Contact force and mechanical loss of multistage cable under tension and bending

A theoretical model for calculating the stress and strain states of cabling structures with different loadings has been developed in this paper. We solve the problem for the first-and second-stage cable with tensile or bending strain. The contact and friction forces between the strands are presented by two-dimensional contact model. Several theo-retical models have been proposed to verify the results when the triplet subjected to the tensile strain, including contact force, contact stresses, and mechanical loss. It is found that loadings will affect the friction force and the mechanical loss of the triplet. The results show that the contact force and mechanical loss are dependent on the twist pitch. A shorter twist pitch can lead to higher contact force, while the trend of mechanical loss with twist pitch is compli-cated. The mechanical loss may be reduced by adjusting the twist pitch reasonably. The present model provides a simple analysis method to investigate the mechanical behaviors in multistage-structures under different loads.     

Equilibrium of a Prestressed Strip Reinforced with Elastic Plates

The contact problem for a prestressed elastic strip reinforced with equally spaced elastic plates is considered. The Fourier integral transform is used to construct an influence function of a unit concentrated force acting on the infinite elastic strip with one edge constrained. The transmission of forces from the thin elastic plates to the prestressed strip is analyzed. On the assumption that the beam bending model and the uniaxial stress model are valid for an elastic plate subjected to both vertical and horizontal forces, the problem is mathematically formulated as a system of integro-differential equations for unknown contact stresses. This system is reduced to an infinite system of algebraic equations solved by the reduction method. The effect of the initial stresses on the distribution of contact forces in the strip under tension and compression is studied     

颗粒流动力学及其离散模型评述

颗粒流是由众多颗粒组成的具有内在相互作用的非经典介质流动. 自然界常见颗粒流都是密集流, 颗粒间接触形成力链, 诸多力链相互交接构成支撑整个颗粒流重量和外载荷的网络, 其局部构型及强度在外载荷下演化, 是颗粒流摩擦特性和接触应力的来源.本文介绍球形颗粒间无粘连作用时的Hertz法向接触理论和Mindlin-Deresiewicz切向接触理论. Campbell依据是否生成较为稳定的力链把颗粒流分为弹性流和惯性流两大类, 其中弹性-准静态流和惯性-碰撞流分别对应准静态流和快速流, 作为两种极端流动情况通常处理成连续体, 分别采用摩擦塑性模型和动理论予以描述, 但是表征接触力链的颗粒弹性参数并不出现这两个模型和理论框架中, 如何进一步考虑颗粒弹性参数将非常困难. 目前离散动力学方法逐渐成为复现其复杂颗粒流动现象、提取实验不可能获得的内部流动信息进而综合起来探索颗粒流问题的一种有效工具, 其真实性强于连续介质理论的描述. 软球模型对颗粒间接触力简化处理, 忽略了切向接触力对法向接触力及其加载历史的依赖, 带来了法向和切向刚度系数如何标度等更艰难的物理问题, 但由于计算强度小而广泛应用于工程问题中. 硬球模型不考虑颗粒接触变形, 因而不能描述颗粒流内在接触应变等物理机理, 仅适用于快速颗粒流, 这不仅仅是由于两体碰撞的限制. 因此基于颗粒接触力学的离散颗粒动力学模型是崭新的模型,适用于准静态流到快速流整个颗粒流态的模拟, 可以细致考虑接触形变及接触力的细节,建立更为合理的颗粒流本构关系, 进而有力的促进颗粒流这一非经典介质流动的研究.      

Cauchy’s stress theorem for stresses represented by measures

A version of Cauchy’s stress theorem is given in which the stress describing the system of forces in a continuous body is represented by a tensor valued measure with weak divergence a vector valued measure. The system of forces is formalized in the notion of an unbounded Cauchy flux generalizing the bounded Cauchy flux by Gurtin and Martins (Arch Ration Mech Anal 60:305–324, 1976). The main result of the paper says that unbounded Cauchy fluxes are in one-to-one correspondence with tensor valued measures with weak divergence a vector valued measure. Unavoidably, the force transmitted by a surface generally cannot be defined for all surfaces but only for almost every translation of the surface. Also conditions are given guaranteeing that the transmitted force is represented by a measure. These results are proved by using a new homotopy formula for tensor valued measure with weak divergence a vector valued measure.      

Galin’s problem for a spatial elastic wedge

We study a three-dimensional contact problem on the indentation of an elliptic punch into a face of a linearly elastic wedge. The wedge is characterized by two parameters of elasticity and its edge is subjected to the action of an additional concentrated force. The other face wedge is free from stresses. The problem is reduced to an integral equation for the contact pressure. An asymptotic solution of this equation is obtained which is effective for a given contact region fairly remote from the edge. Calculations are performed that allow one to evaluate the effect of a force applied outside the contact region on the contact pressure distribution. The problem under study is a generalization of L. A. Galin’s problem on a force applied outside a circular punch on an elastic half-space [1, 2]. In a special case of a wedge with an opening angle of 180° and zero contact ellipse eccentricity, the obtained asymptotic relation coincides with the expansion of Galin’s exact solution in a series. Problems of indentation of an elliptic punch into a spatial wedge with the face not loaded outside the contact region have been studied previously. For example, the paper [3] dealt with the case of a known contact region (asymptotic method) and the paper [4] considered the case of an unknown contact region (numerical method). The solution of Galin’s problem allowed the authors of [2] to reduce the contact problem on the interaction of several punches applied to a half-space to a system of Fredholm integral equations of the second kind (Andreikin-Panasyuk method). A topical direction in contact mechanics is the model of discrete contact as well as related problems on the interaction of several punches [2, 5–8]. The interaction of several punches applied to a face of a wedge can be treated in a similar manner and an asymptotic solution can be obtained for the case where a concentrated force is applied at an arbitrary point of this face beyond the contact region rather than on the edge.     

热应力作用下层合路面结构层间剥离内力分析

温度变化会造成环氧树脂-混凝土特种路面结构边缘处产生脱层现象.基于层合结构热应力的两变量解析模型,推导了层间剥离力矩和剥离剪力.该方法避免了采用弹性理论求解局部复杂应力状态的困难,为解决层合结构边界脱层问题提供了新途径;由此,研究了环氧树脂层的厚度和弹性模量对层间剥离内力和混凝土层最大拉应力的影响.计算结果表明,通过控制环氧树脂层厚度和弹性模量,可有效降低剥离内力,避免剥离破坏.     

MEASUREMENT OF ADHESION FORCES IN AIR WITH THE VIBRATION METHOD

The vibration method represents a practical method for the measurement of adhesion forces and adhesion force distributions. This method causes sinusoidally altemating stresses and yields detachment and contact forces between particles and substrate of the same order of magnitude. Alternating contact forces of the vibration method can cause an adhesion force intensification through flattening of asperities. The measuring principle of the vibration method and the analysis of experimental results are described in the article. Normal adhesion forces (pull-off forces) are measured using the vibration method and the colloidal probe technique. The results of both methods show good agreement for small particle sizes. The influence of the detachment force direction is shown by comparing tangential and normal adhesion forces measured using particle reentrainment in a turbulent air flow and the vibration method, respectively. The surface roughness of the substrate and the relative humidity are shown to significantly influence the measured adhesion forces. For the calculation of the adhesion forces, an approach by Rabinovich was combined with approximations of plastic micro asperity flattening. The Rabinovich approach accounts for roughness effects on the van der Waals force by incorporating the rms roughness of the interacting surfaces. rms-values of the particles and substrates were measured with atomic force microscopy at different scanning areas.     

Elastic interaction between edge dislocation,concentrated force,point heat source and edge crack in a semi-infinite plane

We investigate the interaction between edge crack and edge dislocation as well as concentrated force and point heat source. The stress intensity factors at the edge crack tip and the image forces acting on the edge dislocation are calculated. The influence of the concentrated force, point heat source and edge dislocation on the shielding and anti-shielding effects to edge crack as well as the glide and climb forces acting on the edge dislocation is examined in detail. The results indicate that the shielding and anti-shielding effects increase acutely with the increment of concentrated force and point heat source. In addition, the glide and climb forces increase acutely with the decrement of the distance between dislocation and crack tip.     

Mechanics of thermophoretic and thermally induced edge forces in carbon nanotube nanodevices

A double walled carbon nanotube thermal actuator consisting of a short outer tube sliding along a long inner tube under a temperature gradient is used as a model system to investigate the mechanics of thermophoretic and thermally induced edge forces in nanoscale contact based on the theory of lattice dynamics. It is shown that the total thermophoretic force has two components: a gradient force due to the change in van der Waals energy in the direction of temperature gradient and an unbalanced edge force due to the temperature difference between the two tube ends. Closed-form analytical expressions are derived for the gradient and unbalanced edge forces, with results in excellent agreement with molecular dynamics simulations. This study represents a first analytical study of thermophoretic and thermally induced edge forces between two solid bodies, and may have far reaching implications on thermomechanical nanodevices and nanoscale contact.     

Frictional contact of two rotating elastic disks

We study the problem of constrained uniform rotation of two precompressed elastic disks made of different materials with friction forces in the contact region taken into account. The exact solution of the problem is obtained by the Wiener-Hopf method.An important stage in the study of rolling of elastic bodies is the Hertz theory [1] of contact interaction of elastic bodies with smoothly varying curvature in the contact region under normal compression. Friction in the contact region is assumed to be negligible. If there are tangential forces and the friction in the contact region is taken into account, then the picture of contact interaction of elastic bodies changes significantly. Although the normal contact stress distribution strictly follows the Hertz theory for bodies with identical elastic properties and apparently slightly differs from the Hertz diagram for bodies made of different materials, the presence of tangential stresses results in the splitting of the contact region into the adhesion region and the slip region. This phenomenon was first established by Reynolds [2], who experimentally discovered slip regions near points of material entry in and exit from the contact region under constrained rolling of an aluminum cylinder on a rubber base. The theoretical justification of the partial slip phenomenon in the contact region, discovered by Reynolds [2], can be found in Carter [3] and Fromm [4]. Moreover, Fromm presents a complete solution of the problem of constrained uniform rotation of two identical disks. Apparently, Fromm was the first to consider the so-called “clamped” strain and postulated that slip is absent at the point at which the disk materials enter the contact region.Ishlinskii [5, 6] gave an engineering solution of the problem on slip in the contact region under rolling friction. Considering the problem on a rigid disk rolling on an elastic half-plane, we model this problem by an infinite set of elastic vertical rods using Winkler-Zimmermann type hypotheses. Numerous papers of other authors are surveyed in Johnson’s monograph [7].The exact solution of the problem on the constrained uniform rotation of precompressed rigid and elastic disks under the assumptions of Fromm’s theory is contained in the papers [8, 9]. In the present paper, we generalize the solution obtained in [8, 9] to the case of two elastic disks made of different materials.     

Development of a solution method for frictional contact problems with complex loading

In this work, solution methods for frictional contact problems are extended to the case of moving punches and to the external loading history-dependent system states. To solve the frictional contact problems in the contact area, an iterative method is developed and implemented. Solutions of two-dimensional problems are constructed using the boundary element method. Numerical analysis is aimed at the quantitative study of effects such as the interaction of contact pressure and friction forces, estimates of the friction force differences due to the differences in the choice of local basis for the calculation of normal pressure and friction forces, and evaluation of the effects of complex loading (rotation of the rigid punch after its preliminary penetration into the solid). We find that, for the same definition of the friction force, different initial approximations lead to the same solution. At the same time, the friction forces defined either as projections onto the common tangent plane or as projections onto the plane tangent to the punch can differ quite substantially. Similar conclusions are derived for the solutions corresponding to single or multiple loading steps. The work relies on the variational principle for the solution of contact problems and numerical algorithms developed for the problems with one-sided constraints. The variational principle was first applied by Signorini [1] to the determination of the stress-strain state in a linearly deformed body in a rigid smooth shell. The modern view of the problem and its generalizations to the frictional problems and some other problems involving unilateral constraints in given in the monograph [2]. Finite difference and finite element methods in application to the problems with unilateral constraints are described in [3]. Analytical solution methods are developed in the monographs [4–6].     

Large deformation mechanics of a soft elastomeric layer under compressive loading for a MEMS tactile sensor application

The study is motivated by the need to develop highly sensitive tactile sensors for both robotic and bionic applications. The ability to predict the response of an elastomeric layer under severe pressure conditions is key to the development of highly sensitive capacitive tactile sensors capable of detecting the location and magnitude of applied forces over a broad range of contact severity and layer depression. Thus, in this work, a large deformation Mooney–Rivlin material model is employed in establishing the non-linear mechanics of an elastomeric layer of finite thickness, subjected to uniform displacement of controlled compression. Thus, an analytical non-linear model for the above described problem which is validated numerically via the method of finite elements is developed. Two dimensional, plane strain conditions of an infinitely long and of finite thickness elastomeric layer are assumed. The layer is subjected to a uniform vertical large displacement with symmetry conditions applied at the contact center. Cauchy normal and shear stress profiles as well as displacement profiles are established over a broad range of a layer compression including up to 40% of layer thinning. The model allows for the determination of the non-linear relationship between the relative separation of embedded conducting electrodes and thus the sensor capacitance during touch, to the force magnitude of the force concentrated at the symmetry plane or sensor center. The current model is expected to further improve the sensitivity and range of polymeric tactile sensors currently under development (Charalambides and Bergbreiter, 2013) [1]. As shown elsewhere (Kalayeh et al., 2015) [2], capacitance–force model predictions are found to be in remarkable agreement with experimental measurements for a broad family of self-similar pressure sensors.     

子午线轮胎接触变形的结构有限元分析

针对195／60R14子午线轮胎建立了三维非线性有限元模型，着重研究了额定充气压力及静载荷作用下帘线承受拉应力和剪应力的基本特征。计算结果表明，接地区域摩擦力呈斜对称分布，反映了轮胎中帘线-橡胶复合材料存在变形耦合效应；冠带层、带束层、胎体帘线应力分布较为复杂，载荷变化对其应力水平和分布影响较大；在胎肩部位应力较高，且随载荷变化局部帘线应力变化剧烈，在承受交变载荷时，易形成层间剥落。分析结果有助于预测轮胎的使用性能，可以针对性地应用于因轮胎结构设计引起的质量损坏，某些对轮胎使用性能不利的受力状态可通过结构的优化设计来克服。     

A non-ordinary state-based peridynamic method to model solid material deformation and fracture

In this paper, we develop a new non-ordinary state-based peridynamic method to solve transient dynamic solid mechanics problems. This new peridynamic method has advantages over the previously developed bond-based and ordinary state-based peridynamic methods in that its bonds are not restricted to central forces, nor is it restricted to a Poisson’s ratio of 1/4 as with the bond-based method. First, we obtain non-local nodal deformation gradients that are used to define nodal strain tensors. The deformation gradient tensors are used with the nodal strain tensors to obtain rate of deformation tensors in the deformed configuration. The polar decomposition of the deformation gradient tensors are then used to obtain the nodal rotation tensors which are used to rotate the rate of deformation tensors and previous Cauchy stress tensors into an unrotated configuration. These are then used with conventional Cauchy stress constitutive models in the unrotated state where the unrotated Cauchy stress rate is objective. We then obtain the unrotated Cauchy nodal stress tensors and rotate them back into the deformed configuration where they are used to define the forces in the nodal connecting bonds. As a first example we quasi-statically stretch a bar, hold it, and then rotate it ninety degrees to illustrate the methods finite rotation capabilities. Next, we verify our new method by comparing small strain results from a bar fixed at one end and subjected to an initial velocity gradient with results obtained from the corresponding one-dimensional small strain analytical solution. As a last example, we show the fracture capabilities of the method using both a notched and un-notched bar.     

On the decomposition of forces

We show that any continuously differentiable force is decomposed into the sum of a Rayleigh force and a gyroscopic force. We also extend this result to piecewise continuously differentiable forces. Our result improves the result on the decomposition of forces in a book by David Merkin and further extends it to piecewise continuously differentiable forces.     

DEM investigation of strain behaviour and force chain evolution of gravel–sand mixtures subjected to cyclic loading

The strain characteristic and load transmission of mixed granular matter are different from those of homogeneous granular matter. Cyclic loading renders the mechanical behaviours of mixed granular matter more complex. To investigate the dynamic responses of gravel–sand mixtures, the discrete element method (DEM) was used to simulate the cyclic loading of gravel–sand mixtures with low fines contents. Macroscopically, the evolution of the axial strain and volumetric strain was investigated. Mesoscopically, the coordination number and contact force anisotropy were studied, and the evolution of strong and weak contacts was explored from two dimensions of loading time and local space. The simulation results show that increasing fines content can accelerate the development of the axial strain and volumetric strain but has little effect on the evolution of contact forces. Strong contacts tend to develop along the loading boundary, presenting the spatial difference. Weak contacts are firstly controlled by confining pressure and then controlled by axial stress, while strong contacts are mainly controlled by axial stress throughout the whole cyclic loading. Once compression failure occurs, the release of axial stress causes the reduction of strong contact proportion in all local regions. These findings are helpful to understand the dynamic responses of gravel–sand mixtures, especially in deformation behaviours and the Spatio-temporal evolution of contact forces.     

The traction problem in elastodynamics

In continuum mechanics, Cauchy's six equations are incomplete, and the famous Cauchy's laws of motion where ρ(?), ρb, T and divT are continuous are also incomplete. The first six equations are incomplete because the geometrical representation of deformation at a given point is as yet incomplete, and the last two laws are incomplete because b,T and divT are frame-indifferent, but ρ(?) is not, and T is a symmetric, as Cauchy interpreted himself. Therefore, we say, the last two laws can't accommodate to the asymmetric tensor. The purpose of this paper is to complete Cauchy's laws of motion by postulating an asymmetric tensor for the underlying traction field of 3-dimensional space on a general framing.     

Analysis and numerical simulation of magnetic forces between rigid polygonal bodies. Part I: Analysis

The mathematical and physical analysis of magnetoelastic phenomena is a topic of ongoing research. Different formulae have been proposed to describe the magnetic forces in macroscopic systems. We discuss several of these formulae in the context of rigid magnetized bodies. In case the bodies are in contact, we consider formulae both in the framework of macroscopic electrodynamics and via a multiscale approach, i.e., in a discrete setting of magnetic dipole moments. We give mathematically rigorous proofs for domains of polygonal shape (as well as for more general geometries) in two and three space dimensions. In an accompanying second article, we investigate the formulae in a number of numerical experiments, where we focus on the dependence of the magnetic force on the distance between the bodies and on the case when the two bodies are in contact. The aim of the analysis as well as of the numerical simulation is to contribute to the ongoing debate about which formula describes the magnetic force between macroscopic bodies best and to stimulate corresponding real-life experiments.      

Contact strength of a two-layer covering under friction forces in the contact region

Friction and antifriction composite materials of multilayer structure [1] have recently become very popular in the engineering industry. Antifriction materials are widely used in sliding bearings, and friction materials are widely used in brakes. In the first case, the friction forces between the contacting surfaces are negligible, but in the second case, they are rather large. We use two examples of two plane problems from the theory of elasticity concerning the interaction between a die and a base formed by two elastic layers with different mechanical properties, which are rigidly connected with each other and with an undeformable support, to study how the geometric and mechanical parameters of the problem affect the stress-strain state of such a base, both on its surface and at its internal points, and to find the optimal parameters ensuring the required operation resources of the friction units thus modeled. We assume that the die foot is parabola-shaped or plane, the normal and tangential stresses in the contact region are related to each other by the Coulomb law, and the die is subjected to normal and tangential forces. In this case, the die-two-layer base is in the limit equilibtrium, and the die does not rotate in the process of deformation of the layer. In this setting, the problems were studied in [2] by solving the integral equations (IE) by the asymptotic method of large λ (see [3–7], etc.), which permits finding the effective solution only for relatively large thicknesses of layers compared with the dimensions of the contact region. But in real friction units mentioned above, the layers can have rather small relative thicknesses, and the large λ method cannot be used. We note that the other asymptotic methods (e.g., see [3]) efficient in the case of relatively small thicknesses of layers cannot yet be adapted to the case of friction forces in the contact region. In the present paper, we propose to use the collocation method following the scheme given in [8] to solve the corresponding integral equation of the first kind with logarithmic kernel. This method allows one to obtain sufficiently exact solutions practically for all values of the parameters of the problem with relatively small expenditure of the computer time for modern computers. The contact problem for a two-layer base was used in [9] for a close statement of the problem without friction forces in the contact region.     

Probability density functions of contact forces for cohesionless frictional granular materials

A theory is developed for the probability density functions of contact forces for cohesionless, frictional granular materials in quasi-static equilibrium. This theory is based on a maximum information entropy principle, with an expression for information entropy that is appropriate for granular materials. Entropy is maximized under the constraints of a prescribed stress and that the normal component of the contact force is compressive and that the tangential component of the contact force is limited by Coulomb friction. The theory results in a dependence of the probability density function for the tangential contact forces on the friction coefficient. The theoretical predictions are compared with results from discrete element simulations on isotropic, two-dimensional assemblies under hydrostatic stress. Good qualitative agreement is found for means and standard deviations of contact forces and the shape of the probability density functions, while the quantitative agreement is fairly good. Discrepancies between theory and simulations, such as the difference in shape of the probability density function for the normal force and the observed dependence on elastic properties of the exponential decay rate of tangential forces, are attributed to the fact that the method does not take into account any kinematics, which are essential in relation to elastic effects.