Singular boundary method for 2D dynamic poroelastic problems

This paper extends a strong-form meshless boundary collocation method, named the singular boundary method (SBM), for the solution of dynamic poroelastic problems in the frequency domain, which is governed by Biot equations in the form of mixed displacement–pressure formulation. The solutions to problems are represented by using the fundamental solutions of the governing equations in the SBM formulations. To isolate the singularities of the fundamental solutions, the SBM uses the concept of the origin intensity factors to allow the source points to be placed on the physical boundary coinciding with collocation points, which avoids the auxiliary boundary issue of the method of fundamental solutions (MFS). Combining with the origin intensity factors of Laplace and plane strain elastostatic problems, this study derives the SBM formulations for poroelastic problems. Five examples for 2D poroelastic problems are examined to demonstrate the efficiency and accuracy of the present method. In particular, we test the SBM to the multiply connected domain problem, the multilayer problem and the poroelastic problem with corner stress singularities, which are all under varied ranges of frequencies.     

Steady and transient Green’s functions for anisotropic conduction in an exponentially graded solid

The problem of the determination of Green’s function in conduction for a rectilinearly anisotropic solid with an exponential grading along a certain direction is studied. Domains of an unbounded space and a half-space, either three-dimensional or two-dimensional, are considered. Along the boundary of the domain, homogeneous boundary conditions of the first and second kinds are imposed. We find interestingly that, under this specific type of grading, the Green’s functions permit an algebraic decomposition, which will in turn greatly simplify the formulation. The method of Fourier transform is employed for the Green’s function for a half-space or a half-plane. Although the derivation process is quite tedious, we show analytically that the inverse transform can be found exactly and their resulting expressions are surprisingly neat and compact. In addition, both steady-state and transient-state field solutions are considered. By taking Laplace transform with respect to the time variable, we show that the mathematical frameworks for the steady-state and transient-state Green’s functions are entirely analogous. Thereby, the transient-state Green’s function is readily obtained by taking Laplace inverse transform back to the time domain. These derived fundamental solutions will serve as benchmark results for modeling some inhomogeneous materials. In the absence of grading term, we have verified analytically that our solutions agree exactly with previously known Green’s functions for homogeneous media.     

Dynamic analysis of functionally graded plates using the hybrid Fourier-Laplace transform under thermomechanical loading

In this study, the analytical solution is presented for dynamic response of a simply supported functionally graded rectangular plate subjected to a lateral thermomechanical loading. The first-order and third-order shear deformation theories and the hybrid Fourier-Laplace transform method are used. The material properties of the plate, except Poisson’s ratio, are assumed to be graded in the thickness direction according to a power-law distribution in terms of the volume fractions of the constituents. The plate is subjected to a heat flux on the bottom surface and convection on the upper surface. A third-order polynomial temperature profile is considered across the plate thickness with unknown constants. The constants are obtained by substituting the profile into the energy equation and applying the Galerkin method. The obtained temperature profile is considered along with the equations of motion. The governing partial differential equations are solved using the finite Fourier transformation method. Using the Laplace transform, the unknown variables are obtained in the Laplace domain. Applying the analytical Laplace inverse method, the solution in the time domain is derived. The computed results for static, free vibration, and dynamic problems are presented for different power law indices for a plate with simply supported boundary conditions. The results are validated with the known data reported in the literature. Furthermore, the results calculated by the analytical Laplace inversion method are compared with those obtained by the numerical Newmark method.     

Linear viscoelastic analysis of a semi-infinite porous medium

This paper considers the problem of a semi-infinite, isotropic, linear viscoelastic half-plane containing multiple, non-overlapping circular holes. The sizes and the locations of the holes are arbitrary. Constant or time dependent far-field stress acts parallel to the boundary of the half-plane and the boundaries of the holes are subjected to uniform pressure. Three types of loading conditions are assumed at the boundary of the half-plane: a point force, a force uniformly distributed over a segment, a force uniformly distributed over the whole boundary of the half-plane. The solution of the problem is based on the use of the correspondence principle. The direct boundary integral method is applied to obtain the governing equation in the Laplace domain. The unknown transformed displacements on the boundaries of the holes are approximated by a truncated complex Fourier series. A system of linear equations is obtained by using a Taylor series expansion. The viscoelastic stresses and displacements at any point of the half-plane are found by using the viscoelastic analogs of Kolosov–Muskhelishvili’s potentials. The solution in the time domain is obtained by the application of the inverse Laplace transform. All the operations of space integration, the Laplace transform and its inversion are performed analytically. The method described in the paper allows one to adopt a variety of viscoelastic models. For the sake of illustration only one model in which the material responds as the standard solid in shear and elastically in bulk is considered. The accuracy and efficiency of the method are demonstrated by the comparison of selected results with the solutions obtained by using finite element software ANSYS.     

A simple and accurate mixed FE-DQ formulation for free vibration of rectangular and skew Mindlin plates with general boundary conditions

A simple and accurate mixed finite element-differential quadrature formulation is proposed to study the free vibration of rectangular and skew Mindlin plates with general boundary conditions. In this technique, the original plate problem is reduced to two simple bar (or beam) problems. One bar problem is discretized by the finite element method (FEM) while the other by the differential quadrature method (DQM). The mixed method, in general, combines the geometry flexibility of the FEM and high accuracy and efficiency of the DQM and its implementation is more easier and simpler than the case where the FEM or DQM is fully applied to the problem. Moreover, the proposed formulation is free of the shear locking phenomenon that may be encountered in the conventional shear deformable finite elements. A simple scheme is also presented to exactly implement the mixed natural boundary conditions of the plate problem. The versatility, accuracy and efficiency of the proposed method for free vibration analysis of rectangular and skew Mindlin plates are tested against other solution procedures. It is revealed that the proposed method can produce highly accurate solutions for the natural frequencies of rectangular and skew Mindlin plates with general boundary conditions.     

Two-dimensional transient thermo-hydro-mechanical fundamental solutions of multiphase porous media in frequency and time domains

In this paper, the closed form two-dimensional fundamental solutions for a non-isothermal unsaturated deformable porous medium have been derived for a symmetric polar domain in both Laplace transform and time domains. The governing differential equations of the non-isothermal unsaturated soil consist of equilibrium, moisture, air and heat transfer equations including the suction effect, temperature effect and dissolved air in water. The derived fundamental solution has been verified mathematically by comparison with the previously presented corresponding fundamental solutions in three limiting cases including the steady-state thermo-hydro-mechanical, steady-state hydro-mechanical and elastostatic fundamental solutions. Also these 2D kernel functions are tested in comparison with a finite element method (FEM).     

Time-domain Green’s functions for unsaturated soils. Part II: Three-dimensional solution

The presented paper has been dedicated to complete the closed form three-dimensional fundamental solutions of the governing differential equations for an unsaturated deformable porous media with linear elastic behavior and a symmetric spherical domain in both Laplace transform and time domains. The governing differential equations consist of equilibrium, air and water transfer equations including the suction effect and dissolved air in water. The obtained Green’s functions have been derived exactly, for the first time, using the linear form of the governing differential equations and considering the effects of non-linearity of the governing equations and have been verified in both frequency and time domains.     

Local boundary integral equations for orthotropic shallow shells

A meshless local Petrov–Galerkin (MLPG) formulation is presented for bending problems of shear deformable shallow shells with orthotropic material properties. Shear deformation of shells described by the Reissner theory is considered. Analyses of shells under static and dynamic loads are given here. For transient elastodynamic case the Laplace-transform is used to eliminate the time dependence of the field variables. A weak formulation with a unit test function transforms the set of governing equations into local integral equations on local subdomains in the plane domain of the shell. Nodal points are randomly spread in that domain and each node is surrounded by a circular subdomain to which local integral equations are applied. The meshless approximation based on the moving least-squares (MLS) method is employed for the implementation. Unknown Laplace-transformed quantities are computed from the local boundary integral equations. The time-dependent values are obtained by the Stehfest’s inversion technique.     

奇异边界法模拟二维弹性力学问题

奇异边界法是一种新的边界型无网格数值离散方法。该方法使用基本解作为插值基函数,在继承传统边界型方法优点的同时,不需要费时费力的网格划分和奇异积分,数学简单,编程容易,是一个真正的无网格方法。为避免配置点与插值源点重合时带来的基本解源点奇异性,该方法提出了源点强度因子的概念,从而将边界型强格式方法的核心归结为求解源点强度因子。本文首次将该方法应用于求解平面弹性力学问题。数值算例表明,本文算法稳定,效率高,并可达到很高的计算精度。     

Higher-order shear deformable theories for flexure of sandwich plates—Finite element evaluations

A simple isoparametric finite element formulation based on a higher-order displacement model for flexure analysis of multilayer symmetric sandwich plates is presented. The assumed displacement model accounts for non-linear variation of inplane displacements and constant variation of transverse displacement through the plate thickness. Further, the present formulation does not require the fictitious shear correction coefficient(s) generally associated with the first-order shear deformable theories. Two sandwich plate theories are developed: one in which the free shear stress conditions on the top and bottom bounding planes are imposed and another, in which such conditions are not imposed. The validity of the present development(s) is established through, numerical evaluations for deflections/stresses/stress-resultants and their comparisons with the available three-dimensional analyses/closed-form/other finite element solutions. Comparison of results from thin plate. Mindlin and present analyses with the exact three-dimensional analyses yields some important conclusions regarding the effects of the assumptions made in the CPT and Mindlin type theories. The comparative study further establishes the necessity of a higher-order shear deformable theory incorporating warping of the cross-section particularly for sandwich plates.     

Boundary element method for solving dynamical response of viscoelastic thin plate (I)

I.lntroducti0nThedynamicresponseofviscoelasticstructuresisoneofimportantresearchdirectionsinsolidmechanics.BecauseofthecompIexityoftheconstitutiverelations0fviscoeIasticmaterials,theproblemofsolvingthedynamicresponseisverydifflcult.Therearesomeavailablenu…     

双调和方程奇异边界法的改进及在Kirchhoff板弯曲中的应用

奇异边界法(SBM)是一种基于边界离散的无网格数值方法,在很多科学计算和工程领域中得到广泛的应用．该方法在处理复杂几何区域或者多连通区域时比基本解方法(MFS)数值计算更为稳定,具有易于实施、精度高等优点．SBM数值计算的关键之处在于源强度因子的计算,特别是相对于Laplace方程更为复杂的双调和方程的边界条件下源强度因子的计算．在高阶导数边界条件下,采用反插或者“加减项”原理计算源强度因子相对繁琐．本文对双调和方程的SBM进行了改进,将其中一个插值基函数改进为非奇异基函数形式,避免计算该基函数的源强度因子,极大简化了SBM的数值计算．本文改进对MFS同样有效,可以作为对传统MFS数值算法的补充．数值算例结果表明,本文提出的改进均能得到误差很小的数值解,且算法稳定,计算效率较高．     

Static and Dynamic Green’s Functions in Peridynamics

We derive the static and dynamic Green’s functions for one-, two- and three-dimensional infinite domains within the formalism of peridynamics, making use of Fourier transforms and Laplace transforms. Noting that the one-dimensional and three-dimensional cases have been previously studied by other researchers, in this paper, we develop a method to obtain convergent solutions from the divergent integrals, so that the Green’s functions can be uniformly expressed as conventional solutions plus Dirac functions, and convergent nonlocal integrals. Thus, the Green’s functions for the two-dimensional domain are newly obtained, and those for the one and three dimensions are expressed in forms different from the previous expressions in the literature. We also prove that the peridynamic Green’s functions always degenerate into the corresponding classical counterparts of linear elasticity as the nonlocal length tends to zero. The static solutions for a single point load and the dynamic solutions for a time-dependent point load are analyzed. It is analytically shown that for static loading, the nonlocal effect is limited to the neighborhood of the loading point, and the displacement field far away from the loading point approaches the classical solution. For dynamic loading, due to peridynamic nonlinear dispersion relations, the propagation of waves given by the peridynamic solutions is dispersive. The Green’s functions may be used to solve other more complicated problems, and applied to systems that have long-range interactions between material points.     

Asymptotic approximation method for elliptic variational inequality of first kind简

An asymptotic approximation method is proposed to solve a particular elliptic variational inequality of first kind associated with unilateral obstacle problems. In this method, the free boundary is first captured, and then the method of the fundamental solution (MFS) is used to find the solution of the Dirichlet problem for Laplace’s equation in the non-coincidence set. Numerical examples are given to show the efficiency of the method.     

加权残数配点法解正交各向异性板的积分方程

本文推导了一般各向异性板弯曲的积分方程,运用加权残数配点法求解了正交各向异性板弯曲的积发方程,本文将部分配点取在边界上,另一部分配点取在域外,只用关于找度的基本积分方程,而不用关于转角的补充积分方程,简化了方程求解和计算程序,由于正交各向异性板没有争析形式的、实用的基本解,本文提出了两种新的近似基本解;加权双三角级数;广义各向同性板解析形式的基本解和加权双三角级数的叠加,算例表明,本文提出的解法和近似基本解适用于各类边界条件的正交各向异性板,具有简单、可靠、精度高等优点。     

Exact solutions of multi-term fractional difusion-wave equations with Robin type boundary conditions

General exact solutions in terms of wavelet expansion are obtained for multiterm time-fractional difusion-wave equations with Robin type boundary conditions. By proposing a new method of integral transform for solving boundary value problems, such fractional partial diferential equations are converted into time-fractional ordinary diferential equations, which are further reduced to algebraic equations by using the Laplace transform. Then, with a wavelet-based exact formula of Laplace inversion, the resulting exact solutions in the Laplace transform domain are reversed to the time-space domain. Three examples of wave-difusion problems are given to validate the proposed analytical method.     

Exact solutions of multi-term fractional diffusion-wave equations with Robin type boundary conditions

General exact solutions in terms of wavelet expansion are obtained for multi- term time-fractional diffusion-wave equations with Robin type boundary conditions. By proposing a new method of integral transform for solving boundary value problems, such fractional partial differential equations are converted into time-fractional ordinary differ- ential equations, which are further reduced to algebraic equations by using the Laplace transform. Then, with a wavelet-based exact formula of Laplace inversion, the resulting exact solutions in the Laplace transform domain are reversed to the time-space domain. Three examples of wave-diffusion problems are given to validate the proposed analytical method.     

A new method for solving Biot＇s consolidation of a finite soil layer in the cylindrical coordinate system

A new method is developed to solve Biot＇s consolidation of a finite soil layer in the cylindrical coordinate system. Based on the governing equations of Biot＇s consolidation and the technique of Laplace transform, Fourier expansions and Hankel transform with respect to time t, coordinate θ and coordinate r, respectively, a relationship of displacements, stresses, excess pore water pressure and flux is established between the ground surface （z = 0） and an arbitrary depth z in the Laplace and Hankel transform domain. By referring to proper boundary conditions of the finite soil layer, the solutions for displacements, stresses, excess pore water pressure and flux of any point in the transform domain can be obtained. The actual solutions in the physical domain can be acquired by inverting the Laplace and the Hankel transforms.     

Generalized solutions of transient thermal shock problem with bounded boundaries

In this work, the generalized thermoelastic solutions with bounded boundaries for the transient shock problem are proposed by an asymptotic method. The governing equations are taken in the context of the generalized thermoelasticity with one relaxation time (L–S theory). The general solutions for any set of boundary conditions are obtained in the physical domain by the Laplace transform techniques. The corresponding asymptotic solutions for a thin plate with finite thickness, subjected to different sudden temperature rises in its two boundaries, are obtained by means of the limit theorem of Laplace transform. In the context of these asymptotic solutions, two specific problems with different boundary conditions have been conducted. The distributions of displacement, temperature and stresses, as well as the propagations, intersections and reflections of two elastic waves, named as thermoelastic wave and thermal wave separately, are obtained and plotted. These results are agreed with the results obtained in the existing literatures.     

Time-domain Green’s functions for unsaturated soils. Part I: Two-dimensional solution

In this article, primarily a brief discussion about the formulation of unsaturated soils including the equilibrium, air and moisture transfer equations is presented. Then the closed form two-dimensional Green’s functions of the governing differential equations for an unsaturated deformable porous medium with linear elastic behavior for a symmetric polar domain in both Laplace transform and time domains have been introduced, for the first time. Using the linear form of the governing differential equations and considering the effects of non-linearity of the governing equations, the Green’s functions have been derived exactly and verified in both Laplace transform and time domains.