A refined integro-surface energy-based model for vibration of magnetically actuated double-nanowire-systems carrying electric current

A novel surface energy-based model is developed to examine more precisely vibrations of current-carrying double-nanowire-systems immersed in a longitudinal magnetic field. Using Biot-Savart and Lorentz laws, a more refined version of interwire interactional magnetic forces is presented. By employing Rayleigh beam theory, the equations of motion are derived. In fact, these are coupled integro-differential equations which are more accurate with respect to those of the previously developed models. For simply supported and clamped nanosystems, governing equations are analyzed via assumed mode method. The effects of interwire distance, slenderness ratio, electric current, magnetic field strength, and surface effect on the fundamental frequency are addressed carefully. The obtained results display the importance of exploiting the refined model for vibration analysis of nanosystems with low interwire distance, high electric current, and high magnetic field strength.     

Geometrically non-linear analysis of laminated composite structures using a 4-node co-rotational shell element with enhanced strains

To demonstrate the solutions of linear and geometrically non-linear analysis of laminated composite plates and shells, the co-rotational non-linear formulation of the shell element is presented. The combinations of an enhanced assumed strain (EAS) in the membrane strains and assumed natural strains (ANS) in the shear strains improve the behavior of 4-node shell element. To secure computational efficiency in the incremental non-linear analysis, the present element uses the form of the resultant forces pre-integrated through the thickness. The transverse shear stiffness of the laminates is defined by an equilibrium approach instead of the shear correction factor. Numerical examples of this study show very good agreement with the references.     

基于宏观三角形分区平板壳单元的非线性有限元分析

针对剪切闭锁效应,本文研究了一种基于假设自然应变方法的宏观三角形分区平板壳单元。利用通用有限元软件ABAQUS所提供的用户自定义单元(UEL)和用户自定义材料(UMAT)子程序,本文将宏观三角形分区平板壳单元和基于损伤能释放率的混凝土弹塑性损伤本构模型成功嵌入了ABAQUS的主分析模块。经典试验McNeice双向混凝土板的数值模拟结果表明:宏观三角形分区平板壳单元对于描述板壳结构的非线性损伤行为是行之有效的。     

Nonlocal-integro-differential modeling of vibration of elastically supported nanorods

In the previously established nonlocal continuum-based models, small characteristic length was commonly incorporated into the mass matrix and the driving force vector which is a bit in contradiction with our sense regarding these factors. Herein, a nonlocal-integro-differential version of the constitutive relations is employed for the bulk and the surface layer of the nanorod. By adopting Hamilton's principle, integro-partial differential equations of motion of elastically supported nanorods are established accounting for both nonlocality and surface energy effects. Then, these are solved by an efficient meshless methodology. For fixed–fixed and fixed–free nanorods, modal analysis of the problem is also performed and the explicit expressions of the mass and stiffness matrices are derived. For these special cases, the obtained results by the meshless technique are successfully verified with those of the modal solution. In the newly developed numerical model, the small-scale parameter is only incorporated into the stiffness matrix which gives us a more realistic sense about the nonlocality effect. Subsequently, the roles of the surface energy, small-scale parameter, elastic supports, and kernel function on natural frequencies of the nanostructure are discussed and explained. This work can be considered as a pivotal step towards a more reasonable nonlocal modeling of vibration of nanoscale structures.     

Geometric nonlinear formulation and discretization method for a rectangular plate undergoing large overall motions

In the present paper, the geometric nonlinear formulation is developed for dynamic stiffening of a rectangular plate undergoing large overall motions. The dynamic equations, which take into account the stiffening terms, are derived based on the virtual power principle. Finite element method is employed for discretization of the plate. The simulation results of a rotating rectangular plate obtained by using such geometric nonlinear formulation are compared with those obtained by the conventional linear method without consideration of the stiffening effects. The application limit of the conventional linear method is clarified according to the frequency error. Furthermore, the accuracy of the assumed mode method is investigated by comparison of the results obtained by using the present finite element method and those obtained by using the assumed mode method.     

三维退化的壳理论和假定应变的壳单元

本文将Reissner-Mindlin板理论推广到空间曲壳结构,可称为Reissner-Mindlin型壳理论。从这种理论出发,可直接导出C(0)连续的壳体单元,即考虑横向剪切变型的影向的壳体单元,这种单元在国外已被广泛地采用,为克服这种单元在应用中所出现的剪切和膜的锁制现象同时又防止出现任何零能模式,作者提出了一种采用假定应变的新的壳单元公式,并对这种单元进行了广泛的数值试验,结果表明这种单元具有较高的精度和良好的性能。     

Large deformation of uniaxially loaded slender microbeams on the basis of modified couple stress theory: Analytical solution and Galerkin-based method

Large deformation regime of micro-scale slender beam-like structures subjected to axially pointed loads is of high interest to nanotechnologists and applied mechanics community. Herein, size-dependent nonlinear governing equations are derived by employing modified couple stress theory. Under various boundary conditions, analytical relations between axially applied loads and deformations are presented. Additionally, a novel Galerkin-based assumed mode method (AMM) is established to solve the highly nonlinear equations. In some particular cases, the predicted results by the analytical approach are also checked with those of AMM and a reasonably good agreement is reported. Subsequently, the key role of the material length scale on the load-deformation of microbeams is discussed and the deficiencies of the classical elasticity theory in predicting such a crucial mechanical behavior are explained in some detail. The influences of slenderness ratio and thickness of the microbeam on the obtained results are also examined. The present work could be considered as a pivotal step in better realizing the postbuckling behavior of nano-/micro- electro-mechanical systems consist of microbeams.     

Comment on “Precise Control for vibration of rigid-flexible mechanical arm”

The results presented in a paper by Zichen et al. [1] has some flaws. The idea in [1] is to combine assumed modes method using an integration method with optimal control adaptive law for a spatial rigid-flexible mechanical arm as an underactuated mechanical systems (UMS). The nonlinear dynamic equation formulation from reference [6] is incorrectly used in [1]. Furthermore, the control law approach in [1] was to achieve a similar result for a UMS rigid manipulator as the one published by Spong [2] and a proper citation must have been credited.     

An ‘assumed deviatoric stress-pressure-velocity’ mixed finite element method for unsteady,convective, incompressible viscous flow: Part II: Computational studies

In Part I of this paper we presented a mixed finite element method, for solving unsteady, incompressible, convective flows, based on assumed ‘deviatoric stress–velocity–pressure’ fields in each element, which have the features: (i) the convective term is treated by the usual Galerkin technique; (ii) the unknowns in the global system of finite element equations are the nodal velocities, and the ‘constant term’ in the arbitrary pressure field over each element; and (iii) exact integrations are performed over each element. In this paper we present numerical studies, both for steady as well as unsteady cases, of the problems: (a) the driven cavity, (b) Jeffry–Hamel flow in a channel, (c) flow over a ‘backward’ or ‘downstream’ facing step, and (d) flow over a square step. All these problems are two-dimensional in nature, although certain 3-D solutions are to be presented in a separate paper. The present results are compared with those which are available in the literature and are based on alternative approaches to treat incompressibility and convective acceleration. The possible merits of the present method are thus pointed out.