Compact waves on planar elastic rods

Planar Kirchhoff elastic rods with non-linear constitutive relations are shown to admit traveling wave solutions with compact support. The existence of planar compact waves is a general property of all non-linearly elastic intrinsically straight rods, while intrinsically curved rods do not exhibit this type of behavior.     

Helical traveling waves in elastic rods

We pose the problem on free harmonic bending vibrations of an infinite rotating tubular elastic rod with an internal fluid flow, prestressed by a torque and a longitudinal force. We show that these vibrations can only be realized as traveling circular helical waves. It is shown that, for any wavelength, there exist four waves, two having the form of a left-handed helix and the other two having the form of a right-handed helix. Each of these waves propagates in the positive and negative directions of the longitudinal rod axis at different velocities. These phenomena can manifest themselves in deep-hole drill columns.     

Critical states of drill strings in the channels of inclined boreholes

The problem of determining the critical states and the postbuckling deformation of drill strings in the cavities of curvilinear boreholes is posed. The process of elastic bending of the drill string is associated with the motion of its axial line along the corresponding channel surface. On the basis of the theory of flexible curvilinear rods, a specially chosen moving system of axes is used to construct nonlinear ordinary differential equations describing the contact interaction between the drill string tube and the borehole wall. Themoving reference system allows us to separate the desired variables and decrease the order of the resolving equations. As an example, we solve the problem of stability of drill strings lying at the bottom of a cylindrical cavity in a rectilinear inclined borehole. The critical values of the axial forces are determined and the buckling modes are constructed. It is also shown that they have the form of edge effects typical of singularly perturbed equations. The developedmethods can be used in design of a curvilinear borehole and its possible driving conditions to determine the admissible values of the axial force and the torque at the point of the drill string suspension so as to prevent its bifurcation buckling.     

The computer simulation of drill column dragging in inclined bore-holes with geometrical imperfections

The problem about identification of resistance forces acting on a drill column moving in an inclined bore-hole is stated. It is supposed that the well trajectories can have geometrical imperfections in the shape of cylindrical spiral or plane cosinusoidal curves. The system of ordinary differential equations is derived on the basis of the theory of curvilinear flexible elastic rods. It permits one to describe static effects of the drill column bending accompanying the processes of its raising, lowering and rotating inside the bore-hole. Through the use of this system the direct and inverse problems of the drill column deforming are formulated for calculation of internal and external resistance forces acting on the drill column tube. The methods for numerical solution of the constructed equations are elaborated. With their use the phenomena of the drill columns motion and their frictional seizure inside the bore-holes are simulated for different geometrical imperfections and relations between the velocities and directions of their rotation and axial motion.     

Plate and shell buckling by the Karman scheme under creep conditions

The problem of stability and buckling of plates under creep conditions has been studied in the fundamental papers [1–4]. In the papers [5, 6], the theory of buckling of rods and plates is developed in the framework of the dominating bending model [7], where the forces in the midplane of the plate were determined independently of the solution of the bending problem. In what follows, we use the Karman scheme [8] to derive two basic differential equations of the coupled theory of the plane stress state and bending. We solve the problem of buckling of a rectilinear plate for linearly viscous (Newtonian) medium and show that the Karman scheme gives an essential correction to the solution of the bending problem for initial deflections comparable with the plate thickness.     

Structure and rheology of fiber-laden membranes via integration of nematodynamics and membranodynamics

This paper presents a study of the structure and dynamics of rigid fiber-laden deformable curved fluid membranes based on an viscoelastic model that integrates the statics of anisotropic membranes, the planar nematodynamics of fibers and the dynamics of isotropic membranes. Fiber-laden membranes arise frequently in biological systems, such as the plant cell wall and in protein–lipid bilayers. Based on the membrane's force and torque balance equations and the fiber's balance of molecular fields, a viscoelastic anisotropic model that provides the governing equations for the membrane's velocity and curvature and the fiber structure (fiber orientation and order) is found. A Helmholtz free energy that incorporates the tension/bending/and torsion membrane elasticity, the Landau–de Gennes fiber ordering, and fiber order-membrane curvature interactions is used to derive elastic moments, torques, and stresses. The corresponding viscous stresses and moments include the Boussinesq–Scriven contributions as well as bending, torsion, and rotational dissipation. A spectral decomposition leads to the main viscoelastic material functions for anisotropic fluid membranes. Applications of the rheological model to cylindrical growth and cylindrical axial stretching show that competing curvo-phobic, curvo-philic interactions under extensional flow predict transitions between axial and azimuthal fiber arrangements, of interest to cellulose fiber orientation in plant morphogenesis.     

Uniaxial and biaxial extensional viscosity measurements of dilute and semi-dilute solutions of rigid rod polymers

Effective uniaxial extensional and biaxial extensional viscosities of dilute and semi-dilute solutions of collagen, a rigid rod molecule, have been measured with an opposing jet apparatus. The concentration of collagen in the glycerin/water solvent ranged from 50 to 2300 ppm. The data agree quantitatively with a theory developed by Batchelor describing the extensional viscosity of perfectly aligned rigid rods. The viscosity measured for the dilute rigid rod solutions is independent of the rate of strain as predicted by Batchelor's theory. Data taken on the semi-dilute, strain-thinning solutions at strain rates sufficiently high to align the rods in the extension direction also agree with the predictions of Batchelor's theory. The measured viscosity of semi-dilute solutions at low strain rates agree qualitatively with a theory developed by Doi and Edwards describing the strain-thinning behavior of semi-dilute rigid rod solutions.     

A New Technique for Curved Rod Bending Tests Based on Digital Image Correlation

Background

The study of the deformation of curved rods subjected to bending and its associated stress state is a complex task that has not been treated in depth in the literature, which makes difficult to obtain constitutive models or Finite Element Models (FEM) in which it is necessary to know all the components of the stress and strain tensors.

Objectives

This study focuses on a new calculation methodology to obtain stress and strain tensors of curved rods under bending.

Methods

The stress and strain tensors have been determined based on the theory of continuum mechanics and differential geometry of curves (moving bases), in a general methodology and valid for large strains, curved geometries and variable cross-sections along the specimen. This has been applied to the human rib and, in addition, a new experimental method for bending of curved specimens based on Digital Image Correlation (DIC) is presented.

Results

Both the test method and the proposed calculations applied to the human rib show results according to expectations, allowing to know the rib curvature changes along the test, the stresses and strains along the rib and the components of both stress and strain in all directions, in order to build the stress and strain tensors. In addition, the results of stress, strain and young’s modulus correspond to those of previous literature in tensile testing of human rib cortical bone.

Conclusions

The proposed calculations allow the construction of the strain and stress tensors of a curved specimen subjected to bending, which is of great importance for the development of constitutive models. Moreover, since with this method it is possible to calculate both tensors along the entire length of the specimen and in all directions, it is possible to apply this method in finite element models. Finally, the new test methodology allows to know the stress and strain in curved specimens such as the human rib, from bending tests.

     

Elastic waves guided by a material interface

The propagation of interfacial small-amplitude waves along a rectilinear thin film separating two pre-stressed, incompressible, elastic media is addressed. The film is modelled as a material surface possessing its own mass density and normal and flexural stiffnesses. It is shown that these features induce dispersion as the obtained secular equations are polynomials of the second degree in the wavenumber when bending stiffness is absent (membrane-like interface), and of the fourth degree otherwise (plate-like interface). In both case, beyond the modified Stoneley mode, a bending mode for the interface, an additional propagating wave can exist, with amplitude polarized along the interface (extensional mode). The associated bifurcation problem is analyzed with focus on the effects of compressive residual forces at the interface. The buckling strain of a compressed metal layer embedded in an elastomeric medium is computed also with an exact approach, to provide the range of validity of the proposed simplified model of material interface.     

Removal of guided waves from seismic data in laterally varying media

A major source of unwanted signals in seismic data recorded for geophysical exploration is the presence of guided waves which are scattered near the surface of the earth. These waves do not contain information on the structure of the deeper subsurface and should therefore be removed. In this paper we derive a method for removing this type of waves based on a modal expansion. The problem of finding an appropriate scatterer distribution is formulated as a minimization problem. We apply the method to simulated data and watertank data, and find that the scattered guided waves are strongly attenuated and that the reflections of interest (from deeper layers) are not affected.     

Nonlinear Weakly Curved Rod by Γ-Convergence

We present a nonlinear model of weakly curved rod, namely the type of curved rod where the curvature is of the order of the diameter of the cross-section. We use an approach analogous to the one for rods and curved rods and start from the strain energy functional of three dimensional nonlinear elasticity. We do not impose any constitutional behavior of the material and work in a general framework. To derive the model, by means of ??-convergence, we need to set the order of strain energy (i.e., its relation to the thickness of the body h). We analyze the situation when the strain energy (divided by the order of volume) is of the order h ⁴. This is the same approach as the one used in F?ppl-von Kármán model for plates and the analogous model for rods. The obtained model is analogous to Marguerre-von Kármán for shallow shells and its linearization is the linear shallow arch model which can be found in the literature.     

A numerical scheme for the study of poynting effect in wave propagation problems with finite boundaries

A second order effect, involving a change of length or an axial force, is present in hyperelastic cylindrical rods subjected to a finite twist. This second order effect leads to a coupling of torsional and longitudinal waves in such rods when they are subjected to finite deformations. In this paper, effects of such a coupling has been studied for cylindrical rods of finite length. The resulting finite deformation elastodynamic problem has been solved by a finite difference method which is a finite deformation elastodynamic problem has been solved by a finite difference method which is a MacCormack two-step variant of Lax-Wendroff second order accurate scheme. The accuracy of the numerical technique has been calibrated by comparing solutions with reported similarity solutions for semi-infinite rods. New results have been presented for finite rods and different loading conditions.     

地震栓波器假频本质的动力稳定性解释

地震栓波器是用来栓测竖向地震波的仪器.本文根据它的实际结构,提出了一个较精确的力学模型——双层三悬丝模型.把悬丝作为曲杆,用动力稳定性理论进行分析,揭示了地震仪栓波器由于竖向地震波以外的因素而产生输出的所谓假频现象产生的原因:位于悬丝所在水平面内的激励在一定条件下将导致悬丝在面外动力失稳而产生强烈振动,从而引起虚假输出.计算结果说明了影响假频的诸因素,为激励速度峰值、激励相对于栓波器的方向和曲杆面内振动的固有频率等的作用,并与实验值作了比较.     

Effect of a spectrum of relaxation times on the capillary thinning of a filament of elastic liquid

The capillary thinning of a filament of viscoelastic liquid, which is the basis of a microrheometer, is analyzed in terms of a multi-mode FENE fluid. After a short time of viscous adjustment, the stress becomes dominated by the elastic contribution and the strain-rate takes on a value equal to two-thirds the rate at which the stress would relax at fixed strain. This strain-rate decreases as the dominant mode changes. At late times, modes reach their finite extension limit. The fluid then behaves like a suspension of rigid rods with a large extensional viscosity, and the liquid filament breaks. Predictions are compared with the experiments of Liang and Mackley (1994).     

Bleustein–Gulyaev waves in 6 mm piezoelectric materials loaded with a viscous liquid layer of finite thickness

In this paper, we analyze the propagation of Bleustein–Gulyaev waves in an unbounded piezoelectric half-space loaded with a viscous liquid layer of finite thickness within the linear elastic theories. Exact solutions of the phase velocity equations are obtained in the cases of both electrically open circuit and short circuit by solving the equilibrium equations of piezoelectric materials and the diffusion equation of viscous liquid. A PZT-5H/Glycerin system is selected to perform the numerical calculation. The results show that the mass density and the viscous coefficient have different effects on the propagation attenuation and phase velocity under different electrical boundary conditions. In particular, the penetration depth of the waves is of the same order as the wavelength in the case of electrically short circuit. These effects can be used to manipulate the behavior of the waves and have implications in the application of acoustic wave devices.     

Merging of two independent diffracting shock waves

A preliminary experimental and numerical investigation into the interaction between two independent shock waves emerging perpendicular to each other into a common space is presented. It is arranged that two shock tubes have a common diffracting edge, so that the two waves arrive at the edge simultaneously. The shock Mach number was 1.31. The merging three-dimensional diffracting shocks reflect regularly off each other, but as they become more curved due to diffraction the angle between them changes and Mach reflection develops. L-shaped vortices are shed at the two free edges of each tube exit. As they meet, they merge and interact in a complex manner with each other.     

An asymptotic linear thin-walled rod model coupling twist and bending

A linear one-dimensional model for thin-walled rods with open strongly curved cross-section, obtained by asymptotic methods is presented. A dimensional analysis of the linear three-dimensional equilibrium equations yields dimensionless numbers that reflect the geometry of the structure and the level of applied forces. For a given force level, the order of magnitude of the displacements and the corresponding one-dimensional model are deduced by asymptotic expansions. In the case of low force levels, we obtain a one-dimensional model whose kinematics, traction, and twist equations correspond to the Vlassov ones. However, this model couples twist and bending effects in the bending equations, unlike the Vlassov model where the twist angle and the bending displacement are uncoupled     

曲面曲率对Rayleigh波传播特性的影响

对任意形状的均匀各向同性线弹性曲面物体,用 WKB～（1）方法求解了沿曲面传播的Rayleigh表面波的运动微分方程,同时考虑了波传播方向及其垂直方向曲面曲率对波的穿透性的影, 所获波动方程的势函数解答表明,在一般情况下垂直波传播方向的曲面曲率对波的穿透深度的影响是不容忽视的.进而以同种介质平面表面情况下的Rayleigh面波的传播特性为基准,给出了曲面曲率引起波数或波速变化的解析表达式.通过理论分析和数值算例,描述了曲面上Rayleigh面波传播行为的一些基本特征.     

Impact of a surfacewave on an elastic hull

In order to model a ship hull’s response to the impact of surface waves, the two-dimensional problem of wave impact on an elastic beam whose ends are connected by springs with a rigid structure uniformly submerged in a fluid is considered. The fluid is assumed to be ideal and incompressible and its flow symmetric; the lateral bending of the beam is described by the Euler equation. The fluid flow and the size of the wetted region are determined simultaneously with the calculation of the the beam deflection within the framework of the Wagner approach which takes into account the reshaping of the free surface of the fluid on interacting with a body. The stresses and strains arising in the beam and at its ends during impact are found. The numerical algorithm developed makes it possible to analyze the elastic effects in fluid impacts on thin-walled structures of finite length. Moreover, as the stiffness of the connecting springs tends to zero, the solution of this problem describes the impact of an elastic beam with free ends on a weakly curved fluid surface.