Microstructure morphology transitions at mesoscopic epitaxial surfaces

Spiral surface growth is well understood in the limit where motion of the spiral ridge is controlled by the local supersaturation of adatoms in its surrounding. In liquid epitaxial growth, however, spirals can form governed by both, transport of heat as well as solute. We propose for the first time a two-scale model of epitaxial growth which takes into account all of these transport processes. This new model assumes a separation of length scales for the transport of heat compared to that of the solutal field. It allows for the first time numerical simulations of extended surface regions by at the same time taking into account microstructure evolution and microstructure interaction. We apply this model successfully to extend the scaling relation for the step spacing given by the BCF theory [Phil. Trans. R. Soc. London, Ser. A 243, 299 (1951)] to microstructure evolution governed by heat and solute diffusion. Further applications to understand the mechanisms and consequences of spiral interaction at epitaxial surfaces, in particular the resulting morphology transitions, are discussed.     

Effect of air gaps on ballistic resistance of targets for conical impactors

High velocity penetration of a rigid conical impactor into a ductile target with air gaps between the plates is studied using the cylindrical cavity expansion approximation describing impactor–target interaction. It is showed that the latter model predicts improvement of the ballistic performance of the target with the increase of air gaps. It is found analytically that the ballistic limit velocity of the target consisting of N plates with a fixed total thickness with large air gaps increases with the increase of N. The conditions are discussed when the predicted effects can be most pronounced.     

Thermocapillary convection in an absorbing-scattering medium subjected to irradiation

The criteria for the onset of thermocapillary convection in a horizontal radiating fluid layer heated by an incident thermal radiative energy source are determined. The fluid layer is an absorbing and isotropically scattering medium confined between a free upper surface and an insulated rigid lower surface. Linear analysis is performed on the continuity, momentum, energy, and approximate radiative equations. The resulting disturbance equations are solved using a numerical optimization technique to obtain the eigenvalues governing the onset of convective motion. The influence of thermal radiation on the critical Marangoni number is examined. Attention is drawn to the physical significance of the heat transfer mode, gravitational force, the scattering effect, and the surface radiative properties. The conditions leading to the onset of convection are presented as functions of the optical thickness, scattering albedo, Planck number, surface emissivities, and transmissivities.     

Subgrid models preserving the symmetry group of the Navier–Stokes equations

In order to preserve the physical properties of the flow (scaling laws, conservation laws, …) during the simulation, a class of subgrid models respecting the symmetry group of the Navier–Stokes equations is built. The class is then refined such that models satisfy the second law of thermodynamics and are suited to take into account the inverse energy cascade. A simple model belonging to the class is tested and a better result than those provided by Smagorinsky and dynamic models is obtained. To cite this article: D. Razafindralandy, A. Hamdouni, C. R. Mecanique 333 (2005).     

Experimental dynamic analysis of elastic-plastic shear frames with secondary structures

Various experimental models are developed to study the influence of lightweight secondary structures on the dynamic response of elastic and elastic-plastic shear frames. Small-scale two-story model frames, with an elastic single-degree-of-freedom secondary structure attached, are considered for sinusoidal and random in-plane support excitation. Both elastic and elastic-plastic responses are recorded by varying the material properties of the columns of a distinguished floor. Parametric studies are performed by varying the secondary structure's fundamental frequency and damping. Experimental results are compared with those obtained by computational simulations. Experimental and numerical results are in excellent agreement, however they show that the material properties have to be determined very carefully. The statistic response of randomly excited elastic-plastic structures is not much affected by the motion of tuned secondary structures. However, this dynamic behavior is not true for elastic main structures. In this case, an optimally tuned secondary structure decreases the structural response up to 25%.     

Diffusion in isotropic and anisotropic porous systems: Three-dimensional calculations

Effective diffusion coefficients were calculated numerically for three-dimensional unit cells representative of different unconsolidated porous media. These numerical results were compared with the experimental results of Kim for packed beds of glass spheres, mica particles, and an artificial porous medium composed of mylar disks. These three-dimensional numerical results confirm that the porosity is the essential parameter for the determination of the effective diffusion coefficient in the case of unconsolidated isotropic systems. In the case of anisotropic systems, better agreement is obtained between numerical predictions and actual data when the unit cell is three-dimensional rather than twodimensional. This emphasizes the fact that three-dimensional unit cells feature more realistic geometrical properties which are needed to accurately describe anisotropic systems.     

注塑模流道优化设计

在注塑成型过程中，浇注系统的设计合理与否对产品质量和效益都有决定性的影响，给出了基于流动模拟的流道平衡算法。该算法在流道、型腔布置及浇口尺寸确定后自动调整流道尺寸直到满足熔体流动平衡约束，通过一个三型腔家族式模具验证了该算法。     

Precise control for vibration of rigid–flexible mechanical arm

In the present paper, based on the nonlinear dynamic equation of spacial flexible mechanical arm with dual-link bar, the method of linear quadratic control is used to eliminate the remain vibration of mechanical arm. In the process of computation, the traditional differential algorithm is replaced by the time integration method. Because of taking the more precise time-intervals in the given time-interval and avoiding a lot of computational difficulties, the method of this paper has the characteristics of high precision and unconditional stable. For a typical structure, the precise control law is obtained and the advantages of the algorithm in this paper are shown.     

机翼/外挂颤振主动抑制的控制律研究

本文介绍了对机翼/外挂系统的颤振抑制控制律的研究。并用三种控制律的结果进行了风洞实验验证。结果表明:控制律的设计是成功的,理论计算与实验结果吻合良好。 文中重点介绍了两种控制律,它们都是以现代控制理论为基础。首先,把最优控制理论与颤振分析的状态空间法相结合,得到状态反馈。然后导出不同的输出反馈。文中,还讨论了该系统的阵风减缓和稳定裕度。 为对比起见,还给出了在同一模型上,用气动能量概念方法导出的控制律。由此,可看出它们在颤振抑制效益上的差异。