Development of a finite-element analysis methodology for the propagation of delaminations in composite structures

Analysing the collapse of skin-stiffened structures requires capturing the critical phenomenon of skin-stiffener separation, which can be considered analogous to interlaminar cracking. This paper presents the development of a numerical approach for simulating the propagation of interlaminar cracks in composite structures. A degradation methodology was introduced in MSC.Marc, which involved the modelling of a structure with shell layers connected by user-defined multiple-point constraints (MPCs). User subroutines were written that employ the virtual crack closure technique (VCCT) to determine the onset of crack growth and modify the properties of the user-defined MPCs to simulate crack propagation. Methodologies for the release of failing MPCs are presented and are discussed with reference to the VCCT assumption of self-similar crack growth. The numerical results obtained by using the release methodologies are then compared with experimental data for a double-cantilever beam specimen. Based on this comparison, recommendations for the future development of the degradation model are made, especially with reference to developing an approach for the collapse analysis of fuselage-representative structures. Russian translation published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 15–42, January–February, 2007.     

关于多项式系数微分方程复振荡理论的两个结果

本文证明了：如果ａ_ｋ－ｊ（ｊ＝１，…，ｋ）为多项式，ｄｅｇａ_ｋ－ｊ＝ｎ_ｋ－ｊ，存在某个ａ_ｋ－s（１≤ｓ≤ｋ）满足：当１≤ｊ＜ｓ时，ｎ_ｋ－ｊ／ｊ≤ｎ_ｋ－s／ｓ；当ｓ＜ｊ≤ｋ时，ｎ_ｋ－ｊ＜ｎ_ｋ－s－（ｊ－ｓ）．如果Ｆ≠０是整函数且满足σ（Ｆ）＝β＜（ｎ_ｋ－s＋ｓ）／ｓ，那么微分方程ｆ^（ｋ）＋ａ     

Single-server queues with spatially distributed arrivals

Consider a queueing system where customers arrive at a circle according to a homogeneous Poisson process. After choosing their positions on the circle, according to a uniform distribution, they wait for a single server who travels on the circle. The server's movement is modelled by a Brownian motion with drift. Whenever the server encounters a customer, he stops and serves this customer. The service times are independent, but arbitrarily distributed. The model generalizes the continuous cyclic polling system (the diffusion coefficient of the Brownian motion is zero in this case) and can be interpreted as a continuous version of a Markov polling system. Using Tweedie's lemma for positive recurrence of Markov chains with general state space, we show that the system is stable if and only if the traffic intensity is less than one. Moreover, we derive a stochastic decomposition result which leads to equilibrium equations for the stationary configuration of customers on the circle. Steady-state performance characteristics are determined, in particular the expected number of customers in the system as seen by a travelling server and at an arbitrary point in time.     

A decomposition result for a class of polling models

Boxma and Groenendijk have shown that the workload in polling models decomposes into two independent variables. This paper demonstrates a different type of decomposition that has an explicit multi-dimensional form. This decomposition does not apply to all polling models, but does, for example, apply to models with constant switch-over times and either exhaustive or gated service disciplines. For such models, we show that the population of customers present in the system (represented by a vector indicating the number of customers at each queue) at key time points breaks into two independent subpopulations: (1) the population of customers present in the related model with zero switch-over times; (2) another population, which is particularly easy to analyze. This result has a number of theoretical and applied implications.     

An infinite dimensional affine nil algebra with finite Gelfand-Kirillov dimension

The famous 1960's construction of Golod and Shafarevich yields infinite dimensional nil, but not nilpotent, algebras. However, these algebras have exponential growth. Here, we construct an infinite dimensional nil, but not locally nilpotent, algebra which has polynomially bounded growth.

     

The Elimination of Grains and Grain Boundaries in Grain Growth

The topological changes that occur during coarsening of 2D and 3Dcellular structures, such as polycrystals, areinvestigated. Particular attention is given to the elimination ofgrain boundaries and grains with more than the minimum number oftopological elements. A thermodynamic criterion is introduced tofind out which topological transformations are favoured, based on theevaluation of the Gibbs free energy of the initial and finalconfigurations. In general, elimination of grains is possible only ifthe number of their neighbours is below a critical value, which maybe affected by geometry.     

Study on the dispersion characteristic of the plasma-loaded relativistic BWO

The dispersion characteristic of the plasma-loaded relativistic backward wave oscillator has been analyzed. The theoretical model has been established and the numerical calculations accord with the experimental results, which provides some useful suggestions on the designing of slow-wave structure of BWO.     

具有新光学性质的Zn-Zn2SiO4纳米同轴线阵列

采用气相沉积技术在Si衬底上生长了Zn-Zn₂SiO₄芯-壳结构纳米同轴线阵列。根部呈笋状的纳米同轴线,直径约100nm,长度可以超过10μm;同轴线芯直径约50nm、壳层厚约25nm。通过X射线衍射的表征以及能量色散谱的线扫描,确定纳米同轴线的芯为Zn,壳层为Zn₂SiO₄。我们提出了一种新的生长机制,同时也为生长均匀的纳米同轴线提供一种新的技术。观察阴极荧光谱发现,纳米同轴线有三个主要发光带:强度最大的中紫外300nm发光、较弱的可见光区560nm以及红外谱区865nm的发光。对纳米同轴线截面的300nm发光峰观测发现,中紫外发光来源于Zn₂SiO₄壳层。正是这种同轴线的结构,使得其具备特殊的光学性质。