Elimination of Hot Cracking in Laser Beam Welding

Hot cracking is one of the big problems in laser beam welding. By multi‐beam welding, first suggested in the 70‐s (cf. [1], [4]), hot cracking can be avoided. Hereby two additional laser beams are employed. These beams generate a compression which compensate for the critical tensile strain in the solid‐liquid region of the weld induced by the main laser beam. However, hot cracking can only be prevented if the positions, sizes, and powers of the additional laser beams are suitably chosen, i.e. are optimized. Non‐optimal values can even enhance hot cracking. Until now these quantities have been found either by trial and error or by prescribing them intuitively. In the present paper a constrained nonlinear programming problem is formulated to solve the problem of hot crack initiation by minimizing the accumulated transverse strain, i.e. the opening displacement, in the solid‐liquid region. This approach is based on the so‐called strip expansion technique, cf. [2]. (© 2004 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

A flexible approach to the simulation of hybrid multibody systems

The present works deals with the incorporation of both flexible beam and shell structures into the realm of flexible multibody dynamics. Geometrically exact beam formulations based on classical Simo-Reissner kinematics are suitable for modelling beam-type flexible components in the context of finite-deformation multibody dynamics. So geometrically exact shell formulations are based on Reissner-Mindlin kinematics. In [2], a flexible framework for dealing with flexible structural elements in a multibody context is described. A specific isoparametric finite element discretization of a shell formulation leads to semi-discrete equations of motions assuming the form of differential-algebraic equations (DAEs). A compatible isoparametric formulation of beams has already been developed in [1]. The uniform DAE framework makes possible the incorporation of alternative finite element formulations. In addition to that, various time-stepping schemes such as energy-momentum methods or variational integrators can be applied. (© 2010 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Validation and Limits of Finite Inflatable Beam Elements

Although nowadays inflatable tubular beams are often used in the field of civil engineering, by now there are only few publications dealing with finite deformation inflatable beam elements, see e.g. [1], [2] and [3]. All formulations of inflatable beams have several assumptions in common, as constant cross sections throughout the deformation, a constant internal gas pressure and the negligence of circumferential stresses. These assumptions have to be validated either by experiments or numerical analysis. In the current contribution beam–like structures are investigated using a finite element shell or membrane formulation and featuring a volume dependent gas loading, see e.g. [5] and [4]. In general the formulation substitutes the internal gas pressure by an energetically equivalent volume dependent loading and thus enables to check for potential gas pressure changes during the deformation process of the inflated beam as a consequence of volume changes. Further local deformations as occurring in the vicinity of supports or almost single loads can be considered. In this paper the focus will be only on the initial assumption of the beam theory that the biaxial stress state is neglected. (© 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

A note on the comparison of two different formulations of a risky R&D model

The purpose of this note is to provide a link between the Kamien and Schwartz [2], and the Aldrich and Morton [1] formulations of the so-called Lucas [3], risky R&D model. It is shown that the solutions of these formulations are identical for the stationary, exponential case. Furthermore, the properties of these solutions are discussed in order to focus on some of the characteristics of the model.     

Un theoreme sur les sommes amalgamees de groupes simpliciaux

In [1], D.M. Kan and R.F. Thurston prove two theorems on amalgamed sums of simplicial groups (cf corollaries 1 and 2 above) starting from a topological theorem of J.H.C. Whitehead. The proofs given in this paper are simplicial from the beginning; in the case where all groups are concentrated in dimension 0, one finds back J.H.C. Whitehead's theorem.     

Analysis of the coupling effects of the longitudinal and transverse displacements on the deformation and internal forces of functionally graded beams

Functionally graded beams (FGBs) with an arbitrary gradation of the material properties along the thickness of the beams are analyzed. Such FGBs are of special interest in civil and mechanical engineering to improve both the thermal and the mechanical behaviour of the beams. In [1] and [3] free vibrations of functionally graded Timoshenko and Euler-Bernoulli beams have been considered. The obtained analytical solutions are based on the work of Li [2], where closed-form solutions of stress distributions, eigenfrequencies and eigenfunctions have been derived by means of a single differential equation of motion for the deflection. However, these previous works did not take into account the coupling between the longitudinal and the transverse displacements and its effects on the deformation and internal forces of the FGBs. This approach is appropriate only for a symmetrical material gradation but it may not be valid for general cases with an arbitrary material gradation. In this paper, the coupling effects of the longitudinal and transverse displacements on the deformation and internal forces of FGBs are investigated for different beam support conditions. Analytical solutions of the corresponding boundary value problem are derived. A comparison is also made with the numerical results obtained by the finite element method (FEM). (© 2012 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Regularity - Properties of the Solution of the Homogeneous Wave Equation

The aim of this paper is to prove regularity-properties for solutions of the wave equation in B with p < 1. Up to now no such result is known. For p ≥ 1 a large amount of work has been done, cf. for instance [9], [7], [8], [10]. The results in this paper for p> 1 are not optimal, which can be seen comparing them with [9]. Whether or not our results are optimal for p ≤ 1 is open.     

Computational Material Forces in Micromorphic Continua

The micromorphic continuum theory is used to describe materials with significant microstructure which thus exhibit scaledependence (see e.g. [1], [2] [3]). Microcontinua are assumed to be attached to each physical point and may experience both stretch and rotation which are affine throughout the microcontinuum, nevertheless kinematically independent from the deformation on the macroscale. The additional kinematical quantities which account for the micro-deformation yield additional stresses and contributions to the balance of momentum. Additionally to the common finite-element approximation which here is a coupled problem to be solved for macro- and the micro-quantities, we apply the method of material forces, cf. [4], [5]. (© 2006 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Gorenstein gr-injective modules over graded isolated singularities

Graded isolated singularities appear very naturally in algebraic pro-jcctive geometry (cf. [18]) or invariant theory of the binary polyhedral groups (cf. [15], [17]). We define mock finitely generated modules in the category of graded modules and we use such graded modules which are also Gorenstein injective (cf. [1], [2]) in this category to characterize graded isolated Gorenstein singularities.     

Optimal Control of the Euler Equations via Relaxation Approaches

We discuss two linear relaxation approaches to the optimal control of nonlinear hyperbolic systems, in particular the control of Euler flows in gas dynamics. The first method is a relaxation system that is due to Jin and Xin [2], the second one is a Lattice-Boltzman approach [3], where we use one spatial dimension and five velocities (D1Q5 model). Both methods are incorporated in an adjoint based steepest-descent algorithm for the optimisation. Convincing numerical results are presented for both methods for an example with discontinuous solutions. (© 2010 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Analyses of subensembles ofM/G/1 queueing sequences

Although many queueing processes of various principles have extensively been investigated, little attention has been paid to the sampling aspect of the theory, by which the nature of sample sequences of finite or infinite length can be examined with respect to some given ensemble of queueing sequences. In this paper we wish to identify classes of sample sequences of an M/G/1 model and investigate several hitherto unknown properties of queueing phenomenon of a given particular service system over a finite or infinite length of time. The method to be used is an extension of both the method of imbedded Markow chains, cf. D. G. Kendall [4], and semi-Markovian processes, Smith [9], Lévy [5], Pyke[7,8], Fabens [2], Neuts [6], etc.     

Thue inequalities with a small number of primitive solutions

Several upper bounds are known for the numbers of primitive solutions (x; y) of the Thue equation (1) j F(x; y) j = m and the more general Thue inequality (3) 0 &lt; j F(x; y) j m. A usual way to derive such an upper bound is to make a distinction between "small" and "large" solutions, according as max( j x j ; j y j ) is smaller or larger than an appropriate explicit constant Y depending on F and m; see e.g. [1], [11], [6] and [2]. As an improvement and generalization of some earlier results we give in Section 1 an upper bound of the form cn for the number of primitive solutions (x; y) of (3) with max( j x j ; j y j )Y0 , wherec 25 is a constant and n denotes the degree of the binary form F involved (cf. Theorem 1). It is important for applications that our lower bound Y0 for the large solutions is much smaller than those in [1], [11], [6] and [4], and is already close to the best possible in terms of m. ByusingTheorem1 we establish in Section 2 similar upper bounds for the total number of primitive solutions of (3), provided that the height or discriminant of F is suficiently large with respect to m (cf. Theorem 2 and its corollaries). These results assert in a quantitative form that, in a certain sense, almost all inequalities of the form (3) have only few primitive solutions. Theorem 2 and its consequences are considerable improvements of the results obtained in this direction in [3], [6], [13] and [4]. The proofs of Theorems 1 and 2 are given in Section 3. In the proofs we use among other things appropriate modifications and refenements of some arguments of [1] and [6].     

A misorientation dependent grain boundary yield criterion

An equivalent plastic strain gradient theory, cf. [1], is extended by a GB flow rule, that accounts for the misorientation of adjacent grains. In contrast to previous works, the grain boundary (GB) resistance against plastic flow is not treated as a constant parameter. Therefore, in the work at hand, the grain boundary dislocation density (GBD), cf. [2], is used as a measure for geometrical mismatch between all glide system orientations of two adjacent grains. (© 2015 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

On some nonlinear evolution equations with strong dissipation,III

In this paper we continue the existence theories of classical solutions of nonlinear evolution equations with strong dissipation studied in previous papers [5, 6], where we proved the existence of global classical solutions with small data applying small energy techniques. This time, we prove the existence of a set of initial values which guarantees the solution to be global. We know the set is not bounded in the escalated energy spaces (Sobolev spaces). For the purpose, we establish approximate equations with another dissipative term which give a devised penalty to the solutions and lead the solutions to be bounded for all t > 0. Therefore we give an improvement to existence theories of equations describing a local statement of balance of momentum for materials for which the stress is related to strain and strain rate. These have been studied by many authors (cf. Greenberg et al. 19], Greenberg [10], Davis [3], Clements [2], Andrews [1], Yamada [12], Webb [13], etc.).     

An electromechanically coupled intrinsic,mixed variational formulation for geometrically nonlinear smart composite beam

The work presented in this article is the outcome of a combined strategy of a mathematical tool for 2D cross-sectional analysis, i.e., Variational Asymptotic Method (VAM) as well as the 1D exact beam analyzer, i.e., the intrinsic mixed variational formulation for modeling and analysis of Piezoelectric-laminated composite beams. This work talks about a novel approach of mixed variational formulation to analyze a two-way electromechanically coupled piezoelectric composite beam. In a classical intrinsic mixed variational approach for a passive structure, the 1D exact beam model deals only with mechanical degrees of freedom. In the present case, an extra 1D electrical degree of freedom has been incorporated. A computational code is developed based on the present theory to solve the two-way coupled electromechanical beam problem. In the present case, we have validated the static results for sensor application. Both linear and nonlinear results have been discussed. Results obtained are very promising and are helpful in building a platform where design, optimization and nonlinear analysis of composite ‘smart’ beams in a multibody framework can be done faster while maintaining acceptable accuracy.     

Projektive Moduln über Polynomringen A[T1,...,Tm] mit einem regulären Grundring A

We are concerned with a question of H. Bass and D. Quillen which asks whether the following is true:If A is a regular noetherian ring, then every finitely generated projective module P over a polynomial extension A[T] of A is extended from A. (cf. [1], § 4, (IX) and [7]).We give an affirmative answer, either if (i) A equals a ring of fractions of a polynomial ring over a regular noetherian ring B with dim B2, or if (ii) A equals a ring of fractions of a polynomial extension of a power series ring over a complete regular local ring B with dim B2.(ii) implies the case that A is an unramified complete regular local ring. This generalizes the result in [4], which has been proved independently in [5]. (i) spezializes to the known theorem of Quillen and Suslin if A=B (cf. [2]).     

Rings characterized by injectivity classes

Recently, there are a number of well known theorems which char­acterize rings in terms of injective modules (cf. [2], [3], [5] and [8]). The purpose of this paper is to give general theorems which show that some similar results remain true when many other classes of general injective modules are considered in place of injective modules. Our results encompass several well known results by Huynh and Smith, Liu, and Xue. In particular we answer negatively the question of Yue Chi Ming [11] and an example is given to show that E—injective modules form an intermediate class between continuous and quasi-continuous modules(cf. Example 3).     

A time dependent coupled system related to the tridimensional equations of a nematic liquid crystal

In this paper we prove some results about the existence, uniqueness and regularity of the solutions of a tridimensional variational approximated model for the Leslie's equations of an incompressible nematic liquid crystal (cf. [7]). This model was introduced in [1] where the bidimensional case is studied. Here we use the methods developed in [6], [4] and [8].     

A phase field model for fracture

The variational formulation of brittle fracture as formulated for example by Francfort and Marigo in [1], where the total energy is minimized with respect to any admissible crack set and displacement field, allows the identification of crack paths, branching of preexisting cracks and even crack initiation without additional criteria. For its numerical treatment a continuous approximation of the model in the sense of Γ-convergence has been presented by Bourdin in [2]. In the regularized Francfort–Marigo model cracks are represented by an additional field variable (secondary variable) s∈[0,1] which is 0 if the material is cracked and 1 if it is undamaged. In this work, we reinterpret the crack variable as a phase field order parameter and address cracking as a phase transition problem. The crack growth is governed by the evolution equation of the order parameter which resembles the Ginzburg–Landau equation. The numerical treatment is done by finite elements combined with an implicit Euler scheme for the time integration. (© 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)