Accurate dynamic response of laminated composites and sandwich shells using higher order zigzag theory

Forced vibration response of laminated composite and sandwich shell is studied by using a 2D FE (finite element) model based on higher order zigzag theory (HOZT). This is the first finite element implementation of the HOZT to solve the forced vibration problem of shells incorporating all three radii of curvatures including the effect of cross curvature in the formulation using Sanders' approximations. The proposed finite element model satisfies the inter-laminar shear stress continuity at each layer interface in addition to higher order theory features, hence most suitable to model sandwich shells along with composite shells. The C₀ finite element formulation has been done to overcome the problem of C₁ continuity associated with the HOZT. The present model can also analyze shells with cross curvature like hypar shells besides normal curvature shells like cylindrical, spherical shells etc. The numerical studies show that the present 2D FE model is more accurate than existing FE models based on first and higher order theories for predicting results close to those obtained by 3D elasticity solutions for laminated composite and sandwich shallow shells. Many new results are presented by varying different parameters which should be useful for future research.     

Signal shaper with a distributed delay: Spectral analysis and design

Input shapers with time delays have proved useful in many applications related to controls for various oscillatory devices, for example flexible manipulators and cranes. In the paper, a novel approach for designing a zero-vibration signal shaper based on equally distributed delay is proposed. The parameter assessment of the shaper is based on the spectral approach. Various characteristics of the shaper are analyzed and compared with the classical zero-vibration shaper with a lumped delay. The analysis shows that the novel shaper is a slower, but more robust alternative to the classical shaper. Besides, the discrete implementation of the shaper is proposed and tested. It includes zero placement based parameter adjustment with the objective to preserve full compensation of the oscillatory mode by the discrete algorithm.     

孔间超短延时台阶爆破干扰降振技术

为寻求台阶爆破降振效果最佳的孔间延时时间,借助ANSYS/LS-DYNA程序对台阶爆破在不同延时起爆时间条件下产生的爆破振动进行了数值模拟对比分析,并通过试验进行了验证。数值模拟和试验结果表明:在浅孔台阶爆破中,爆破降振效果最佳的孔间延时时间为5 ms;在深孔台阶爆破中,爆破降振最佳的孔间延时时间为7～10 ms。实际爆破施工中,不同的岩石条件下、不同的爆破参数时,数码雷管减振的最佳孔间延时应该在5～10 ms区间范围,应根据实际情况进行调整。研究成果解决了复杂环境下的爆破振动危害控制难题,研发的孔间超短延时台阶爆破干扰降振技术,为爆破振动控制要求严格的工程设计和施工提供参考和借鉴。     

Biomechanical response of the human foot when standing in a natural position while exposed to vertical vibration from 10–200 Hz

Exposure to foot-transmitted vibration (FTV) can lead to pain and numbness in the toes and feet, increased cold sensitivity, blanching in the toes, and joint pain. Prolonged exposure can result in a clinical diagnosis of vibration-induced white foot (VIWFt). Data on the biomechanical response of the feet to FTV is limited; therefore, this study seeks to identify resonant frequencies for different anatomical locations on the human foot, while standing in a natural position. A laser Doppler vibrometer was used to measure vertical (z-axis) vibration on 21 participants at 24 anatomical locations on the right foot during exposure to a sine sweep from 10–200?Hz with a peak vertical velocity of 30?mm/s. The most notable differences in the average peak frequency occur between the toes (range: 99–147?Hz), midfoot (range: 51–84?Hz) and ankle (range: 16–39?Hz).

Practitioner Summary: The biomechanical response of the human foot exposed to foot-transmitted vibration, when standing in a natural position, was measured for 21 participants. The foot does not respond uniformly; the toes, midfoot, and ankle regions need to be considered independently in future development of isolation strategies and protective measures.     

A bigraphical model for specifying cloud-based elastic systems and their behaviour

The few recent years have witnessed the appearance of a new kind of self-adaptive systems called cloud based-elastic systems. These systems are particularly appealing for their ability to maintain a decent quality of service and reduce a system’s operating cost at the same time. They achieve this by dynamically adjusting resources allocation in terms of elasticity. Meanwhile, complexity of structural and behavioural aspects related to cloud-based elastic systems increase the difficulty of designing and developing such systems. In this paper, we address this challenge by proposing a formal approach based on bigraphical reactive systems for modelling both structural and behavioural aspects of cloud-based elastic systems. In particular, we represent their behaviour in terms of client/application interactions and elasticity methods at different levels using bigraphical reaction rules. The feasibility of the proposed approach is illustrated through a motivating example running on the top of an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) infrastructure.     

Vibrations of an aramid anchor cable subjected to turbulent wind

The vibration response of an initially pre-stressed anchor cable made of parallel-lay aramid fibres excited by a measured and artificially simulated spatial turbulent wind field is presented in the paper. Results of the analyses of in situ measured wind records are described. For selected data set statistical characteristics and power spectral density functions of the measured wind velocity components are calculated. The wind stochastic velocity fluctuation is modelled as a one-variate bi-dimensional random field. Cross-power spectral density functions, at different point locations are introduced. The combination of the weighted amplitude wave superposition method (WAWS) with the Shinozuka–Deodatis method is used for the analyzed problem. A time-dependent behaviour of the synthetic cable is investigated which is subjected to turbulent wind with large expected oscillations that arise as a result of slackening due to the relaxation effects. A nonlinear transient dynamic analysis is used in conjunction with the finite element method to determine the dynamic response of the cable subjected to turbulent wind at its initially prestressed state and in the selected times after the relaxation effect. The constitutive equation of the relaxation of the aramid cable follows an experimentally obtained law of the logarithmic type. To monitor the dependences of the individual quantities of cable vibration in the phase space, attractors and Poincaré maps are created by sampling the cable’s displacement and velocity at periods of relevant frequencies. Interesting findings based on the response of the cable with rheological properties to turbulent wind are presented.     

CLN 600MW汽轮机组轴系振动治理

文章通过对4号汽轮机组轴系实际振动测量数据以及TN8000机组振动在线监测分析故障诊断系统、生产实时监视系统图形数据的分析,找出了引起4号汽轮机组轴系振动的主要原因,并提出了解决的方法和措施。     

A numerical reconstruction method in inverse elastic scattering

In this paper a new numerical method for the shape reconstruction of obstacles in elastic scattering is proposed. Initially, the direct scattering problem for a rigid body and the mathematical setting for the corresponding inverse one are presented. Inverse uniqueness issues for the general case of mixed boundary conditions on the boundary of our obstacle, which are valid for a rigid body as well are established. The inversion algorithm based on the factorization method is presented into a suitable form and a new numerical scheme for the reconstruction of the shape of the scatterer, using far-field measurements, is given. In particular, an efficient Tikhonov parameter choice technique, called Improved Maximum Product Criterion (IMPC) and its linchpin within the framework of the factorization method is exploited. Our regularization parameter is computed via a fast iterative algorithm which requires no a priori knowledge of the noise level in the far-field data. Finally, the effectiveness of IMPC is illustrated with various numerical examples involving a kite, an acorn, and a peanut-shaped object.     

金属弹片级进模设计

根据金属弹片的结构特点和生产要求,分析了金属弹片的冲压成形工艺,制定了适合金属弹片生产的冲压工艺方案并设计了级进模,经实际生产验证,金属弹片成形工艺方案及级进模是有效而可靠的,对类似零件的生产具有一定的参考作用。     

桩土耦合的桥梁管桩涡激振动数值模拟

采用有限元软件对跨海桥梁管桩涡激振动进行了数值模拟,分析了流速,土体刚度对管桩振动幅值的影响,结果表明:流速越大,桩体振动幅值越大,振动越剧烈,在相同流速下,土刚度对管桩振动幅值有着明显抑制作用,是一项不可忽略的参数。