Damping of mesh-induced errors in Free-Lagrange simulations of Richtmyer-Meshkov instability

Mesh-induced errors at material interfaces are identified as a source of unphysical behaviour in Lagrangian numerical simulations of Richtmyer-Meshkov instability. The mesh geometry introduces interface perturbations with wavelengths of the same order as the mesh resolution. When a shock propagates through the interface, these perturbations can grow, severely contaminating the predicted interface development. Here an algorithm is presented which damps small-scale interface perturbations. A body force is applied at the interface which depends upon the disturbance amplitude and growth rate, and which resembles surface tension. Using this technique, qualitative improvements are obtained in Free-Lagrange simulations of single-mode Richtmyer-Meshkov instability. Growth rate behaviour and the evolution of the instability are seen to agree well with previously published results. Received 9 March 2000 / Accepted 30 May 2000     

Effect of viscoelasticity on the rotation of a sphere in shear flow

When particles are dispersed in viscoelastic rather than Newtonian media, the hydrodynamics will be changed entailing differences in suspension rheology. The disturbance velocity profiles and stress distributions around the particle will depend on the viscoelastic material functions. Even in inertialess flows, changes in particle rotation and migration will occur. The problem of the rotation of a single spherical particle in simple shear flow in viscoelastic fluids was recently studied to understand the effects of changes in the rheological properties with both numerical simulations [D’Avino et al., J. Rheol. 52 (2008) 1331–1346] and experiments [Snijkers et al., J. Rheol. 53 (2009) 459–480]. In the simulations, different constitutive models were used to demonstrate the effects of different rheological behavior. In the experiments, fluids with different constitutive properties were chosen. In both studies a slowing down of the rotation speed of the particles was found, when compared to the Newtonian case, as elasticity increases. Surprisingly, the extent of the slowing down of the rotation rate did not depend strongly on the details of the fluid rheology, but primarily on the Weissenberg number defined as the ratio between the first normal stress difference and the shear stress.In the present work, a quantitative comparison between the experimental measurements and novel simulation results is made by considering more realistic constitutive equations as compared to the model fluids used in previous numerical simulations [D’Avino et al., J. Rheol. 52 (2008) 1331–1346]. A multimode Giesekus model with Newtonian solvent as constitutive equation is fitted to the experimentally obtained linear and nonlinear fluid properties and used to simulate the rotation of a torque-free sphere in a range of Weissenberg numbers similar to those in the experiments. A good agreement between the experimental and numerical results is obtained. The local torque and pressure distributions on the particle surface calculated by simulations are shown.     

Instability of equilibrium of nonholonomic systems with dissipation and circulatory forces

The paper discusses the equilibrium instability problem of the scleronomic nonholonomic systems acted upon by dissipative, conservative, and circulatory forces. The method is based on the existence of solutions to the differential equations of the motion which asymptotically tends to the equilibrium state of the system as t tends to negative infinity. It is assumed that the kinetic energy, the Rayleigh dissipation function, and the positional forces in the neighborhood of the equilibrium position are infinitely differentiable functions. The results obtained here are partially generalized the results obtained by Kozlov et al. (Kozlov, V. V. The asymptotic motions of systems with dissipation. Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 58(5), 787–792 (1994). Merkin, D. R. Introduction to the Theory of the Stability of Motion (in Russian), Nauka, Moscow (1987). Thomson, W. and Tait, P. Treatise on Natural Philosophy, Part I, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (1879)). The results are illustrated by an example.     

单模大扰动的Richtmyer-Meshkov不稳定性

采用高精度的多介质Ghost-Fluid方法,对马赫数为1.15的激波分别作用于单模大扰动Air-CO2、Air-SF6、Air-N2和Air-He界面后的Richtmyer-Meshkov不稳定现象进行了数值研究,得到了不同时刻扰动界面的演化图像,给出了流场的密度等值线和密度纹影图,同实验结果吻合较好。给出了界面的扰动增长随时间变化的情况,并同理论模型进行了对比。对激波从轻气体进入重气体的情况,扰动增长可采用Sadot模型描述线性阶段和早期非线性阶段;对于弱激波同密度接近的气体界面的相互作用,线性阶段时间较长,可用线性模型描述。     

Experimental and numerical study of pseudo-2D circulating fluidized beds

We present experimental investigations and numerical simulations of a pseudo-2D riser. Experiments were performed for various airflow rates, particle types/diameters, and particle size distributions. Pressure distributions along the wall of the riser were measured. Additional measurements from a smaller pseudo-2D riser (Kallio et al., 2009; Shah et al., 2012) were used to analyze horizontal solids volume fraction profiles. The experimental data were compared with simulation results carried out using an Euler–Euler approach. A mesh sensitivity study was conducted for numerical simulations and effects associated with simplifying real 3D geometry to a 2D model were examined. In addition, the effect of using an algebraic equation to represent the granular temperature versus a full partial differential equation also was examined for numerical simulations. Results showed small but significant near-wall sensitivity of the flow variables to mesh size. Substantial differences in mean pressure, solids distribution, and solid velocities were obtained, when 2D and 3D simulation results were compared. Finally, applying the simplified granular temperature equation for turbulent fluidization and for dilute-phase transport can lead to incorrect predictions in models.     

Numerical stability of the method of Brownian configuration fields

We investigate numerical aspects of the Brownian configuration fields method, and in particular its numerical stability as the Weissenberg number increases. Our results show the method to be immune to the type of instability leading to numerical blowup in the simulation of macroscopic models. We discuss this finding in the light of the stability criterion proposed in Fattal et al. [R. Fattal, R. Kupferman, Time-dependent simulation of viscoelastic flows at high Weissenberg using the log-conformation representation, J. Non Newtonian Fluid Mech. 126 (2005) 23–37].     

Analyse par simulation numérique du développement de l'instabilité électro-convective d'une couche de liquide diélectrique infinie soumise à une injection unipolaire

In this article electroconvective phenomenon, which take place in a dielectric liquid layer submitted to an unipolar injection, are studied by numerical simulations means. For the first time the full and coupled resolution of the Electro-Hydro-Dynamic equations are achieved. The results are compared with those coming from stability analysis especially for the linear and non-linear criteria in strong and weak injection cases. The hysterical behavior of the development of this instability is accurately reproduced. To cite this article: P. Traoré et al., C. R. Mecanique 337 (2009).     

Thermocapillary convection in a three-layer system with the temperature gradient directed along the interfaces

The paper presents numerical simulations of the Marangoni–Bénard convection in a real symmetric three-layer system. The temperature gradient is directed along the interfaces. Nonlinear regimes of steady and oscillatory convective flows are investigated by means of the finite-difference method. Transitions between the motions with different spatial structures are studied. To cite this article: V. Shevtsova et al., C. R. Mecanique 333 (2005).     

Surface breakup of a non-turbulent liquid jet injected into a high pressure gaseous crossflow

We employ detailed numerical simulations to understand the physical mechanism underlying the surface breakup of a non-turbulent liquid jet injected transversely into a high pressure gaseous crossflow under isothermal conditions. The numerical observations reveal the existence of shear instability on the jet periphery as the primary destabilization mechanism. The temporal growth of such azimuthal instabilities leads to the formation of interface corrugations, which are eventually sheared off of the jet surface as sheet-like structures. The sheets next undergo disintegration into ligaments and drops during the surface breakup process. The proposed instability mechanism is inherently an inviscid mechanism, contrary to the previously suggested mechanism of surface breakup (known as “boundary layer stripping”), which is relied on a viscous interpretation. The numerically obtained length and time scales of the shear instabilities on the jet laterals are compared with the results of Behzad et al. (2015) on temporal linear stability analyses of a jet in crossflow at near the nozzle. The stability characteristics of the most amplified modes (i.e., the wavenumber and the corresponding growth rate) obtained from the numerical simulations and the stability analyses are in good agreement.     

Modelling large deformation behaviour under loading–unloading of semicrystalline polymers: Application to a high density polyethylene

In this work, the large deformation behaviour under monotonic loading and unloading of a high density polyethylene (HDPE) is studied. To analyze the nonlinear time-dependent response of the material, mechanical tests were conducted at room temperature under constant true strain rates and stress relaxation conditions. A physically-based inelastic model written under finite strain formulation is proposed to describe the mechanical behaviour of HDPE. In the model, the inelastic mechanisms involve two parallel elements: a visco-hyperelastic network resistance acting in parallel with a viscoelastic–viscoplastic intermolecular resistance where the amorphous and crystalline phases are explicitly taken into consideration. The semicrystalline polymer is considered as a two-phase composite. The influence of the crystallinity on the loading and unloading behaviour is investigated. Numerical results are compared to experimental data. It is shown that the model is able to accurately reproduce the experimental observations corresponding to monotonic loading, unloading and stress relaxation behaviours at different strain levels. Finally, the model capabilities to capture cyclic loading–unloading behaviour up to large strains are discussed. To demonstrate the improved modelling capabilities, simulations are also performed using the original model of Boyce et al. [Boyce, M.C., Socrate, S., Llana, P.G., 2000. Constitutive model for the finite deformation stress–strain behavior of poly(ethylene terephthalate) above the glass transition. Polymer 41, 2183–2201] modified by Ahzi et al. [Ahzi, S., Makradi, A., Gregory, R.V., Edie, D.D., 2003. Modeling of deformation behavior and strain-induced crystallization in poly(ethylene terephthalate) above the glass transition temperature. Mechanics of Materials 35, 1139–1148].     

Some problems and issues in geophysical turbulence

Velocity fluctuations in the large scales of the atmosphere's meso-scale have turbulent characteristics of random fluctuations and a scale-size distribution near k^−5/3 (Gage, 1979. J. Atmos. Sci. 36, 1950–1954; Lilly, 1983. J. Atmos. Sci. 40, 749–761; Lilly et al., 1998. Theoret. Comput. Fluid Dyn. 11, 139–153). Explanations of this motion field have ranged from inverse cascading quasi-geostrophic (i.e. quasi-two-dimensional) turbulence, to gravity waves (VanZandt, 1982. Geophys. Res. Lett. 9, 575–578). We describe efforts to relate observational spectra to various theories ranging from quasi-geostrophic turbulence to gravity waves. We note that at the larger scales quasi-geostrophic theory may suffice, but at smaller scales, a quasi-geostrophic explanation becomes untenable because the importance of rotation becomes progressively weaker as scales of the flow becomes smaller (the Rossby number approaches unity). We then discuss numerical simulations designed to discriminate between alternative explanations of the flow. Several simulations are reviewed, starting with those of Herring and Métais (1989. J. Fluid Mech. 202, 97–115), and finally those described by Lilly et al. (1998. Theoret. Comput. Fluid Dyn. 11, 139–153).     

Numerical analysis of diffuse and localized necking in orthotropic sheet metals

In the present paper the diffuse and localized necking models according to Swift [Swift, H.W., 1952. Plastic instability under plane stress, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 11–18], Hill [Hill, R., 1952. On discontinuous plastic states, with special reference to localized necking in thin sheets. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 1, 19–30] and Marciniak and Kuczyński [Marciniak, Z., Kuczyński, K., 1967. Limit strains in the process of stretch-forming sheet metal. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 9, 609–620], respectively, are considered. A theoretical framework for the mentioned models is proposed that covers rigid–plastic as well as elastic–plastic constitutive modelling using various advanced phenomenological yield functions that are able to account very accurately for plastic anisotropy. The mentioned necking models are applied to different orthotropic sheet metals in order to assess their predictive capabilities and to stress out some potential sources for discrepancies between simulations and experiments. In particular, the impact of the applied hardening curve and the equibiaxial r-value, which was recently introduced by Barlat [Barlat, F., Brem, J.C., Yoon, J.W., Chung, K., Dick, R.E., Choi, S.-H., Pourboghrat, F., Chu, E., Lege, D.J., 2003. Plane stress yield function for aluminium alloy sheets – part 1: theory. International Journal of Plasticity 19, 297–1319], on formability prediction is investigated. Furthermore, the impact of the Portevin–LeChatelier effect on the formability of aluminum sheet metals is discussed.     

Validation of averaged equations for thermal vibrational convection in near-critical fluidsValidation d'équations moyennées pour l'étude de la convection vibrationnelle dans les fluides supercritiques.

Within an averaging approach, the governing equations and effective boundary conditions describing both the average and pulsation motion of a near-critical fluid subjected to high-frequency vibrations are obtained. Vibrations induce the non-homogeneities in average temperature. Owing to these non-homogeneities, the average flows can be generated even in isothermal cavity under weightlessness. These flows are examined for 1D and 2D configurations. The direct numerical simulations fulfilled earlier confirm the averaged model, we obtain the same flow structures by essentially smaller requirements for computational time. To cite this article: A.Vorobev et al., C. R. Mecanique 332 (2004).     

A micromechanical model of toughening behavior in the dual-phase composite

The fabrication of a special kind of dual-phase composite consisting of a hard matrix and ductile phase, such as metals with bimodal grain size distribution, is a promising strategy for improving the tensile ductility of nanocrystalline (nc)/ultrafine-grained (ufg) materials (Wang et al., 2002). This strategy is, however, challenged by the low reproducibility from low controllability of microstructural parameters and the existence of counterexamples (Prasad et al., 2009). The key to meet these challenges is to control the bimodal microstructural parameters to enable quantificational investigation of the relation between mechanical properties and microstructural parameters, and then set up a correlative quantitative model. In this paper, a new micromechanical model based on the propagation and multiplication of localized deformation bands is developed. To assess the model, a series of hypo-eutectoid Cu–Al alloys with controllable bimodal structures are prepared and their stress–strain curves in tension, together with those of bimodal copper (Wang et al., 2002) and bimodal Al–Mg alloys (Han et al., 2005) are predicted. Close agreement between the model-predicted and experimental results is obtained. The strength and uniform ductility of bimodal materials are observed in strong relation to the microstructural and constitutive parameters of volume fraction, strain hardening coefficient, and size of the coarse-grained ductile phase. Additionally, appropriate microstructural and constitutive parameters to achieve effective toughening can also be estimated according to the model.     

Instability of equilibrium of nonholonomic systems with dissipation and circulatory forces

The paper discusses the equilibrium instability problem of the scleronomic nonholonomic systems acted upon by dissipative, conservative, and circulatory forces. The method is based on the existence of solutions to the differential equations of the motion which asymptotically tends to the equilibrium state of the system as t tends to negative infinity. It is assumed that the kinetic energy, the Rayleigh dissipation function, and the positional forces in the neighborhood of the equilibrium position are infinitely differentiable functions. The results obtained here are partially generalized the results obtained by Kozlov et al. (Kozlov, V. V. The asymptotic motions of systems with dissipation. Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 58^(5), 787–792 (1994). Merkin, D. R. Introduction to the Theory of the Stability of Motion (in Russian), Nauka, Moscow (1987). Thomson, W. and Tait, P. Treatise on Natural Philosophy, Part I, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (1879)). The results are illustrated by an example.     

Micromechanical modeling of stress-induced phase transformations. Part 2. Computational algorithms and examples

Based on the theory developed in Part 1 of this paper [Levitas, V.I., Ozsoy, I.B., 2008. Micromechanical modeling of stress-induced phase transformations. Part 1. Thermodynamics and kinetics of coupled interface propagation and reorientation. Int. J. Plasticity. doi:10.1016/j.ijplas.2008.02.004], various non-trivial examples of microstructure evolution under complex multiaxial loading are presented. For the case without interface rotation, the effect of the athermal thresholds for austenite (A)–martensite (M) and martensitic variant M_I–variant M_II interfaces and loading paths on stress–strain curves and phase transformations was studied. For coupled interface propagation and rotation, two types of numerical simulations were carried out. The tetragonal–orthorhombic transformation has been studied under general three-dimensional interface orientation and zero athermal threshold. The cubic–tetragonal transformation was treated with allowing for an athermal threshold and interface reorientation within a plane. The effect of the athermal threshold, the number of martensitic variants and an interface orientation in the embryo was studied in detail. It was found that an instability in the interface normal leads to a jump-like interface reorientation that has the following features of the energetics of a first-order transformation: there are multiple energy minima versus interface orientation that are separated by an energy barrier; positions of minima do not change during loading but their depth varies; when the barrier disappears (i.e. one of the minima transforms to the local saddle or maximum points), the system rapidly evolves toward another stable orientation. Depending on the loading and material parameters, we observed a large continuous change in interface orientation, a jump in interface reorientation, a jump in volume fractions and stresses, an expected stress relaxation during the phase transition and unexpected stress growth during the transition because of large change in elastic moduli.     

The equivalent axisymmetric model for Berkovich indenters in power-law hardening materials

Nix and Gio [Nix, W.D., Gao, H.J., 1998. Indentation size effects in crystalline materials: a law for strain gradient plasticity. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 46, 411–425] established an important relation between the micro-indentation hardness and indentation depth for axisymmetric indenters. For the Berkovich indenter, however, this relation requires an equivalent cone angle. Qin et al. [Qin, J., Huang, Y., Xiao, J., Hwang, K.C., 2009. The equivalence of axisymmetric indentation model for three-dimensional indentation hardness. Journal of Materials Research 24, 776–783] showed that the widely used equivalent cone angle from the criterion of equal base area leads to significant errors in micro-indentation, and proposed a new equivalence of equal cone angle for iridium. It is shown in this paper that this new equivalence holds for a wide range of plastic work hardening materials. In addition, the prior equal-base-area criterion does not hold because the Berkovich indenter gives much higher density of geometrically necessary dislocations than axisymmetric indenter. The equivalence of equal cone angle, however, does not hold for Vickers indenter.     

反射激波作用下三维凹气柱界面演化的数值研究

激波与气柱相互作用是Richtmyer-Meshkov不稳定性研究的经典案例.单次激波与二维气柱相互作用已得到广泛关注,但是反射激波再次冲击气柱(尤其是三维气柱)的研究较少,相关演化规律和机理尚不清楚.反射激波再次冲击演化中的气柱界面会产生新的斜压涡量,影响涡量的输运和分布,从而影响界面的演化.本文采用自主开发的HOW...     

On the use of a reduced enhanced solid-shell (RESS) element for sheet forming simulations

A recently proposed reduced enhanced solid-shell (RESS) element [Alves de Sousa, R.J., Cardoso, R.P.R., Fontes Valente, R.A., Yoon, J.W., Grácio, J.J., Natal Jorge, R.M., 2005. A new one-point quadrature enhanced assumed strain (EAS) solid-shell element with multiple integration points along thickness: Part I – Geometrically Linear Applications. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 62, 952–977; Alves de Sousa, R.J., Cardoso, R.P.R., Fontes Valente, R.A., Yoon, J.W., Grácio, J.J., Natal Jorge, R.M., 2006. A new one-point quadrature enhanced assumed strain (EAS) solid-shell element with multiple integration points along thickness: Part II – Nonlinear Applications. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 67, 160–188.] is based on the enhanced assumed strain (EAS) method with a one-point quadrature numerical integration scheme. In this work, the RESS element is applied to large-deformation elasto-plastic thin-shell applications, including contact and plastic anisotropy. One of the main advantages of the RESS is its minimum number of enhancing parameters (only one), which when associated with an in-plane reduced integration scheme, circumvents efficiently well-known locking phenomena, leading to a computationally efficient performance when compared to conventional 3D solid elements. It is also worth noting that the element accounts for an arbitrary number of integration points through thickness direction within a single element layer. This capability has proven to be efficient, for instance, for accurately describing springback phenomenon in sheet forming simulations. A physical stabilization procedure is employed in order to correct the element’s rank deficiency. A general elasto-plastic model is also incorporated for the constitutive modelling of sheet forming operations with plastic anisotropy. Several examples including contact, anisotropic plasticity and springback effects are carried out and the results are compared with experimental data.