Incompatible curved quadrilateral plate bending element with 12-degrees of freedom

This paper presents a new curved quadrilateral plate element with12-degree freedom by the exact element method.The method can be used to arbitrary non-positive and positive definite partial differential equations without variation principle.Using this method,the compatibility conditions between element can be treated very easily,if displacements and stress resultants are continuous at nodes between elements.The displacements and stress resultants obtained by the present method can converge to exact solution and have the second order convergence speed.Numerical examples are given at the end of this paper,which show the excellent precision and efficiency of the new element.     

Design of a curved surface constant force mechanism

A new curved surface constant force mechanism which mainly consists of a roller and a curved surface has been proposed. The magnitude and the direction of normal force caused by squeezing between the roller and the curved surface satisfy a certain relationship, thus the decomposed force of the normal force keeps constant in a certain direction all the times. According to the envelope theorem, the trajectory of the roller center and the profile of the curved surface are obtained by ignoring friction. Then, the influence of the friction is discussed in detail. In addition, the simulation is performed to verify the theoretical calculation. The simulation results show that the output force is relatively constant and the friction has little effect on the output force.     

Curvilinear smoothed particle hydrodynamics

We suggest a new set of equations to employ smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) in a curvilinear space, and we refer to it as curvSPH. In classical SPH, the horizontal and vertical resolution of discretization is supposed to be equal for fluid particles. However, curvSPH makes the horizontal and vertical resolutions independent from each other. This is performed by transformation of physical space into an appropriate computational space with a different scale in horizontal and vertical directions. Solving a problem using SPH in a curvilinear space also provides capability to model curved boundaries as straight lines. In classical SPH, special care is needed to reach a uniform mass distribution along curved boundaries; however, producing uniform mass distribution along a line using curvSPH is straight forward. Different simulations, including simulation of a flip bucket are performed to demonstrate the applicability of the proposed method. Good agreement of results with experimental data and classical SPH confirms the capabilities of curvSPH. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A high‐order element based adaptive mesh refinement strategy for three‐dimensional unstructured grid

Adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) shows attractive properties in automatically refining the flow region of interest, and with AMR, better prediction can be obtained with much less labor work and cost compared to manually remeshing or the global mesh refinement. Cartesian AMR is well established; however, AMR on hybrid unstructured mesh, which is heavily used in the high‐Reynolds number flow simulation, is less matured and existing methods may result in degraded mesh quality, which mostly happens in the boundary layer or near the sharp geometric features. User intervention or additional constraints, such as freezing all boundary layer elements or refining the whole boundary layer, are required to assist the refinement process. In this work, a novel AMR strategy is developed to handle existing difficulties. In the new method, high‐order unstructured elements are first generated based on the baseline mesh; then the refinement is conducted in the parametric space; at last, the mesh suitable for the solver is output. Generating refined elements in the parametric space with high‐order elements is the key of this method and this helps to guarantee both the accuracy and robustness. With the current method, 3‐dimensional hybrid unstructured mesh of huge size and complex geometry can be automatically refined, without user intervention nor additional constraints. With test cases including the 2‐dimensional airfoil and 3‐dimensional full aircraft, the current AMR method proves to be accurate, simple, and robust.     

Pulsatile flows in a lateral aneurysm anchored on a stented and curved parent vessel

We present particle tracking velocimetry measurements and flow visualization of pulsatile flow fields in a stented cerebrovascular lateral aneurysm model with a wide ostium anchored on a curved parent vessel. Among the stent parameters, the blocking ratioC _α ranging from 0% to 75% was selected to study its effect on the changes of intra-aneurysmal hemodynamics for the reference of minimally invasive endovascular aneurysm treatment. The Womersley number was 3.9 and the mean, peak, and minimal Reynolds numbers based on the bulk average velocity and diameter of the parent vessel were 600, 850, and 300, respectively. The results are characterized in terms of velocity vector field, coded streak images, region averaged velocity, vorticity, and wall shear stress. A critical range ofC _α related to the inflow location as well as the shape and number of intra-aneurysmal vortices is identified. The intra-aneurysmal flow activity, vortex strength, and wall shear stress are found to decrease with increasingC _α. Among theC _α examined,C _α=75% is the most favorable in attenuating the risk of aneurysmal rupture and promoting intra-aneurysmal thrombus.     

Spatial Motion of a Rod in a Viscous Fluid Flow

Equations of spatial motion of a curved finitelength rod in a viscous fluid flow are derived. Analytical solutions of problems on the motion of a straight rod under conditions of pure shear, simple shear, and uniaxial extension of the fluid are obtained. Longitudinal stability of the straight rod during its spatial motion is considered. Effective viscosity of a suspension filled by rigid straight rods is evaluated.     

Free-surface flow over curved surfaces: Part I: Perturbation analysis

The standard two-dimensional shallow water equation formulation assumes a mild bed slope and no curvature effect. These assumptions limit the applicability of these equations for some important classes of problems. In particular, flow over a spillway is affected by the bed curvature via a decidedly non-hydrostatic pressure distribution. A detailed derivation of a more general equation set is given here in Part I. The method relies upon a perturbation expansion to simplify a bed-fitted co-ordinate configuration of the three-dimensional Euler equations. The resulting equations are essentially the equivalent of the two-dimensional shallow water equations but with curvature included and without the mild slope assumption. A finite element analysis and flume result are given in Part II. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

椭圆截面曲线管道内二次流动的Galerkin解

推导了任意空间曲线直角坐标系内的张量流体力学方程．采用Galerkin方法和计算机符号运算技术求解了椭圆截面螺旋管道（电括弯管、扭管）内的二次流动．计算结果表明了Galerkin方法的适用和有效性，克服了振动法的小参数局限．对所得结果的分析揭示了椭圆截面螺旋管道内流动的特性，给出了k,r和Re较大情况的研究结论．     

柔性曲梁多体系统的研究现状和展望

本文对近几年来柔性多体系统建模理论的研究进展进行了评述, 详细阐述了曲梁结构多体系统动力学研究的理论背景和工程意义. 结合连续介质力学和多体系统动力学理论, 介绍了平面曲梁、空间曲梁应变位移场的描述以及几何非线性问题研究现状. 通过国内外文献及已有的研究, 综述了现有曲梁的离散化方法, 以及这些方法对于定曲率、变曲率曲梁的适用性. 然后, 总结了曲梁刚柔耦合动力学建模和数值计算中的难点问题, 介绍了平面曲梁、空间曲梁实验研究的现状. 最后, 综合全文, 提出了目前研究存在的难点问题, 以及计划解决这些难点问题的方法.      

密切曲面锥乘波体——-设计方法与性能分析

介绍了密切曲面锥(osculating curvedcone, OCC)乘波体的设计方法, 并对密切曲面锥乘波体的流场结构及气动特性进行了分析. 密切曲面锥方法采用具有直线激波和等熵压缩波系的曲面锥作为基准流场, 在定义乘波体激波型线(inlet capture curve, ICC)和前缘捕获型线(front capture tube, FCT)后, 采用密切轴对称和流线追踪技术, 设计生成密切曲面锥乘波体. 采用数值方法对设计的密切曲面锥乘波体进行了模拟, 理论设计结果和数值模拟结果一致. 对密切曲面锥乘波体和密切锥乘波体进行了比较, 密切曲面锥乘波体克服了密切锥乘波体压缩量不足及容积率偏小的缺点.