Dynamic Equivalence of Composite Material and Eigenstrain Problems

1973 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 498-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Wheeler ◽  
T. Mura

The variational method is employed for determining the displacement mode shapes and dispersion relations for the problem of plane time-harmonic waves propagating through an infinitely extended, periodically arranged composite material. Numerical results are obtained for the special cases of laminated and fiber-reinforced media. Using variational formulation, the composite problem is compared with the problem of a homogeneous material subjected to eigenstrain and body forces. Necessary conditions are developed for the dynamic equivalency of the two problems. Distributions of eigenstrain are shown which yield the same displacement solutions as the problem of a transverse wave propagating normal to the layers of a laminated media.

1972 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 696-702 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adnan H. Nayfeh ◽  
Siavouche Nemat-Nasser

The WKB solution is derived together with the condition for its validity for elastic waves propagating into an inhomogeneous elastic medium. Large frequency expansion solution is also derived. It is found that the WKB solution agrees with that derived for large frequencies when the frequency approaches infinity. Some exact solutions are deduced from the WKB solution. Finally, we consider motions in medium which consists of a material with harmonic periodicity. The solution is obtained by means of a perturbation method. It is shown that, only when the wavelength of the incident wave is small compared with the periodicity-length of the material, the WKB solution constitutes a good approximation. When the wavelength is comparable with this periodicity-length, then, in certain special cases, the material cannot maintain time-harmonic waves; such harmonic waves are not “stable.” These and other solutions are discussed in detail.


1974 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adnan H. Nayfeh

The dispersion relation is derived for time-harmonic waves propagating normal to the layers of a multilayered periodic composite. The known relations for the homogeneous and the bilaminated media are deduced as special cases. Mixture mass density and elastic modulus are defined in the limit as the ratio of the incident wavelength to the microdimension of the composite approaches infinity.


2009 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 342-359
Author(s):  
Petr Hanel

Lancaster's case of innovation in consumption technology is formalized and extended to include beside of the criterion of efficient consumption also the criterion of efficient production. The two criteria has to be met before an invention can be commercialized economically. Trade provoked by an innovation in consumption technology—a new product—is analyzed on a simple numerical example. Necessary conditions and some welfare implications of the neo-technology trade are presented. The approach is sufficiently general to encompass trade based on cost reducing innovation as well as existing trade models as special cases.


2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 1152-1169
Author(s):  
Rongfang Yan ◽  
Jiandong Zhang ◽  
Yiying Zhang

AbstractIn this paper we study the allocation problem of relevations in coherent systems. The optimal allocation strategies are obtained by implementing stochastic comparisons of different policies according to the usual stochastic order and the hazard rate order. As special cases of relevations, the load-sharing and minimal repair policies are further investigated. Sufficient (and necessary) conditions are established for various stochastic orderings. Numerical examples are also presented as illustrations.


1976 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 281-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Cohen

The problem of wave propagation in elastic shells within the framework of a linear theory of a Cosserat surface is treated using the method of singular wave curves. The equations for determining the speeds of propagation and their associated wave mode shapes are obtained in a form involving the speeds of propagation in Cosserat plates and the curvature of the shell. A number of special cases in which the speeds and mode shapes simplify are considered. In particular, these special cases are shown to include as examples, certain systems of waves in elastic shells whose middle surfaces are the surface of revolution, the circular cylinder, the sphere, and the right helicoid.


Author(s):  
G. F. Roach ◽  
I. G. Stratis ◽  
A. N. Yannacopoulos

This chapter presents rigorous mathematical results concerning the solvability and well posedness of time-harmonic problems for complex electromagnetic media, with a special emphasis on chiral media. It also presents some results concerning eigenvalue problems in cavities filled with complex electromagnetic materials. The chapter also studies the behaviour of the interior domain problem for a chiral medium in the limit of low chirality. Next, it presents some comments related to the well posedness and solvability of exterior problems. Finally, using an appropriate finite-dimensional space and the variational formulation of the discretised version of the original boundary value problem, this chapter obtains numerical methods for the solution of the Maxwell equations for chiral media.


Author(s):  
Э.П. Шурина ◽  
Д.В. Добролюбова ◽  
Е.И. Штанько

При решении задач электромагнетизма в широком частотном диапазоне в областях с тонкими пластинами, оболочками и экранами численными методами возникает проблема резкого роста сеточной дискретизации вблизи внутренних структур с разномасштабными габаритными размерами. В работе предложена модификация вариационной постановки векторного метода конечных элементов, основанная на снижении размерности модели в окрестности тонких включений, которая позволяет преодолеть эту проблему за счет специфического учета таких структур на уровне вариационной постановки. Так как редуцирование модели обычно приводит к появлению ограничений на область ее применимости, выполнено исследование диапазона допустимых частот, контрастности электрофизических характеристик матрицы и включений, геометрических особенностей внутренней структуры, для которых предложенная модель позволяет получить корректные с точки зрения физики результаты. Purpose. In this paper, we propose a reduced variational formulation for the Helmholtz equation for the electric field, in which thin highly conductive objects are approximated by surfaces with the equivalent surface current density. We conduct a study aimed at defining the range of application for the reduced variational formulation, focusing on highly contrasting thin objects of various geometrical shape and arrangement in a wide frequency range. Methodology. The modelling is performed on unstructured tetrahedral meshes. Since the reduced variational formulation treats thin highly conductive objects as surfaces, no volume mesh is constructed inside of them.We compare the results obtained by the vector FEM using the proposed variational formulation with the results obtained using standard formulation. Findings. Due to the fact that the proposed variational formulation does not require volume meshing of the thin objects, its computational cost is significantly lower. However, the reduced formulation yields correct results in a restricted frequency range. It also imposes some limitations on the minimal contrast and maximal thickness of the thin highly conductive objects. Originality/value. The proposed reduced variational formulation can be applied to simulate the time-harmonic electric field in the media with thin highly conductive inclusions of either regular or chaotic arrangement, as well as thin shielding plates or casings of various geometrical forms.


1975 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 825-831 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Schoenberg ◽  
Y. Weitsman

This paper concerns the propagation of plane harmonic waves in an infinite fiber-reinforced elastic medium. The composite material is represented by an equivalent homogeneous transversely isotropic matter whose preferred directions coincide with the orientations of the fibers. The fibers are assumed to wobble periodically about a dominant direction, all fibers being parallel to each other. This wobbliness endows the material with a structural periodicity which generates dispersion at all frequencies and instability for various frequency bands. The zones of instability are analyzed in some detail.


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