Finite element piezothermoelasticity analysis and the active control of FGM plates with integrated piezoelectric sensors and actuators

 An efficient finite element model is presented for the static and dynamic piezothermoelastic analysis and control of FGM plates under temperature gradient environments using integrated piezoelectric sensor/actuator layers. The properties of an FGM plate are functionally graded in the thickness direction according to a volume fraction power law distribution. A constant displacement-cum-velocity feedback control algorithm that couples the direct and inverse piezoelectric effects is applied to provide active feedback control of the integrated FGM plate in a closed loop system. Numerical results for the static and dynamic control are presented for the FGM plate, which consists of zirconia and aluminum. The effects of the constituent volume fractions and the influence of feedback control gain on the static and dynamic responses of the FGM plates are examined. Received: 13 March 2002 / Accepted: 5 March 2003 The work described in this paper was supported by a grant awarded by the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Project No. CityU 1024/01E).     

Finite element analysis of femoral components paper III – hip joints

Finite element analysis of the hip implant is conducted in this paper for representative femoral cross-section geometries and development of stress in the presence of bone cement is elucidated. Differences in cement stresses generated by varying implant cross-sections were compared with conventional features derived from representative implants. The analysis was performed under idealized implant assemblies by constraining the implant movement in the assembly. The cross-sections and implant geometries used are generic and intended to be representative of available geometries. This paper is a part of student research projects, prepared from a series of activities in biomedical implant research currently underway at Ohio Northern and Arkansas Tech Universities.     

A three-dimensional FE analysis of large deformations for impact loadings using tetrahedral elements

 A three-dimensional dynamic program for the anaysis of large deformations in contact-penetration problems is developed using the finite element Lagrangian method with explicit time integration. By incorporating a tetrahedral element, which allows a single-point integration without a special hourglass control scheme, this program can be more effective to the present problem. The position code algorithm is used to search contact surface. Eroding surfaces are also considered. The defense node algorithm was slightly modified for the calculation of contact forces. A study of obliquity effects on metallic plate perforation and ricochet processes in thin plates impacted by a sphere was conducted. It is well simulated that on separation of two parts of the sphere, the portion still within the crater tends to perforate, while the portion in contact with the plate surface ricochets. This deformation pattern is observed in experiments, especially at high obliquities. A long rod that impacts an oblique steel plate at high impact velocity was also simulated in order to study the dynamics of the rod caused by the three dimensional asymmetric contact. The agreement between simulated and experimental results is quite good. Fracture phenomena occuring at high obliquity deserves further investigations. Received: 20 February 2002 / Accepted: 20 September 2002     

Development of geometrically exact new shell elements based on general curvilinear co‐ordinates

In the present study first‐order shear deformable shell finite elements based on general curvilinear co‐ordinates are proposed. For the development of the present shell elements, a partial mixed variational functional with independently assumed strains is provided in order to avoid the severe locking troubles known as transverse shear and membrane lockings. Bubble functions are included in the shape function of displacement to improve the performance of the developed element. The proposed assumed strain four‐ and nine‐node elements based on the general tensor shell theory provide an efficient linkage framework for shell surface modelling and finite element analysis. In the several benchmark problems, the present shell elements with exact geometric representations demonstrate their performance compared to previously reported results. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On the corrosion fatigue crack initiation model and expression of metallic notched elements

In the present study, attempts are made to extend the application of the mechanical model for the fatigue crack initiation (FCI) and the FCI life formula of metallic notched elements in laboratory air to those in the corrosive environment. The test results and analysis of the corrosion FCI (CFCI) life of aluminum alloys and Ti---6A1---4V show that the expression of the CFCI life obtained by modifying the FCI life formula in laboratory air can give a good fit to the test results of the CFCI life. The salt water (3.5% NaCl) environment has no effects on the CFCI resistant coefficient compared with the FCI resistant coefficient in laboratory air. However, 3.5% NaCl environment greatly decreases the CFCI threshold of aluminum alloy, but has little effect on the CFCI threshold of Ti---6A1---4V. The loading frequency ranging from 1 Hz to 10 Hz has no appreciable effect on the CFCI life, and thus, the CFCI threshold of aluminum alloys investigated. Hence, the expression for the CFCI life of metallic notched elements proposed in this study is a better one, which reveals a correlation between the CFCI life and the governing parameters, such as, the geometry of the notched elements, the nominal stress range, the stress ratio, the tensile properties and the CFCI threshold. However, this new expression of the CFCI life needs to be verified by more test results.     

一种新型电子显示屏的研制

本文介绍一种不同于磁性翻牌显示屏和ＬＥＤ显示屏的新型电子显示屏，采用非发光体，针对显示屏彩色和动画图象对象素的要求，讨论了显示屏象素的多面色体变换的电路设计及软件实现。     

仿生型步进式直线驱动器的研究

本文提出一种新型直线驱动器的仿生动作原理，并设计出两种机械结构及其控制器。实验表明，这类驱动器具有精度高，步距可变，输出力大，行程长，结构简单，体积小，内藏传感器，具有极好输出特性等特点。这类驱动器适用于一切超高精度的直接驱动。     

压型钢板组合楼板承载力的有限元分析

压型钢板组合楼板是 2 0世纪发展起来的一种新型结构形式。它具有显著的优势 ,如轻质、高强 ,施工快捷等 ,将在未来的建筑领域中大有作为。组合楼板的承载力主要取决于钢板 -混凝土界面处的抗剪强度。建立了一个二维有限元模型来研究单向组合板的性能。并将计算结果与试验数据进行对比 ,验证了模型的有效性     

考虑变质量湍流影响的水平井流入动态分析

在水平井生产过程中,井筒内管流与地层渗流互相制约、互相影响、互为边界条件,从而构成了一个完整的水动力学体系。根据水平井生产时井筒内管流与油藏的相互作用关系,建立了水平井筒存在压力梯度的变质量湍流与地层渗流的耦合计算新方法。关于井筒内流的计算;应用了经典的k_εM湍流模型,关于地层的渗流计算,采用了有限元法。通过耦合模拟获得了井筒内湍流场流速分布及总压能损耗的规律,根据耦合模拟计算结果绘出了较为准确的水平井流入动态曲线。该计算方法为描述水平井流入动态、评价水平井产能、确定合理生产制度提供了可靠的手段.     

晋北吕梁群石榴石的特征及指示意义

石榴石是山西岚县袁家村一带-娄烦县出露的吕梁群地层中主要的特征变质矿物，其次为黑云母、十字石等，对这些特征变质矿物进行电子探针的成分分析及其相关计算，并利用不同采样点的矿物对估算该点变质温度和压力，最后得到石榴石的成分变化与变质程度之间的关系，进而阐明了石榴石中成分变化对变质温度与压力的指示意义。