oscillators

Redistribution of energy in a highly asymmetric system consisting ofcoupled linear and highly nonlinear damped oscillators isinvestigated. Special attention is paid to the excitation of a nonlinearnormal mode while the energy is initially stored in other modes of thesystem. The transition proceeds via the mechanism of subharmonicresonance which is possible because of the strong nonlinearity of thesystem. The conditions of the energy transition to NNM being effectiveare revealed and guidelines to design such a systems are formulatedin detail.     

空腹设拱重力坝优化设计

本文采用序列二次规划法进行空腹设拱坝断面优化设计,在求解过程中应用了运动极限和约束删除技术。经考核证实本文研制的优化程序收敛速度快,计算结果可靠。     

具有环形缓冲簧的武器系统的动力分析与优化

本文对带有预压环形缓冲簧的自动武器系统进行了模型化,提出了系统动力方程的分块分段求解方法,建立并用改进算法求解了以后坐力为最小化目标的非线性规划问题。文末给出了某火炮在连发射击条件下的分析与优化结果。     

一类含平方、立方非线性项1:2内共振两自由度系统的全局分岔

研究了一类含平方、立方非线性项的两自由度系统的全局分岔。首先应用多尺度法求解其平均方程 ,然后通过一系列变换得到一个近似可积的两自由度系统。应用能量 相位准则 ,确定了在哈密顿共振时Silnikov轨道存在的条件。通过数值计算验证了此条件。     

Analysis of a plate containing an elliptic inclusion with eigencurvatures

Summary An infinite plate containing an elliptic subregion in which a uniform eigencurvature is prescribed is analyzed. The problem is formulated by using the classical plate theory. Employing the Maysel's relation, an integral-type solution to the equilibrium equation is expressed in terms of the eigencurvature. Closed-form solutions of the displacement and corresponding resultant moment are obtained for interior points as well as for exterior points of the ellipse. An infinite plate containing an elliptic inhomogeneity in which a uniform eigencurvature is prescribed is also considered. The disturbance of the displacement and corresponding resultant moment due to the inhomogeneity is determined by the equivalent eigencurvature method. Solutions of a circular finite plate with uniform eigencurvature in a circular zone are also obtained analytically. Received 30 September 1997; accepted for publication 3 February 1998     

60Si2Mn螺旋弹簧的压缩应力松弛行为与贮存寿命预测

为评价60Si2Mn螺旋压缩弹簧的室温松弛特性,利用InstronE3000K8953型小吨位电子动静态疲劳试验机,对其在不同温度和初始应力水平条件下进行了高温压缩加速应力松弛试验,研究了环境温度、初始应力水平对松弛行为的影响.基于粘弹性体模型,揭示了应力松弛过程中弹性应变向塑性应变的转化特性与塑性应变随松弛时间的变化规律.在对应力松弛前后弹簧丝材金相和TEM微结构进行对比分析的基础上,探讨了应力松弛的微观机制.结果表明,环境温度与初始应力水平对松弛速率具有显著影响.基于应力松弛过程的热激活特性,建立了60Si2Mn螺旋压缩弹簧的贮存寿命预测方程,并对不同应力水平下弹簧的室温和高温贮存寿命进行了合理预测.     

Collapse of Shock Waves upon Their Interaction with a Local Energy Source

Numerical analysis is performed of the interaction of a shock wave with a local energy source and the wake behind it. It is shown that for specified shock-wave intensity and flow parameters there is a threshold value of the energy release starting with which the shock wave collapses. __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 47, No. 2, pp. 3–7, March–April, 2006.     

Effect of Localization of Pulsed Energy Addition on the Wave Drag of an Airfoil in a Transonic Flow

The possibility of controlling the aerodynamic characteristics of airfoils with the help of local pulsed-periodic energy addition into the flow near the airfoil contour at transonic flight regimes is considered. By means of the numerical solution of two-dimensional unsteady equations of gas dynamics, changes in the flow structure and wave drag of a symmetric airfoil due to changes in localization and shape of energy-addition zones are examined. It is shown that the considered method of controlling airfoil characteristics in transonic flow regimes is rather promising. For a zero angle of attack, the greatest decrease in wave drag is obtained with energy addition at the trailing edge of the airfoil.__________Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 46, No. 5, pp. 60–67, September–October, 2005.     

Convective heat transfer for cold tube bundles with ice formations in a stream of water at steady state

Experiments were conducted on cold-tube banks subjected to a cross-flow of water. The tubes were internally cooled below the freezing temperature and became enveloped in ice. The resulting ice shapes, which formed on the outside surfaces of the tubes, were allowed to stabilize, and their impact on the total steady-state rate of energy exchange between the tubes and the flowing water was investigated.

Both in-line and staggered tube-bank geometries were considered, with tests conducted in the low to moderate Reynolds number range (Re_d = 100−2,000) and for cooling-temperature ratio variations of 0.5 < Θ < 8. The ice formations were directly observed and photographed, and the total heat transfer rate for the tube bank was inferred from a simple energy balance on the system.

The ice shapes that formed around the tubes were described by one of three distinct categories: ice formutions with no linkage occurring between any adjacent tubes; ice formations with partial linkage of some adjacent tubes; and, for the staggered tube bank, a complete linkage of a majority of the tubes.

The experiments showed that the ice formations dramatically affected the convective heat transfer rate of the tube banks (when compared to nonicing tube banks at the same Re_d) and that the change in heat transfer rate is dependent on the tube-bank geometry. In the no-link category, the ice formations were found to either increase or decrease the tube-bank heat transfer rate depending on the amount of ice-build accumulation, the staggered configuration showing a greater overall rise with Θ than the in-line geometry. Ice linkage between adjacent tubes was found to be detrimental to the heat transfer rate of the staggered bank; however, the same phenomenon on the in-line tube bank did not seriously impede its heat transfer rate. Correlations expressing the heat transfer behavior of both in-line and staggered tube banks with ice formations at steady state have been developed.     

考虑井储和表皮效应的分形介质煤层气压力动态分析

考虑煤层的双重介质特征和介质的分形特征,建立了考虑井筒储存和表皮效应影响的分形介质煤储层非平衡吸附、非稳态条件下的气体流动数学模型,并分别求得了无限大地层条件下中心一口井定产量生产时无因次井底压力的Laplace空间解析解和实空间上的数值解.给出了无因次井底压力及其导数随分形参数、无因次井筒储存系数以及表皮系数等变化的双对数曲线图.     

Modal analysis and dynamic responses of a rotating Cartesian manipulator with generic payload and asymmetric load

Abstract

Here, investigation to explore the effect of generic payload and externally applied asymmetric load on the calculation of modal parameters and dynamic performance of a rotating flexible manipulator under prismatic motion has been established. We thus have developed a dynamic model of a rotating Cartesian manipulator with a payload whose center of gravity doesn’t coincide with the point of attachment, to determine the modal parameters i.e., natural frequency and corresponding mode-shape. These modal parameters are then illustrated graphically upon varying parameters like offset parameters (i.e., offset mass, offset inertia, offset length), mass and stiffness of rotary actuator, and amplitude and frequency of asymmetric load. An investigation into the nonlinear dynamics of the system accounting of geometric nonlinearity has been executed while obtained results have been validated numerically within the permissible error at the assorted critical points in frequency characteristic curves. Current research further investigates the influences of offset parameters, mass and stiffness of the actuator, frequency and amplitude of axial force on the steady state responses for the primary and sub-harmonic resonance conditions to reveal the built-in saddle-node and pitchfork bifurcation due to which the system losses its structural stability. This work enables an insight into the modal characteristics and nonlinear behavior of a rotating-Cartesian manipulator with a generic payload under asymmetric axial force and prismatic motion.     

拉压模量不同材料的圆孔扩张问题

本文建立了拉、压模量不同材料的圆孔扩展理论，分析了有关参数对圆孔扩张时应力、位移以及塑性区的发展规律的影响。     

Dynamics of Phase Transitions and Hysteresis in a Viscoelastic Ericksen's Bar on an Elastic Foundation

This work is a follow-up on the study [32] of interface dynamics and hysteresis in materials undergoing solid-solid phase transitions. We consider the dynamics of a viscoelastic bar with a nonmonotone stress-strain relation and viscous stress linearly proportional to the strain rate. The bar is placed on an elastic foundation with stiffness β mimicking the interaction of phases in higher dimensions. Time-dependent displacement-controlled loading of the bar results in a tilted and serrated hysteresis loop, in qualitative agreement with some experimental observations in shape-memory alloys. The model exhibits three phase transition processes: phase nucleation, interface slip and phase annihilation. Between these dynamic processes the system gets stuck in local minimizers of the potential energy. As β increases from zero, a slip-dominated solution behavior transforms to the one where slip and annihilation events are preceded by a step-by-step nucleation process. We show that this transition is caused by an interplay between the slip-favoring inertia term and the nucleation-favoring elastic foundation terms. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Optimal disturbances above and upstream of a flat plate with an elliptic-type leading edge

Adjoint-based iterative methods are employed to compute linear optimal disturbances in a spatially growing boundary layer around an elliptic leading edge. The Lagrangian approach is used where an objective function is chosen and constraints are assigned. The optimisation problem is solved using power iterations combined with a matrix-free formulation, where the state is marched forward in time with a standard direct numerical simulation solver and backward with the adjoint solver until a chosen convergence criterion is fulfilled. We consider the global and, more relevant to receptivity studies, the upstream localised optimal initial condition leading to the largest possible energy amplification at time T. We find that the two-dimensional initial condition with the largest potential for growth is a Tollmien–Schlichting-like wave packet that includes the Orr mechanism and is located inside the boundary layer downstream of the leading edge. Three-dimensional optimal disturbances induce streaks by the lift-up mechanism. Requiring the optimal initial condition to be localised upstream of the plate enables us to better study the effects of the leading edge on the boundary layer receptivity mechanisms. Two-dimensional upstream disturbances are inefficient at triggering unstable eigenmodes, whereas three-dimensional disturbances induce streamwise streaks with significant growth.