Determination of a time-dependent diffusivity from nonlocal conditions

The inverse problem of determining the temperature and the time-dependent thermal diffusivity from various additional nonlocal information is investigated. These nonlocal conditions can come in the form of an internal or boundary energy, or, in the one-dimensional case, as a difference boundary temperature or heat flux so as to ensure the uniqueness of solution for the heat conduction equation with unknown thermal diffusivity coefficient. The Ritz-Galerkin method with satisfier function is employed to solve the inverse problems numerically. Numerical results are presented and discussed.     

The axisymmetric contact problem taking into account transient heat production due to sliding friction

The contact problem of the sliding of a solid heat insulator with a plane surface along the boundary of an axisymmetric elastic body is considered, taking into account heat release and the thermal distortion of the boundary of the deformable body due to friction. It is assumed that the shear stresses have no effect on the value of the contact pressures, which enables the problem to be investigated in an axisymmetric formulation. The solution is constructed in two stages: first the form of the thermally distorted surface is determined using known expressions, obtained by Carslaw and Jaeger and also by Barber, and then the contact condition is considered taking into account the elastic displacements and distortion of the form of the surface due to heating, and the integral equation of the problem for determining the unknown contact pressures is derived. The latter equation is solved numerically by approximating the unknown contact pressures by a piecewise-constant function.     

Calculation of deformative and thermal properties of multiphase composite materials filled with composite or hollow spherical inclusions by the effective medium method

A theoretical investigation was carried out to examine the possibilities of a structural approach to prediction of elastic constants, creep functions, and thermal properties of multiphase polymer composite materials filled with composite or hollow spherical Inclusions of several types. The problem of determining effective properties of the composite was solved by generalizing the effective medium method, a variant of the self-consistent method, for the case of a four-phase kernel-shell-matrix-equivalent homogeneous medium model. Exact analytical expressions for the bulk modulus thermal expansion coefficient, thermal conductivity coefficient, and specific heat were obtained. The solution for the shear modulus is given in the form of a nonlinear equation whose coefficients are the solution of a system of 12 linear equations.To be presented at the Ninth International Conference on the Mechanics of Composite Materials, Riga, October 1995.Published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 462–472, July–August, 1995.     

On the determination of the sound field in a layer : PMM vol. 38, n 6, 1974, pp. 1129–1132

We consider a method for determining the sound field in a two-dimensional layer. The method we present combines the usual method of reflected plane waves with a summation from graphs. It makes it comparatively easy to take into account the complex interference pattern due to the transformation of the various waves at the boundaries of the layer and to obtain integral relations for the sound potentials. When the layer thickness tends to infinity, the problem reduces to one concerning the reflection of sound waves at the interface of two media. We study the potentials of normal waves in the case of a harmonic source in a solid.     

Perturbation analysis of unsteady magnetohydrodynamic convective heat and mass transfer in a boundary layer slip flow past a vertical permeable plate with thermal radiation and chemical reaction

An analytical study for the problem of unsteady mixed convection with thermal radiation and first-order chemical reaction on magnetohydrodynamics boundary layer flow of viscous, electrically conducting fluid past a vertical permeable plate has been presented. Slip boundary condition is applied at the porous interface. The classical model is used for studying the effect of radiation for optically thin media. The non-linear coupled partial differential equations are solved by perturbation technique. The results obtained show that the velocity, temperature and concentration fields are appreciably influenced by the presence of chemical reaction, thermal stratification and magnetic field. It is observed that the effect of thermal radiation and magnetic field decreases the velocity, temperature and concentration profiles in the boundary layer. Also, the effects of the various parameters on the skin-friction coefficient and the rate of heat transfer at the surface are discussed.     

Thermal stress state of a bimaterial with a closed interfacial crack having rough surfaces

We have formulated the problem of thermoelasticity for a bimaterial whose components differ only in their shear moduli, with a closed interfacial crack having rough surfaces. The bimaterial is subjected to the action of compressive loads and heat flow normal to the interfacial surface. We have taken into account the dependence of thermal conductance of the defect on the contact pressure of its faces and heat conductivity of the medium that fills it. The problem is reduced to a Prandtl-type nonlinear singular integro-differential equation for temperature jump between the crack surfaces. An analytical solution of this problem has been constructed for the case of action of the heat flow only. We have analyzed the dependence of contact pressure of the defect faces, temperature jump between them, and the intensity factor of tangential interfacial stresses on the value of given heat flow, roughness of the surfaces, and ratio between the shear moduli of joined materials.     

The plane contact problem of steady thermoelasticity taking heat generation into account

The plane steady contact problem of thermoelasticity when there is heat generation from friction, which arises when an infinite cylindrical punch moves over the surface of an elastic half-space along its generatrix, is considered. It is assumed that heat exchange between the free boundary of the half-space and the surrounding medium obeys Newton's law, while the condition for ideal thermal contact exists in the region in which the solids interact. The problem is reduced to a system of three integral equations in the heat fluxes and temperature. The effect of the thermal and mechanical properties of the cylinder and the half-space on the main contact characteristics is investigated numerically.     

Problem of thermoelectromagnetoelasticity for a piezoelectric/piezomagnetic bimaterial with interface crack

We consider a plane strain problem for a piezoelectric/piezomagnetic bimaterial space with a crack in the region of the interface of the materials. At infinity, tensile and shear stresses and heat, electric, and magnetic flows are set. Using representations for all mechanical, thermal, and electromagnetic factors in terms of piecewise analytic functions, we formulate problems of linear conjugation that correspond to a model of an open crack and models taking into account the contact zone in the vicinity of a crack tip. Exact analytic solutions of the indicated problems are constructed. Expressions for stresses, the electric and magnetic inductions, jumps of derivatives of displacements, and electric and magnetic potentials on the interface are written. The coefficients of intensities of the indicated factors are presented. We derive a transcendental equation for the determination of the real length of the contact zone. The dependences of this length and the coefficients of intensity on the set external influences are investigated.     

Heat and mass transfer in MHD non-Darcian flow of a micropolar fluid over a stretching sheet embedded in a porous media with non-uniform heat source and thermal radiation

A mathematical analysis has been carried out to study magnetohydrodynamic boundary layer flow, heat and mass transfer characteristic on steady two-dimensional flow of a micropolar fluid over a stretching sheet embedded in a non-Darcian porous medium with uniform magnetic field. Momentum boundary layer equation takes into account of transverse magnetic field whereas energy equation takes into account of Ohmic dissipation due to transverse magnetic field, thermal radiation and non-uniform source effects. An analysis has been performed for heating process namely the prescribed wall heat flux (PHF case). The governing system of partial differential equations is first transformed into a system of non-linear ordinary differential equations using similarity transformation. The transformed equations are non-linear coupled differential equations which are then linearized by quasi-linearization method and solved very efficiently by finite-difference method. Favorable comparisons with previously published work on various special cases of the problem are obtained. The effects of various physical parameters on velocity, temperature, concentration distributions are presented graphically and in tabular form.     

Modeling microgeometric structures of porous media with a predominant axis for predicting diffusive flow in capillaries

This paper presents a method for modeling microgeometric structures of porous media with a predominant using successive cross-sections. The proposed model takes into account the properties of diffusive flow in capillaries. In order to characterize uncertainty and imprecision occurring in geometric features of cross-sections, we introduce the concept of connection degrees as well as tracking degrees based on fuzzy theory. The proposed model can be used for classifying different types of media and finding the relationship between the geometric structure of a porous medium and its physical properties. This model has been successfully applied to polyester yarn structure.     

Effect of variable viscosity on MHD non-Darcy mixed convective heat transfer over a stretching sheet embedded in a porous medium with non-uniform heat source/sink

An analysis has been presented to investigate the effect of temperature-dependent viscosity on non-Darcy MHD mixed convective heat transfer past a porous medium by taking into account of Ohmic dissipation and non-uniform heat source/sink. Thermal boundary layer equation takes into account of viscous dissipation and Ohmic dissipation due to transverse magnetic field and electric field. The governing fundamental equations are first transformed into system of ordinary differential equations using self-similarity transformation and are solved numerically by using the fifth-order Runge–Kutta–Fehlberg method with shooting technique for various values of the physical parameters. The effects of variable viscosity, porosity, Eckert number, Prandtl number, magnetic field, electric field and non-uniform heat source/sink parameters on velocity and temperature profiles are analyzed and discussed. Favorable comparisons with previously published work on various special cases of the problem are obtained. Numerical results on the development of the local skin-friction co-efficient and local Nusselt number with non-uniform heat source/sink are tabulated for various physical parameters to show the interesting aspects of the solution.     

Solution of nonstationary heat-conduction problems for thermosensitive bodies under convective heat exchange

We propose a technique for solving nonstationary heat-conduction problems for thermosensitive bodies with simple nonlinearity (the coefficients of thermal conductivity and the heat capacity per unit volume depend on temperature, but the coefficient of thermal diffusivity is constant) heated by convective heat exchange from the surrounding medium. Translated fromMatematichni Metodi ta Fiziko-Mekhanichni Polya, Vol. 40, No. 2, 1997, pp. 148–152.     

Determination of the temperatures and heat flows for a conical slide support taking account of frictional heating

We consider an axisymmetric problem of heat conduction taking account of frictional heating in a conetorus pair that models the functioning of a conical support. The bodies are pressed together and are rotating about a common axis. Heat is generated in the region of contact of the bodies due to frictional forces. Outside the region of contact there is heat exchange with the surrounding medium. The thermal contact between the two bodies is nonideal. The problem is reduced to a system of integral equations whose solution is constructed by the method of successive approximations. We give the results of numerical studies of the temperature distribution and heat flows from the geometric and thermophysical parameters of the body. Translated fromTeoreticheskaya i Prikladnaya Mekhanika, No. 24, 1993, pp. 19–27.     

关于测定均匀材料导温系数的一个数学模型

本文分析了测定均匀材料导温系数的一个数学模型并给出了该问题解的存在性，唯一性和稳定性条件．     

Investigation of the Influence of Properties of a "Third Body" on Heat Generation Due to Friction

We describe a method of determining the thermal conductance of a contact in simulation of contact thermoelasticity with regard for friction and heat generation. Using the results of numerical analysis, we construct the dependence of the thermal conductance of a contact on input parameters and show that some of them substantially affect this phenomenon. By the example of a one-dimensional nonstationary problem, we study the effect of the parameters of contacting surfaces on heat generation.     

Continuous Dependence on the Heat Source in Resonant Porous Penetrative Convection

I study the structural stability for a problem in a porous medium when the density of saturating liquid is a nonlinear function of temperature and an internal heat source is present. It has been shown that for this problem when one considers thermal convection in a plane infinite layer then resonance may occur between internal layers that arise. A key parameter is the internal heat source and its presence may lead to oscillatory instability inducing resonance. Therefore, in this paper, I analyze the general structural stability problem of continuous dependence on the heat source itself for a model of nonisothermal flow in a porous medium of Forchheimer type, in a general three‐dimensional domain.     

A method and a computer program for determining the thermal diffusivity in a solid slab

The authors describe a method for computing the thermal diffusivity of a solid, based on a computer assisted evaluation of the solution of the transient inverse heat conduction problem.The program computes either the unknown diffusivity or simulates the one-dimensional unsteady heat transfer problem. The user may model the boundary conditions by a choice of different functions.The program provides instruction and information at all stages of input and provides tabular output of results. It may be used by anybody wishing to solve or simulate heat transfer processes.     

Mathematical modeling of industrial aluminum electrolysis

The problem of aluminum electrolysis is discussed. The mathematical model of an industrial electrolyzer presented in the paper is written under the assumption that the electrolyte and metal media are immiscible. At the basis of the mathematical statement is a three-dimensional, nonstationary, and nonlinear system of magnetic hydrodynamics equations which is written separately in the aluminum medium and in the electrolyte medium with a geometric account for wall accretion, skull, and arrangement of anodes. The proposed system allows one to model various forms of anodes, the number of anodes in a bath, and their sizes. Interfaces of media are connected by a viscous friction. Initial values of speeds and electromagnetic fields in the media and the medium interface are considered as set. On the skull, bottom, and anodes the attachment conditions are set. The speed of change of a magnetic field in the metal and electrolyte on the interface is considered zero. On the basis of a numerical method of solution of the system of equations, there is a well-proved method of division over physical processes. The analysis of results of the numerical experiment has shown that it is actually possible to allocate a ??middle?? layer for modeling of the electrolysis process. The proposed model allows one to investigate media behavior upon the occurrence of a long anode effect due to sharp reduction of the electric conductivity of the electrolyte and subsequent sharp growth of the electric-field strength.