Onset of convection in a porous mantle

The problem of thermal instability in a fluid saturated porous spherical shell heated internally, due to uniform internal heat sources and in equilibrium under its own radial gravitational field is studied theoretically. A general disturbance is analysed into modes in terms of spherical harmonics of various orders,l, for different values of the thickness of the mantle and the criteria for the onset of convection for the first fifteen modes is obtained in four different cases when the outer and inner bounding surfaces are either impermeable or permeable. It is shown that as the thickness of the shell decreases, the pattern of convection which sets in at marginal stability shifts progressively to harmonics of higher order for all the three cases except when both the bounding surfaces are permeable, in which case the onset of convection occurs at a harmonic of order 1. A comparison of some representative results of these cases is made with that of continuous fluid shell with rigid or free boundary surfaces. The neutral stability plots for various thickness of the mantle, for five different models of the mantle, are plotted for the different types of boundary surfaces.     

Asymptotic Distribution of Eigenfunctions and Eigenvalues of the Basic Boundary-Contact Oscillation Problems of the Classical Theory of Elasticity

The basic boundary-contact oscillation problems are considered for a three-dimensional piecewise-homogeneous isotropic elastic medium bounded by several closed surfaces. Using Carleman's method, the asymptotic formulas for the distribution of eigenfunctions and eigenvalues are obtained.     

The dynamic behaviour of elastic coaxial cylindrical shells conveying fluid

The dynamic behaviour of elastic coaxial cylindrica shells, which interact with a flow of compressible fluid in the inner shell or in the annular gap between the shells when both flows are present, is investigated by the finite element method. A number of test problems is considered in the case of cantilevered coaxial shells. The effect on the stability limit of the gap between the two shells is investigated for different values of the stiffness parameters of the outer shell and the fluid flow. An important difference is found with existing solutions in cases when the loss of stability of the coaxial shells occurs at higher oscillation modes. It is established that, for a certain value of the gap between the shells, the elasticity of the outer shell may have a stabilizing effect. It is shown that the presence of internal and annular flows simultaneously has a considerable stabilizing effect, while a loss of stability when the flow rates increase occurs at extremely high oscillation modes.     

The steady motion of an elastic cylinder compressed by a fixed shell

The steady mixed problem of the motion of a transversely isotropic elastic circular cylinder, compressed by a finite elastic shell, is solved by the method of piecewise-homogeneous solutions [1]. One of the relations of generalized orthogonality obtained for homogeneous solutions is used. Two special cases are considered: (1) a semi-infinite shell is placed on a movable cylinder with a specified negative allowance the edge of the shell is stress-free, and there is no preloading, and (2) a concentrated encircling load acts on the shell. The solution of the problem of a semi-infinite shell and the system of piecewise-homogeneous solutions are constructed in quadratures by the Wiener-Hopf method. (A similar problem was investigated in [2] in a static formulation. Steady mixed contact problems were investigated previously in [3–10]).     

On dynamic finite element analysis of viscoplastic thin-walled structures with non-local damage

In this article we propose a non-local damage model for dynamic finite element computation of viscoplastic thin-shell structures. To take void nucleation and growth into account, the free energy function is enhanced phenomenologically in terms of a non-local damage variable and its gradient on the mid-surface of shell structures. The dynamic thin-shell elastic theory including large rotations proposed by Simo and Tarnow (1994) is used to capture finite deformation. Local constitutive laws considering viscoplastic behaviour, isotropic hardening and isotropic ductile damage leading to softening in Velde et al. (2009) are employed. The performance of the proposed approach is demonstrated through the preliminary numerical simulations of shock-wave loaded structures, which are validated by comparision with the experimental results. (© 2011 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Parametric vibrations of an orthotropic cylindrical shell with an elastic core. 2. Some numerical results

It is shown that the operator of the problem belongs to the class of oscillation operators. The first five regions of dynamic instability of an elastic orthotropic cylindrical shell with an elastic isotropic core are determined in the first approximation. The effect of the core and transverse shear in the shell on the width and location of these regions of dynamic instability of the system is determined. The effect of transverse shear on the natural frequencies of the empty shell is established.     

Torsional stability of a glass-reinforced plastic cylindrical shell with an elastic core

The problem of the stability of a glass-reinforced plastic cylindrical shell with an elastic core subjected to twisting moments applied to the edges of the shell is considered. As in various other studies [4–6], the glass-reinforced plastic is treated as an elastically orthotropic material. The core is treated as an isotropic elastic cylinder, whose outer surface is bonded to the shell. Expressions for the critical stresses are obtained for an infinitely long shell and a shell of finite length.Moscow. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 6, pp. 1082–1086, November–December, 1970.     

具有缺陷的不可压缩neo-Hookean球壳的动力学行为的定性分析

研究了一类具有缺陷的不可压缩超弹性材料球壳的径向对称运动问题,该类材料可以看作是带有径向摄动的均匀各向同性不可压缩的neo-Hookean材料．得到了描述球壳内表面运动的二阶非线性常微分方程,并给出了方程的首次积分．通过对微分方程的解的动力学行为的分析,讨论了材料的缺陷参数和球壳变形前的内外半径的比值对解的定性性质的影响,并给出了相应的数值算例．特别地,对于一些给定的参数,证明了存在一个正的临界值,当内压与外压之差小于临界值时,球壳内表面随时间的演化是非线性周期振动;当内压与外压之差大于临界值时,球壳的内表面半径随时间的演化将无限增大,即球壳最终将被破坏．     

Stability with the axial compression of an axisymmetrically heated orthotropic cylindrical shell fastened to an elastic cylinder which is pliable with respect to shear

The article gives a solution to the problem of stability with the axial compression of an axisymmetrically heated orthotropic cylindrical shell fastened to an elastic thin-walled cylinder through an intermediate layer. It is assumed that the parameters of the elasticity of the orthotropic shell depend on the temperature, and vary over the thickness of the wall. The intermediate layer is assumed to be isotropic and absolutely rigid in a radial direction, but pliable with respect to axial shear. The thin-walled cylinder is considered to be elastic, isotropic, and unheated.Scientific-Research Institute for Chemical Engineering, Moscow Region. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 3, pp. 546–550, May–June, 1970.     

Transformation of a Pressure Pulse in a Fluid-Filled Cylindrical Elastic Shell

The influence of a tubular elastic insert of finite length in a fluid-filled elastic shell on the propagation of a pressure pulse generated at a certain distance from the insert is investigated. The Laplace integral transform is used to solve the corresponding mathematical problem. Analytical solutions are first obtained in each separate domain of the hydroelastic system, subject to the coupling boundary conditions, and then the Laplace transforms are inverted numerically. The influence of the geometrical parameters of the insert and the shell on the pressure distribution in the fluid, the radial displacement, the bending moments, and the shearing forces are analyzed in detail both quantitatively and qualitatively. It is shown that the transmission of the pressure pulse in the junctions of the insert with the shell is accompanied by highly localized stress concentration there, which is several orders of magnitude greater than in the homogeneous shell.     

Mixed impedance transmission problems for vibrating layered elastic bodies

Direct scattering problems for partially coated piecewise homogenous and inhomogeneous layered obstacles in linear elasticity lead to mixed impedance transmission problems for the steady‐state elastic oscillation equations. For a piecewise homogenous isotropic composite body, we employ the potential method and reduce the mixed impedance transmission problem to an equivalent system of boundary pseudodifferential equations. We give a detailed analysis of the corresponding pseudodifferential operators, which live on the interface between the layers and on a proper submanifold of the boundary of the composite elastic body, and establish uniqueness and existence results for the original mixed impedance transmission problem for arbitrary values of the oscillation frequency parameter; this is crucial in the study of inverse elastic scattering problems for partially coated layered obstacles. We also investigate regularity properties of solutions near the collision curves, where the different boundary conditions collide, and establish almost best Hölder smoothness results. Further, we analyze the asymptotic behavior of the stress vector near the collision curve and derive explicit formulas for the stress singularity exponents. The case of Lipschitz surfaces is briefly treated separately. In the case of a composite body containing homogeneous or inhomogeneous finite anisotropic inclusions, we develop an alternative hybrid method based on the so‐called nonlocal approach and reduce the mixed transmission problem to an equivalent functional‐variational equation with a sesquilinear form that ‘lives’ on a bounded part of the layered composite body and its boundary. We show that this sesquilinear form is coercive and that the corresponding variational equation is uniquely solvable. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Free Vibrations of Transversely Isotropic Hollow Cylinders

An asymptotic process for evaluating the frequencies of free axisymmetric vibrations of transversely isotropic hollow cylinders is proposed. This process is developed in detail for a cylinder with hinge-supported ends and free lateral surfaces. The approaches which make it possible to construct algorithms for identifying their natural frequencies within the given interval are tested on model problems. The results from the Kirchhoff-Love and Ambartsumyan theories are compared with those from the 3D elasticity theory. In the first term of an asymptotic expansion, two frequencies coinciding with those obtained using the applied shell theory are found and a countable set of frequencies absent in this theory is determined.     

Problems of the concentration of elastic stresses near defects in spherically multilayered media

A spherically multilayered medium, whose elastic parameters change abruptly on the spherical surfaces, with defects in the form of cracks or thin rigid inclusions, is considered. The method of solving problems of the stress concentration near such defects is based on the introduction of linear combinations of the displacements and stresses as the fundamental unknowns. This enables the difficulties related to the presence of an arbitrary number of layers to be effectively overcome. The method is described initially for an unbounded elastic medium and defects of spherical form, situated on the surfaces where the elastic parameters change (interphase defects) and a way of extending this to the case of an elastic medium of finite dimensions, defects of other forms and not situated on these surfaces, is indicated. The method is described in detail as it applies to the case of a two-layer medium with an interphase crack when a torsion centre at the origin of coordinates acts on the medium. The problem is reduced to an integral equation, an effective method of solving it is given, and a formula is obtained for the stress intensity factor.     

Modelling of thermoelastic Rayleigh waves in a solid underlying a fluid layer with varying temperature

The present paper is aimed at to study the propagation of surface waves in a homogeneous isotropic, thermally conducting and elastic solid underlying a layer of viscous liquid with finite thickness in the context of generalized theories of thermoelasticity. The secular equations for non-leaky Rayleigh waves, in compact form are derived after developing the mathematical model. The amplitude ratios of displacements and temperature change in both media at the surface (interface) are also obtained. The liquid layer has successfully been modeled as thermal load in addition to normal (hydrostatic pressure) one, which is the distinctive feature of the present study and missing in earlier researches. Finally, the numerical solution is carried out for aluminum-epoxy composite material solid (half-space) underlying a viscous liquid layer of finite thickness. The computer simulated results for dispersion curves, attenuation coefficient profiles, amplitude ratios of surface displacements and temperature change have been presented graphically, in order to illustrate and compare the theoretical results. The present analysis can be utilized in electronics and navigation applications in addition to surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices.     

Finite strain inelasticity for isotropy,a simple and efficient finite element formulation

We consider a formulation of associative isotropic J₂‐elastoplasticity at finite inelastic strains and aspects of its numerical implementation. The essential ingredients include the multiplicative decomposition of the deformation gradient in elastic and inelastic parts, the definition of a convex elastic domain in stress space and a material representation of the constitutive equations for general non‐Cartesian coordinate charts. On the numerical side we propose a stress update algorithm for elasto‐plastic response, including isotropic hardening. The finite element formulation is based on assumed strain and enhanced strain variational principles, for a complete outline see [3]. Remarkably the formulation is very similar to the case of infinitesimal plasticity: (i) The scheme of linear return mapping algorithm takes the form of standard return mapping of the infinitesimal theory for the case of isotropic elastic response. (ii) The algorithmic elastoplastic moduli have a similar structure as in the linear case. Together with an exact fulfillment of plastic incompressibility by means of a simple correction one achieves an advantageously efficient finite element formulation. Its performance is documented by a numerical example.     

微极各向同性弹性板中的Rayleigh-Lamb波

研究了无应力作用条件下，均匀、各向同性、圆柱形微极结构弹性板中波的传播．导出了对称和斜对称模式下波传播的特征方程．对短波这一极端情况，无应力圆板中对称和斜对称模态波的特征方程退化为Pmyle曲表面波频率方程．并得到薄板的计算结果．给出了位移和微转动分量，并绘制了相应图形．给出了若干特殊情况的研究结果及对称和斜对称模态特征方程的图示．     

Optimal designing of orthotropic cylindrical shells fastened to elastic filler

Conclusions A method has been proposed for optimally designing an orthotropic cylindrical shell rigidly fastened to an elastic and isotropic filler of finite dimensions. The design takes into account simultaneous action of pressure, body forces, and heat on the structure. The optimum design has been calculated for the case of temperature-dependent elastic properties and strength characteristics of the tape. The method allows also for limitation on the strength of the filler. The convergence of the iteration process schematically shown in Fig. 2 is quite fast. Indeed, for the given design variant, the condition of manufacturability (1) is satisfied with a sixfold margin in the third approximation (n=3) already.Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, No. 1, pp. 91–94, January–February, 1984.