Size-dependent sharp indentation—I: a closed-form expression of the indentation loading curve

In this paper, a closed-form expression of the size-dependent sharp indentation loading curve has been proposed based on dimensional analysis and the finite deformation Taylor-based nonlocal theory (TNT) of plasticity (Int. J. Plasticity 20 (2004) 831). The key issue is to link the results of FEM based on TNT plasticity with those obtained using conventional FEM by taking as the effective strain gradient, η, that presented in the work of Nix and Gao (J. Mech. Phys. Solids 46 (1998) 411), thus avoiding large-scale finite element computations using strain gradient plasticity theories. Two experiments carried out on 316 stainless-steel and pure titanium have been used to verify the effectiveness of the present analytical model; the results demonstrate that the present analytical expression of the size-dependent indentation loading curve corresponds very well to the experimental indentation loading curve. The empirical constant, α, in the Taylor model estimated from the experimental data has the correct order of magnitude. Also, the results presented in this part can be further applied to establish an analytical framework to extract the plastic properties of metallic materials with sharp indentation on a small scale where the size effect caused by geometrically necessary dislocations is significant. This will be discussed in detail in the second part of the paper.     

Review of peridynamics for multi-physics coupling modeling

广义来说, 近场动力学(peri-dynamics,PD)是假设每个物质点在承受一定范围内的非接触相互作用下,研究整个物理系统演化过程的理论,为涉及非连续和非局部相互作用的问题提供了一个统一的数学框架,具有广泛的适用性.在简要介绍诸多工程对于多物理场模型和数值计算软件的迫切需求后,针对现有商用软件在处理结构非连续演化问题时遇到的瓶颈,引入近场动力学理论和方法. 概述近场动力学固体力学模型,系统阐述近场动力学扩散模型和近场动力学多物理场耦合建模的研究现状和进展,主要涉及电子元器件、电子封装和岩土工程领域的多物理场耦合建模,包括热--力、湿--热--力、热--氧、热--力--氧、力--电、热--电、力--热--电、多孔介质的水--力流固相互作用等非耦合、半耦合与完全耦合模型,强调发展耦合方程数值解法的重要性.最后对扩散问题和多物理场耦合问题的近场动力学理论模型、数值算法和工程应用做进一步展望.     

Some inverse problems for the nonlocal heat equation with Caputo fractional derivative

A class of inverse problems for restoring the right‐hand side of a fractional heat equation with involution is considered. The results on existence and uniqueness of solutions of these problems are presented.     

Convergence analysis for second‐order accurate schemes for the periodic nonlocal Allen‐Cahn and Cahn‐Hilliard equations

In this paper, we provide a detailed convergence analysis for fully discrete second‐order (in both time and space) numerical schemes for nonlocal Allen‐Cahn and nonlocal Cahn‐Hilliard equations. The unconditional unique solvability and energy stability ensures ? ⁴ stability. The convergence analysis for the nonlocal Allen‐Cahn equation follows the standard procedure of consistency and stability estimate for the numerical error function. For the nonlocal Cahn‐Hilliard equation, because of the complicated form of the nonlinear term, a careful expansion of its discrete gradient is undertaken, and an H ^?1 inner‐product estimate of this nonlinear numerical error is derived to establish convergence. In addition, an a priori bound of the numerical solution at the discrete level is needed in the error estimate. Such a bound can be obtained by performing a higher order consistency analysis by using asymptotic expansions for the numerical solution. Following the technique originally proposed by Strang (eg, 1964), instead of the standard comparison between the exact and numerical solutions, an error estimate between the numerical solution and the constructed approximate solution yields an O (s ³+h ⁴) convergence in norm, in which s and h denote the time step and spatial mesh sizes, respectively. This in turn leads to the necessary bound under a standard constraint s ≤C h . Here, we also prove convergence of the scheme in the maximum norm under the same constraint.     

一类1 < α < 2非局部条件下的脉冲分数阶微分方程mild解的存在性

本文研究了一类1 < α < 2非局部条件下的脉冲分数阶偏微分方程mild解的存在性问题.利用解算子的相关性质及Krasnoselskii不动点理论的方法,获得了这类方程的mild解并予以证明,且得到了解的存在性结果.     

Capillarity problems with nonlocal surface tension energies

We explore the possibility of modifying the classical Gauss free energy functional used in capillarity theory by considering surface tension energies of nonlocal type. The corresponding variational principles lead to new equilibrium conditions which are compared to the mean curvature equation and Young’s law found in classical capillarity theory. As a special case of this family of problems we recover a nonlocal relative isoperimetric problem of geometric interest.     

Nonlocal transmission problems with fractional diffusion and boundary conditions on non-smooth interfaces

We consider a transmission problem consisting of two semilinear parabolic equations involving fractional diffusion operators of different orders in a general non-smooth setting with emphasis on Lipschitz interfaces and transmission conditions along the interface. We give a unified framework for the existence and uniqueness of strong and mild solutions, and their global regularity properties.     

非对称的非局部塑性理论

从非局部连续场论出发，假定形变与局部转动均属微小，当存在体力矩出现非对称应力场时，设对称应力的能量函数和非对称应力的能量函数可以独立计算。基于热力学原理和屈服面的概念，建立了一种新的非对称－非局部弹塑性力学理论。     

周期性结构热动力时间-空间多尺度分析

研究一种时间-空间多尺度渐近均匀化分析方法，模拟不同的极端热和动力载荷下微尺度多 相周期性结构中热动力响应问题，并建立一个广义的波动函数场控制方程描述热动力响应. 通过引入一个放大空间尺度和两个缩小时间尺度，在不同时间尺度上获得由空间非均匀性引 起的波动效应和非局部效应. 根据高阶均匀化理论在空间和时间上进行均匀化，获得高阶非 局部函数场波动方程. 并进一步用C0连续修正了高阶非局部函数场波动方程的有限元近 似解，使问题的求解避免了对有限元离散的C1连续性要求. 并与经典的空间均匀化方法 相比较，指出了经典的空间均匀化方法的局限性，进一步以一维非傅立叶热传导和热动力问 题为例，讨论了各种情况下方法的正确性与有效性.