The dynamic behaviour of piezoelectric laminated bars

A theory of laminated electroelastic bars with layers arranged symmetrically about the middle plane of the bar is constructed. Particular attention is given to the influence of the electrical conditions on the faces of the piezoelectric layers on the equations of the theory of bars. Formulae are obtained which, after solving the problem of a laminated bar, enable one to transfer from one-dimensional required quantities to three-dimensional required quantities. As an example, the vibrations of a three-layer electroelastic bar are considered, the displacements, stresses and electrical quantities are calculated, and the dependence of the electromechanical coupling coefficient on the frequency of the vibrations and the thicknesses of the elastic and piezoelectric layers is investigated.     

The limiting state of a rigidly fixed nonlinearly elastic multilayer rod

The loss of the load-carrying capacity of a nonlinearly elastic multilayer rod is investigated. The rod, whose layers have various thickness and are made of different materials, is rigidly fixed at both its ends. Rigid contact conditions between the layers are assumed. The problem posed is solved by using the variational method of mixed type in combination with the Rayleigh-Ritz method. The initial analysis is reduced to the solution of the Cauchy problem for a nonlinear ordinary differential equation solved for the first derivative. As the initial condition, the maximum initial eccentricity of the rod is assumed. In the case of zero eccentricity, the Shanley critical force for an axially compressed rod is determined. For a three-layer rod whose outer layers have equal thickness and are made of the same material, numerically, for various degrees of nonlinearity, the effect of physicomechanical and geometric parameters on the critical load of buckling instability is determined. It is found that, by matching the heterogeneity of the rod, it is possible to raise its load-carrying capacity. __________ Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 347–360, May–June, 2006.     

Mathematical modeling of the stress state of a transverse plastic layer in a round rod

We construct mathematical models of plastic deformations of a continuous round rod containing a transverse (less strong) inhomogeneous layer under an axial load. We thoroughly study the local strengthening of such layers by involving the base material of the rod in the plastic deformation process. We obtain explicit formulas for the critical stress states in the layer and the critical axial load on the rod.     

控制棒下落与流体流动的耦合状态方程及其保辛算法

针对核反应堆内控制棒下落问题,提出了描述控制棒下落与流体流动的耦合非线性状态方程。该状态方程对于落棒过程内不同的流体状态,具有统一的表达形式,可以很方便地处理不同工况下的落棒问题。为高效分析落棒过程,准确捕捉落棒过程内流动状态的突变,并保证时程积分的数值稳定,提出了一种基于时间步长自适应的保辛算法。数值算例表明,提出的数值模型可以采用较大的时间步长精确计算控制棒在下落过程中的位移、速度、加速度、落棒时间等关键数据,计算结果与商业软件所得结果高度吻合。     

On the moduli stack of commutative, 1-parameter formal groups

We commence a general algebro-geometric study of the moduli stack of commutative, 1-parameter formal groups. We emphasize the pro-algebraic structure of this stack: it is the inverse limit, over varying n, of moduli stacks of n-buds, and these latter stacks are algebraic. Our main results pertain to various aspects of the height stratification relative to fixed prime p on the stacks of buds and formal groups.     

One-dimensional nonlinear motions in electroelastic solids: Characteristics and shock waves

The general balance laws and jump relations of the nonlinear electroelasticity of anisotropic dielectrics presented in a previous work are systematically used to characterize and classify infinitesimal discontinuities and electroelastic shocks that can propagate in a simplified one-dimensional model. In particular, the characteristic speeds are obtained, the thermodynamical behavior of weak electroelastic shocks is established, and a classification of electroelastic shocks is given when the material admits a quadratic energy (so-called neo-Hookean case). The Hugoniot jump equation plays the fundamental role in the second point while electric switch-on and switch-off shocks can be exhibited in the classification. The work paves the way for a fully three-dimensional study in anisotropic ferroelectrics and ceramics.     

Surface waves in electrostrictive materials under biasing fields

The theory of small incremental fields superposed on finite biasing fields in an electroelastic body is summarized first in this paper. The Stroh formalism for two-dimensional anisotropic elasticity and piezoelectricity is generalized to two-dimensional problems of an electroelastic body under biasing mechanical and electric fields. Application of this generalized Stroh formalism to study surface waves propagating in an electroelastic half-space under uniform initial fields indicates that there exist at most two surface waves even in the presence of biasing fields and these two surface waves correspond to the well-known Rayleigh and Bleustein waves in the mechanical nature. A simple procedure is established to distinguish these two types of waves. Application of the results to a model electrostrictive material is included for illustration. It is found that initial biasing fields can greatly influence propagation feature of surface waves.     

压电复合材料圆形夹杂中螺型位错和界面裂纹的干涉分析

研究了无穷远纵向剪切和面内电场共同作用下,压电复合材料圆形夹杂中螺型位错与界面裂纹的电弹耦合干涉作用．运用Riemann-Schwarz 对称原理,并结合复变函数奇性主部分析方法,获得了该问题的一般解答．作为典型算例,求出了界面含一条裂纹时基体和夹杂区域复势函数和电弹性场的封闭形式解．应用广义Peach-Koehler公式,导出了位错力的解析表达式．分析了裂纹几何参数和材料的电弹性常数对位错力的影响规律．结果表明,界面裂纹对位错力和位错平衡位置有很强的扰动效应,当界面裂纹长度达到临界值时,可以改变位错力的方向．该结果可以作为格林函数研究圆形夹杂内裂纹和界面裂纹的干涉效应．其公式的退化结果与已有文献完全一致．     

Basis Reduction for the Shakedown Problem for Bounded Kinematic Hardening Material

Limit and shakedown analysis are effective methods for assessing the load carrying capacity of a given structure. The elasto–plastic behavior of the structure subjected to loads varying in a given load domain is characterized by the shakedown load factor, defined as the maximum factor which satisfies the sufficient conditions stated in the corresponding static shakedown theorem. The finite element dicretization of the problem may lead to very large convex optimization. For the effective solution a basis reduction method has been developed that makes use of the special problem structure for perfectly plastic material. The paper proposes a modified basis reduction method for direct application to the two-surface plasticity model of bounded kinematic hardening material. The considered numerical examples show an enlargement of the load carrying capacity due to bounded hardening.     

Averaging the physical properties of fibrous piezocomposites

Elastic, piezoelectric, and dielectric properties of fibrous composites with piezoelectric components are averaged for antiplane strains. Methods for determining coupled electroelastic fields in piezocomposites are proposed. Calculation results of the effective physical characteristics of some composites are given.Sumskii State University, Ukraine. Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 116–123, January–February, 1998.     

Effective Dynamic Material Properties of Foam-like Microstructures

The effective material parameters of a microstructured material can be found using homogenization procedures based on calculations of a Representative Volume Element (RVE) of the material. In our approach the RVE is calculated in frequency domain and inertia is taken into account, leading to a frequency dependent behavior of the RVE.With the frequency response of the RVE, effective dynamic properties of the material are calculated using an optimization procedure. Due to the frequency dependent material behavior on the microscale a viscoelastic constitutive equation is applied on the macroscale. An example calculation is presented for an auxetic 2-D foam-like microstructure which is modelled as a plane frame structure. (© 2005 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Thermal deformation of a composite reinforced with hybrid cloth strips

Conclusion We tested (for mechanical and thermal effects) composites reinforced with hybrid cloth COS and VAI strips; five alternate schemes of material, which differred in terms of the content of VAI layers and layers reinforced with COS, were tested. The elasticity characteristics, tension diagrams, and CLTE of the composites were determined. It was established experimentally that variation in the relative content of the above-indicated layers makes it possible to regulate the thermal expansion of the composite in the longitudinal direction of the reinforcing strips Objectively over significant ranges; in this case, the elastic modulus varies negligibly, while the specific elastic modulus remains virtually unchanged,An alternate scheme for determining the elasticity characteristics and CLTE of laminar polymeric materials reinforced with hybrid cloth strips on the basis of component properties is developed. The model according to which the structural organization of the composite is subdivided into several levels is primarily a computational model. The stress-strain state of the repeating structural elements is evaluated by methods of the strength of materials. The proposed algorithm for computing the physicomechanical characteristics of laminar composites is implemented in the form of a computer program. The experimental elasticity characteristics and CLTE obtained for composites with a different content of COS and VAI layers are compared with those calculated in accordance with the method developed (the computed values correspond to the experimental with an accuracy acceptable for engineering applications).Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, No. 3, pp. 392–401, May–June, 1988.     

Analysis of eccentric unbonded bimetal rod in ECAP based on different arrangements of soft and hard metals

In this paper, an analytical model of ECAP process with an eccentric unbonded bimetal rod is proposed by slab method. Based on the discussion, the effects of the eccentricity ratio and the diameter of inner rod as well as the geometrical parameters of the mold on the bonding process are obtained. Also this is the first time that different material arrangements are both taken into the consideration in ECAP. Two kinds of eccentric bimetal rods are researched, when outer pipe is hard and inner core rod is soft, the eccentricity ratio will be relieved. When the outer is soft and inner is hard, the eccentricity ratio will be enlarged. These changes can be more than 10% in some situations. In order to verify these conclusions, some experiments with aluminum and copper are designed and conducted. In these experiments, 3 different molds and 10 different eccentricity ratios as well as 5 different inner diameters are discussed with two kinds of eccentric bimetal rods in ECAP. The measured results are in agreement with those calculated by analytical model. Most of the errors between the measurements and calculations are less than 6%.     

Computational approach for composite materials with coupled constitutive laws

A numerical scheme based on fast Fourier transform is presented to compute the effective response and the local fields within a heterogeneous material which exhibits a coupled constitutive law. It consists in the iterative resolution of periodic coupled Lippmann–Schwinger equations. This approach is illustrated in the case of electroelastic composite materials. By using an augmented Lagrangian formulation, a simple iterative scheme relying on the uncoupled Green operators for the elastic and electrostatics problems is proposed. This computational framework, which allows to consider composite materials with an infinite contrast on the local properties, is assessed in the case of porous and fiber-reinforced piezoelectric materials.     

Computational approach for composite materials with coupled constitutive laws

A numerical scheme based on fast Fourier transform is presented to compute the effective response and the local fields within a heterogeneous material which exhibits a coupled constitutive law. It consists in the iterative resolution of periodic coupled Lippmann–Schwinger equations. This approach is illustrated in the case of electroelastic composite materials. By using an augmented Lagrangian formulation, a simple iterative scheme relying on the uncoupled Green operators for the elastic and electrostatics problems is proposed. This computational framework, which allows to consider composite materials with an infinite contrast on the local properties, is assessed in the case of porous and fiber-reinforced piezoelectric materials.     

Three-dimensional analyses of stress singularities at the vertex of a piezoelectric wedge

The electroelastic singularities at the vertex of a rectilinearly polarized piezoelectric wedge are investigated using three-dimensional piezoelasticity theory. An eigenfunction expansion approach is combined with a power series solution technique to find the asymptotic solutions at the vertex of the wedge by directly solving the three-dimensional equilibrium and Maxwell’s equations in terms of the displacement components and electric potential. This study is the first to address the problems in which the polarization direction of the piezoelectric material is not necessarily either parallel to the normal of the mid-plane of wedge or in the mid-plane. The correctness of the proposed solution is verified by convergence studies and comparison with the published results that are based on generalized plan strain assumption. The solution is further employed to study comprehensively the effect of the direction of polarization on the electroelastic singularities of wedges that contain a single material (PZT-5H), bounded piezo/isotropic elastic materials (PZT-5H/Si), or piezo/piezo materials (PZT-5H/PZT-4).     

Microcrack Evolution in Functionally Graded Material under Dynamic Loading

The damage process of metal-ceramic functionally graded material (FGM) is investigated. The microcrack evolution in a layered structure is analyzed using a numerical simulation of stresses and configurational forces. The modelling of an FGM of alumina ceramic and a metallic phase with gradually changing volume fraction of alumina is performed. A structure of two different layers bonded to a substrate is simulated. The stiffness and density of the three materials are varying. The evolution of configurational forces is simulated. The influence of the crack length on the crack driving force is studied for the case of a stress wave loading. The stress loading is applied in the horizontal direction as a dead load. (© 2012 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Complex Electroelasticity Potentials for Multiply Connected Plates with Holes and Cracks

An apparatus is developed for studying the electroelastic state of multiply connected anisotropic plates with holes and cracks. Basic relationships are obtained for the complex potentials and for the stress intensity and induction coefficients. A solution is given for plates with a finite number of holes and cracks.