Constitutive Modelling of Resins in the Stiffness Domain

An analytic method for inverting the constitutive compliance equations of viscoelasticity for resins is developed. These equations describe the HWKK/H rheological model, which makes it possible to simulate, with a good accuracy, short-, medium- and long-term viscoelastic processes in epoxy and polyester resins. These processes are of first-rank reversible isothermal type. The time histories of deviatoric stresses are simulated with three independent strain history functions of fractional and normal exponential types. The stiffness equations are described by two elastic and six viscoelastic constants having a clear physic meaning (three long-term relaxation coefficients and three relaxation times). The time histories of axiatoric stresses are simulated as perfectly elastic.The inversion method utilizes approximate constitutive stiffness equations of viscoelasticity for the HWKK/H model. The constitutive compliance equations for the model are a basis for determining the exact complex shear stiffness, whereas the approximate constitutive stiffness equations are used for determining the approximate complex shear stiffness. The viscoelastic constants in the stiffness domain are derived by equating the exact and approximate complex shear stiffnesses. The viscoelastic constants are obtained for Epidian 53 epoxy and Polimal 109 polyester resins. The accuracy of the approximate constitutive stiffness equations are assessed by comparing the approximate and exact complex shear stiffnesses. The constitutive stiffness equations for the HWKK/H model are presented in uncoupled (shear/bulk) and coupled forms. Formulae for converting the constants of shear viscoelasticity into the constants of coupled viscoelasticity are given as well.     

粘弹性本构模型的准静力位移识别

对一类边界条件，建立粘弹性准静力位移与本构参数的显式关系，给出优化识别的叠代格式，从二阶微分模型出发，识别粘弹性本构模式，讨论了信息误差对反演结果的影响     

Constitutive model of ferroelectric composites with a viscoelastic and dielectric relaxation matrix I

Based on micromechanics and Laplace transformation, a constitutive model of ferroelectric composites with a linear elastic and linear dielectric matrix is developed and extended to the ferroelectric composites with a viscoelastic and dielectric relaxation matrix. Thus, a constitutive model for ferroelectric composites with a viscoelastic and dielectric relaxation matrix has been set up Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 19891180).     

非饱和土本构关系的混合物理论(Ⅱ)--线性本构方程和场方程

通过对非饱和土非线性本构方程和场方程的线性化，推导出了非饱和土的线性本构方程和场方程，把线性方程表示为与Biot饱和多孔介质方程相似的形式；证明了Darcy定律对非饱和土的适用性；说明了Biot饱和多孔介质方程是这些线性方程的特征。所有这些都表明用混合理论处理非饱和土本构问题的正确性。     

Constitutive models of ferroelectric composites with a viscoelastic and dielectric relaxation matrix (II)

Experimental analysis of ferroelectric composites with a viscoelastic and dielectric relaxation matrix is carried out, and the electromechanical coupling behavior of the ferroelectric composites is calculated by means of the constitutive model proposed in this paper. Comparisons between the experimental results and the calculations show that the constitutive model can reflect the electromechanical coupling behavior of the ferroelectric composites. The analysis indicates that the effect of viscoelasticity and dielectric relaxation of the matrix on the electromechanical coupling behavior of ferroelectric composites cannot be neglected.     

Modelling an anomalous stress relaxation in glassy polymers (the Kitagawa effect)

Constitutive relations are derived for the nonlinear viscoelastic response of glassy polymers. The model is based on the concept of adaptive links (a version of the theory of transient networks), where the rates of annihilation of active links are determined by the Eyring formula. Adjustable parameters in the constitutive equations are found by using experimental data for a polyester resin in standard relaxation tests. The stress-strain relations are applied to describe an anomalous stress relaxation in solid polymers observed in tensile test after strain reversal (the Kitagawa effect). Qualitative agreement is demonstrated between results of numerical simulation and observations.     

Constitutive modeling of void-growth-based tensile ductile failures with stress triaxiality effects

In most metals and alloys, the evolution of voids has been generally recognized as the basic failure mechanism. Furthermore, stress triaxiality has been found to influence void growth dramatically. Besides strain intensity, it is understood to be the most important factor that controls the initiation of ductile fracture. We include sensitivity of stress triaxiality in a variational porous plasticity model, which was originally derived from hydrostatic expansion. Under loading conditions rather than hydrostatic deformation, we allow the critical pressure for voids to be exceeded so that the growth due to plasticity becomes dependent on the stress triaxiality. The limitations of the spherical void growth assumption are investigated. Our improved constitutive model is validated through good agreements with experimental data. Its capacity for reproducing realistic failure patterns is also indicated by a numerical simulation of a compact tensile (CT) test.     

散射理论中多连通域的混合边值问题

本文讨论了散射理论中的Helmholtz方程在多连通域中的Dirichlet-Neumann-第三混合边值问题.文章建立了与此边值问题对应的积分方程组,并讨论了此问题解的性质及对应的积分方程零空间的性质.     

Near-surface buckling in stability of a system consisting of a moderately rigid substrate, a viscoelastic bond layer, and an elastic covering layer

Within the frame work of the three-dimensional linearized theory of stability of deformable bodies (TLTSDB), the near-surface buckling instability of a system consisting of a half-plane (substrate), a viscoelastic bond layer, and an elastic covering layer is suggested. The equations of the TLTSDB are obtained from the three-dimensional geometrically non linear equations of viscoelasticity theory by using the boundary-form perturbation technique. By employing the Laplace transform, a method for solving the problem is developed. It is supposed that the covering layer has an insignificant initial imperfection. The stability of the system is considered lost if the imperfection starts to increase and grows indefinitely. Numerical results for the critical compressive force and the critical time are presented. Russian translation published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 517–530, July–August, 2006.     

A theorem of the Dore-Venni type for noncommuting operators

A theorem of the Dore-Venni type for the sum of two closed linear operators is proved, where the operators are noncommuting but instead satisfy a certain commutator condition. This result is then applied to obtain optimal regularity results for parabolic evolution equations and evolutionary integral equations which are nonautonomous. The domains of the involved operators may depend on , but is required to satisfy a certain smoothness property. The results are then applied to parabolic partial differential and integro-differential equations.

     

Modelling and control of natural convection in canned foods

In this paper we study mathematically an industrial problemrelated to sterilization processes involving heat transfer bynatural convection. We give results of existence and regularityfor the solution of this problem. We recast the whole problemas an optimal control problem with pointwise constraints onthe state and the control in order to ensure the reduction ofmicroorganism concentration and the retention of nutrients,and to save energy. Finally, we give results on existence ofthe optimal solution and optimality conditions for its characterization.     

Modelling and analysis of dynamics of viral infection of cells and of interferon resistance

Interferons are active biomolecules, which help fight viral infections by spreading from infected to uninfected cells and activate effector molecules, which confer resistance from the virus on cells. We propose a new model of dynamics of viral infection, including endocytosis, cell death, production of interferon and development of resistance. The novel element is a specific biologically justified mechanism of interferon action, which results in dynamics different from other infection models. The model reflects conditions prevailing in liquid cultures (ideal mixing), and the absence of cells or virus influx from outside. The basic model is a nonlinear system of five ordinary differential equations. For this variant, it is possible to characterise global behaviour, using a conservation law. Analytic results are supplemented by computational studies. The second variant of the model includes age-of-infection structure of infected cells, which is described by a transport-type partial differential equation for infected cells. The conclusions are: (i) If virus mortality is included, the virus becomes eventually extinct and subpopulations of uninfected and resistant cells are established. (ii) If virus mortality is not included, the dynamics may lead to extinction of uninfected cells. (iii) Switching off the interferon defense results in a decrease of the sum total of uninfected and resistant cells. (iv) Infection-age structure of infected cells may result in stabilisation or destabilisation of the system, depending on detailed assumptions. Our work seems to constitute the first comprehensive mathematical analysis of the cell-virus-interferon system based on biologically plausible hypotheses.     

Simulating the motion of the leech: A biomechanical application of DAEs

In this paper a mathematical model is developed for the dynamical behaviour of a hydrostatic skeleton. The basic configuration is taken from the worm-like shape of the medicinal leech. It consists of a sequence of hexahedra with damped elastic springs as edges to model the various parts of the musculature. The system is stabilized by the constraint of constant volume either in the whole body or in prescribed compartments. We set up Lagrange's equations of motion with the Lagrange multipliers being the pressure values in the compartments. The equations of motion lead to a large differential-algebraic system which is solved by an application of semi-explicit numerical methods. Though the model has not yet been adapted to experimental data, first simulations with a simplified set of parameters show that it is capable of generating basic movements of the leech such as crawling and swimming. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Existence and selection of steady bubbles in a Hele–Shaw cell

This paper concerns the existence of a steadily translating bubble in a Hele–Shaw cell for small but non-zero surface tension ². We rigorously conclude that for bubble velocity U relative to the fluid velocity at infinity in the interval (1,2), analytic symmetric solutions exist in the asymptotic limit of surface tension ²→0 if and only if the Stokes constant for a relatively simple nonlinear differential equation is zero. This Stokes constant S depends on the parameter α(0,1) corresponding to bubble size and . Earlier calculations have shown S to be zero for a discrete set of values of a.     

Modelling of stochastic heat transfer in a solid

The unsteady partial differential equations for expectation and correlation distributions of the stochastic temperature distribution in a solid are obtained, when the coefficients and the source term in the stochastic heat transfer equations are white Gaussian processes. Some solutions of the unsteady partial differential equations for expectation and correlation distributions of stochastic heat transfer are presented.     

判别分析在数学建模上的应用

本文依据工科数学第十卷（１９９４年８月）数学建模ＭＣＭ—８９问题Ａ的数据，用Ｆｉｓｈｅｒ判别方法建立数学模型，进行分类，识别新样品的类别，其结论与复杂的原解法一致，此方法一般本科生就可以去作，而且没有更多的假设。     

无界区域R1上的吊桥方程的全局吸引子

本文研究了无界区域R^1上的吊桥方程，运用算子分解和带权空间上构造紧算子的方法，得到了该方程在无界区域R^1上存在全局吸引子．     

Nonlinear quasistatic problems of gradient type in inelastic deformations theory

In this paper we study nonlinear quasistatic problems from inelastic deformations theory. Only strictly monotone, gradient-type constitutive equations are considered. We prove existence for both coercive and non-coercive models, using energy estimates and Young measures. For non-coercive models we use the L² self-controlling property.