Highly Conducting Polyaniline Gels

An improved method, based on mechanical stirring and a controlled solvent evaporation process, is proposed to obtain PANI(CSA)_0.5/m‐cresol solutions, which lead to gels with conductivities in the range 3 to 150 S/cm, preserving the elasticity associated to the gel network. Such high conductivity values have only been found for brittle films cast from PANI solutions. According to our experimental results, there is no justification for an analogy between the elastic modulus and the conductivity of physical networks.     

Quantitative predictions of linear viscoelastic rheological properties of entangled polymers

The “dual constraint” model developed by Mead, Van Dyke et al. is here extended by inclusion of “early-time” contour-length fluctuations and constraint-release Rouse relaxation, and then evaluated by comparing its predictions with literature data for over 50 different linear and star polymers. By combining the reptation model of Doi and Edwards with contour-length fluctuations and constraint release, the model provides a systematic approach to prediction of the rheological properties of polymers. The parameters are taken from the literature and used consistently for linear polymers, star polymers, and their mixtures having the same chemical compositions. In most cases, the predictions of the model appears to agree well with data for monodisperse, bidisperse, and polydisperse linear and star polymers, except at low molecular weights. Received: 23 December 1999 Accepted: 28 March 2000     

Oscillatory squeezing flow of a biological material

Large-amplitude oscillatory squeezing flow data are reported for a complex biological material, which is highly shear-thinning in oscillatory shear flow. This soft tissue has a linear viscoelastic limit at a strain of approximately 0.2%. The oscillatory squeezing flow data at large strain are analyzed using two constitutive models: a bi-viscosity Newtonian model, and a non-linear Maxwell model. It is found that although both models may have the same response in shape, the later matches with our non-linear experimental data better. It is also concluded that the non-linear response of the material in large amplitude oscillatory flow is mainly due to the shear thinning of the material. Received: 9 February 2000/Accepted: 22 February 2000     

粘弹性圆薄板的动力学行为

基于线性粘弹性力学的Boltzmann叠加原理,给出粘弹性圆薄板动力学分析的初边值问题。通过一定的简化后得到描述薄板力学行为的四维非线性非自治动力系统。综合使用非线性动力学中的数值分析方法,研究了参数对粘弹性圆薄板动力学行为的影响。同时计算了吸引子的Lyapunov维、相关维和点形维。     

大变形下初始斜交异性本构方程

采用材料主轴法,建立了初始斜交异性材料在变形构形（Euler描述）下的斜交异性本构方程,以及在初始构形（Lagrange描述）下的形式。具体给出了斜交异性线弹性材料方程的显式,它在Lagrange描述下形式简洁,可方便地用于有限元计算。文中指出,在变形构形下是线弹性的材料,在Lagrange描述下其本构方程一般已成为非线性,我们称之为本构转换非线性。这种非线性在实际的有限元计算中还未引起重视。为理论简明,本构方程是对二维给出的。     

Biaxial Mechanical Evaluation of Planar Biological Materials

A fundamental goal in constitutive modeling is to predict the mechanical behavior of a material under a generalized loading state. To achieve this goal, rigorous experimentation involving all relevant deformations is necessary to obtain both the form and material constants of a strain-energy density function. For both natural biological tissues and tissue-derived soft biomaterials, there exist many physiological, surgical, and medical device applications where rigorous constitutive models are required. Since biological tissues are generally considered incompressible, planar biaxial testing allows for a two-dimensional stress-state that can be used to characterize fully their mechanical properties. Application of biaxial testing to biological tissues initially developed as an extension of the techniques developed for the investigation of rubber elasticity [43, 57]. However, whereas for rubber-like materials the continuum scale is that of large polymer molecules, it is at the fiber-level (∼1 μm) for soft biological tissues. This is underscored by the fact that the fibers that comprise biological tissues exhibit finite nonlinear stress-strain responses and undergo large strains and rotations, which together induce complex mechanical behaviors not easily accounted for in classic constitutive models. Accounting for these behaviors by careful experimental evaluation and formulation of a constitutive model continues to be a challenging area in biomechanics. The focus of this paper is to describe a history of the application of biaxial testing techniques to soft planar tissues, their relation to relevant modern biomechanical constitutive theories, and important future trends. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Linear theory of gravity waves on a Voigt viscoelastic medium

Linear surface gravity waves on a semi-infinite incompressible Voigt medium are studied in this paper. Three dimensionless parameters, the dimensionless viscoelastic parameter ϑ, the dimensionless wave number and the dimensionless surface tension are introduced. A dimensionless characteristic equation describing the waves is derived. This is a sixth order complex algebraic equation which is solved to give the complex dispersion relation. Based on the numerical solution, two critical values of ϑ, ϑ _A =0.607 and ϑ _B =2.380, which represent the appearance of the cutoff region and the disappearance of the strong dispersion region, are found. The effects of ϑ on the characteristic equation and the properties of the waves are discussed. The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (59709006)     

木材静压大变形本构关系研究

在研究木材静态缓冲特性的基础上,对实验数据进一步分析处理,得到了木材静压大变形情况下顺纹和横纹方向的静态本构关系。     

ANALYTICAL SOLUTION FOR MODE Ⅲ DYNAMIC RUPTURE OF STANDARD LINEAR VISCOELASTIC SOLID WITH NONLINEAR DAMPING

Introducing the nonlinear Rayleigh damping into the governing equation of the Mode Ⅲ dynamic rupture for standard viscoelastic solid, this equation is a partial differential and integral equation. First, eliminating the integral term, a PDE of third-order is obtained. Then, applying the small parameter expansion method, linearized asymptotic governing equation for each order of the small parameter is obtained. Dividing the third-order PDE into an elastic part with known solution, the rest part pertains to viscous effect which is neither a Mathieu equation nor a Hill one. The WKBJ method is still adopted to solve it analytically.