Steady Vortex Ring with Isochronous Flow in the Vortex Core

Steady-state solutions to the problem of a thin vortex ring in an inviscid incompressible fluid in infinite space are investigated. The Fraenkel procedure is used to construct the steady-state solutions. In this procedure a given vorticity distribution in plane flow with circular streamlines is transformed into a steady vortex ring using an expansion in the ring thinness parameter. For example, a two-dimensional vortex of constant vorticity is transformed into a steady vortex ring with the uniform distribution in which the absolute value of vorticity is proportional to the distance from the axis of symmetry. The principal aim of our study is to construct the algorithm of finding the flow for an isochronous vortex ring in which the periods of revolution are the same for all the liquid particles in the vortex core. The problem is that the two-dimensional distribution which goes over in the isochronous ring in accordance with the Fraenkel procedure is unknown in advance. In particular, the ring with the uniform distribution is not isochronous despite the isochronism of the initial two-dimensional flow. In this connection the Fraenkel procedure is significantly modified so that the initial two-dimensional vorticity distribution is determined in each of the steps of the iteration procedure. The solution for the vortex ring with the uniform distribution obtained in the present study is significantly used to construct the isochronous solution. The necessary corrections to the former solution are calculated in each step. Obtaining of the isochronous flow is the key step for the investigation of stability of three-dimensional oscillations of the vortex ring since the oscillation spectrum of this flow is discrete.     

The Discrete Cosserat Eigenfunctions for a Spherical Shell

The Papkovich-Neuber potential method is applied to obtain the discrete Cosserat eigenvalues and eigenvectors for the boundary value problems of displacement and traction for a spherical shell. The eigenvalues presented herein correct those obtained by the Cosserats. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Dynamic Elastoplastic Interaction between an Impactor and a Spherical Shell

Dynamic axisymmetric elastoplastic interaction between a massive body and a simply supported, circular segment of a spherical shell is studied. The problem of determining the contactinteraction force is formulated for the case of spherical and conical bodies. A nonlinear integral equation is derived for various models of local plastic compression using the equations of equilibrium of a membrane spherical shell written in terms of radial displacement of the shell. Numerical results are presented graphically.     

Dynamics of a Semi-Infinite Cylindrical Shell with a Liquid Containing a Vibrating Spherical Segment

A semi-infinite cylindrical shell filled with a perfect incompressible liquid is considered. A vibrating rigid spherical segment placed on the shell axis excites the shell. The Laplace equation is solved under appropriate boundary conditions on the spherical, cylindrical, and flat surfaces bounding the liquid. Possibility is used to reexpand a spherical harmonic function in terms of a system of cylindrical harmonic functions and vice versa. The potential constructed is used to compute the shell deflections and the liquid pressure and velocity.     

The Stress-Strain State of a Composite Spherical Shell with Two Polar Openings

The stress–strain state of a deep spherical composite shell is analyzed. In the general case, the shell is weakened by openings located at the poles. The variational difference method is applied to solve the problem. Calculations are carried out for an orthotropic shell of low shear stiffness.     

Incompressible Viscous Fluid Flows in a Thin Spherical Shell

Linearized stability of incompressible viscous fluid flows in a thin spherical shell is studied by using the two-dimensional Navier–Stokes equations on a sphere. The stationary flow on the sphere has two singularities (a sink and a source) at the North and South poles of the sphere. We prove analytically for the linearized Navier–Stokes equations that the stationary flow is asymptotically stable. When the spherical layer is truncated between two symmetrical rings, we study eigenvalues of the linearized equations numerically by using power series solutions and show that the stationary flow remains asymptotically stable for all Reynolds numbers.      

Experimental Investigation of Three-Dimensional Vortex Structures Downstream of Vortex Generators Over a Backward-Facing Step

An experimental investigation of vortex generators has been carried out in turbulent backward-facing step (BFS) flow. The Reynolds number, based on a freestream velocity U₀ = 10 m/s and a step height h = 30 mm, was Re_h = 2.0 × 10⁴. Low-profile wedge-type vortex generators (VGs) were implemented on the horizontal surface upstream of the step. High-resolution planar particle image velocimetry (2D-2C PIV) was used to measure the separated shear layer, recirculation region and reattachment area downstream of the BFS in a single field of view. Besides, time-resolved tomographic particle image velocimetry (TR-Tomo-PIV) was also employed to measure the flow flied of the turbulent shear layer downstream of the BFS within a three-dimensional volume of 50 × 50 × 10 mm³ at a sampling frequency of 1 kHz. The flow control result shows that time-averaged reattachment length downstream of the BFS is reduced by 29.1 % due to the application of the VGs. Meanwhile, the Reynolds shear stress downstream of the VGs is considerably increased. Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) and Dynamic Mode Decomposition (DMD) have been applied to the 3D velocity vector fields to analyze the complex vortex structures in the spatial and temporal approaches, respectively. A coherent bandwidth of Strouhal number 0.3 < St_h < 0.6 is found in the VG-induced vortices, and moreover, Λ-shaped three-dimensional vortex structures at St_h = 0.37 are revealed in the energy and dynamic approaches complementarily.     

Equilibrium of an Elastic Spherical Shell Filled with a Heavy Fluid under Pressure

This paper considers the problem of equilibrium of a nonlinearly elastic spherical shell filled with a heavy fluid and resting on a smooth, absolutely rigid, flat surface. The weight of the shell is assumed to be negligible in comparison with the weight of the fluid filling it. The contact region with the supporting plane is one of the unknowns in the problem. Equilibrium equations for a membrane shell are obtained in an accurate nonlinear formulation. Stresses and strains of a shell made of a Mooney–Rivlin material are numerically investigated. The results are compared with calculation results for the case of inflation of a spherical shell ignoring the weight of the fluid filling. The effect of the fluid weight on shell strains and stresses is estimated.     

Forced Nonstationary Vibrations of a Sandwich Cylindrical Shell with Cross-Ribbed Core

The equations of nonaxisymmetric vibrations of sandwich cylindrical shells with discrete core under nonstationary loading are presented. The components of the elastic structure are analyzed using a refined Timoshenko theory of shells and rods. The numerical method used to solve the dynamic equations is based on the integro-interpolation method of constructing finite-difference schemes for equations with discontinuous coefficients. The dynamic problem for a sandwich cylindrical shell under distributed nonstationary loading is solved with regard for the discreteness of the core__________Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 60–67, February 2005.     

球壳结构馈通增长的瑞利-泰勒不稳定性

利用小扰动分析法 ,导出不可压缩球壳结构的馈通增长方程 ,数值模拟了高压气体驱动外表面有初始扰动的明胶球壳的瑞利 泰勒不稳定性模型。计算结果表明 :对于低波数扰动 ,外界面比较稳定 ,内表面的馈通增长较快 ,具有比较明显的三个演化阶段和波形反转现象。高波数扰动的增长恰好与低波数相反。球壳会聚结构比柱壳会聚结构的界面稳定性要好些。     

Temperature Distribution in the Spherical Shell of a Gauge-Alignment Spacecraft

A thermal model for the aluminized polymer shell of a gauge-alignment spacecraft was developed to calculate the steady-state temperature distribution of this shell at a fixed orientation to the Sun. A modified version of the model was used to analyze the quasistationary distribution of the shell temperature in the case of its rotation with a constant angular velocity about an axis perpendicular the direction to the Sun.     

横观各向同性圆球壳的自由扭转振动

本文用弹性动力学理论研究横观各向同性圆球壳的轴对称自由扭转振动问题,求出位移和应力的解析表达式,揭示了壳体在子午线方向和半径方向的耦合振动特性,文末算例给出不同几何尺寸和材料性质圆球壳固有频率和振型的数字计算结果.     

小波分析在圆柱壳结构损伤检测中的应用研究

为了检测出圆柱壳中的裂纹引起的损伤,利用sym4小波,对含裂纹圆柱壳的应变能曲线进行连续小波变换和多分辨分析,从小波系数出现局部模极大值来识别损伤的存在以及裂缝位置。通过分析和计算获得满意结果,表明此方法在圆柱壳结构损伤诊断中具有较高的应用价值。     

Steady Flow Generated by a Core Oscillating in a Rotating Spherical Cavity

Steady flow generated by oscillations of an inner solid core in a fluid-filled rotating spherical cavity is experimentally studied. The core with density less than the fluid density is located near the center of the cavity and is acted upon by a centrifugal force. The gravity field directed perpendicular to the rotation axis leads to a stationary displacement of the core from the rotation axis. As a result, in the frame of reference attached to the cavity, the core performs circular oscillation with frequency equal to the rotation frequency, and its center moves along a circular trajectory in the equatorial plane around the center of the cavity. For the differential rotation of the core to be absent, one of the poles of the core is connected to the nearest pole of the cavity with a torsionally elastic, flexible fishing line. It is found that the oscillation of the core generates axisymmetric azimuthal fluid flow in the cavity which has the form of nested liquid columns rotating with different angular velocities. Comparison with the case of a free oscillating core which performs mean differential rotation suggests the existence of two mechanisms of flow generation (due to the differential rotation of the core in the Ekman layer and due to the oscillation of the core in the oscillating boundary layers).