Confined buckling of inextensible rods by convex difference algorithms

In this Note we present an approach to determine the local minima of a specific class of minimization problems. Attention is focused on the inextensibility condition of flexible rods expressed as a nonconvex constraint. Two algorithms are derived from a special splitting of the Lagrangian into the difference of two convex functions (DC). They are compared to the augmented Lagrangian methods used in this context. These DC formulations are easily extended to contact problems and applied to the determination of confined buckling shapes. To cite this article: P. Alart, S. Pagano, C. R. Mecanique 330 (2002) 819–824.     

浅埋的圆柱形孔洞对SH波的散射与地震动

研究了浅埋的圆柱形孔洞对以任意方向入射的平面SH波的散射与地震动问题。利用复变函数和多极坐标方法构造了问题的位移解。当入射波的波长与圆孔的半径相比较小时,地震动将受到较大的影响。影响地震动有三个主要参数:(1)SH波的入射角0;(2)入射波波数,即圆柱形孔洞的半径与入射波半波长之比;(3)h/R,即圆柱形孔洞至表面的距离与圆孔半径之比。当较大时,地震动幅值变化激烈,位移幅值可出现跳动和放大的现象。当h/R增大至10～12时,位移幅值变化恢复至半空间的情况,表明圆柱形孔洞的影响可被忽略。     

Rheology of coal suspensions

Proper design of operations encountered in preparation, transport and employment of suspensions like coal slurries and coal-oil mixtures require an accurate knowledge of their rheological behaviour.Such concentrated suspensions generally exhibit non-Newtonian behaviour (shearthinning) which is more pronounced at higher coal concentrations. The nature of the dispersing medium influences the aggregation state of the disperse phase and, consequently, affects the stability and the rheology of the systems. In the present paper coal suspensions prepared with different dispersing media and covering a wide range in solid phase concentration are studied, by using a rotational coaxial cylinders viscometer.Different models have been taken into consideration for correlating experimental data. In particular, in order to describe the dependence of viscosity on shear rate and solid phase concentration, the suitability of the model suggested by Smith and Bruce is evaluated. Accordingly, the aggregation state of the disperse phase as well as its dependence on shear rate and dispersing medium can be estimated.     

Finite amplitude waves superimposed on pseudoplanar motions for Mooney-Rivlin viscoelastic solids

This paper deals exclusively with finite amplitude motions in viscoelastic materials for which the stress is the sum of a part corresponding to the classical Mooney-Rivlin incompressible isotropic elastic solid and of a dissipative part corresponding to the classical viscous incompressible fluid. Of particular interest is a finite pseudoplanar elliptical motion which is an exact solution of the equations of motion. Superposed on this motion is a finite shearing motion. An explicit exact solution is presented. It is seen that the basic pseudoplanar motion is stable with respect to the finite superposed shearing motion. Particular exact solutions are obtained for the classical neo-Hookean solid and also for the classical Navier-Stokes equations. Finally, it is noted that parallel results may be obtained for a basic pseudoplanar hyperbolic motion.     

遥感技术用于固体力学实验研究的新成果

在岩石、混凝土和钢材加载直到破坏的过程中用红外和微波遥感技术进行了观测研究．发现这些材料在加载过程中其红外和微波辐射温度、红外辐射波谱及红外热像均随应力的变化而变化．材料破坏前这些变化表现出某些前兆性特征．研究表明遥感技术可作为固体力学研究的一种新手段，并可望在工程上得到应用     

Periodization of random media and representative volume element size for linear composites

Several existing numerical studies show that the effective linear properties of random composites can be accurately estimated using small volumes subjected to periodic boundary conditions – more suitable than homogeneous strain or stress boundary conditions – providing that a sufficient number of realizations are considered. Introducing the concept of periodization of random media, this Note gives a new definition of representative volume element which leads to estimates of its minimum size in agreement with existing theoretical results. A qualitative convergence criterion for the numerical simulations is proposed and illustrated with finite element computations. To cite this article: K. Sab, B. Nedjar, C. R. Mecanique 333 (2005).     

Linear relationship between the first invariants of the stress and strain tensors in theories of plasticity with strain hardening

Energy-coupled stress and strain measures are defined in Euler coordinates. They are used to analyze the relationship between the first invariants of the stress and strain tensors for linearity and to determine strains at which the plastic component of the first strain invariant can be neglected. It is established that this relationship remains linear within an engineering plastic-strain tolerance of 0.2% irrespective of the value of strain intensity, which depends on the type of material and its stress state __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 60–72, March 2007.     

PARTITION OF UNITY FINITE ELEMENT METHOD FOR SHORT WAVE PROPAGATION IN SOLIDS

IntroductionIt is known that standard finite element procedure is unable to simulate the wavepropagation with high oscillations or gradients in space in the media with reasonableefficiency and accuracy due to the nature of polynomial interpolation approxi…     

非对称射流形成的几何理论(二)

将平板非对称正碰撞形成射流满足的定常方程组封闭条件推广到非正碰情况，提出了平面二维条件下非对称射流形成的一般理论，给出了射流形成的临界条件和出流射流的理论公式。对斜碰撞情形下非对称射流的出流方向、厚度随碰撞角和来流初始位形的变化规律进行了理论预测和数值模拟，理论解与二维欧拉程序的仿真结果符合较好。