On the optimal shape of compressed rotating rod with shear and extensibility

In this paper, the optimal shape of a compressed rotating rod which maintains stability against buckling is presented. In the rod modeling, extensibility along the rod axis and shear stress is taken into account. Using Pontryagin's maximum principle, the optimization problem is formulated with a fourth order boundary value problem. The optimally shaped compressed rotating (fixed-free) rod has a finite cross-sectional area on the free end. This shape is qualitatively different from that suggested by the Bernoulli-Euler theory with zero cross-sectional area on the free end. In addition, the Bernoulli-Euler theory overestimates the buckling load, and this effect is more significant in the optimally shaped rod than for the corresponding constant cross-sectional rod consisting of the same material volume and length. In order to show this effect, it is necessary to use a generalized constitutive model which takes real material properties, such as axial extensibility and shear stress into account. Particularly, the solution of this generalized problem, obtained for thin rods, approaches the classical solution predicted by the Bernoulli-Euler theory.     

The strongest rotating rod

By using the Rayleigh quotient, we present the variational formulation for the strongest rotating rod stable against buckling. This variational formulation is converted to fifth-order singular non-linear boundary value problem. The optimal shape and the critical rotating speed are determined with special numerical-analytical integration procedure. We found the explicit linear relation between the volume and the squared critical speed. Although, in general, the linear stability problem for the optimal rotating rod does not have purely discrete spectra, we show that in the present case, the critical speed is determined with lowest eigenvalue. This fact verifies our optimization strategy based on a linear spectral problem.     

Optimal Shape of Column with Own Weight: Bi and Single Modal Optimization

The optimality conditions, via Pontryagin’s maximum principle, in the case of bimodal optimization of columns are derived. When these conditions are applied to the stability of a compressed column with own weight, the problem of determining the optimal cross–sectional area function is reduced to the solution of a nonlinear boundary value problem. Two specific problems are analyzed in detail. In Problem 1, that is new, the shape of a heavy compressed column with clamped ends stable against buckling and having minimal volume is determined. In Problem 2, formulated by Keller and Niordson, optimal shape of a vertical column with one end clamped the other end free is determined.     

Optimal shape of a vertical rotating column

We determine the shape of the lightest rotating column that is stable against buckling, positioned in a constant gravity field, oriented along the column axis. In deriving the optimality conditions, the Pontryagin's principle was used. Optimal cross-sectional area is obtained from the solution of a non-linear boundary value problem. For this problem a variational principle and a first integral are formulated. Also a priori estimates of the cross-sectional area at the lower end are presented. The procedure is illustrated by three concrete examples. The problem treated here may be considered as a step in the dynamic optimization procedure of a heavy rotating column.     

广义变分原理的结构形状优化伴随法灵敏度分析

提出了一种利用伴随变量进行结构形状优化灵敏度分析的新方法. 基于广义变分原理， 考虑了形状优化中位移边界条件的变化对结构响应的影响. 新方法弥补了Arora 等人所提出的形状优化灵敏度分析变分原理中的缺陷，为采用伴随法进行灵敏度分析提供了 新的框架.     

三轴转台框架的形状优化设计

本文叙述了三轴转台四种不同的布局型式。提出了用Ｂｅｚｉｅｒ曲线和Ｆｏｕｒｉｅｒ级数描述三轴转台框架的形状，将形状优化设计问题转换为可用参数优化设计方法求解的形式。建立了ＯＵＴ型三轴转台外框架结构的形状优化设计数学模型，然后给出了用增广乘子法对问题进行求解的步骤     

On the Optimal Shape of an Elastic-Plastic Column

Abstract

The problem of maximizing the buckling load of a plastic column of given volume, length, and material is studied. The governing equations are derived by means of the calculus of variations, and a parametric constraint on the maximum permissible stress is included in the analysis. The general problem is solved numerically, and the results obtained for some special cases, e.g., elastic columns, are shown to be in agreement with those found by previous investigators.     

Shape Optimization of Body Located in Incompressible Viscous Flow Based on Optimal Control Theory

This paper presents a numerical method of shape optimization of a body located in an incompressible viscous flow described by the Stokes and Oseen equations. The purpose of this study is to find the optimal shape that minimizes the fluid forces subjected to the body. The formulation of the shape optimization is based on the optimal control theory. The first thing that should be carried out in the optimal control theory is to define a performance function, which expresses the optimal shape. In this study, the fluid forces minimization problem is treated, i.e. fluid forces are directly used in the performance function. The performance function must be minimized subject to the basic equation. The optimal shape, which minimizes the fluid force, is pursued in this paper. This problem can be transformed into the minimization problem without constraint conditions by the Lagrange multiplier. As a numerical example, drag force minimization problems of a body located in low Reynolds number flows are carried out.     

Shape Sensitivity and Design for Fluids with Shocks

For many problems of compressible fluid dynamics it is desirable to find the sensitivity of the shock position with respect to the shape of the domain occupied by the fluid. One application is for the minimization of the sonic boom of airplanes; another is for the stability of the stream in fast-flowing rivers or canals. Classical calculus of variation is not valid for these cases because of the presence of Dirac functions appearing when a discontinuous function is differentiated, but we show here on the compressible potential flow equation how to find the equations of the derivatives and what are the linearized problems. Some numerical test cases are given for illustration.     

What is the Optimal Shape of a Pipe?

We consider an incompressible fluid in a three-dimensional pipe, following the Navier–Stokes system with classical boundary conditions. We are interested in the following question: is there any optimal shape for the criterion “energy dissipated by the fluid”? Moreover, is the cylinder the optimal shape? We prove that there exists an optimal shape in a reasonable class of admissible domains, but the cylinder is not optimal. For that purpose, we define the first order optimality condition, thanks to the adjoint state and we prove that it is impossible that the adjoint state be a solution of this over-determined system when the domain is the cylinder. At last, we show some numerical simulations for that problem.     

自适应桁架形状控制中主动杆多目标最优配置

导出自适应桁架结构静态形状控制方程，这些方程在线弹性范围内适用；一般主动杆件数远小于结构杆件数目，且主动杆件的配置问题取决于控制能量和杆件强度等因素，因此基于最短行程和最小导出内力指标和模态退火组合优化算法进行了主动杆件的多目标最优配置；通过算例分析验证了本文分析方法的可行性和有效性。     

基于时域位相分析的云纹法形貌测量技术研究

采用影像云纹法和时域相位分析技术研究了物体形貌测量的新方法.通过研制高精度旋转平台,利用栅线旋转的方式使栅线的空间频率以一定的规律变化,使物体的离面高度与该点的灰度变化率有关.在利用FFT确定灰度变化频率时,采用补零的方法提高了频率的确定精度,从而有效地提高了物面形貌测量的精度.实验发现:当补零倍数达到原始长度的128倍时,使用空间频率为5 l/mm的栅线精度可以达到0.02mm.本文讨论了该方法相关技术参数的选取方法,给出了标定实验和利用该测量系统实际测量门齿生长发育沟的实例,阐述了牙齿表面形貌数字化在牙科修复手术中的意义.通过具体标定过程与应用实例,证明了本文提出的测量方法提高了测量精度,简化了测量过程,在云纹干涉形貌测量领域有了新的突破.     

若干综合应用递归二次规划法和边界元法的平面弹性结构形状优化问题

结构的边界表示为若干设计变量的函数,结构形状优化问题表示为数学规划问题。本文采用递归二次规划法求解数学规划问题,采用边界元法做结构分析,求解了受拉多边形板、受弯悬臂梁和空腹重力坝的形状优化问题。结果表明本文的求解方案非常有效。     

高地应力下大型地下洞室拱形优化研究

高地应力区的大型洞室开挖会引起洞室拱周附近围岩应力集中和塑性区加大以及塑性应变的增加，但过高的应力集中会增加岩爆发生的几率，塑性区的加深会促使围岩失稳；洞室拱形形状会影响围岩应力集中和塑性区大小的分布，因此，以某高地应力下的大型发电洞岩体地质资料为依托，用弹塑性有限元分析高地应力地下大型发电洞室常采用的3种洞室拱形（即单心圆拱、三心圆拱和椭圆拱）对拱部围岩应力的影响，计算结果表明这种影响是非常明显的，有的应力集中系数达到3．33，无论采用哪种拱形，均避不开拱座附近应力集中现象。根据开挖后拱部围岩的塑性耗散能可以判断，无论初始地应力侧压系数是多少，椭圆拱是最优的，其次是三心圆拱。     

数字图像相关方法中匹配及过匹配形函数的误差分析

基于图像子区的数字图像相关方法需采用合适的形函数来近似目标图像子区的真实变形。由于实际测量时目标子区的局部变形往往是未知的,实际采用的不同阶次(零阶、一阶和二阶)的形函数不可避免地产生误匹配(欠匹配和过匹配)问题,从而引入位移测量的系统或随机误差。尽管由欠匹配形函数引起的系统误差已被充分认识,由过匹配形函数引起的位移误差仍缺少理论解释。本文首先推导出采用一阶和二阶形函数的数字图像相关方法的随机误差理论公式,随后采用一系列数值实验验证了理论公式的准确性。结果显示:过匹配形函数不会引入额外的系统误差,但会增加随机误差,且二阶形函数的随机误差是一阶形函数的二倍。考虑到由欠匹配一阶形函数引入的系统误差往往远大于过匹配二阶形函数的随机误差,因此在未能确知变形的情况下,推荐使用二阶形函数。     

Optimal feedback control of the deployment of a tethered subsatellite subject to perturbations

This paper presents the nonlinear optimal feedback control for the deployment process of a tethered subsatellite model, which involves not only the usually addressed in-plane motion, but also the out-of-plane motion. The model also takes the uncertainties in the mass parameter, the perturbations in initial states, and the external disturbance forces into consideration from an engineering point of view. The proposed controller is on the basis of a shrinking horizon and online grid adaptation scheme. Even though the proposed feedback law is not analytically explicit, it is easy to determine it by using a rapid recomputation of the open-loop optimal control, which generates the initial guesses for controls by interpolating the results from the previous computation. The case studies in the paper well demonstrate the effectiveness, robustness, and dominant real-time merits of the proposed controller.     

Evolution of a Small Distortion of the Spherical Shape of a Gas Bubble under Strong Expansion-Compression

The evolution of a small distortion of the spherical shape of a gas bubble which undergoes strong radial expansion-compression upon a single oscillation of the ambient liquid pressure under a harmonic law are analyzed by numerical experiments. It is assumed that the distortions of the spherical bubble shape are axisymmetric and have the form of individual spherical surface harmonics with numbers of 2–5. Bubble-shape oscillations prior to the beginning of expansion are taken into account. Generally, the distortion value during bubble expansion-compression depends on the phase of bubble-shape oscillation at the beginning of the expansion (initial phase). Emphasis is placed on the dependence of the maximum distortions in the initial phase at certain characteristic times of bubble expansion-compression on the amplitude of the external excitation, liquid viscosity, and distortion mode (harmonic number). The parameters of the problem are typical of the stable periodic sonolumiescence of an individual air bubble in water at room temperature. An exception is the liquid pressure oscillation amplitude, which is varied up to values that are five times the static pressure. That large excitation amplitudes are beyond the stability threshold of periodic oscillations of spherical bubbles. Their consideration is of interest from the point of view of increasing the compression ratio of the bubble gas, i. e., increasing the maximum temperature and density achievable in the final compression stage.__________Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 46, No. 4, pp. 17–28, July–August, 2005.     

Optimal Shape Design of Multicomposite Structures

Abstract

The problem of the optimal shape design of an elastic composite structure with unspecified interfaces is discussed for the case of mean compliance constraint. The optimality conditions are derived, and the optimization of a circular plate with segmentwise constant thickness is considered in order to illustrate these conditions. The case of optimal plastic design is obtained as a limiting case of mean compliance design.     

Optimal design of paper machine headboxes

A shape optimization problem for incompressible flows within a stabilized finite element framework is studied. The goal is to develop and test numerical realizations of optimal shape design problems that could be applied to non‐trivial industrial problems. The resulting algorithm is applied to the optimization of the geometry of a tapered header in a paper machine headbox. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.