Dynamic response of anisotropic sandwich flat panels to explosive pressure pulses

This paper addresses the problem of the dynamic response in bending of flat sandwich panels exposed to time-dependent external blast pulses. The study is carried out in the context of an advanced model of sandwich structures that is characterized by anisotropic laminated face sheets and an orthotropic core layer, and a closed form solution of the dynamic response to a variety of blast pulses is provided. A detailed analysis of the influence of a large number of parameters associated with the particular type of pressure pulses, panel geometry, fiber orientation in the face sheets and, presence of tensile uni/biaxial edge loads on dynamic response is carried out, and pertinent conclusions are outlined.     

Hydrodynamic modelling of a direct drive wave energy converter

In this article we present numerical studies of waves interacting with a cylindrical point absorber that is directly driving a seabed based linear generator. For waves useful for power conversion, the wave/point absorber interaction can be modelled, using potential theory assuming an inviscid irrotational incompressible fluid. The generator is modelled as a viscous damper. This paper pays special attention to the case when the converter is in resonance with the wave. The power capture capability of the system has been studied both for a harmonic wave and for real ocean waves.     

Phase relationships and transport in Ti-, Ce- and Zr-substituted lanthanum silicate systems

The solubility of Ti⁴⁺ in the lattice of apatite-type La_9.83Si_6−xTi_xO_26.75 corresponds to approximately 28% of the Si-site density. The conductivity of La_9.83Si_6−xTi_xO_26.75 (x = 1–2) is predominantly oxygen-ionic and independent of the oxygen partial pressure in the p(O₂) range from 10⁻²⁰ to 0.3 atm. The electron transference numbers determined by the modified faradaic efficiency technique are lower than 0.006 at 900–950 °C in air. The open-circuit voltage of oxygen concentration cells with Ti-doped silicate electrolytes is close to the theoretical Nernst value both under oxygen/air and air/10%H₂–90%N₂ gradients at 700–950 °C, suggesting the stabilization of Ti⁴⁺ in the apatite structure. Titanium addition in La_9.83Si_6−xTi_xO_26.75 (x = 1–2) leads to decreasing ionic conductivity and increasing activation energies from 93 to 137 kJ/mol, and enhanced degradation in reducing atmospheres due to SiO volatilization. At p(O₂) = 10⁻²⁰ atm and 1223 K, the conductivity decrease after 100 h was about 5% for x = 1 and 17% for x = 2. The solubility of Zr⁴⁺ in the La_9.83Si_6−xZr_xO_26.75 system was found to be negligible, while the maximum concentration of Ce⁴⁺ in La_9.4−xCe_xSi₆O_27−δ is approximately 5% with respect to the number of lanthanum sites.     

Penetration into low-strength (23 MPa) concrete: target characterization and simulations

A combined experimental, analytical, and computational research and development program investigates the penetration of steel projectiles into low-strength concrete. Laboratory-scale material property tests conducted at the US Army Waterways Experiment Station on the concrete provide the data used in parameter estimation for a geomaterial constitutive model. The experiments and the model are described as well as the procedure used to fit the material model to the experimental data. The model accurately reproduces the data and predicts experimental results not used in the evaluation of model constants. The model, used in conjunction with an explicit transient dynamic finite element code, accurately predicts deceleration and depth of penetration of 3 CRH ogive-nosed 4340 steel penetrators.     

Vacancy-ordered yttria stabilized zirconia as a low-temperature electronic conductor achieved by laser melting

Laser melting is known to be capable in initiating thorough evolution in microstructure and bringing novel functional performance in metals. But realization of this potential in ceramics only reaches a preliminary stage that needs further investigation. Here we demonstrate zirconia, traditionally an insulative ceramic at low temperature, could be transformed into an electronic conductor with the conductivity on order of 10⁻³ S⋅cm^-1 at room temperature by a simple laser melting process without inducing metallic phases. Transmission electron microscopy and ab-initio simulation show that oversaturated oxygen vacancies, together with their ordered metastable distribution along <001 > , are introduced during this non-equilibrium process, and result in a clear defect level significantly narrowing bandgap to less than 1 eV, leading to the considerable electronic conductivity. These results identify a strategy of utilizing this non-equilibrium method in oxide ceramics to realize some unconventional performances determined by metastable structure thoroughly altered down to atomic level.     

楔形体匀速和自由落体水弹性砰击的半解析法求解EI北大核心CSCD

针对二维弹性楔形体入水过程的流固耦合问题,提出一种基于耦合Wagner理论和模态叠加法的半解析解方法。结构湿表面的速度势基于Wagner理论求解并考虑了结构弹性影响。砰击压力根据伯努利方程求解,为提高求解精度考虑了伯努利方程中速度平方项。通过平均弹性速度修正模型推导出附加质量和阻尼矩阵,将其代入固体动力学方程从而建立统一的流固耦合方程,耦合方程通过基于隐式的Newmark-β算法实现求解。通过计算楔形体垂直恒速和自由落体入水两种运动状态,并与基于半解析、数值和试验的文献结果进行了对比,验证了所提理论的可靠性。     

张紧器系统对顶张式立管固有频率的影响研究

采用Euler-Bernoulli梁模型建立立管的水平运动控制方程,并应用Galerkin方法化简求得立管的固有频率。考虑平台的升沉运动,对比了推导的张紧器详细模型和工程常用的简化模型下立管的固有频率。最后基于推导的详细模型,研究了张紧器结构参数对立管固有频率的影响。结果表明:立管固有频率受浮体升沉运动的影响,浮体升沉运动会改变立管的共振特性,引起立管共振点的迁移和转变;采用不同张紧器模型,立管固有频率存在差异,且该差异随着固有频率阶次的增大而增大;立管固有频率受张紧器结构参数的影响,在实际工程中应合理选择张紧器的参数大小,以避免发生参激共振和涡激共振。