Chargements axisymétriques d'un bicouche transversalement isotropeAxisymmetric loading on a transversely isotropic two-layered medium

An exact three-dimensional analysis is developped for an axisymmetric loading acting on the surface of a semi-infinite medium composed by two transversely isotropic materials. The loading is assumed to be parallel to the elastic symmetry axis of the upper layer. The solutions of a concentrated force and a uniform loading distributed on a circle are obtained by exact integral expressions. The numerical results are performed to show the anisotropic effect with isovalue curves of stress. To cite this article: C. Ruimy, M. Dahan, C. R. Mecanique 330 (2002) 469–473.     

Filament sets, aposyndesis, and the decomposition theorem of Jones

Applications of the work introduced by the authors in a recent article, Filament sets and homogeneous continua, are given to aposyndesis and local connectedness. The aposyndetic decomposition theorem of Jones is generalized to spaces with the property of Kelley.

     

On the second law of thermodynamics

The second law of thermodynamics has two distinct aspects to its foundations. The first concerns the question of why entropy goes up in the future, and the second, of why it goes down in the past. Statistical physicists tend to be more concerned with the first question and with careful considerations of definition and mathematical detail. The second question is of quite a different nature; it leads into areas of cosmology and quantum gravity, where the mathematical and physical issues are ill understood.     

Macroscopic modelling of transport phenomena in porous media. 1: The continuum approach

This is the first of two papers presenting a systematic development of a continuum model of a porous medium and of transport processes occurring in it. The concept of a Representative Elementary Volume (REV) as opposed to any arbitrary volume of averaging quantities at the micro-scale, is quantified. A universal criterion for selecting the size of an REV as a function of measurable characteristics of a porous medium and selected tolerance levels of estimation errors, is developed. The rules of spatial averaging are extended by including the effects of both the configuration of the solid matrix and of interphase transfer phenomena within an REV.     

Variational methods for fluid–structure interaction and porous media

In this work we consider a poroelastic, flexible material that may deform largely, which is situated in an incompressible fluid driven by the Navier–Stokes equations in two or three space dimensions. By a variational approach we show existence of weak solutions for a class of such coupled systems. We consider the unsteady case, this means that the PDE for the poroelastic solid involves the Fréchet-derivative of a non-convex functional as well as (second order in time) inertia terms.     

Drained and Undrained Poroelastic Properties of Healthy and Pathological Bone: A Poro-Micromechanical Investigation

Poro-micromechanics allows for the quantification of poroelastic properties such as the Biot and Skempton coefficients, once a continuum micromechanics model for the material under consideration has been developed and validated. Employing such a model for the transversely isotropic elasticity of cortical and trabecular bone, we determine the tensors of Biot and Skempton coefficients as functions of the volume fractions of mineral, collagen, and the micropore space (Haversian and Volkmann canals, and the inter-trabecular space). Increase of microporosity, as experienced in osteoporosis, as well as decrease of mineral content, as experienced in osteomalacia, lead to an increase of Biot and Skempton coefficients, i. e. to magnification of the mechanical role of the marrow filling the micropore space. For quantification of the marrow pressure rise upon downfall, undrained conditions are appropriate, as can be shown by model predictions of non-destructive impact experiments.     

零维物质体和微态物质体

在这篇文章里,R.G Muncaster的零维弹性体被推广到一般的高阶零维物质体。从非极连续介质力学理论出发,我们推出了零维物质体的所有平衡方程和热力学不等式。再从这些方程和不等式推出微态物质体的相应平衡方程和热力学不等式。这样,我们在零维物质体理论和微态物质体理论之间建立了一个类似于刚性质点力学和古典非极连续介质力学之间关系的关系。     

双层碳纳米管中的周向导波

考虑双层碳纳米管的层间范德华力,采用连续介质力学的波动理论,建立了双层碳纳米管中周向导波传播模型,研究周向导波的频散现象.通过与单层碳纳米管结果的比较表明,双层碳纳米管中周向导波的传播表现出更为明显的频散特性,出现更多的模态干涉现象,并发现在某些特殊频率处出现成对模态的消失与新启现象.     

Dynamic theory for smectic A liquid crystals

A dynamic continuum theory is presented for smectic A liquid crystals in which the usual director n and unit layer normal a do not always necessarily coincide. Most previous dynamic continuum theories equate n with a; the theory developed in this article allows n and a to differ in non-equilibrium situations, work that has been motivated by the recent investigations by Auernhammer et al. (Rheol. Acta 39, 215–222, 2000; Phys. Rev. E 66, 061707, 2002) and Soddemann et al. (Eur. Phys. J. E 13, 141–151, 2004). The usual Oseen constraint () for smectics is not imposed upon the unit normal a. Permeation is also included. After a summary of the complete dynamic equations, an application is given via an example which shows that planar aligned layers of smectic A subjected to an arbitrary periodic disturbance are linearly stable.      

Simulation of crack spacing using a reinforced concrete model with an internal length parameter

Summary A gradient-enhanced smeared crack model and bond-slip interface elements are utilized in finite element simulations of reinforced concrete. The crack model is rooted in an enhanced plasticity theory. It uses the Rankine failure surface dependent on an equivalent inelastic strain measure as well as on its Laplacian. As a result, finitely sized fracture process zones and realistic crack spacings are obtained. A reinforced concrete bar in uniaxial tension is analyzed to demonstrate the regularizing influence of the internal length parameter in the model and to evaluate the influence of the model parameters on the energy dissipation in multiple cracks. A comparison of numerical simulations with experimental results for a beam without shear reinforcement in four-point bending concludes the analysis. Received 4 November 1997; accepted for publication 23 April 1998