Induced polarization forward modelling using finite element method and the fractal model

The modeling of induced polarization data from 2D and 3D geological medium was developed. We applied the finite element method and the fractal model to complex resistivity of rocks as an intrinsic electrical property of geological medium. The LU factorization and pre-conditioned complex bi-conjugated gradient method were applied to solve the complex linear equation system. The modeling implemented in this work was efficient and prompt. In addition, the induced polarization survey using the fractal model as intrinsic property of the medium is a promising method for environmental investigation.     

Numerical electroseismic modeling: A finite element approach

Electroseismics is a procedure that uses the conversion of electromagnetic to seismic waves in a fluid-saturated porous rock due to the electrokinetic phenomenon. This work presents a collection of continuous and discrete time finite element procedures for electroseismic modeling in poroelastic fluid-saturated media. The model involves the simultaneous solution of Biot’s equations of motion and Maxwell’s equations in a bounded domain, coupled via an electrokinetic coefficient, with appropriate initial conditions and employing absorbing boundary conditions at the artificial boundaries. The 3D case is formulated and analyzed in detail including results on the existence and uniqueness of the solution of the initial boundary value problem. Apriori error estimates for a continuous-time finite element procedure based on parallelepiped elements are derived, with Maxwell’s equations discretized in space using the lowest order mixed finite element spaces of Nédélec, while for Biot’s equations a nonconforming element for each component of the solid displacement vector and the vector part of the Raviart-Thomas-Nédélec of zero order for the fluid displacement vector are employed. A fully implicit discrete-time finite element method is also defined and its stability is demonstrated. The results are also extended to the case of tetrahedral elements. The 2D cases of compressional and vertically polarized shear waves coupled with the transverse magnetic polarization (PSVTM-mode) and horizontally polarized shear waves coupled with the transverse electric polarization (SHTE-mode) are also formulated and the corresponding finite element spaces are defined. The 1D SHTE initial boundary value problem is also formulated and approximately solved using a discrete-time finite element procedure, which was implemented to obtain the numerical examples presented.     

Dynamic inversion method for the material parameters of a high arch dam and its foundation

The overall mechanical behavior of the structure of an arch dam is comprehensively reflected by the vibration modal information included in measured vibration response. Hence, the results obtained from inverting material parameters based on measured vibration data are often superior to those based on static monitoring data. In this study, a dynamic inversion method for the material parameters of a high arch dam and its foundation is proposed on the basis of the measured vibration response. First, an arch dam prototype test is conducted to obtain the measured dynamic displacement response as input. Then, a stochastic subspace identification method based on singular entropy is formulated to determine the modal parameters. Second, a dynamic elastic modulus (DEM) with a great influence on the modal parameters is selected as the material parameter to be inverted. Then, a response surface model (RSM), which reflects the nonlinear relationship between the material and modal parameters of each zone, is constructed. Latin hypercube sampling is used to generate the sample library of the DEM. The RSM is fitted by modal parameters calculated on the basis of the arch dam finite element model (FEM) and is applied to replace the FEM. Finally, the optimization mathematical model of the inversion of the DEM is established. Then, the objective function is optimized through a genetic algorithm, and the optimal combination of the DEM in each zone is inverted. The modal parameters of the arch dam calculated by inversion results are consistent with those measured by variation law and values. Therefore, the inversion results are reasonable and reliable. This method provides a new idea for determining the material parameters of a high arch dam and its foundation during the operation period.     

基于系统识别方法的围岩弹性模量及水平地应力反演分析

利用有限元软件建立隧道开挖正演模型,基于新奥法隧道施工现场实测围岩收敛数据,采用灵敏度分析建立了参数调整算法,利用系统识别方法对隧道围岩弹性模量及水平地应力进行了反演分析,并讨论了初始值的影响.结果表明,系统识别反演分析法具有自适应能力强、反演分析过程收敛计算稳定性好和计算速度快等优点,在隧道及地下工程领域具有广阔的应用前景.     

Stabilized spectral element approximation for the Navier–Stokes equations

The conforming spectral element methods are applied to solve the linearized Navier–Stokes equations by the help of stabilization techniques like those applied for finite elements. The stability and convergence analysis is carried out and essential numerical results are presented demonstrating the high accuracy of the method as well as its robustness. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 14: 115–141, 1998     

Reconstruction of biologic tissue conductivity from noisy magnetic field by integral equation method

Magnetic resonance electrical impedance tomography (MREIT) is a new technique to recover the conductivity of biologic tissue from the induced magnetic flux density. This paper proposes an inversion scheme for recovering the conductivity from one component of the magnetic field based on the nonlinear integral equation method. To apply magnetic fields corresponding to two incoherent injected currents, an alternative iteration scheme is proposed to update the conductivity. For each magnetic field, the regularizing technique on the finite dimensional space is applied to solve an ill-posed linear system. Compared with the well-developed harmonic B_z method, the advantage of this inversion scheme is its stability, since no differential operation is required on the noisy magnetic field. Numerical implementations are given to show the convergence of the iteration and its validity for noisy input data.     

Hybrid Laplace transform-finite element method to a generalized electromagneto-thermoelastic problem

A finite element method based on the Laplace transform technique is developed for a two-dimensional problem in electromagneto-thermoelasticity. The problem is in the context of the following generalized thermoelasticity theories: Lord–Shulman’s, Green–Lindsay’s, the Chandrasekharaiah–Tzou, as well as the dynamic coupled theory. The Laplace transform method is applied to the time domain and the resulting equations are discretized using the finite element method. The inversion process is carried out using a numerical method based on a Fourier series expansions. Numerical results compared with those given in literature prove the good performance of the used method. It is demonstrated that the Chandrasekharaiah–Tzou theory can be considered as an extension of Lord–Shulman’s, and the generalized heat conduction mechanism is completely different from the classical Fourier’s in essence.     

Multiple level finite element analysis and its applications to tidal current flow in Tokyo Bay

A finite element method for the analysis of a one level and a multiple level current flow is presented. The basic equations can be derived from the three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations under the shallow water assumptions. The standard finite element method has been introduced using the linear interpolation function based on a triangular finite element. For each level, the finite element subdivisions are not required to be coincident. To integrate the discretized equations numerically in time, an improved two step explicit scheme is employed. The multiple level finite element method is applied to a tidal flow analysis of Tokyo Bay.The multiple level tidal flow analysis is performed at the entrance channel of Tokyo Bay. The density of water is assumed to be constant for each level. The vertical profiles of the numerical velocity are compared with those of the observed velocity. The flow directions and the order of velocity are both well in agreement with the observed data. The tidal flow pattern in Tokyo Bay has been shown to be expressed by the multiple level flow assuming that the density of seawater is levelwise constant.The numerical tidal flow computation of Tokyo Bay carried out using a one level model is compared with observed data. The one level numerical values will be used to specify the boundary conditions for the multiple level analysis. Both numerical and observed results correspond extremely well in this computation. The two dominant circulated residual flows have been computed, and they coincide with the observed facts.     

Calculation of the Stress–Strain State of Plates Containing Cracks

A procedure for numerical modeling of the behavior of various planar samples of construction materials containing static and moving cracks under dynamic loading is formulated on the basis of the model of a linearly elastic solid and the application of a continuum mechanics approach. Calculations are carried out by a modified finite element method using a Lagrangian differencing scheme. The results of test calculations are given for comparison with data from a physical experiment. The comparison favorably supports the reliability of the results.     

Application of artificial neural networks for the prediction of roll force and roll torque in hot strip rolling process

This paper introduces an artificial neural network (ANN) application to a hot strip mill to improve the model’s prediction ability for rolling force and rolling torque, as a function of various process parameters. To obtain a data basis for training and validation of the neural network, numerous three dimensional finite element simulations were carried out for different sets of process variables. Experimental data were compared with the finite element predictions to verify the model accuracy. The input variables are selected to be rolling speed, percentage of thickness reduction, initial temperature of the strip and friction coefficient in the contact area. A comprehensive analysis of the prediction errors of roll force and roll torque made by the ANN is presented. Model responses analysis is also conducted to enhance the understanding of the behavior of the NN model. The resulted ANN model is feasible for on-line control and rolling schedule optimization, and can be easily extended to cover different aluminum grades and strip sizes in a straight-forward way by generating the corresponding training data from a FE model.     

Recent advances in the numerical modeling of constitutive relations

In this paper we present an overview of the recent developments in the area of numerical and finite element modeling of nonlinear constitutive relations. The paper discusses elastic, hyperelastic, elastoplastic and anisotropic plastic material models. In the hyperelastic model an emphasis is given to the method by which the incompressibility constraint is applied. A systematic and general procedure for the numerical treatment of hyperelastic model is presented. In the elastoplastic model both infinitesimal and large strain cases are discussed. Various concerns and implications in extending infinitesimal theories into large strain case are pointed out. In the anisotropic elastoplastic case, emphasis is given to the practicality of proposed theories and its feasible and economical use in the finite element environment.     

聚合物时温等效模型有限元应用研究

为更好地描述聚合物材料力学性能的温度相关性问题,对目前广泛应用的WLF模型进行改进研究,并引入“零时间”因子提高了粘弹性材料变温松弛模量的获取精度.在此基础上基于ABAQUS用户材料子程序UTRS将时温等效模型应用到数值计算中.根据不同温度水平下的应力松弛实验获得模型参数,并通过等速拉伸实验与数值结果的对比验证了该模型及其有限元方法的可行性及正确性.结果表明:引入“零时间”因子的变温松弛模量精度更高;改进WLF模型对复合推进剂具有更好的适用性和更高的精确度.     

Fem for Schrödinger equation with Rashba effect

A finite element method for treating two-dimensional electron systems with Rashba spin–orbit interaction is developed. The Rashba spin–orbit interaction removes spin degeneracy, so that each spin contributes to the conductance differently. By accounting for the connection between a system and leads, this method yields the conductance of a nanoscale quantum device for each spin state. As an example, this calculation method is applied to a model of a quantum point contact. The results of this calculation indicate conductance quantization and a large spin polarization. We discuss the estimated accuracies of this calculation.     

Modelling of Wave Propagation using Spectral Finite Elements

For the analysis of wave propagation at high frequencies, the spectral finite element method (SFEM) is under investigation. In contrast to the conventional finite element method high-order shape functions are used. They are composed of Lagrange polynomials with nodes at the Gauß-Lobatto-Legendre points. The Gauß-Lobatto-Legendre integration scheme is applied in order to obtain a diagonal mass matrix. So, the resulting system equations can be solved efficiently. In the numerical examples, spectral finite elements with shape functions of different order are applied to a plane strain problem. The numerical examples cover structures without and with stiffness discontinuities. It is shown that the results agree well with analytical solutions. (© 2010 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

频域有限元计算的扩展面向目标误差估计

研究了针对频域有限元直接动态分析的面向目标误差估计以及误差范围估计计算方法．面向目标的误差估计方法就是专门针对如何准确和经济地估算特定值误差的一种方法,利用原问题的共轭偶问题进行计算．频域有限元的直接动态分析是模拟频域扫描实验的一种计算方法,专门针对谐振激励的线性动态响应问题,利用将原自由度分解为实部和虚部描述频率的变化,从而计算变形体的动态响应．利用扩展针对有限元的面向目标误差估计的自由度,将该方法应用到直接动态分析中进行误差估计．通过建立同时包含实部和虚部自由度的能量弱形式及偶问题,并将其数值实现,估算频域直接动态分析有限元解的误差及误差范围,并通过悬臂梁的激振算例进行了验证．     

并列双方柱绕流的大涡模拟及频谱分析

应用二阶全展开ETG有限元离散格式与大涡模拟相结合的方法,对间距比为1.5情况下的并列双方柱绕流进行了数值模拟．由王小华、何钟怡提出的二阶全展开ETG有限元方法通过对N-S方程中的时变项进行Taylor展开,从而把时间导数用空间导数来代替,其作用相当于引入了人工粘性．计算得到了不同时刻的流线图,给出了两方柱的阻力系数、升力系数以及两对称点上流向速度随时间的变化历程,并采用谱分析的方法研究了对称边界条件下并列双方柱绕流的频谱对称性问题．为了消除初始条件的影响,在所取样本中去除了计算中初始段的数据,分别分析了阻力系数、升力系数以及两对称点上流向速度的频谱．结果表明:对称边界条件下,双方柱绕流运动参量的时域过程虽然是不对称的,但频域过程却是对称的．     

跨海特大型桥梁风-浪耦合作用的随机振动分析

考虑风-浪耦合场中风和波浪特征参数的相关性,建立了基于有限元法与边界元法联合分析的特大型桥梁风-浪耦合作用运动方程.其中,作用在大型深水基础上的波浪力采用势流理论和边界元法进行计算,并建立有限单元与边界元单元组的映射关系,将边界单元组上的波浪力映射到结构有限单元上;作用在桥梁上的气动力通过有限元法进行计算,包括由脉动风激发的非定常抖振力和由气弹相互作用产生的自激力.在此基础上,基于随机振动分析的高效算法——虚拟激励法,建立了计算桥梁风-浪耦合作用响应的分析方法.最后,针对某跨海超大跨桥梁方案进行研究,结果表明:与风致响应相比,风-浪耦合作用下桥梁深水基础内力显著增大,其中波浪激发的侧向剪力占主导地位,波浪激发的侧向弯矩在海床附近与风致响应基本相当,但在海床以下更大;斜风-波浪耦合作用下的主梁内力响应和深水基础内力响应比正交风-波浪耦合作用下的结果更大.因此,在跨海桥梁设计中,必须考虑风-浪耦合作用效应.     

双重介质分形油藏渗流问题

将油井有效半径引入双重介质分形油藏渗流问题的内边界之中,从而建立了双重介质分形油藏的一种渗流模型,并在考虑了井筒储集和表皮效应的情况求得了外边界为无限大、有界封闭和有界定压三种情况下双重介质分形油藏压力分布的精确解析表达式,利用拉氏数值反演Stehfest方法分析了双重介质分形油藏压力动态特征,讨论了各种参数对压力动态的影响。     

一类抛物型方程组的特征修正区域分解有限元方法

在实际生产和科学研究中,有许多物理问题的数学模型为抛物型方程组问题,如可压缩核废料污染问题,地下水资源问题,杨青提出了差分格式和有限元格式,应用先验估计得到了最优的l^2和L^2模误差估计,江城顺等利用交替方向有限元方法得到了H^1模和L^2模误差估计．杨国强等采用显式可解的三层差分格式求解二维方程组得到了H^1模误差估计．     

Legendre-Laguerre coupled spectral element methods for second- and fourth-order equations on the half line

Some Legendre spectral element/Laguerre spectral coupled methods are proposed to numerically solve second- and fourth-order equations on the half line. The proposed methods are based on splitting the infinite domain into two parts, then using the Legendre spectral element method in the finite subdomain and Laguerre method in the infinite subdomain. C⁰ or C¹-continuity, according to the problem under consideration, is imposed to couple the two methods. Rigorous error analysis is carried out to establish the convergence of the method. More importantly, an efficient computational process is introduced to solve the discrete system. Several numerical examples are provided to confirm the theoretical results and the efficiency of the method.