Energy elastic effects and the concept of temperature in flowing polymeric liquids

The incorporation of energy elastic effects in the modeling of flowing polymeric liquids is discussed. Since conformational energetic effects are determined by structural features much smaller than the end-to-end vector of the polymer chains, commonly employed single conformation tensor models are insufficient to describe energy elastic effects. The need for a local structural variable is substantiated by studying a microscopic toy model with energetic effects in the setting of a generalized canonical ensemble. In order to examine the dynamics of flowing polymeric liquids with energy elastic effects, a thermodynamically admissible set of evolution equations is presented that accounts for the evolution of the microstructure in terms of a slow tensor, as well as a fast, local scalar variable. It is demonstrated that the temperature used in the definition of the heat flux is directly related to the Lagrange multiplier of the microscopic energy in the generalized canonical partition function. The temperature equation is discussed with respect to, first, the dependence of the heat capacity on the polymer conformation and, second, the possibility to measure experimentally the effects of the conformational energy.

The role of tangential diffusion in evaluating the performance of flamelet models

For non-premixed combustion, the steady laminar flamelet model (SLFM) and flamelet/progress variable approach (FPVA) are two popular methods for tabulating flamelet manifolds. Even if the two methods are used to tabulate and parameterize the same flamelet database, their results sometimes differ in the subsequent simulation. In this work, a novel perspective is provided to assess the performance of the SLFM and FPVA. Both approaches are compared with respect to their capabilities to capture tangential diffusion (TD) of the thermochemical state variables along iso-surfaces of mixture fraction. The relevance of TD effects is identified using generalized flamelet equations and regimes by comparing flamelet solutions with and without TD terms to a FTC (full transport and chemistry) solution of a well-known non-premixed coflow flame. It is found that TD effects can play an important role in entire mixture fraction space, even in the classical flamelet regime. This suggests that the ability to characterize TD effects is an important performance indicator for tabulation strategies. Thereafter, an a priori analysis is conducted comparing the results from the FPVA and SLFM (using the same flamelet database) with the FTC results. The results show that the FPVA is able to more accurately describe the thermochemical state and the flame structure than the SLFM. For a more detailed assessment of the two tabulation strategies, the TD terms reconstructed from the FPVA and SLFM are compared to those from the FTC results. It is found that the FPVA can capture a significant portion of TD effects, while the SLFM can hardly characterize TD effects. This particular capability allows the FPVA to describe chemistry-transport interaction and flame structure more accurately than the SLFM.     

PERTURBATION TO THE SYMMETRIES AND ADIABATIC INVARIANTS OF HOLONOMIC VARIABLE MASS SYSTEMS

The perturbation problem of symmetries for the holonomic variable mass systems under small excitation is discussed. The concept of high-order adiabatic invariant is presented, and the form of adiabatic invariants and the conditions for their existence are given. Then the corresponding inverse problem is studied. Finally an example is presented to illustrate these results.     

Numerical solutions of peristaltic flow of Williamson fluid with radially varying MHD in an endoscope

In this article we have studied the peristaltic motion of an incompressible Williamson fluid with constant and radially varying magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) in an endoscope. Using the low Reynolds and long wavelength assumptions, the equations of Williamson fluid model in simplified form are solved using (i) the HAM method and (ii) the Shooting method. The comparisons of both solutions have been found a very good agreement. Graphical results have been presented for various emerging parameters. © British Crown Copyright 2010/MOD. Reproduced with permission. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Variable viscosity effects on the peristaltic motion of a third‐order fluid

The effect of variable viscosity on the peristaltic motion of MHD third‐order fluid in a channel is studied using slip condition. The series solution for stream function, longitudinal velocity and pressure gradient are first derived and then discussed in detail. The pressure rise and frictional forces are monitored through numerical integration. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

两种高分辨率数值方法计算波前有非均匀流的变截面管内激波传播规律的比较

本文采用两种对间断解具有高分辨率的数值方法基于推广Riemann问题解的二阶Godunov型有限差分法和分裂算子的随机选取法,计算了微波在波前有非均匀定常流的一维变截面管道中的传播和波后流场特征,得到一致结果,用数值模拟方法揭示了这类运动的一些特殊规律。对比两种方法的计算过程和结果,可以看出,二阶Godunov型方法明显优于随机选取法。     

平面连续体多工况应力约束下结构拓扑优化的有无复合体方法

本文在[4]的基础上,按“有无复合体”模型对应力的约束下多工况平面连续体结构拓扑优化的求解进行研究,提出了“工况影响系数”的概念,用于“病态荷载”问题的识别的解决,获得了令人满意的数值结果。     

The Method of Multiple Scales Applied to the Nonlinear Stability Problem of a Truncated Shallow Spherical Shell of Variable Thickness with the Large Geometrical Parameter

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循环加载作用下皮肤应力软化的连续介质模型

皮肤组织作为富含纤维的非均匀材料,具有复杂的力学特性．皮肤组织在循环加载作用下,随着循环次数的增加,加载过程的应力响应逐渐降低,并最终达到不随循环次数增加而改变的稳定状态,这种现象被称为应力软化行为．本文对加载过程中纤维的延展机制对宏观力学响应的影响进行研究,认为在外界载荷较小时该机制主导了宏观层次上的应力软化行为,随着外界载荷的增大,拉伸过程中微观结构损伤的演化开始产生影响,而且此时内部微观结构的演化由两种机制共同影响,据此建立了连续介质模型,将宏观尺度上应力软化行为和微观结构的演化相关联．将所获得的应力响应理论结果与猪离体头部皮肤在循环加载作用下的实验结果进行对比分析,证明了该模型能够合理地描述皮肤组织在循环加载作用下的应力软化行为．     

变刚度层叠梁的力学性能研究

为满足不同场景下的功能需求,变刚度结构得到越来越广泛的应用．以机器人手臂为例,在执行操作时,需要其手臂的结构刚度足够大,避免出现过大的扭曲和变形,而在与人交互时,又需要其结构足够柔软,以保证在此过程中与人交互的安全性．该类变刚度结构可根据需求通过外部激励在柔性和刚性状态之间自由切换．在该文章中,研究分析了层叠梁结构,通过理论推导和数值模拟,对其力学性能做出了很好的预测,同时为此类结构的研究提供了有效可靠的思路和方法．