Bulk Cavitation and the Possibility of Localized Interface Deformation due to Surface Layer Swelling

We consider the uniform swelling of a compressible hyperelastic surface layer with finite thickness that is attached to an underlying bulk material composed of a non-swelling incompressible hyperelastic material. In addition to classically smooth solutions, two additional phenomena may occur for sufficiently large swelling. One is the formation of cavities in the interior of the underlying bulk material. The other is the disappearance of smooth solutions in the surface layer while the underlying bulk material remains intact. It is conjectured that the latter may be associated with the concentration of deformation at the swelling interface. Both phenomena are investigated by the consideration of solutions to a boundary value problem for a sphere involving radial deformation with a prescribed swelling field that acts as an effective loading device. Specific material models for both the compressible swollen surface layer and the non-swollen incompressible bulk are invoked so as to permit an analytical treatment. Swelling thresholds are obtained that depend on the thickness of the surface layer for the onset of these separate phenomena.     

Deformation in micropolar cubic crystal due to various sources

The response of a micropolar cubic crystal due to various sources has been studied. The eigenvalue approach using Laplace and Fourier transforms has been employed to solve the problem. The integral transforms have been inverted by using a numerical technique to obtain the displacement, microrotation and stress components in the physical domain. The results of normal displacement, normal force stress and tangential couple stress have been compared for micropolar cubic crystal and micropolar isotropic solid and illustrated graphically.     

Deformation trapping due to thermoplastic instability in one-dimensional wave propagation

One-dimensional shear wave propagation in a half-space of a nonlinear material is considered. The surface of the half-space is subjected to a time dependent but spatially uniform tangential velocity. The half-space material exhibits strain hardening, thermal softening and strain rate sensitivity of the flow stress. For this system, a well-defined band of intense shear deformation can develop adjacent to the loaded surface, even though the material has no imperfections or other natural length scale. Representative particle velocity and strain profiles, which have been obtained numerically, are described for several different models.     

Deformation and damage due to drying-induced salt crystallization in porous limestone

This paper presents a computational model coupling heat, water and salt ion transport, salt crystallization, deformation and damage in porous materials. We focus on crystallization-induced damage. The theory of poromechanics is employed to relate stress, induced by crystallization processes or hygro-thermal origin, to the material's mechanical response. A non-local formulation is developed to describe the crystallization kinetics. The model performance is illustrated by simulating the damage caused by sodium chloride crystallization in a porous limestone. The results are compared with experimental observations based on neutron and X-ray imaging. The simulation results suggest that the crystallization kinetics in porous materials have to be accurately understood in order to be able to control salt damage. The results show that the effective stress caused by salt crystallization depends not only on the crystallization pressure but also on the amount of salt crystals, which is determined by the spreading of crystals in the porous material and the crystallization kinetics.     

跨断层埋地管线-土接触非连续变形分析

跨断层埋地管线系统主要由管线及其周围土体两种不同介质组成,具有分析介质不连续性特性.为实现对管-土接触介质的不连续性分析,采用非连续变形分析与有限元分析相结合的方法,将跨逆断层埋地管线系统从实际工作状态中取出一部分作为分析对象.利用有限元分析方法对管线及其周围土体进行网格划分;而管-土之间的相互作用,利用非连续变形分析中的不连续介质接触处理方法实现模拟.通过模型的数值分析,研究了逆断层作用下管-土之间的非连续变形相互作用状态,验证了利用非连续变形分析与有限元方法相结合解决埋地管线-土接触的可行性和有效性,为管-土相互作用分析提供了新的研究思路和研究方法.     

Deformation due to time harmonic sources in micropolar thermoelastic medium possessing cubic symmetry with two relaxation times

The response of a micropolar thermoelastic medium possessing cubic symmetry with two relaxation times due to time harmonic sources is investigated. Fourier transform is employed and the transform is inverted by using a numerical inversion technique. The components of displacement, stress, microrotation and temperature distribution in the physical domain are obtained numerically. The results of normal displacement, normal force stress, tangential couple stress and temperature distribution are compared for micropolar cubic crystal and micropolar isotropic solid. The numerical results are illustrated graphically for a particular material. Some special cases are also deduced.