Lubrication analysis of externally pressurized circular porous bearings

The present study introduces a mathematical formulation for externally pressurized circular porous bearings. A porous layer is used to cover one of the bearing surfaces. An empirical boundary condition with a nonzero tangential velocity, which is known as the velocity slip at the interface, is incorporated into the analysis. The effect of pressure on lubricant viscosity is also considered. The mathematical model consists of two coupled partial differential equations; the first governs the pressure distribution in the film and the second governs the pressure distribution in the porous layer. A simultaneous numerical solution of these equations with the boundary conditions is presented. The effects of porous layer permeability parameter, lubricant viscosity parameter, recess radius, and film thickness on pressure distribution and load-carrying capacity are presented and discussed.     

Variant of an Analytical Shear Model for the Stress-Strain State of Heterogeneous Composite Beams

A nonclassical analytical model for the stress-strain state of composite beams with account of shear strains is suggested. It is assumed that the beam is piecewise heterogeneous across its height. Normal and tangential loads operate on its upper and lower surfaces and on interfaces. The model describes the distribution of tangential displacements across the thickness of plies by a third-degree polynomial. The corresponding system of differential equations is obtained by the variational method and contains two equations. The first one is an analog of the equation of classical theory of beams for deflections, and the second one is an analog of the equation of the theory for the bending moment from the generalized load. The solutions to test problems are compared with three-dimensional solutions and with experimental results for simply supported and clamped beams of different composite structure. An applied engineering problem is solved for a multispan statically indeterminate beam.     

Irreversible consolidation problem of a saturated porothermoelastic spherical body with a spherical cavity

Analytical solutions have been derived for spherical space with a spherical cavity based on the irreversible coupled governing equations of saturated porous thermoelastic media when subjected to variable mechanical and thermal loading. Two special cases, a solid spherical body and a spherical cavity in an infinite medium, are analyzed. The method proposed in this study takes into account the coupled variable mechanical and thermal loading on inner and outer boundary surfaces, and a so-called “semi-permeability” boundary condition from completely pervious to completely impervious surface as well. Finally, typical examples are presented to illustrate the evolutions of temperature, pore pressure and displacement with time.     

横观各向同性饱和地基的三维动力响应

首先引入位移函数,将直角坐标系下横观各向同性饱和土Biot波动方程转化为2个解耦的六阶和二阶控制方程;然后基于双重Fourier变换,求解了Biot波动方程,得到以土骨架位移和孔隙水压力为基本未知量的积分形式的一般解,并用一般解给出了饱和土总应力分量的表达式．在此基础上系统研究了横观各向同性饱和半空间体的稳态动力响应问题,考虑表面排水和不排水两种情况,得到了半空间体在任意分布的表面谐振荷载作用下,表面位移的稳态动力响应,文末给出了算例．     

Homogenizing the acoustic properties of a porous matrix containing an incompressible inviscid fluid

We undertake a rigorous derivation of the Biot's law for a porous elastic solid containing an inviscid fluid. We consider small displacements of a linear elastic solid being itself a connected periodic skeleton containing a pore structure of the characteristic size ε. It is completely saturated by an incompressible inviscid fluid. The model is described by the equations of the linear elasticity coupled with the linearized incompressible Euler system. We study the homogenization limit when the pore size εtends to zero. The main difficulty is obtaining an a priori estimate for the gradient of the fluid velocity in the pore structure. Under the assumption that the solid part is connected and using results on the first order elliptic systems, we obtain the required estimate. It allows us to apply appropriate results from the 2‐scale convergence. Then it is proved that the microscopic displacements and the fluid pressure converge in 2‐scales towards a linear hyperbolic system for an effective displacement and an effective pressure field. Using correctors, we also give a strong convergence result. The obtained system is then compared with the Biot's law. It is found that there is a constitutive relation linking the effective pressure with the divergences of the effective fluid and solid displacements. Then we prove that the homogenized model coincides with the Biot's equations but with the added mass ρ_a being a matrix, which is calculated through an auxiliary problem in the periodic cell for the tortuosity. Furthermore, we get formulas for the matricial coefficients in the Biot's effective stress–strain relations. Finally, we consider the degenerate case when the fluid part is not connected and obtain Biot's model with the relative fluid displacement equal to zero. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Model of a layered plate considering nonideal contact between layers

We propose a mathematical model for doing calculations for layered plates, allowing for both rigid and sliding contact in the presence of frictional forces between the sliding layers. The model takes into account the distribution of tangential and normal displacements across the thickness of the sliding layered stack, and also the distribution of transverse normal stresses. The strain tensor is obtained using the Cauchy relations; the stress tensor is obtained based on Hooke's law. Tne Lagrange variational principle allows us to obtain the resolvent system of differential equations and the corresponding boundary conditions. The spatial model for deformation of a layered plate has a number of special features compared with familiar models. The system of differential equations has operators no higher than second order. It is described relative to displacements on the faces of the stack. This is convenient in solving problems involving sliding of layers with and without friction.Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 31, No. 5, pp. 671–676, September–October 1995.     

自然弯扭梁广义翘曲坐标的求解

提出了自然弯扭梁受复杂载荷作用时静力分析的一种理论方法,重点在于对控制方程的求解,其中考虑了与扭转有关的翘曲变形和横向剪切变形的影响．在特殊的情况下,可以比较容易地得到这些方程的解答,包括各种内力、应力、应变和位移的计算．算例给出了平面曲梁受水平和垂直分布载荷作用时广义翘曲坐标的求解方法．计算结果表明,求得的应力和位移的理论值和三维有限元结果非常接近．此外,该理论不限于具有双对称横截面的自然弯扭梁,同样可推广至具有一般横截面形状的情况．     

A Boundary Integral Formulation for Poroelastic Materials

Wave propagation in porous media is an important topic, e.g. in geomechanics or the oil-industry. We formulate a linear system of coupled partial differential equations based on Biot's theory with the solid displacements and the pore pressure as the primary unknowns. To solve this system of coupled partial differential equations in a semi-infinite homogeneous domain the BEM (Boundary element method) is especially suitable. Starting from a representation formula a system of two boundary integral equations is derived. These boundary integral equations are used to solve related boundary value problems via a direct approach. Coercivity of the resulting bilinear form is shown, from which unique solvability of the variational formulation follows from injectivity. Using these results we derive the unique solvability of the related boundary integral equations. (© 2009 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

圆柱土样Biot固结模型的Green函数及其土体体积应变规律

通过建立横观各向同性圆柱土样轴对称Biot固结问题的Green·函数,得到了用Green函数表示的径向位移分布表达式和相应的空隙水压力的精确解析解.该方法不仅避免了将问题的解分解为弹性静力学解和渗流拟动态解的叠加的过程和复杂的积分变换,而且问题的级数解形式简洁,收敛速度较快,便于数值计算和圆柱土样的全场渗流固结规律的分析.最后以此结果具体分析了Mandel-Cryer效应在圆柱土样不同位置的强弱程度和土的泊松比对Mandel-Cryer效应的影响,表明本文方法的正确性.     

Classical and Nonclassical Dynamic Problems of Sandwich Shells with a Transversely Soft Core

Based on the hypothesis of similarity of transverse displacements in thin-walled sandwich shells with a transversely soft core under dynamic and static loads, refined geometrically nonlinear dynamic equations of motion are constructed in the case of large variations in the parameters of the stress-strain state (SSS) in the tangential directions. For shells structurally symmetric across the thickness and loaded with initial static loads, linearized dynamic equations are derived, which, upon introducing the synphasic and antiphasic functions of displacements and forces, can be used to describe the synphasic and antiphasic buckling forms in the transverse and tangential directions. For nonshallow cylindrical and shallow spherical shells, the nonclassical problems on all possible vibration forms realized at zero indices of variability of the SSS parameters in the tangential directions are formulated and solved. For shallow shells of symmetric structure, the resolving equations are obtained by introducing, instead of tangential displacements and transverse tangential stresses in the core, the corresponding potential and vortex functions.     

Stress analysis of cross-ply composite laminates with transverse cracks

A boundary-discontinuous Fourier expansion method to analyze the displacements and stresses in cross-ply composite laminates with transverse cracks is presented. The governing equations of the problem are derived on the basis of the generalized plane strain assumption and two-dimensional equations of elasticity. By employing the boundary-discontinuous Fourier expansion method, the governing equations in the form of coupled high-order ODEs are transformed to a set of systems of linear algebraic equations. The method is used to obtain solutions for which published results can be found for comparisons. Compared with the conventional numerical methods for solving coupled high-order ODEs, the method presented is more efficient. Further parametric studies are carried out for cracked laminates with various geometric and material properties. Russian translation published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 44, No. 6, pp. 795–826, November–December, 2008.     

饱和地基上弹性基础的竖向振动特性研究

采用解析的方法研究了饱和地基上受一简谐竖向荷载作用下弹性基础的动力响应．在分析中,首先利用积分变换技术获得了饱和介质基本控制方程的变换解,然后基于基础-半空间完全放松接触、半空间表面完全透水或不透水的假设,建立了该动力混合边值问题的对偶积分方程,并把该对偶积分方程进一步化为易于数值求解的第二类Fredholm积分方程A·D2文末数值算例给出了动力柔度系数、位移和孔隙水压力随振动频域和土-基础体系物理力学参数特性的变化曲线．结果表明:饱和地基上弹性基础的动力响应完全不同于饱和地基上刚性圆板的动力响应．所用方法可用于研究波的传播、土-结构动力相互作用等许多问题．     

The effect of various boundary conditions on the nonlinear dynamics of slightly curved pipes under thermal loading

Slightly curved pipes are prevalent in many industries including oil installations especially in the Delta regions of the world. The aim of this paper therefore is to investigate the nonlinear dynamics of these pipes conveying fluids under the influence of thermal loadings. These investigations are for three different boundary conditions, namely simply supported ends, clamped-clamped ends and clamped-simply supported ends respectively. To derive the governing equations, small strains of initial curvature, temperature, tension, pressure, longitudinal and transverse strains are considered. Furthermore, strains due to curvature change during bending which are hitherto neglected in most of the previous works on slightly curved pipes are added. The strain due to initial curvature accounts for the geometric imperfection. Two coupled nonlinear differential equations in both longitudinal and transverse directions are obtained and solved using eigenfunction expansion method, up to four modes. Linear natural frequencies were obtained, and is shown that for various boundary conditions, it increases as the initial curvature increases and decreases as thermal loading increases. The nonlinear results obtained show that the amplitude of the pipe motion becomes larger due to the obvious effect of thermal loading. Nonlinear results for both vanishing and non-vanishing longitudinal displacements are presented.     

Solution of a coupled problem of thermopiezoelectricity based on a geometrically exact shell element

Based on a 7-parameter shell model, a numerical algorithm has been developed for solving a coupled problem of thermoelectroelasticity for a laminated piezoelectric shell subjected to a thermoelectromechanical loading. As unknowns, six tangential and transverse displacements of outer surfaces and the transverse displacement of shell midsurface are chosen. This choice provides a possibility of utilizing the complete 3D constitutive equations of thermopiezoelectricity. A geometrically exact 3D hybrid piezoelectric shell element is formulated by using nonconventional analytical integration. With the help of this finite element, solutions of coupled problems of thermoelectroelasticity for laminated plates and shells with segmented and distributed piezoelectric sensors and actuators are obtained.     

General Solution for the Two-Dimensional System of Static Lame’s Equations with an Asymmetric Elasticity Matrix

We study a two-dimensional system of equations of linear elasticity theory in the case when the symmetric stress and strain tensors are related by an asymmetric matrix of elasticity moduli or elastic compliances. The linear relation between stresses and strains is written in an invariant form which contains three positive eigenmodules in the two-dimensional case. Using a special eigenbasis in the strain space, it is possible to write the constitutive equations with a symmetric matrix, i.e., in the same way as in the case of hyperelasticity. We obtain a representation of the general solution of two-dimensional equations in displacements as a linear combination of the first derivatives of two functions which satisfy two independent harmonic equations. The obtained representation directly implies a generalization of the Kolosov–Muskhelishvili representation of displacements and stresses in terms of two analytic functions of complex variable. We consider all admissible values of elastic parameters, including the case when the system of differential equations may become singular. We provide an example of solving the problem for a plane with a circular hole loaded by constant stresses.     

基于降阶解法的三维分层地基状态空间解

从以位移形式表达的三维弹性力学控制方程出发,经双重Fourier变换,并运用基于Cayley-Hamilton定理的降阶解法,推导出位移变量及其1阶导数的解,再利用物理方程求得单层地基的传递矩阵;结合边界条件和层间连续条件,进一步得到多层地基的状态空间解;编制相应程序进行数值分析,对多层地基中有软弱下卧层和坚硬下卧层时的沉降情况进行了比较和讨论．     

Time-dependent magnetothermoelastic creep modeling of FGM spheres using method of successive elastic solution

Magnetothermoelastic creep behavior of thick-walled spheres made of functionally graded materials (FGM) placed in uniform magnetic and distributed temperature fields and subjected to an internal pressure is investigated using method of successive elastic solution. The material creep, magnetic and mechanical properties through the radial graded direction are assumed to obey the simple power law variation. Using equations of equilibrium, stress-strain and strain-displacement a differential equation, containing creep strains, for displacement is obtained. A semi-analytical method in conjunction with the Mendelson’s method of successive elastic solution has been developed to obtain history of stresses and strains. History of stresses, strains and effective creep strain rate from their initial elastic distribution at zero time up to 55 years are presented in this paper. Stresses, strains and effective creep strain rate are changing in time with a decreasing rate so that after almost 50 years the time-dependent solution approaches the steady state condition when there is no distinction between stresses and strains at 50 and 55 years.     

Application of a spectral method to numerical modeling of the propagation of seismic waves in porous media with energy dissipation

This paper presents an algorithm based on the spectral Laguerre method for approximation of time derivatives as applied to a problem of seismic wave propagation in porous media with energy dissipation. The initial system of equations is written as a first-order hyperbolic system in terms of velocities, stresses, and pore pressure. To numerically solve the problem, a combination of an analytical Laguerre transform and a finite-difference method is used. The method proposed in the paper is an analog of a well-known spectral method based on the Fourier transform. However, unlike the Fourier transform, the integral Laguerre transform with respect to time reduces the initial problem to a system of equations in which the expansion parameter is present only in the right-hand side of the equations as a recurrence relation. As compared to the finite-difference method, with an analytical transform in the spectral method it is possible to reduce the original problem to a system of differential equations having only derivatives with respect to the spatial coordinates. This allows using the known stable difference scheme for the recurrence solutions to similar systems. Such an approach is effective when solving dynamic problems for porous media. Because of the presence of a second longitudinal wave with low velocity, the use of difference schemes in all the coordinates to obtain stable solutions requires a small step consistent both with respect to time and space, which inevitably increases the execution time.     

Determination of contact stresses in problems on bending of a package of transversely isotropic bars

A mechanomathematical model for bending of packages of transversely isotropic bars of rectangular cross section is proposed. Adhesion, slippage, and separation zones between the bars are considered. The resolving equations for deflections and tangential displacements are supplemented with a system of linear differential equations for determining the normal and tangential contact stresses, and boundary conditions are formulated. A scheme for analytical solution of two contact problems—a package under the action of a distributed load and a round stamp—is considered. For these packages, a transition is performed from the initial system of differential equations for determining the contact stresses, where the unknown functions are interrelated by recurrent relationships, to one linear differential equation of fourth order and then to a system of linear algebraic equations. This transition allows us to integrate the initial system and get expressions for the contact stresses.Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 40, No. 6, pp. 761–778, November–December, 2004.     

On the Coefficients of Pore Tortuosity in the Effective Biot Model

In order to justify the effective Biot model of a porous medium, a precise expression for the density of kinetic energy is established and studied. In investigating this expression, the displacements and their velocities are averaged and the dispersion of normalized velocities in the fluid phase is introduced. The coefficients of pore tortuosity occurring in the Biot equations are expressed in terms of the dispersion, rendering the Biot equations of a porous continuous medium justified. Bibliography: 6 titles.