Postbuckling growth of a concentric delamination in a circulal plate under axisymmetric compression and bending

Postbuckling growth of a thin circular delamination at the center of a circular plate subjected to axisymmetric edge compression and bending is analyzed. A one-parameter family of solutions of the non-dimensionalized Von Karman's nonlinear equations is obtained by using the shooting method based on the fourth-order Runge-Kutta integration formula. The expression of energy release rate is deduced by means of the path-independent M-integral, and corresponding numerical results are given. The present analysis investigates the various possibilities of bifurcation, snap-through and crack growth.     

Postbuckling behaviors of open section composite struts with edge delamination using a layerwise theory

We investigate the mechanical stability of L-section and T-section composite struts with single edge delamination. We propose a solution procedure based on a layerwise theory and the first order shear deformation theory by taking into consideration of the von Karman geometrical nonlinearity. We derive the nonlinear equilibrium equations according to the minimum total potential energy principle, and solve them using Rayleigh–Ritz method and Newton–Raphson method. In modeling the delaminated L-section and T-section struts, we divide the structures into regions, and exert continuity conditions between different regions. The proposed model is capable of analyzing both local buckling of the base laminate and sublaminate as well as the global buckling of the whole structure. We present numerical results to provide an insight into effects of size of delamination on buckling mode and post-buckling behaviors of the struts. We perform the three-dimensional finite element analysis using the ABAQUS commercial software. The results show a very good agreement with those obtained by the analytical method. The results indicate that the presence of delaminations not only reduces the load-carrying capacity of open section struts remarkably, but also plays a pivotal role in the critical buckling load and buckling mode shape of the struts.     

Influence of prestress on the velocities of plane waves propagating normally to the layers of nanocomposites

The paper is concerned with longitudinal and transverse waves propagating at a right angle to the layers of a nanocomposite material with initial (process-induced residual) stresses. The composite consists of alternating layers of two dissimilar materials. The materials are assumed nonlinearly elastic and described by the Murnaghan potential. For simulation of wave propagation, a problem is formulated within the framework of the three-dimensional linearized theory of elasticity for finite prestrains. It is established that the relative velocities of waves depend linearly on small prestresses. In some composite materials, however, the thicknesses of the layers may be in a ratio such that the wave velocities are independent of the prestress level __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 42, No. 7, pp. 3–22, July 2006.     

An analytical method for solving internal forces and deformations of bar-system structure in space

In this paper, based on the idea of finite element method, the initial parametric method in bending problem of a beam is extended to analyse the bar-system structure by employing Dirac function and Heaviside step function.Then a new method for analysing the internal forces and deformations of bar-system structure in space is suggested by improving the mixed method in statically indeterminate structure.The inferred process and obtained answer will be more succinct and accurate when the problem of internal forces and deformations of bar-system structure is analysed by using the new method provided in this paper.     

F E M analysis of delamination buckling in composite plates and shells

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Analyzing the propagation of a plane wave in a microcomposite material taking inertial interaction into account

The influence of inertial interaction on the coefficient describing the redistribution of the amplitude of a plane wave is analyzed. Two new wave effects in fibrous microcomposites are revealed: abrupt change in the amplitude of the first mode in the matrix and the absence of the second mode in fibers in some frequency range Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 44, No. 11, pp. 94–98, November 2008.     

Deformation of a fibrous composite with physically nonlinear fibers and microdamageable matrix

The structural theory of short-term microdamage is generalized to a fibrous composite with a microdamageable matrix and physically nonlinear fibers. The basis for the generalization is the stochastic elasticity equations of a fibrous composite with a porous matrix. Microvolumes in the matrix material meet the Huber-Mises failure criterion. The damaged-microvolume balance equation for the matrix is derived. This equation and the equations relating macrostresses and macrostrains of a fibrous composite with porous matrix and physically nonlinear fibers constitute a closed-form system of equations. This system describes the coupled processes of physically nonlinear deformation and microdamage occurring in different components of the composite. Algorithms for computing the microdamage-macrostrain and macrostress-macrostrain relationships are developed. Uniaxial tension curves are plotted for a fibrous composite with linearly hardening fibers __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 38–47, January 2006.     

Hydrodynamic Load Associated with the Oscillations of a Cylinder at the Interface in a Two-Layer Fluid of Finite Depth

The results of numerically solving the linear problem of the small steady-state oscillations of a horizontal cylinder located at the interface between two fluids of different densities are presented. The hybrid element method is used. In this method the velocity potentials are represented by means of the finite element method in a narrow zone in the neighborhood of the body and by means of the boundary integral equations in the outer domain. The Green’s functions for an oscillating source in a two-layer fluid bounded from above by a free boundary and from below by an even horizontal bottom are derived. Numerical calculations of the apparent mass and damping coefficients are carried out for an elliptic cylinder beneath a free surface and for a cylinder with the cross-section in the form of a Lewis rib contour which floats on the free surface.__________Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Academii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, 2005, pp. 122–131Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Sturova and Syui.     

Oscillations of a cylinder piercing a linearly stratified fluid layer

The plane problem of the small steady-state oscillations of a horizontal cylinder arbitrarily located in a three-layer fluid whose upper and lower layers are homogeneous and whose middle layer is linearly stratified is considered in the linear formulation using the Boussinesq approximation. The fluid is assumed to be ideal and incompressible. The method of mass sources distributed along the body contour is used in the internal wave generation regime and an integral equation for the fluid pressure is derived in the non-wave regime. The hydrodynamic load acting on the body is calculated as a function of the oscillation frequency of the cylinder and its location. The results are compared with experimental data.     

Short-term microdamageability of a fibrous composite with physically nonlinear matrix and microdamaged reinforcement

A structural theory of short-term microdamage is proposed for a fibrous composite with physically nonlinear matrix and microdamaged reinforcement. The theory is based on the stochastic elasticity equations of a fibrous composite with porous fibers. Microvolumes of the fiber material are damaged in accordance with the Huber-Mises failure criterion. A balance equation for damaged microvolumes in the reinforcement is derived. This equation together with the equations relating macrostresses and macrostrains of a fibrous composite with porous reinforcement and physically nonlinear matrix constitute a closed-form system. This system describes the coupled processes of physically nonlinear deformation and microdamage that occur in different components of the composite. Algorithms are proposed for computing the dependences of microdamage on macrostrains and macrostresses on macrostrains. Uniaxial tension curves are plotted for a fibrous composite with a linearly hardening matrix __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 3–13, February 2006.     

Features of plane wave propagation along the layers of a prestrained nanocomposite

Features of the propagation of longitudinal and transverse plane waves along the layers of nanocomposites with process-induced initial stresses are studied. The composite has a periodic structure: it is made by repeating two highly dissimilar layers. The layers exhibit nonlinear elastic behavior in the range of loads under consideration. A Murnaghan-type elastic potential dependent on the three invariants of the strain tensor is used to describe the mechanical behavior of the composite constituents. To simulate the propagation of waves, finite-strain theory is used for developing a problem statement within the framework of the three-dimensional linearized theory of elasticity assuming finite initial strains. The dependence of the relative velocities of longitudinal and transverse waves on two components of small initial stresses in each layer and on the volume fraction of the constituents is studied. It is established that there are thickness ratios of layers in some nanocomposites such that the wave velocities are independent of the initial stresses and equal to the respective wave velocities in composites without initial stresses __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 43, No. 4, pp. 3–26, April 2007.     

Fracture mechanics analysis of delamination in a thermoelectric pn-junction sandwiched by an insulating layer

A fracture mechanics analysis is conducted for a delamination problem of a multilayered thermoelectric material (TEM) that consists of an n-type layer and a p-type layer sandwiched by an insulating layer. A time-varying energy release rate is presented when the n-type layer delaminates from the insulating layer. Effects of the temperature difference across the system and the applied electric current on the energy release rate are identified. The influence of the thickness ratio of the insulating layer to the thermoelectric (TE) layer is also examined. Based on the energy release rate criterion, the critical temperature difference for delamination propagation is obtained. Some useful conclusions are given.     

Periodicity and chaos in a flexible crank-rocker mechanism

In this paper we introduce a crank-rocker mechanism at which the rocker is flexible. Using Hamilton’s principle we obtain the governing equations of motion for the elastic mode of the rocker. By applying the Bubnov–Galerkin global averaging method, we reduce the governing equations of motion to an ordinary differential equation which is Duffing’s oscillator with time varying coefficients. Through the application of Banach’s fixed-point theorem we predict the periodic solutions. Then we study the geometrical features of the motion near the 1 : 1, 1 : 2 and 2 : 1 commensurabilities. It is also shown that homoclinic and heteroclinic orbits can exist for the system.     

Short-term microdamage of a physically nonlinear fibrous material under simultaneous normal and tangential loads

The structural theory of short-term damage is generalized to the case where the undamaged isotropic matrix of a fibrous composite with transversely isotropic reinforcement deforms nonlinearly under loads that induce a combined stress state, microdamages occurring in the matrix alone. The basis for this generalization is the stochastic elasticity equations for a fibrous composite with porous matrix whose skeleton deforms nonlinearly. The Huber-Mises failure criterion is used to describe the damage of microvolumes in the matrix. The damaged microvolume balance equation is derived for the physically nonlinear material of the matrix based on the properties of the distribution function for the statistically homogeneous random field of ultimate microstrength. Together with the macrostress-macrostrain relationship, they constitute a closed-form system of equations. This system describes the coupled processes of physically nonlinear deformation and microdamage. Algorithms for calculating the dependences of macrostresses and microdamages on macrostrains are proposed. Stress-strain curves for a composite with a linearly hardened matrix under simultaneous normal and tangential loads are plotted. The effect of the volume fraction of reinforcement and tangential load on the curves is examined __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 48–59, March 2007.     

Physical constants for one type of nonlinearly elastic fibrous micro-and nanocomposites with hard and soft nonlinearities

Sets of physical constants are tabulated for three structural models of fibrous composites with fibers of four types: Thornel-300 carbon microfibers, graphite whiskers, carbon zigzag nanotubes, and carbon chiral nanotubes. The matrix for all the types of composites is always éPON-828 epoxy rosin (in some cases with polystyrene or pyrex additive). The values of the physical constants are commented on and used to study the distinctions in the evolution of three types of waves (plane longitudinal, plane transverse, and cylindrical) propagating in materials with soft and hard nonlinearities __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 41, No. 12, pp. 47–60, December 2005.     

Theoretical and numerical investigation of HF elastic wave propagation in two-dimensional periodic beam lattices

The elastic wave propagation phenomena in two-dimensional periodic beam lattices are studied by using the Bloch wave transform. The numerical modeling is applied to the hexagonal and the rectangular beam lattices, in which, both the in-plane （with respect to the lattice plane） and out-of-plane waves are considered. The dispersion relations are obtained by calculating the Bloch eigenfrequencies and eigenmodes. The frequency bandgaps are observed and the influence of the elastic and geometric properties of the primitive cell on the bandgaps is studied. By analyzing the phase and the group velocities of the Bloch wave modes, the anisotropic behaviors and the dispersive characteristics of the hexagonal beam lattice with respect to the wave prop- agation are highlighted in high frequency domains. One im- portant result presented herein is the comparison between the first Bloch wave modes to the membrane and bend- ing/transverse shear wave modes of the classical equivalent homogenized orthotropic plate model of the hexagonal beam lattice. It is shown that, in low frequency ranges, the homog- enized plate model can correctly represent both the in-plane and out-of-plane dynamic behaviors of the beam lattice, its frequency validity domain can be precisely evaluated thanks to the Bloch modal analysis. As another important and original result, we have highlighted the existence of the retro- propagating Bloch wave modes with a negative group veloc- ity, and of the corresponding ＂retro-propagating＂ frequency bands.     

Local and global bifurcations of valve mechanism

In this paper we study in detail problems of nonlinear oscillations of valve mechanism at internal combustion engine. The practical measurement indicates that stiffness of valve mechanism is not constant but is a function of the rotational angle of the cam. For simplicity of analysis we replace valve mechanism of internal combustion engine with a nonlinear oscillator of single degree of freedom under combined parametric and forcing excitation. We use the method of multiple scales and normal form theory to study local and global bifurcations of valve mechanism at internal combustion engine.     

Deformation of melts of mixtures of incompatible polymers in a uniform shear field and the process of their fibrillation

Fibril formation in mixtures of incompatible polymers, in this case polyethylene and polystyrene, has been studied with their melt being deformed in a uniform shear field. It has been found that when polyethylene is present in a smaller amount, it may form very long fibrils 5 to 8 μm in diameter in the deformed mixture. The formation of such fibrils is determined by the relationship between the viscosity ratio of the mixture components and shear stress. Also, just as in the case of a nonuniform shear field in a flow through a duct, fibril formation in melts of mixtures of incompatible polymers in a uniform shear field takes place upon reaching a certain shear stress. The lower the ratio between the viscosities of the fibril-forming polymer and the other component, the lower this shear stress.     

弹性体表面分层压缩失稳问题的数学弹性力学解

采用数学弹性力学的稳定平衡方程并结合富氏积分变换的方法研究了含表面平行裂纹的弹性体在压缩载荷下的表面分层失稳问题。导出了一级显式的精确齐次奇异积分方程组,然后.通过Gauss-Chebyshev积分公式,得到一组齐次代数方程组,从而求出临界压缩载荷。并将结果与经典的材料力学梁板稳定的研究方法所得结果进行了比较,指出经典方法误差太大而不适于求解此问题。最后,利用数学弹性力学解求出的等效弹性支承常数给出一个简单精确的临界压缩载荷计算公式。     

Drag reduction effectiveness and shear stability of polymer-polymer and polymer-fibre mixtures in recirculatory turbulent flow of water

The turbulent drag reduction caused by polymer-polymer and polymerfibre mixtures has been measured in recirculatory flow of water. Shear stability studies have also been made on a number of drag reducing polymers, asbestos fibres and their mixtures in recirculatory turbulent flow of water. Reynolds numbers ranged from 20,000 to 57,000. Both positive and negative deviations from linear additive behaviour have been observed in drag reduction caused by the polymer-polymer mixtures depending upon their compositions, flow rate and polymer species in the mixture. The drag reduction by the mixtures has been predicted by using simple mixture rule equations including an interaction parameter. This interaction parameter is believed to depend upon the polymer interaction in the polymer mixture. The random coil size and rigidity of the polymer molecules appear to be responsible for the synergism observed in the drag reduction caused by the mixture. In general, mixtures having larger solvation number seem to give positive synergism.Synergism in drag reduction by the polymer-fibre mixtures has also been observed. The simple mixture law equation with interaction parameter is also applicable in predicting the drag reduction by the mixtures as above. The random coil size of the polymer molecules and the rigidity of the polymer-fibre system appear to be responsible for the synergism observed in drag reduction. In the shearstability studies it has been observed that the decrement in drag reduction (DR) is higher than the the decrement in absolute viscosity in most cases. Carboxymethyl cellulose is found to be the most shear stable polymer followed by guar gum, xanthan gum and polyacrylamide. The mixtures exhibiting synergism in causing drag reduction are found to be more shear stable.