Dependent Choices and Anti‐Foundation

In Zermelo‐Fraenkel set theory without the Axiom of Foundation we study the schema version of the principle of dependent choices in connection with Aczel's antifoundation axiom (a part of it), Boffa's anti‐foundation axiom, and axiom of collection.     

The influence of annealing on thermal transitions in a nematic copolyester

Thermal transitions of a glassy, main chain, liquid crystalline, random copolyester, HIQ‐40, have been characterized. HIQ‐40 is made from 40 mol percent p‐hydroxybenzoic acid (HBA) and 30 mol % each of p‐hydroquinone (HQ) and isophthalic acid (IA). This polymer is soluble in organic solvents, permitting the preparation of thin, solution‐cast films that are in a glassy, metastable, optically isotropic state. On first heating of an isotropic HIQ‐40 film in a calorimeter, one glass transition is observed at low temperature (approximately 42°C), and is ascribed to the glass/rubber transition of the isotropic polymer. A cold crystallization exotherm centered near 150°C is observed. This is associated with the development of low levels of crystalline order. A broad melting endotherm is centered at about 310°C; this endotherm marks the melting of crystallites and the transformation to a nematic fluid. A nematic to isotropic transition was not observed by calorimetry. After quenching from the nematic melt, a T_g is observed in the range of 110–115°C and is associated with the glass/rubber transition of the nematically ordered polymer. Annealing optically isotropic films at temperatures above the isotropic glass transition results in the systematic development of axial order. In these annealed samples, T_g increases rapidly until it is near the annealing temperature, then T_g increases more slowly at longer annealing times. In as‐cast films annealed at 120–135°C, the light intensity transmitted through a sample held between crossed polarizers in an optical microscope (a qualitative measure of birefringence and, in turn, axial order) initially increases rapidly and uniformly throughout the sample and, at longer annealing times, approaches asymptotic values that are higher at higher annealing temperatures. The increase in transmitted intensity is ascribed to the development of axial order. The uniform increase in transmitted intensity suggests that ordering occurs by a rather global process and not via a nucleation and growth mechanism. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 37: 505–522, 1999     

An analytical poroelastic model for laboratorial mechanical testing of the articular cartilage (AC)

The articular cartilage (AC) can be seen as a biphasic poroelastic material. The cartilage deformation under compression mainly leads to an interstitial fluid flow in the porous solid phase. In this paper, an analytical poroelastic model for the AC under laboratorial mechanical testing is developed. The solutions of interstitial fluid pressure and velocity are obtained. The results show the following facts. (i) Both the pressure and fluid velocity amplitudes are proportional to the strain loading amplitude. (ii) Both the amplitudes of pore fluid pressure and velocity in the AC depend more on the loading amplitude than on the frequency. Thus, in order to obtain the considerable fluid stimulus for the AC cell responses, the most effective way is to increase the loading amplitude rather than the frequency. (iii) Both the interstitial fluid pressure and velocity are strongly affected by permeability variations. This model can be used in experimental tests of the parameters of AC or other poroelastic materials, and in research of mechanotransduction and injury mechanism involved interstitial fluid flow.     

Isotropic polynomial invariants of Hall tensor

The Hall tensor emerges from the study of the Hall effect, an important magnetic effect observed in electric conductors and semiconductors. The Hall tensor is third-order and three-dimensional, whose first two indices are skew-symmetric. This paper investigates the isotropic polynomial invariants of the Hall tensor by connecting it with a second-order tensor via the third-order Levi-Civita tensor. A minimal isotropic integrity basis with 10 invariants for the Hall tensor is proposed. Furthermore, it is proved that this minimal integrity basis is also an irreducible isotropic function basis of the Hall tensor.     

考虑侧面摩擦的侧限压缩模型的数值解法

海上箱筒型基础结构下沉到位后,舱内土体的受力变形可以看作是侧限压缩模型问题,上部荷载引起的侧壁摩擦力与土体应力之间的关系较为复杂。本文通过简化模型,列出了侧限压缩模型的平衡微分方程,分析了方程解析计算时存在的难点,结合摩擦应力边界条件的特点,构造函数迭代法对该方程进行数值求解,展示了计算的收敛过程,得到接触侧面上水平应力和土体表面位移的非线性分布规律,并将其结果与ABAQUS数值模拟结果进行了对比。结果表明,函数迭代法收敛速度较快,计算过程稳定,对其他存在变量耦合边界条件的微分方程数值求解有一定的参考价值。     

Damped vibration of a graphene sheet using a higher-order nonlocal strain-gradient Kirchhoff plate model

A higher-order nonlocal strain-gradient model is presented for the damped vibration analysis of single-layer graphene sheets (SLGSs) in hygrothermal environment. Based on Kirchhoff plate theory in conjunction with a higher-order (bi-Helmholtz) nonlocal strain gradient theory, the equations of motion are obtained using Hamilton's principle. The higher-order nonlocal strain gradient theory has lower- and higher-order nonlocal parameters and a material characteristic parameter. The presented model can reasonably interpret the softening effects of the SLGS, and indicates a reasonably good match with the experimental flexural frequencies. Finally, the roles of viscous and structural damping coefficients, small-scale parameters, hygrothermal environment and elastic foundation on the vibrational responses of SLGSs are studied in detail.     

主动隔振下固支薄板基础振动抑制的参数多目标优化

考虑动力设备-隔振器-薄板基础为复合主动隔振体系,并将薄板视为固支形式;以传递力作用在薄板基础上某点导纳为中间变量,在传递力、导纳、薄板振动峰值位移及峰值点距离影响因素分析的基础上,进行了系统耦联参数的多目标优化研究。优化算法采用较新的强度Pareto进化算法(SPEA2),该算法具有参数设置少、收敛速度快、寻优能力强及Pareto最优解分布均匀等优点。目标函数考虑为薄板振动的位移峰值及峰值点间的距离,目的是在有效控制薄板振动的同时,尽可能地使薄板趋于单峰值点振动,这对于板上附属操作设备及工作人员是有利的;最后,在最优参数的基础上对隔振器的安装位置进行讨论研究。数值计算结果表明,本文方法可有效地计算出隔振系统的最优参数,并为工业建筑及其他工程振动的最优隔振设计提供新思路。     

简易振动台试验设备研制

为了完成多桩型复合地基抗液化性能振动台试验,利用实验室已有的反力墙和作动器,设计了一个小型的简易单向振动台系统和堆叠式剪切模型箱。堆叠式剪切模型箱内部尺寸为1200mm×800mm×772mm,由8层铝合金框架和7层橡胶条叠合而成。利用ANSYS有限元软件对模型箱及地基-模型箱进行了动力分析,并通过饱和粉细砂地基模型振动台试验验证了模型箱的效果。结果表明,所设计的模型箱能够较成功地模拟天然场地的边界条件,为多桩型复合地基抗液化性能振动台试验的顺利进行打下基础。     

横观各向同性材料中激光超声谱有限元数值模拟

研究了横观各向同性材料中激光超声波的传播特征.基于谱有限元方法,建立了横观各向同性材料中激光超声的数值模型.利用谱有限元方法模拟脉冲激光作用于材料上产生超声波及其传播的过程.讨论了横观各向同性薄板的各向异性及各向同性平面内超声波的传播特征,并分析了材料厚度的变化对产生超声波模态的影响.     

Measuring derived acoustic power of an ultrasound surgical device in the linear and nonlinear operating modes

Objective and motivationThe method for measuring derived acoustic power of an ultrasound point source in the form of a sonotrode tip has been considered in the free acoustic field, according to the IEC 61847 standard. The main objective of this work is measuring averaged pressure magnitude spatial distribution of an sonotrode tip in the free acoustic field conditions at different electrical excitation levels and calculation of the derived acoustic power at excitation frequency (f₀ ≈ 25 kHz). Finding the derived acoustic power of an ultrasonic surgical device in the strong cavitation regime of working, even in the considered laboratory conditions (anechoic pool), will enable better understanding of the biological effects on the tissue produced during operation with the considered device.Experimental methodThe pressure magnitude spatial distribution is measured using B&;K 8103 hydrophone connected with a B&;K 2626 conditioning amplifier, digital storage oscilloscope LeCroy Waverunner 474, where pressure waveforms in the field points are recorded. Using MATLAB with DSP processing toolbox, averaged power spectrum density of recorded pressure signals in different field positions is calculated. The measured pressure magnitude spatial distributions are fitted with the appropriate theoretical models.Theoretical approachesIn the linear operating mode, using the acoustic reciprocity principle, the sonotrode tip is theoretically described as radially oscillating sphere (ROS) and transversely oscillating sphere (TOS) in the vicinity of pressure release boundary. The measured pressure magnitude spatial distribution is fitted with theoretical curves, describing the pressure field of the considered theoretical models. The velocity and displacement magnitudes with derived acoustic power of equivalent theoretical sources are found, and the electroacoustic efficiency factor is calculated. When the transmitter is excited at higher electrical power levels, the displacement magnitude of sonotrode tip is increased, and nonlinear behaviour in loading medium appears, with strong cavitation activity produced hydrodynamically. The presence of harmonics, subharmonics and ultraharmonics as a consequence of stable cavitation is evident in the averaged power spectral density. The cavitation noise with continuous frequency components is present as a consequence of transient cavitation. The averaged pressure magnitude at the frequency components of interest (discrete and continous) in the field points is found by calculating average power spectral density of the recorded pressure waveform signal using the welch method. The frequency band of interest where average power spectral density is calculated is in the range from 15 Hz up to 120 kHz due to measurement system restrictions. The novelty in the approach is the application of the acoustic reciprocity principle on the nonlinear system (sonotrode tip and bubble cloud) to find neccessary acoustic power of the equivalent acoustic source to produce the measured pressure magnitude in the field points at the frequency components of interest.ResultsIn the nonlinear operating mode, the ROS model for the considered sonotrode tip is chosen due to the better agreement between measurement results and theoretical considerations. At higher excitation levels, it is shown that the averaged pressure magnitude spatial distribution of discrete frequency components, produced due to stable cavitation, can be fitted in the far field with the inverse distance law. The reduced electroacoustic efficiency factor, calculated at excitation frequency component as ratio of derived acoustic power with applied electrical power, is reduced from 40% in the linear to 3% in the strong nonlinear operating mode. The derived acoustic power at other frequency components (subharmonic, harmonic and ultraharmonic) is negligible in comparison with the derived acoustic power at excitation frequency.Discussion and conclusionsThe sonotrode tip and loading medium are shown in the strong cavitation regime as the coupled nonlinear dynamical system radiating acoustic power at frequency components appearing in the spectrum. The bubble cloud in the strong nonlinear operating mode decreases the derived acoustic power significantly at the excitation frequency.