Simple loading of a polymer material with nonlinear creep

Nonlinear tensor relations between strain, stress, and time are examined for a memory-type medium using degenerate kernels. The material parameters are determined from creep tests in a simple state of stress. Expressions for the strain associated with a complex state of stress and simple loading, found on the basis of the local strains theory, are in satisfactory agreement with the experimental data obtained for specimens of high-density polyethylene.Mekhanika Polimerov, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 236–242, 1967     

Equations of state of viscoelastic isotropic media

The equations of state of viscoelastic isotropic media are investigated in the form of a sum of integrals of increasing multiplicity. An expression is given for the second- and third-order kernels for an isotropic medium in terms of the metric tensor. The corresponding resolvents are found from the given first- and second-order kernels, and a method of obtaining the third-order resolvents is described. By means of the isotropy postulate of Il'yushin, the equations of state are simplified, and it is shown that they cannot contain scalar powers of tensors higher than the second. The form of these equations is written out.Mekhanika Polimerov, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 645–651, 1967     

Complex loading of a polymer material with nonlinear creep

The nonlinear tensor stress, strain, and time relations for a memory-type medium under complex loading are examined using degenerate kernels. The basic expressions for simple loading and the material parameters were determined in [5]. The local strains theory is used to find expressions for the strain components in the presence of stepwise complex variation of the stress components, and these expressions are shown to be in satisfactory agreement with the experimental data for high-density polyethylene.Mekhanika Polimerov, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 421–426, 1967     

Singular integral relations and equations for a piecewise homogeneous transversally isotropic space with interphase defects

Using the constructed discontinuous solution for a piecewise homogeneous transversally isotropic space, we have obtained two-dimensional singular integral relations, which connect the jumps and sums of components of the stress tensor and displacement vector. These relations enable one to reduce the problems of interphase defects of arbitrary nature directly to systems of two-dimensional singular integral equations, whose kernels can be written in explicit form.     

屈服条件由应力张量的二次齐次函数与一次齐次函数之和来表达的极限分析定理

本文建立了由应力张量σ_ij的二次齐次函数与一次齐次函数的和来表达其屈服条件的刚理想塑性体的极限分析变分原理,它可用于岩土力学的极限分析问题,并把屈服条件为应力张量σ_ij 的二次齐次函数或一次齐次函数来表达的情况作为其特例.     

The thermodynamically consistent equations of a thermoelastic saturated porous medium

A phenomenological model of a porous medium saturated with fluid is considered with in the framework of the hypothesis of interpenetrating continua. Assuming that there are no phase transitions, that the contribution of pulsations to the stress tensor and kinetic energy is small, and the components of the medium are in thermal equilibrium, mass, momentum and energy equations and a law of conservation of compatibility of the deformations and velocities are formulated. Using a representation of the force of interaction of the components in the form of the sum of equilibrium and dissipative components, a new form of inequality is obtained for the rate of entropy production. A definition of a thermoelastic saturated porous medium is given. The symmetry group of such a medium is considered as a set of two groups, corresponding to the symmetry of the skeleton and the fluid. It is shown that, in the class of thermoelastic porous media with an arbitrary type of symmetry of the skeleton, the saturating fluid can only be an ideal fluid, while the thermodynamic potentials and the porosity, stresses and entropies determined by them do not depend on the temperature gradient and the relative fluid velocity. It is found that the condition of incompressibility of only one of the components of the medium leads to the elimination of the porosity from the governing relations, rather than to kinematic limitations. The limitations imposed on the governing relations by the principle of thermodynamic consistency and the requirement of independence of the choice of the frame of reference are investigated. A form of the governing relations, necessary and sufficient to satisfy these principles, is obtained. It is shown that the Biot equations are one of the forms of thermodynamically consistent governing relations. A thermodynamic validation of the effective-stress tensor is given.     

Models of elastic media with stress relaxation

The stress relaxation process is linked to the change with time of the metric stress tensor of the medium. Possible types of thermodynamically justified relaxation equations are discussed.     

一种有效的分析弹塑性问题的边界元法

本文提出了一组有效的边界元公式.该公式通过利用一个新的变量,使核函数仅具有lnr(r为源点和场点的距离)的较低阶奇异性,从而,在积分点的传统位移和应力公式的奇异性得到降低,且原公式中影响应力计算精度的边界层效应得到消除.同时,也避免了难于计算的参数C.将该方法应用到弹塑性分析中,数值分析结果表明该公式具有明显的优势.     

The forms of the relation between the stress and strain tensors in a non-linearly elastic material

New relations for the stress and strain tensors, which comprise energy pairs, are obtained for a non-linearly elastic material using a similar method to that employed by Novozhilov, based on a trigonometric representation of the tensors. Shear strain and stress tensors, not used previously, are introduced in a natural way. It is established that the unit tensor, the deviator and the shear tensor form an orthogonal tensor basis. The stress tensor can be expanded in a strain-tensor basis and vice versa. By using this expansion, the non-linear law of elasticity can be written in a compact and physically clear form. It is shown that in the frame of the principal axes the stresses are expressed in terms of the strains and vice versa using linear relations, while the non-linearity is contained in the coefficients, which are functions of mixed invariants of the tensors, introduced by Novozhilov, the generalized moduli of bulk compression and shear and the phase of similitude of the deviators. Relations for different energy pairs of tensors are considered, including for tensors of the true stresses and strains, where the generalized moduli of elasticity have a physical meaning for large strains.     

Quadruple Trigonometrical Series Equations and Their Application to an Inclusion Problem in the Theory of Elasticity

Closed form solution of quadruple series equations involving cosine kernels has been obtained by reducing the series equations into triple Abel's type integral equations which in turn are reduced to a single integral equation. Making use of finite Hilbert transforms the solution of the single integral equation is obtained in closed form. This solution is used to solve an electrostatic problem. The results of this paper have also been used in a two-dimensional elastostatic problem under anti-plane shear and the effect of rigid line inclusions with thickness on the Griffith cracks has been examined. The expressions for shear stress and stress intensity factor at the tip of the crack are obtained. Finally, some numerical results for the stress intensity factor and shear stress distribution are obtained.     

Structural theory of elastomeric composites based on fiber systems — Invariant description

A three-dimensional theory of elastomeric composites with elastomeric matrices reinforced by systems of fibers is presented. The theory is based on a structural approach in which the matrix and the reinforcement of the composite are considered separately without reduction to a medium having continuously changing characteristics. The approach is based on the idea of a vector field of macroscopic displacements given by the positions of the axial lines of the fibers in the curret (deformed) configuration of the composite. The vector field determines the current macroscopic configuration, the tensor fields of the measures of macroscopic strain, and the field of the macroscopic stress tensor in the composite. The displacement, strain, and stress fields in the elastomeric matrix and the fibers of the reinforcing systems are regarded as derivatives of the field of macroscopic displacements of the medium. Relations are presented to describe the kinematics of the fibers in the current configuration of the composite, including the evolution of their orientation and the frequency of their planar and spatial distribution. Equations are obtained for the macroscopic motion of the fiber-reinforced matrix, and the dynamic variational principle that governs this motion is established. The elastic macroscopic potential of the matrix is found and related to the components of the macroscopic stress tensor. The procedure to be followed in constructing the constitutive equations of the composite is described. The proposed system of equations, relations, and algorithms is closed and can be used to solve problems involving the deformation of products made of fiber-reinforced elastomers and the creation of elastomeric composite products, based on fiber systems, that possess the requisite properties.     

Asymptotic analysis of elastic curved rods

We consider a sequence of curved rods which consist of isotropic material and which are clamped on the lower base or on both bases. We study the asymptotic behaviour of the stress tensor and displacement under the assumptions of linearized elasticity when the cross‐sectional diameter of the rods tends to zero and the body force is given in the particular form. The analysis covers the case of a non‐smooth limit line of centroids. We show how the body force and the choice of the approximating curved rods can affect the strong convergence and the limit form of the stress tensor for the curved rods clamped on both bases. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Stress regularity in quasi-static perfect plasticity with a pressure dependent yield criterion

This work is devoted to establishing a regularity result for the stress tensor in quasi-static planar isotropic linearly elastic – perfectly plastic materials obeying a Drucker–Prager or Mohr–Coulomb yield criterion. Under suitable assumptions on the data, it is proved that the stress tensor has a spatial gradient that is locally squared integrable. As a corollary, the usual measure theoretical flow rule is expressed in a strong form using the quasi-continuous representative of the stress.     

The Bartle Bilinear Integration and Carleman Operators

Some characterizations of integrable functions in the bilinear sense of Bartle with respect to the injective tensor product are obtained. As a consequence it is shown that the kernels of Carleman compact operators coincide with these Bartle integrable functions. This result is applied to prove that every Carleman L-weak-compact operator is compact. An example showing the different behavior of the integrability with respect to the projective tensor product is given. A general Fubini theorem in this setting is shown.     

Thermoelastic state of an infinite thermo-sensitive body with cylindrical cavity under condition of convective heat exchange

We find the solution of the uncoupled problem of thermoelasticity for an infinite thermo-sensitive body with a cylindrical cavity the surface of which is loaded with a constant pressure and through which convective heat exchange with a medium of constant temperature occurs. The influences of the thermosensitivity of the material of the body on the values and characters of distributions of temperature, displacements, and the components of the stress tensor are determined.     

General criteria of the strength of isotropic media

The limit surfaces of isotropic materials are considered in the invariant spaces of the stress tensor. The general requirements that must be met by limit surfaces are formulated. A three-invariant strength criterion for isotropic media sensitive and insensitive to hydrostatic pressure is given in general form. The convenience of analyzing strength criteria in the two-dimensional space of the base invariants of the stress tensor is demonstrated.Moscow. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 2, pp. 251–261, March–April, 1971.     

From Lie algebra crossed modules to tensor hierarchies

The present paper, though inspired by the use of tensor hierarchies in theoretical physics, establishes their mathematical credentials, especially as genetically related to Lie algebra crossed modules. Gauging procedures in supergravity rely on a pairing – the embedding tensor – between a Leibniz algebra and a Lie algebra. Two such algebras, together with their embedding tensor, form a triple called a Lie-Leibniz triple, of which Lie algebra crossed modules are particular cases. This paper is devoted to showing that any Lie-Leibniz triple induces a differential graded Lie algebra – its associated tensor hierarchy – whose restriction to the category of Lie algebra crossed modules is the canonical assignment associating to any Lie algebra crossed module its corresponding unique 2-term differential graded Lie algebra. This shows that Lie-Leibniz triples form natural generalizations of Lie algebra crossed modules and that their associated tensor hierarchies can be considered as some kind of ‘lie-ization’ of the former. We deem the present construction of such tensor hierarchies clearer and more straightforward than previous derivations. We stress that such a construction suggests the existence of further well-defined Leibniz gauge theories.