Deformation and strength of laminated quasiisotropic carbon-reinforced plastics

Conclusions The stress-strain state and strength of the quasiisotropic carbon-reinforced plastics depend strongly on the lay-up system of the adjacent plies because the magnitude of the interply stresses and their distribution greatly change when the reinforcement system is changed. The highest stress intensity is recorded at the free edge of the specimen. The magnitude of the residual thermal stresses is comparable with that of the mechanical stresses at the instant of formation of cracks in the weak plies of the composite. The first microcracks form inside the plies with the orientation 90 and ±45° in the direction of reinforcement. The IACs start to form at the free edges of the specimen and propagate into the material at strains from 12 to 39% of limiting strain _x ^l . Delamination of the laminated composite starts later than the formation of IACs (40–88% of _x ^l ) because the normal stress _x is higher than _z. The optimum lay-up system of the composite is [0/45/90/-45]_s because this system ensures higher stiffness of the material. The ±45 and 90° plies are not suitable for external surfaces of the composite since they start to crack very early. The quasiisotropic composites are less sensitive to the value of G_{2 3} than the composites with the ply lay-up [±]_s.Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, No. 3, pp. 449–454, May–June, 1985.     

Commutativity for a certain class of rings

We discuss the commutativity of certain rings with unity 1 and one-sideds-unital rings under each of the following conditions:x ^r [x ^s ,y]=±[x,y ^t ]x ⁿ x ^r [x ^s ,y]=±x ⁿ [x,y ^t ]x ^r [x ^s ,y]=±[x,y ^t ]y ^m , andx ^r [x ^s ,y]=±y ^m [x,y ^t ], wherer, n, andm are non-negative integers andt>1,s are positive integers such that eithers, t are relatively prime ors[x,y]=0 implies [x,y]=0. Further, we improve the result of [6, Theorem 3] and reprove several recent results.     

Lp Markov–Bernstein Inequalities on All Arcs of the Circle

Let 0<p<∞ and 0α<β2π. We prove that for n1 and trigonometric polynomials s_n of degree n, we have

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cn^p ∫^β_α |s_n(θ)|^p dθ, where c is independent of α, β, n, s_n. The essential feature is the uniformity in [α,β] of the estimate and the fact that as [α,β] approaches [0,2π], we recover the L_p Markov inequality. The result may be viewed as the complete L_p form of Videnskii's inequalities, improving earlier work of the second author.     

Damage behavior of laminated E-glass/epoxy beams with an initial delamination subjected to an axial impact

The damage behavior of laminated E-glass/epoxy beams, with and without an initial delamination, subjected to an axial impact by a moving bullet has been investigated experimentally and numerically. The specimens were made from a unidirectional fiber fabric stacked in the sequences [0₆] _s , [±45₃] _s , and [90₆] _s , and a delamination was created in them by locating a copper foil at a specified position. The data on the bullet speed and strain history were recorded by a laser setup, a high-speed dynamic strain indicator, and a TDS420A oscilloscope. It is shown that the delamination and the ply stacking sequence play a significant role in the dynamic response and damage behavior of laminated beams. A numerical simulation is performed by using the commercial finite-element software ABAQUS/Explicit, and the results obtained are in a good agreement with experimental observations. Russian translation published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 49–64, January–February, 2009.     

Mixed Micromechanics and Continuum Damage Mechanics Approach to Transverse Cracking in [S, 90n]s Laminates

The stiffness reduction in [S, 90 _n ] _s laminates due to transverse cracking in 90-layers is analyzed using the synergistic continuum damage mechanics (SCDM) and a micromechanics approach. The material constants involved in the SCDM model are determined using the stiffness reduction data for a reference cross-ply laminate. The constraint efficiency factor, which depends on the stiffness and geometry of neighboring layers, is assumed to be proportional to the average crack opening displacement (COD). The COD as a function of the constraint effect of adjacent layers and crack spacing is described by a simple power law. The crack closure technique and Monte Carlo simulations are used to model the damage evolution: the 90-layer is divided into a large number of elements and the critical strain energy rate G _c having the Weibull distribution is randomly assigned to each element. The crack density data for a [0₂/90₄] _s cross-ply laminate are used to determine the Weibull parameters. The simulated crack density curves are combined with the CDM stiffness reduction predictions to obtain the stiffness versus strain. The methodology developed is successfully used to predict the stiffness reduction as a function of crack density in [±/90₄] _s laminates.     

A system of basis invariants of the group Bn

In 1968 Flatto announced the conjecture that the polynomials _±(±x ₁±x ₂±±x _n )^2s ,s=1,n, are algebraically independent. This conjecture was confirmed by Haeuslein. A new proof of this result is given.Translated from Ukrainskií Geometricheskií Sbornik, Issue 29, 1986, pp. 54–55.     

Full range solution of half space neutron transport problem

Based on the fact that the complete set of eigenfunctions of a half-range problem in [0,U] is also part of a larger set that is complete in the full-range [ –U,U], a full-range boundary condition is introduced for solving the half-range problem. Specifically, this condition expresses the solution at the boundary valid for allu [ –U,U] as the sum of a given forward component inu [0,U] and the unknown backward component inu [ –U, 0). Thus the basically ill-posed nature of the half-range problem, viz., that is required to find the response in [ —U,U] from given data in [0,U], is formulated over the entire domain at the boundary as compared to the usual approach that expresses the boundary condition only over [0,U]. This allows us, through a two-step process that considers the full-range properties of the eigenfunctions in [ —U,U] only, to obtainnumerically exact extrapolated end-point and CaseX-function. This means, because of the relationship of these fundamental half-range data with standard half-range expansion coefficientsa ₀₊ andA(v) [2], that the transient integral of the half-range solution has been reduced to mechanical quadratures.     

Quotient Rings of Ore Extensions with More than One Indeterminate

Let R be a domain and R[X; D] the Ore extension of R by a sequence D of derivations of R. If D has length ≥ 2, we show that the symmetric Utumi quotient ring of R[X; D] is U _s (R)[X; D], where U _s (R) is the symmetric Utumi quotient ring of R. Consequently, X-inner automorphisms of R[X; D] are induced by units of U _s (R) and the extended centroid of R[X; D] consists of those elements α in the center of U _s (R) such that δ(α) = 0 for all δ ? D. These extend the known results for free algebras.     

Correction of CT burst array errors in the generalized-lee-RT spaces

In [Jain, S.： Array codes in the generalized-Lee-RT-pseudo-metric （the GLRTP-metric）, to appear in Algebra Colloq.], Jain introduced a new pseudo-metric on the space Matm×s（Zq）, the module space of all m × s matrices with entries from the finite ring Zq, generalized the classical Lee metric [Lee, C. Y.： Some properties of non-binary error correcting codes. IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, IT-4, 77- 82 （1958）] and array RT-metric [Rosenbloom, M. Y., Tsfasman, M. A.： Codes for m-metric. Prob. Inf. Transm., 33, 45-52 （1997）] and named this pseudo-metric as the Generalized-Lee-RT-Pseudo-Metric （or the GLRTP-Metric）. In this paper, we obtain some lower bounds for two-dimensional array codes correcting CT burst array errors [Jain, S.： CT bursts from classical to array coding. Discrete Math., 308-309, 1489-1499 （2008）] with weight constraints under the GLRTP-metric.     

Elastoplastic stress analysis of thick laminated metal-matrix composite plates by the finite-element method

The elastoplastic stress state of a laminated stainless-steel-fiber-reinforced aluminum-matrix plates, with or without a hole, subjected to a pressure on their top is examined by using the finite-element method. The analysis is carried out for three layouts: (0/90/0/90)_s, (45/-45/45/-45)_s, and (30/60/30/60)_s. The Newton-Raphson method is used to solve the nonlinear problem. The distributions of equivalent stresses and the plastic zones of the plates without a hole and with a hole of various diameters are determined. Russian translation published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 531–544, July–August, 2006.     

The Denjoy extension of the Riemann and Mcshane integrals

In this paper we study the Denjoy-Riemann and Denjoy-McShane integrals of functions mapping an interval [a, b] into a Banach space X. It is shown that a Denjoy-Bochner integrable function on [a, b] is Denjoy-Riemann integrable on [a, b], that a Denjoy-Riemann integrable function on [a, b] is Denjoy-McShane integrable on [a, b] and that a Denjoy-McShane integrable function on [a, b] is Denjoy-Pettis integrable on [a, b]. In addition, it is shown that for spaces that do not contain a copy of c ₀, a measurable Denjoy-McShane integrable function on [a, b] is McShane integrable on some subinterval of [a, b]. Some examples of functions that are integrable in one sense but not another are included.     

A Complexity Bound on Faces of the Hull Complex

Given a monomial k[x₁,. . . ,x_n]-module M in the Laurent polynomial ring k[x₁^±1, . . . , x_n^±1], the hull complex is defined to be the set of bounded faces of the convex hull of the points {t^a| x^a M} for sufficiently large t. Bayer and Sturmfels conjectured that the faces of this polyhedron are of bounded complexity in the sense that every such face is affinely isomorphic to a subpolytope of the (n – 1)-dimensional permutohedron, which in particular would imply that these faces have at most n! vertices. In this paper we prove that the latter statement is true, and give a counterexample to the stronger conjecture.     

Besov spaces andK-functionals inL p, 0<p<1*

We investigate Besov spaces and their connection with trigonometric polynomial approximation inL _p[−π,π], algebraic polynomial approximation inL _p[−1,1], algebraic polynomial approximation inL _p(S), and entire function of exponential type approximation inL _p(R), and characterizeK-functionals for certain pairs of function spaces including (L _p[−π,π],B _s ^a(L _p[−π,π])), (L _p(R),_s ^a(L_p(R))), , and , where 0<s≤∞, 0<p<1,S is a simple polytope and 0<α<r. This project is supported by the National Science Foundation of China.     

Stable Subconstructs: A Correction and New Results

In Lowen and Wuyts (Appl Categ Struct 8:235–245, 2000) the authors studied the simultaneously concretely reflective and concretely coreflective subconstructs of the category Ap of approach spaces. For the sake of shortness we call such subconstructs stable. Using a technique introduced in Herrlich and Lowen (1999) it was possible to explicitly describe such stable subconstructs by a condition on the objects which used certain subsets of [0, ∞ ]. Thus each stable subconstruct Ap _m described in [9] corresponds to the subset {0} ∪ [m, ∞ ] ⊂ [0, ∞ ] for m ∈ [0, ∞ ]. Although this characterization is correct, Theorem 4.7 in [9] stating that the subconstructs Ap _m were the only stable subconstructs of Ap is not. The main results, which together prove that the only stable subconstructs are those where a restriction is put on the range of the distances of the objects, are upheld, but it turns out that not only the sets {0} ∪ [m, ∞ ], but actually each closed subsemigroup of [0, ∞ ] determines a stable subconstruct (albeit again in exactly the same way as characterized in [9]). In the first part of our paper, Sections 1 and 2, we develop the general technique, which is totally different to the one from [3], and in Theorem 2.13 we prove the main result for the case of approach spaces. The technique which we develop is also applicable to other cases. Thus, in Section 3, more precisely in Theorems 3.9 and 3.11, we give the complete solution to the corresponding characterization problem for the constructs pq Met ^∞ of pseudo-quasi-metric spaces and p Met ^∞ of pseudometric spaces and in Section 4 we briefly sketch how the technique can be adapted and used to also completely solve the problem in the case of more general types of approach spaces and metric spaces. At the same time, in all cases, we are able to give necessary and sufficient conditions under which two stable subconstructs of one of these topological constructs are concretely isomorphic. It turns out that in all cases there are 2^à₀2^{\aleph_0} non-concretely isomorphic stable subconstructs.     

Asymptotic analysis of the Krawtchouk polynomials by the WKB method

We analyze the Krawtchouk polynomials K _n (x,N,p,q) asymptotically. We use singular perturbation methods to analyze them for N→∞, with appropriate scalings of the two variables x and n. In particular, the WKB method and asymptotic matching are used. We obtain asymptotic approximations valid in the whole domain [0,N]×[0,N], involving some special functions. We give numerical examples showing the accuracy of our formulas.      

An integral strong law of large numbers for processes with independent increments

For a stochastically continuous stochastic process with independent increments overD[0,T], letN(t,ε) be the number of smaple function jumps that occur in the interval [0,t] of sizes less than −ε or greater than ε, where ε>0. LetM(t,ε)=EN(t,ε), and assumeM(t,0+)=∞ for 0<t≦T. If lim_{ε ↓0}(M(t,ε)/M(T,ε)) exists and is positive for eacht∈(0,T], then lim_{ε ↓0}(N(t,ε)/M(T,ε)) for allt∈(0,T] with probability one. The research of Howard G. Tucker was supported in part by the National Science Foundation, Grant No. MCS76-03591A01.     

On the Orders of Nonlinear Approximations for Classes of Functions of Given Form

Suppose that Δ ₊ ^s is the set of functions x: I → ℝ on a finite interval I such that the divided differences [x; t ₀,..., t _s ] of order _s ∈ ℕ of these functions are nonnegative for all collections from (s +1) different points t ₀,..., t _s ∈ I. For all s ∈ ℕ and 1 ≤ p ≤ ∞, we establish exact orders of best approximations by splines with free nodes and rational functions in the metrics of L _p for classes , where B _p is the unit ball in L _p . We also establish the asymptotics of pseudodimensional widths in L _p of these classes of functions.__________Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, vol. 78, no. 1, 2005, pp. 98–114.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by V. N. Konovalov.     

An asymptotically tight bound on the number of semi-algebraically connected components of realizable sign conditions

We prove an asymptotically tight bound (asymptotic with respect to the number of polynomials for fixed degrees and number of variables) on the number of semi-algebraically connected components of the realizations of all realizable sign conditions of a family of real polynomials. More precisely, we prove that the number of semi-algebraically connected components of the realizations of all realizable sign conditions of a family of s polynomials in R[X ₁, …,X _k ] whose degrees are at most d is bounded by

Kolmogorov and linear widths of classes of <Emphasis Type="Italic">s</Emphasis>-monotone integrable functions

Let s ∈ ℕ and let Δ ₊ ^s be the set of functions x: I ↦ ℝ on a finite interval I such that the divided differences [x; t ₀, ..., t _s ] of order s of these functions are nonnegative for all collections of s + 1 different points t ₀, ..., t _s ∈ I. For the classes Δ ₊ ^s B _p : = Δ ₊ ^s ∩ B _p , where B _p is the unit ball in L _p , we determine the orders of Kolmogorov and linear widths in the spaces _Lq for 1 ≤ q > p ≤ ∞. __________ Translated from Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 57, No. 12, pp. 1633–1652, December, 2005.     

Comonotone Jackson's Inequality

Let 2s points y_i=−πy_2s<…<y₁<π be given. Using these points, we define the points y_i for all integer indices i by the equality y_i=y_i+2s+2π. We shall write fΔ⁽¹⁾(Y) if f is a 2π-periodic continuous function and f does not decrease on [y_i, y_i−1], if i is odd; and f does not increase on [y_i, y_i−1], if i is even. In this article the following Theorem 1—the comonotone analogue of Jackson's inequality—is proved. 1. If fΔ⁽¹⁾(Y), then for each nonnegative integer n there is a trigonometric polynomial τ_n(x) of order n such that τ_nΔ⁽¹⁾(Y), and |f(x)−π_n(x)|c(s) ω(f; 1/(n+1)), x , where ω(f; t) is the modulus of continuity of f, c(s)=const. Depending only on s.