Higher order asymptotic solution of mode I crack growth in elastic-perfectly plastic media

A higher order asymptotic solution of near-tip field is studied for plane-atrain Mode-I quasi-static steady crack growth in the incompressible (v=1/2) elastic perfectly-plastic media. The results show that the near-tip stress and strain are fully continuous, and the strain possesses In (A/r) singularity at the crack tip. The expressions of the stress, strain and velocity in each region are also given. The project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China     

Waves in a Bed under Periodic Tangential Loading

The far-zone structure of the wave field in an elastic bed on a rigid foundation is considered. The wave field is generated by a tangential periodic force applied to the bed surface. The amplitude- frequency characteristics of surface vibrations for propagating modes are found. The partition of energy between different modes is considered.__________Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 46, No. 4, pp. 109–115, July– August, 2005.     

幂硬化可压缩材料Ⅰ型动态裂纹尖端奇异场

研究了平面应变条件下幂硬化可压缩材料中定常扩展的Ⅰ型动态裂纹尖端应力应变奇异场．采用Ｊ２流动理论和场量直角坐标分量，得到了应力应变奇异性不同时的裂纹尖端渐近场，其中场量的角变化规律和理想弹塑性材料的完全相同     

Nonlinear Responses of a Magnetoelastic Beam in a Step-Pulsed Magnetic Field

A theoretical study is carried out on the dynamics of a magnetoelastic beam being in a step-pulsed magnetic field. For this aim, the magnetic potential and elastic energies are determined for the beam and partial differential equations are established according to Hamilton's principle. It is proven that the magnetoelastic beam can give a variety of complex behavior in the case of step-pulsed field excitations. An intermediate regime of two-well chaos is observed. Theoretical findings were found to be in a good agreement with the experimental results for the specific system parameters. On leave from Institute of Physics, University of Bayreuth, 65440 Bayreuth, Germany An erratum to this article is available at .     

含球形空腔或刚性夹杂的中厚圆板在弯曲变形时的弹性场

本文将空间轴对称问题的Папковиц-Neuber通解用复变量广义解析函数表示,推导出用复变函数法求解空间轴对称问题的基本公式,并以此为工具求得了含球形空腔或刚性夹杂的中厚圆板在轴对称弯曲变形时的完全解.     

架设阶段悬索桥静力问题的随机有限元分析

架设阶段的悬索桥不仅具有显著的几何非线性行为，而且存在材料特性的变异。本文建立了以增量形式表达的非线性摄动法随机有限元列式，并编制了悬索桥静力分析程序ＳＮＡＰ。针对一座国内在建的悬索桥，计算了该桥在某一施工阶段考虑缆索弹性模量随机性时主梁跨中点位移的变化。结果表明，材料随机性的影响十分明显。     

压力场中光纤应变测量方法研究

本文对压力场环境下的光纤应变测量方法进行了研究，在理论上分析了由于测试环境的压力变化产生虚假应变的原因，提出了采用补偿的方法消除虚假应变。通过具有补偿功能的马赫－泽得干涉系统对应变场进行了测量，证明了补偿法的可靠性，为光纤应变测量方法向实用化转变进行了有益的探讨。     

Dual-parameter elastic-plastic fracture criterion of metals and alloys in the plane strain case

In recent years, some investigators discussed the applicability of the HRR theory for engineering materials based on the results of numerical analyses and experimental studies. In the present paper, the finite element method is employed to analyze the crack tip fields of the engineering elastic-plastic material with a variety of geometry configurations of cracked specimens from elastic state to intensely general yielded state in the plane strain case. The results indicate that the HRR theory loses its validity of application for engineering elastic-plastic materials in the plane strain case. The reasons for this are analyzed. A dual-parameter fracture criterion is suggested for this case.     

Monitoring of metabolic profiling and water status of Hayward kiwifruits by nuclear magnetic resonance

The metabolic profiling of kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa, Hayward cultivar) aqueous extracts and the water status of entire kiwifruits were monitored over the season (June-December) using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methodologies. The metabolic profiling of aqueous kiwifruit extracts was investigated by means of high field NMR spectroscopy. A large number of water-soluble metabolites were assigned by means of 1D and 2D NMR experiments. The change in the metabolic profiles monitored over the season allowed the kiwifruit development to be investigated. Specific temporal trends of aminoacids, sugars, organic acids and other metabolites were observed.The water status of kiwifruits was monitored directly on the intact fruit measuring the T₂ spin-spin relaxation time by means of a portable unilateral NMR instrument, fully non-invasive. Again, clear trends of the relaxation time were observed during the monitoring period.The results show that the monitoring of the metabolic profiling and the monitoring of the water status are two complementary means suitable to have a complete view of the investigated fruit.     

The Effect of Fluoro Substitution upon the β‐Hairpin Fold of a β‐Tetrapeptide in Methanol

The importance of β‐peptides lies in their ability to mimic the conformational behavior of α‐peptides, even with a much shorter chain length, and in their resistance to proteases. To investigate the effect of substitution of β‐peptides on their dominant fold, we have carried out a molecular‐dynamics (MD) simulation study of two tetrapeptides, Ac‐(2R,3S)‐β^2,3hVal(αMe)‐(2S)‐β²hPhe‐(R)‐β³hLys‐(2R,3S)‐β^2,3‐Ala(αMe)‐NH₂, differing in the substitution at the C_α of Phe2 (pepF with F, and pepH with H). Three simulations, unrestrained (UNRES), using ³J‐coupling biasing with local elevation in combination with either instantaneous (INS) or time‐averaging (AVE) NOE distance restraining, were carried out for each peptide. In the unrestrained simulations, we find three (pepF) and two (pepH) NOE distance bound violations of maximally 0.22 nm that involve the terminal residues. The restrained simulations match both the NOE distance bounds and ³J‐values derived from experiment. The fluorinated peptide shows a slightly larger conformational variability than the non‐fluorinated one.