scholarly journals A CLOSED-FORM SOLUTION TO ANALYZE RCS OF CAVITY WITH RECTANGULAR CROSS SECTION

2008 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
pp. 195-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Le Xu ◽  
Jin Tian ◽  
Xiao-Wei Shi
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Kobelev

Abstract The applications of this method for stability problems are illustrated in this manuscript. In the context of twisted rods, the counterpart for Euler’s buckling problem is Greenhill's problem, which studies the forming of a loop in an elastic bar under torsion (Greenhill, 1883). We search the optimal shape of the rod along its axis. A priori form of the cross-section remains unknown. For the solution of the actual problem the stability equations take into account all possible convex, simply connected shapes of the cross-section. Thus, we drop the assumption about the equality of principle moments of inertia for the cross-section. The cross-sections are similar geometric figures related by a homothetic transformation with respect to a homothetic center on the axis of the rod and vary along its axis. The distribution of material along the length of a twisted rod is optimized so that the rod is of the constant volume T and will support the maximal moment without spatial buckling. The cross section that delivers the maximum or the minimum for the critical eigenvalue must be determined among all convex, simply connected domains. We demonstrate at the beginning the validity of static Euler’s approach for simply supported rod (hinged), twisted by the conservative moment. The applied method for integration of the optimization criteria delivers different length and volumes of the optimal twisted rods. Instead of the seeking for the twisted rods of the fixed length and volume, we directly compare the twisted rods with the different lengths and cross-sections using the invariant factors. The solution of optimization problem for twisted rod is stated in closed form in terms of the higher transcendental functions. In the torsion stability problem, the optimal shape of cross-section is the equilateral triangle.


2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-114
Author(s):  
J. Venetis ◽  
Aimilios (Preferred name Emilios) Sideridis

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 435
Author(s):  
Yongbo Wang ◽  
Nanshan Zheng ◽  
Zhengfu Bian

Since pairwise registration is a necessary step for the seamless fusion of point clouds from neighboring stations, a closed-form solution to planar feature-based registration of LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) point clouds is proposed in this paper. Based on the Plücker coordinate-based representation of linear features in three-dimensional space, a quad tuple-based representation of planar features is introduced, which makes it possible to directly determine the difference between any two planar features. Dual quaternions are employed to represent spatial transformation and operations between dual quaternions and the quad tuple-based representation of planar features are given, with which an error norm is constructed. Based on L2-norm-minimization, detailed derivations of the proposed solution are explained step by step. Two experiments were designed in which simulated data and real data were both used to verify the correctness and the feasibility of the proposed solution. With the simulated data, the calculated registration results were consistent with the pre-established parameters, which verifies the correctness of the presented solution. With the real data, the calculated registration results were consistent with the results calculated by iterative methods. Conclusions can be drawn from the two experiments: (1) The proposed solution does not require any initial estimates of the unknown parameters in advance, which assures the stability and robustness of the solution; (2) Using dual quaternions to represent spatial transformation greatly reduces the additional constraints in the estimation process.


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