Stokes Flow through an Array of Staggered Strips

The Stokes flow through a periodic array of thin staggered strips is studied. The method of eigenfunction expansion and collocation is used to obtain detailed flow and pressure fields. The permeabilities in the three principle directions are found to be different and their characters depend heavily on the geometry. Approximate formulas are also obtained.     

The effect of laminations on the vibrational modes of circular annular plates

The purpose of this article is to present an experimental study of the effect of laminations on the vibrations of circular annular plates. To obtain a basis for comparison with experimental data, the natural frequencies and mode shapes of a series of solid circular annular plates were calculated using the finite element method. An extensive range of experiments were performed on both a series of solid models and a series of laminated models under a range of normal clamping pressures. Based on the analytical and experimental results, it was found that the vibrational behavior of the laminated plates was dominated by that of the individual plate of which they were composed and that the effects of the laminations on vibrations were mode type dependent. The effects on the transverse vibrational modes were dependent on both the normal clamping pressure and the number of plates. The amplitude of the frequency response function for these modes reduced quickly, and the resonant frequency of such modes shifted higher as the clamping pressure or the number of plates increased. For the in-plane vibrational modes, the amplitude of the frequency response function reduced slightly as the number of plates increased; the resonant frequency of such modes could be considered to be a constant and independent of both the clamping pressure and the number of plates.     

The wave attenuation on the mud bed

In the paper the wave attenuation in a two layer fluid system is studied. The fluid in the top layer is ideal and that in the lower layer is the Voigt model of the viscoelastic medium. A dispersion relation is derived and the rate of the wave decay is computed. The approximate explicit expressions of the decay rate for different water depth are given, where the viscoelasticity is either very large or very small. Compared with the numerical results, our results are very accurate, which can be used by an engineer. The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and by the Lianyungang Port Office, China     

A Variational Principle for the Revised Goodman–Cowin Theory with Internal Length

In the present study a variational principle is proposed for the revised Goodman–Cowin theory with internal length for cohesionless granular materials (Fang et al. in Continuum Mech Thermodyn in press). The balance equations of the internal variables employed in the theory in equilibrium states, the equilibrium expressions of the constitutive variables and the corresponding natural boundary conditions are derived by use of the proposed variational principle for both cases of compressible and incompressible grains. It is demonstrated that the derived results coincide with those obtained by use of the thermodynamic analysis. The current work serves as a supplementary variational verification of the constitutive theory proposed in Fang et al. (in Continuum Mech Thermodyn in press).     

INTERACTION-MEDIATED GROWTH OF CARBON NANOTUBES ON ACICULAR SILICA-COATED α-Fe CATALYST BY CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION

Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) with 20 nm outer diameter were prepared by chemical vapor deposition of ethylene using ultrafine surface-modified acicular α-Fe catalyst particles.The growth mechanism of MWNTs on the larger catalyst particles are attributed to the interaction between the Fe nanoparticles with the surface-modified silica layer.This interaction-mediated growth mechanism is illustrated by studying the electronic,atomic and crystal properties of surface-modified catalysts and MWNTs products by characterization with X-ray diffraction (XRD),transmission electron microscopy (TEM),high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM),thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) and Raman spectra.     

Numerical simulation on compressible turbulence by spectral method

The numerical and physical issues of simulations on compressible turbulence are reviewed in the present paper. An outline of the global spectral methods and the progress of recent local spectral methods are illustrated. Several typical subjects in this field are studied, including homogeneous isotropic turbulence, autoignition in premixed turbulence, interaction between flames and turbulence, and shock wave in turbulence. The results of the numerical simulations are discussed, enabling us to discover and to understand the physical phenomena which have not been solved by experiments.     

Isochromatic fringe sharpening and interpolation along an isoclinic countour,with application to fracture mechanics

A method is presented for photoelastic analyses whereby fractional fringe orders are determined with enhanced accuracy. It utilizes data from the Tardy compensation method and combines the data by a robust algorithm to produce highly sharpened isochromatic fringe contours in the immediate vicinity of an isoclinic line. Their sharpness provides accurate assessment of fractional fringe orders at a point, relative to that achieved with the broad fringes of the standard Tardy method. Errors introduced by small isoclinic deviations are quantified and found to be inconsequential. The method is well suited to the application of linear elastic fracture mechanics in fracture studies of threedimensional photoelasticity models of complex structures. It is demonstrated for the determination of stress intensity factor at a crack in the solid fuel element of a rocket motor, when the solid fuel is subjected to internal pressure. Other applications are practical, too.     

ANALYSIS OF FRICTION INDUCED VIBRATION UNDER THE ACTIVE DISTURBANCE REJECTION CONTROL FRAMEWORK 1)

自抗扰控制(active disturbance rejection control, ADRC)是一种具有两自由度控制结构的工程化方法, 由于其能够直观有效地处理多种扰动, 近些年来在许多机电系统上得到了成功应用. 当采用ADRC对带有摩擦力的机电系统进行调节时, 可能会产生极限环振动. 目前, 还没有ADRC框架下摩擦力振动精确分析的相关工作. 因此, 本文采用非线性动力学系统的分析工具对这一问题进行研究. 首先, 考虑两种典型摩擦力模型, 静态切换模型和动态LuGre 模型, 对一类二阶运动系统设计不同阶次的ADRC, 得到控制器的等效形式, 并揭示出与比例积分微分(proportional-integral-derivative, PID)控制之间的联系. 然后, 采用打靶法结合拟弧长延拓方法求解系统中的极限环, 并根据Floquet理论判断极限环的稳定性、可能出现的分岔以及分岔类型. 此外, 通过雅克比矩阵和近似数值方法对系统平衡点集的局部稳定性进行了分析. 最后, 通过数值计算研究了摩擦力模型和参数、ADRC阶次和参数对极限环和平衡点集的影响. 计算结果表明, 决定摩擦力Stribeck效应负斜率的参数$\beta$作用较大. 当$\beta>1$时, 两种摩擦力模型下的闭环系统呈现出相同的特性, 极限环会出现环面折叠分岔(cyclic fold bifurcation, CFB)且平衡点集是局部稳定的. 然而当$\beta<1$时, 两种闭环系统呈现出完全不同的特性. 此外, 不同阶次的ADRC在极限环的存在性和稳定性、平衡点集的稳定性上面的结论是相同的, 而低阶次的ADRC能够更好地解决摩擦力补偿和稳定鲁棒性之间的矛盾问题. 这些结论对实际现象的理解、ADRC阶次的选择以及参数整定提供了一定指导.     

Separation of heart rate variability components of the autonomic nervous system by utilizing principal dynamic modes

This work introduces a modified Principal Dynamic Modes (PDM) methodology using eigenvalue/eigenvector analysis to separate individual components of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous contributions to heart rate variability. We have modified the PDM technique to be used with even a single output signal of heart rate variability data, whereas the original PDMs required both input and output data. This method specifically accounts for the inherent nonlinear dynamics of heart rate control, which the current method of power spectrum density (PSD) is unable to do. Propranolol and atropine were administered to normal human volunteers intravenously to inhibit the sympathetic and parasympathetic activities, respectively. With separate applications of the respective drugs, we found a significant decrease in the amplitude of the waveforms that correspond to each nervous activity. Furthermore, we observed near complete elimination of these dynamics when both drugs were given to the subjects. Comparison of our method to the conventional low/high frequency ratio of PSD shows that PDM methodology provides much more accurate assessment of the autonomic nervous balance by separation of individual components of the autonomic nervous activities. The PDM methodology is expected to have an added benefit that diagnosis and prognostication of a patient's health can be determined simply via a non-invasive electrocardiogram.     

On the boundary value problem of elastostatics in terms of stresses

The boundary value problem of elastostatics in terms of six components of the stress consists of nine equations and three boundary conditions. In this paper, we distinguished between the possible cases and impossible cases, i.e., the problem is or is not equivalent to a boundary value problem of six equations and six boundary conditions.