The non-linear Saint-Venant problem of the torsion,stretching and bending of a naturally twisted rod

Problems on large stretching, torsional and bending deformations of a naturally twisted rod, loaded with end forces and moments, are considered from the point of view of the non-linear three-dimensional theory of elasticity. Particular solutions of the equations of elastostatics are found, which are two-parameter families of finite deformations and which possess the property that, for these deformations, the initial system of three-dimensional non-linear equations reduces to a system of equations with two independent variables. The use of these equations enables one to reduce certain Saint-Venant problems for a naturally twisted rod to two-dimensional non-linear boundary-value problems for a planar domain in the form of the cross-section of a rod. Different formulations of the two-dimensional boundary-value problem for the cross-section are proposed, which differ in the choice of the unknown functions. A non-linear problem of the torsion and stretching of a circular cylinder with helical anisotropy, which is reduced to ordinary differential equations, is considered as a special case.     

On some contact problems for composite half-spaces PMM vol. 31, no. 6, 1967, pp. 1001–1008

Solutions are presented herein of some contact problems connected with the torsion of a composite half-space. In the general case the problem of the torsion of a composite elastic half-space is examined by means of the rotation of a stiff finite cylinder welded into a vertical recess of this half-space. Moreover, the following particular problems on the torsion of such a half-space are considered.

1. 1) A composite half-space with a vertical elastic infinite core, twisted by means of the rotation of a stiff stamp affixed to the upper endplate of the elastic core.

2. 2) A half-space with a vertical cylindrical infinite hole, twisted by means of the rotation of a stiff finite cylinder welded into the upper part of this hole.

In the general case the solution of the problem reduces to the solution of an integral equation of the second kind on a half-line. The question of the solvability of this fundamental integral equation is investigated, and it is shown that its solution may be constructed by successive approximations.

Let us note that the problem of the torsion of a homogeneous half space and of an elastic layer by means of rotation of a stiff stamp has been considered by Rostovtsev [1], Reissner and Sagoci [2], Ufliand [3], Florence [4], Grilitskii [5] and others.

The problem of the torsion of a circular cylindrical rod and the half-space welded to it which are subject to a torque applied to the free endface of the rod has been considered by Grilitskii and Kizyma[6].

The torsion of an elastic half-space with a vertical cylindrical inclusion of some other material by the rotation of a stiff stamp on the surface of this half-space has been considered in [7], wherein it has been assumed that the stamp is symmetrically disposed relative to the axis of the inclusion and lies simultaneously on both materials.     

Mixed finite element methods for elastic rods of arbitrary geometry

Summary The boundary-value problem for rods having arbitrary geometry, and subjected to arbitrary loading, is studied within the context of the small-strain theory. The basic assumptions underlying the rod kinematics are those corresponding to the Timoshenko hypotheses in the plane rectilinear case: that is, plane sections normal to the line of centroids in the undeformed state remain plane, but not necessarily normal. The problem is formulated in both the standard and mixed variational forms, and after establishing the existence and uniqueness of solutions to these equivalent problems, the corresponding discrete problems are studied. Finite element approximations of the mixed problem are shown to be stable and convergent. It is shown that the equivalence between the mixed problem and the standard problem with selective reduced integration holds only for the case of rods having constant curvature and torsion, though. The results of numerical experiments are presented; these confirm the convergent behaviour of the mixed problem.     

Biegeschwingungen verwundener,einseitig eingespannter und am andern Ende gelenkig gelagerter Stäbe

Summary The lateral and torsional vibrations of twisted rods can be treated separately if we consider as usual only first order terms. The eigen-frequencies of the lateral vibrations can be calculated exactly if we restrict ourselves to isotropic homogeneous rods with constant mass and twist per unit length and constant principal flexural rigidities. In this paper the eigen-frequencies for a rod built in at one end and supported at the other are given for 3 different cross-sections.     

The stability of a ring under the action of a linear torque,constant along the perimeter

Exact analytical solutions of problems on the static and dynamic forms of the loss of stability of a ring, under the action of a linear torque constant along the perimeter, are found using the consistent equations of the theory of plane curvilinear rods constructed earlier taking account of transverse shears. Two forms of torsion of the ring are examined: the external forces creating a torque remain in the plane of a cross-section of the ring in its initial undeformed state (“dead” forces, case 1) or in its deformed state (“follower” forces, case 2). It is shown that, in the second case, the solution of the static instability problem found is practically identical to the solution of the problem corresponding to the dynamic formulation and is reduced to an examination of the oscillations about the static equilibrium position. In the case of both forms of loading, loss of stability of the ring occurs without deformation of its axial line, with it bending predominantly in the plane of the ring accompanied by a slight distortion. It is established that a study of the forms of loss of stability of the ring for the type of loading considered is only possible using the equations constructed, taking account of transverse shear.     

Dynamical problems for geometrically exact theories of nonlinearly viscoelastic rods

Summary This paper surveys recent results and open problems for the equations of motion for geometrically exact theories of nonlinearly viscoelastic and elastic rods. These rods can deform in space by undergoing not only flexure and torsion, but also extension and shear. The paper begins with a derivation of the governing equations, which for viscoelastic rods form a quasilinear system of hyperbolic-parabolic partial differential equations of high order. It then derives the energy equation and discusses difficulties that can arise in getting useful energy estimates. The paper next treats constitutive assumptions precluding total compression. The paper then discusses the curious asymptotic problems that arise when the inertia of the rod is small relative to that of a rigid body attached to its end. The paper concludes with discussions of traveling waves and shock structure, Hopf bifurcation problems, and problems of control. This paper is dedicated to the memory of Juan C. Simo This paper was solicited by the editors to be part of a volume dedicated to the memory of Juan Simo.     

On the Dynamics of Elastic Strips

Summary. {The dynamics of elastic strips, i.e., long thin rods with noncircular cross section, is analyzed by studying the solutions of the appropriate Kirchhoff equations. First, it is shown that if a naturally straight strip is deformed into a helix, the only equilibrium helical configurations are those with no internal twist and whose principal bending direction is either along the normal or the binormal. Second, the linear stability of a straight twisted strip under tension is analyzed, showing the possibility of both pitchfork and Hopf bifurcations depending on the external and geometric constraints. Third, nonlinear amplitude equations are derived describing the dynamics close to the different bifurcation regimes. Finally, special analytical solutions to these equations are used to describe the buckling of strips. In particular, finite-length solutions with a variety of boundary conditions are considered. } Received February 16, 1999; accepted October 24, 2000 Online publication February 20, 2001     

Traveling Waves in Elastic Rods with Arbitrary Curvature and Torsion

The dynamic Kirchhoff equations, describing a thin elastic rod of infinite length, are considered in connection with the study of the conformations of polymeric chains. A?novel special traveling wave solution that can be interpreted as a conformational soliton propagating at constant speed is obtained, featuring arbitrary non-constant curvature and torsion of the rod, in the simple case of constant cross-section, homogeneous density and elastic isotropy. This traveling wave corresponds to a specific constraint on the twist-to-bend ratio of the constant stiffness parameters, which in turn appears to be compatible with the experimental evidence for the mechanical properties of real polymeric chains. Due to such a constraint, the square of the velocity of the solitary wave is directly proportional to the bending stiffness and inversely proportional to the density and to the principal momentum of inertia of the rod. Several applications to the study of conformational changes in polymeric chains are given.     

Torsion of prismatic elastic bodies containing screw dislocations

The problem of the stressed state of a prismatic anisotropic rod containing screw dislocations, the axes of which are parallel to the rod axis, is considered. Such defects may arise during the growth of filamentary crystals (metal “whiskers”), and may also exist in multiply connected cylindrical structures. The torsion of an anisotropic elastic bar with a multiply connected cross-section is investigated initially, assuming that the stresses and strains are single-valued but dispensing with the requirement that the warping function should be single-valued. The boundary-value problem is formulated in terms of the Prandtl stress function, which, unlike the warping function, is single-valued in a multiply connected region. A variational formulation of the boundary-value problem for the stress function is given. From the variational principle obtained a torsion boundary-value problem is formulated when there are lumped or continuously distributed dislocations. A modification of the membrane analogy for the torsion problem is proposed which takes into account the presence of dislocations. General theorems of the theory of the torsion of a rod containing dislocations are formulated. An effective formula is derived for the angle of torsion of a bar due to a specified dislocation distribution. Problems on dislocations in a thin-walled rod and a rectangular anisotropic bar are solved.     

载电流夹紧杆的非线性稳定性分析*

本文研究了载电流夹紧杆在磁场作用下的非线性稳定性,其磁场由两根无限长相互平行的刚性直导线产生.杆的自然状态在刚性导线所在的平面内,并且与两刚性导线等距.首先,在空间变形的假定下,给出了问题的数学描述,讨论了线性化问题和临界电流.其次,证明了杆的过屈曲状态总是平面的.最后,数值计算了分支解的全局响应,得到了杆过屈曲状态的挠度、内力和弯矩的分布.结果表明,载电流杆既可发生超临界屈曲,又可发生次临屈界曲,其性态依赖于杆与导线间的距离;同时,在超临界的过屈曲状态上还存在极限点型的失稳,这与通常的压杆失稳有着本质的区别.     

Thermal effects in orthotropic porous elastic beams

This paper is concerned with the linear theory of anisotropic porous elastic bodies. The extension and bending of orthotropic porous elastic cylinders subjected to a plane temperature field is investigated. The work is motivated by the recent interest in the using of the orthotropic porous elastic solid as model for bones and various engineering materials. First, the thermoelastic deformation of inhomogeneous beams whose constitutive coefficients are independent of the axial coordinate is studied. Then, the extension and bending effects in orthotropic cylinders reinforced by longitudinal rods are investigated. The three-dimensional problem is reduced to the study of two-dimensional problems. The method is used to solve the problem of an orthotropic porous circular cylinder with a special kind of inhomogeneity.      

Combined asymptotic and direct approach to the nonlinear plane problem of dynamics of a thin curved strip

On the example problem of large elastic oscillations of a thin curved strip we present a combined modeling approach: the non-reduced continuous problem splits asymptotically into a system of linear equations of the rod model and a problem over the thickness; direct approach to a material line provides nonlinear equations; after the numerical solution of the reduced problem we restore the distributions of stresses, strains and displacements over the thickness. Convergence to the solution for the non-reduced continuum as the thickness tends to zero justifies the analytical conclusion that the curvature and variation of the material properties over the thickness do not require special treatment for classical Kirchhoff's rods. Further terms of the asymptotic expansion lead to a model with shear and extension, in which curvature appears in a non-trivial way. The results of the study are illustrated by a numerical example and provide better understanding of the relation between the solutions of the original and dimensionally reduced problems for spatial rods and shells. (© 2011 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Analyse asymptotique des modes de hautes fréquences dans les poutres minces

In this work, we show that a class of high frequency modes of the three-dimensional linearized elasticity system in a thin rod and their associated eigenfunctions converge, as the thickness of the rods goes to zero, and the limit model is a coupled onedimensional problem giving the classical equations for torsion and stretching vibrations.     

含曲线裂纹圆柱扭转问题的新边界元法

研究含曲线裂纹圆柱的Saint-Venant扭转,将问题化归为裂纹上边界积分方程的求解．利用裂纹尖端的奇异元和线性元插值模型,给出了扭转刚度和应力强度因子的边界元计算公式．对圆弧裂纹、曲折裂纹以及直线裂纹的典型问题进行了数值计算,并与用Gauss-Chebyshev求积法计算的直裂纹情形结果进行了比较,证明了方法的有效性和正确性．     

Thermal effects in orthotropic porous elastic beams

This paper is concerned with the linear theory of anisotropic porous elastic bodies. The extension and bending of orthotropic porous elastic cylinders subjected to a plane temperature field is investigated. The work is motivated by the recent interest in the using of the orthotropic porous elastic solid as model for bones and various engineering materials. First, the thermoelastic deformation of inhomogeneous beams whose constitutive coefficients are independent of the axial coordinate is studied. Then, the extension and bending effects in orthotropic cylinders reinforced by longitudinal rods are investigated. The three-dimensional problem is reduced to the study of two-dimensional problems. The method is used to solve the problem of an orthotropic porous circular cylinder with a special kind of inhomogeneity.     

Maximum principles for functionals associated with the solution of semilinear elliptic boundary value problems

We consider a new P-function associated with the solutionu of an elliptic boundary value problem and obtain pointwise bounds for the gradient in terms of the maximum ofu and the geometry of the domain. SimilarP-functions have previously been used to obtain bounds of the same type. Our results give improved bounds for certain problems, in particular we obtain isoperimetric inequalities for the maximum stress in the Saint-Venant torsion problem.     

Solutions of the Saint Venant problem for a cylinder with helical anisotropy

Solutions of the Saint-Venant problem for a cylinder with helical anisotropy are presented in the form of a linear combination of elementary homogeneous solutions, the construction of which is reduced to boundary-value problems for ordinary differential equations with variable coefficients. These problems are integrated using analytical and numerical methods, and the elements of the stiffness matrix are investigated over a wide range of parameters. It is established that when the cylinder is stretched the sign and value of the torsional deformation depends considerably on the value of the relative angle of twist of the helices.     

A Technique for Determining the Elastic and Dissipative Properties of Orthotropic Composites in Shear

A new method is presented for the characterization of three principal complex shear moduli of linear viscoelastic orthotropic materials, which is based on the measurement of complex torsional vibration frequencies of three rods of rectangular cross section. The rod-type test specimens are cut out from a composite plate along the principal material axes in the reinforcement plane. It is shown that the torsional stiffness of an elastic rod can be calculated not only by means of the Saint-Venant torsion theory, but also using a relationship obtained from the Reissner-Mindlin theory of plates. The transfer to a viscoelastic model of the material with complex moduli is realized with the help of the correspondence principle. By applying a numerical sensitivity analysis of natural frequencies to the shear moduli, the advisable width-to-thickness ratios of the specimens are found. As an illustration of data processing, the dynamic shear moduli and the loss factors for a GFRP fabric with an epoxy matrix are calculated. A comparison of the method offered with some known static and dynamic methods for determining the shear moduli of orthotropic materials is given.     

以Kirchhoff薄板理论解狭长矩形截面杆的约束扭转

本文以Kirchhoff的薄板理论,解狭长矩形截面杆的约束扭转.这扭转问题,相当于在自由端作用扭矩的悬臂矩形板的弯曲.得到的结果,不仅证实了Timoshenko教授以能量法所得的扭转角,并且也给出应力的值.     

Spatial behaviour of solutions of the three-phase-lag heat equation

In this paper we study the spatial behaviour of solutions for the three-phase-lag heat equation on a semi-infinite cylinder. The theory of three-phase-lag heat conduction leads to a hyperbolic partial differential equation with a fourth-order derivative with respect to time. First, we investigate the spatial evolution of solutions of an initial boundary-value problem with zero boundary conditions on the lateral surface of the cylinder. Under a boundedness restriction on the initial data, an energy estimate is obtained. An upper bound for the amplitude term in this estimate in terms of the initial and boundary data is also established. For the case of zero initial conditions, a more explicit estimate is obtained which shows that solutions decay exponentially along certain spatial-time lines. A class of non-standard problems is also considered for which the temperature and its first two time derivatives at a fixed time T₀ are assumed proportional to their initial values. These results are relevant in the context of the Saint-Venant Principle for heat conduction problems.