A finite element approach to the chaotic motion of geometrically exact rods undergoing in-plane deformations

The paper is concerned with a hybrid finite element formulation for the geometrically exact dynamics of rods with applications to chaotic motion. The rod theory is developed for in-plane motions using the direct approach where the rod is treated as a one-dimensional Cosserat line. Shear deformation is included in the formulation. Within the elements, a linear distribution of the kinematical fields is combined with a constant distribution of the normal and shear forces. For time integration, the mid-point rule is employed. Various numerical examples of chaotic motion of straight and initially curved rods are presented proving the powerfulness and applicability of the finite element formulation.     

Fracture mechanics of laminated glass subjected to blast loading

A failure criterion based on energy balance approach is introduced for the laminated glass panel subjected to blast loading. Based on this failure criterion, a damage factor is developed to assess the failure of the laminated glass panel. If the damage factor is less than one, the plate is safe otherwise unsafe. Trigonometric function is employed to express the transverse deflection and the Airy’s stress function in von Karman’s large deflection equations of a thin plate. The nonlinear ordinary differential equation of motion obtained using the Galerkin method is solved using Runge–Kutta method. The predicted results indicate that the breakages of the laminated glass may be caused by the negative phase of the blast load if the positive phase blast load is not violent enough to cause failure. Also, the size of glass shards the laminated glass plies breaks in to is predicted using the surface energy based failure model.     

Prediction of thermal conductivity of composites with spherical fillers by successive embedding

In this study, a new model to predict the thermal conductivity of composites with spherical fillers is proposed. The original Eshelby model is extended to a finite filler volume fraction by successively embedding small filler volume fraction. The predicted results by the present model are compared with bounds such as parallel, series, and Hashin–Shtrikman models, results by modified Eshelby model, generalized self-consistent model, and effective medium theory, and the experimental results from the literature. It is found that the present model always lies between the bounds and shows better agreement with the experimental results than the other models for various filler volume fractions and thermal conductivity ratios.     

Besov Spaces with General Weights

We introduce Besov spaces with general smoothness. These spaces unify and generalize the classical Besov spaces. We establish the $\varphi $-transform characterization of these spaces in the sense of Frazier and Jawerth and we prove their Sobolev embeddings. We establish the smooth atomic, molecular and wavelet decomposition of these function spaces. A characterization of these function spaces in terms of the difference relations is given.     

Strong solutions to stochastic wave equations with values in Riemannian manifolds

Let M be a d-dimensional compact Riemannian manifold. We prove existence of a unique global strong solution of the stochastic wave equation , where Y is a C¹-smooth transformation and W is a spatially homogeneous Wiener process on whose spectral measure has finite moments up to order 2.     

Generalized doubling constructions for constant mean curvature hypersurfaces in <Emphasis Type="Italic">S</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>+1</Superscript>

The sphere S ⁿ⁺¹ contains a simple family of constant mean curvature (CMC) hypersurfaces of the form C _t : = S ^p (cos t) × S ^q (sin t) for p + q = n and called the generalized Clifford hypersurfaces. This paper demonstrates that new, topologically non-trivial CMC hypersurfaces resembling a pair of neighbouring generalized Clifford tori connected to each other by small catenoidal bridges at a sufficiently symmetric configuration of points can be constructed by perturbative PDE methods. That is, one can create an approximate solution by gluing a rescaled catenoid into the neighbourhood of each point; and then one can show that a perturbation of this approximate hypersurface exists, which satisfies the CMC condition. The results of this paper generalize those of the authors in [3].     

On the relationships of seven numerical sequences

We analyze the relationships of four classical and three recently defined classes of numerical sequences. This research was partially supported by the Hungarian National Foundation for Scientific Research under Grant # T042462 and TS44782.     

Multivariate polynomial interpolation: conjectures concerning GC-sets

GC-sets are subsets T of of the appropriate cardinality for which, for each τ ∈ T, there are n hyperplanes whose union contains all of T except for τ, thus making interpolation to arbitrary data on T by polynomials of degree ≤ n uniquely possible. The existing bivariate theory of such sets is extended to the general multivariate case and the concept of a maximal hyperplane for T is highlighted, in hopes of getting more insight into existing conjectures for the bivariate case.      

The Valuations of the Near Octagon {\mathbb{H}}_4

Let , n  ≥ 2, be the near 2n-gon on the 2-factors of a complete graph with 2n + 2 vertices. In this paper, we classify the valuations of the near octagon . We use this classification to study isometric full embeddings of into DQ(8,2) and DH(7,4). We show that there is up to isomorphism a unique isometric full embedding of into each of these dual polar spaces. Further applications are expected in the classification of dense near polygons with lines of size 3.