scholarly journals Micromechanical modeling of sulphate corrosion in concrete: Influence of ettringite forming reaction

2008 ◽  
Vol 35 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 29-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Basista ◽  
W. Weglewski

Two micromechanical models are developed to simulate the expansion of cementitious composites exposed to external sulphate attack. The difference between the two models lies in the form of chemical reaction of the ettringite formation (through-solution vs. topochemical). In both models the Fick's second law with reaction term is assumed to govern the transport of the sulphate ions. The Eshelby solution and the equivalent inclusion method are used to determine the eigenstrain of the expanding ettringite crystals in microcracked hardened cement paste. The degradation of transport properties is studied in the effective medium and the percolation regime. An initial-boundary value problem (2D) of expansion of a mortar specimen immersed in a sodium sulphate solution is solved and compared with available test data. The obtained results indicate that the topochemical mechanism is the one capable of producing the experimentally observed amount of expansion.

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Emilia Bazhlekova

An initial-boundary-value problem is considered for the one-dimensional diffusion equation with a general convolutional derivative in time and nonclassical boundary conditions. We are concerned with the inverse source problem of recovery of a space-dependent source term from given final time data. Generalized eigenfunction expansions are used with respect to a biorthogonal pair of bases. Existence, uniqueness and stability estimates in Sobolev spaces are established.


2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 341-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Givi Berikelashvili ◽  
Manana Mirianashvili

Abstract A three-level finite difference scheme is studied for the initial-boundary value problem of the generalized Benjamin–Bona–Mahony–Burgers equation. The obtained algebraic equations are linear with respect to the values of the desired function for each new level. The unique solvability and absolute stability of the difference scheme are shown. It is proved that the scheme is convergent with the rate of order {k-1} when the exact solution belongs to the Sobolev space {W_{2}^{k}(Q)} , {1<k\leq 3} .


Author(s):  
Digendranath Swain ◽  
Anurag Gupta

A general theory of thermodynamically consistent biomechanical–biochemical growth in a body, considering mass addition in the bulk and at an incoherent interface, is developed. The incoherency arises due to incompatibility of growth and elastic distortion tensors at the interface. The incoherent interface therefore acts as an additional source of internal stress besides allowing for rich growth kinematics. All the biochemicals in the model are essentially represented in terms of nutrient concentration fields, in the bulk and at the interface. A nutrient balance law is postulated which, combined with mechanical balances and kinetic laws, yields an initial-boundary-value problem coupling the evolution of bulk and interfacial growth, on the one hand, and the evolution of growth and nutrient concentration on the other. The problem is solved, and discussed in detail, for two distinct examples: annual ring formation during tree growth and healing of cutaneous wounds in animals.


Author(s):  
И.В. Пригорный ◽  
А.А. Панин ◽  
Д.В. Лукьяненко

В работе демонстрируется, как метод апостериорной оценки порядка точности разностной схемы по Ричардсону позволяет сделать вывод о некорректности постановки (в смысле отсутствия решения) решаемой численно начально-краевой задачи для уравнения в частных производных. Это актуально в ситуации, когда аналитическое доказательство некорректности постановки ещё не получено или принципиально невозможно. The paper demonstrates how the method of a posteriori estimation of the order of accuracy for the difference scheme according to the Richardson extrapolation method allows one to conclude that the formulation of the numerically solved initial-boundary value problem for a partial differential equation is ill-posed (in the sense of the absence of a solution). This is important in a situation when the ill-posedness of the formulation is not analytically proved yet or cannot be proved in principle.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinsong Hu ◽  
Youcai Xu ◽  
Bing Hu

A conservative three-level linear finite difference scheme for the numerical solution of the initial-boundary value problem of Rosenau-KdV equation is proposed. The difference scheme simulates two conservative quantities of the problem well. The existence and uniqueness of the difference solution are proved. It is shown that the finite difference scheme is of second-order convergence and unconditionally stable. Numerical experiments verify the theoretical results.


1989 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Pilant ◽  
William Rundell

Consider the initial boundary value problemIn the context of the heat conduction problem, this models the case where the heat flux across the ends at the rod is a function of the temperature. If the heat exchange between the rod and its surroundings is purely by convection, then one commonly assumes that f is a linear function of the difference in temperatures between the ends of the rod and that of the surroundings, (Newton's law of cooling). For the case of purely radiative transfer of energy a fourth power law for the function f is usual, (Stefan's law).


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maobo Zheng ◽  
Jun Zhou

An average linear finite difference scheme for the numerical solution of the initial-boundary value problem of Generalized Rosenau-KdV equation is proposed. The existence, uniqueness, and conservation for energy of the difference solution are proved by the discrete energy norm method. It is shown that the finite difference scheme is 2nd-order convergent and unconditionally stable. Numerical experiments verify that the theoretical results are right and the numerical method is efficient and reliable.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2099 (1) ◽  
pp. 012062
Author(s):  
Andrew V Terekhov

Abstract An algorithm of the Laguerre transform for approximating functions on large intervals is proposed. The idea of the considered approach is that the calculation of improper integrals of rapidly oscillating functions is replaced by a solution of an initial boundary value problem for the one-dimensional transport equation. It allows one to successfully avoid the problems associated with the stable implementation of the Laguerre transform. A divide-and-conquer algorithm based on shift operations made it possible to significantly reduce the computational cost of the proposed method. Numerical experiments have shown that the methods are economical in the number of operations, stable, and have satisfactory accuracy for seismic data approximation.


2009 ◽  
Vol 01 (02) ◽  
pp. 223-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
HANS-DIETER ALBER ◽  
SERGIY NESENENKO

A homogenized material model can be used effectively for simulation, if the difference of the solutions of this model and the microscopic model converges to zero in a strong norm when the microstructure is scaled. The second author recently showed for the quasistatic initial-boundary value problem with internal variables modeling an inelastic solid body Ω at small strain that this convergence holds in an averaged sense over phase shifts of the microstructure. Based on this result, we construct an asymptotic solution, which converges to the solution of the microscopic problem in the L2(Ω)-norm, thus avoiding the averaging.


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