Based on Ahmadzadeh-Varvani hardening rule (A-V model), multiaxial ratcheting effect of Z2CND18.12N austenitic stainless steel is simulated by ABAQUS with user subroutine UMAT. The results show that the predicted resu...
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Based on Ahmadzadeh-Varvani hardening rule (A-V model), multiaxial ratcheting effect of Z2CND18.12N austenitic stainless steel is simulated by ABAQUS with user subroutine UMAT. The results show that the predicted results of the origin multiaxial A-V model are lower than the experimental data, and it is difficult to control ratcheting strain rate. In order to improve the predicted capability of A-V model, the A-V model is modified. In this study. Moreover, under the assumption of the von Mises yield criterion and normal plasticity flow rule, we develop a numerical algorithm of plastic strain with the improved model to implement the finite element calculation of the model. Internal iteration in the numerical algorithm was implemented with the Euler backward method, which calculated the trial strain for each equilibrium iteration using the consistent tangent matrix. With a user subroutine, the proposed model is programmed into ABAQUS for a user -executable version. By simulating the uniaxial ratcheting of a round bar made of Z2CND18.12N austenitic stainless steel, we observe that the predicted results simulated by ABAQUS with UMAT are compared with the experimental data. The predicted results of the improved multiaxial A-V model are consistent well with the experimental data.
In this paper we present magnetic control of a spacecraft using the Dichotomous Coordinate Descent (DCD) algorithm with box constraints. What is common for most work on magnetic spacecraft control is the technique for...
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In this paper we present magnetic control of a spacecraft using the Dichotomous Coordinate Descent (DCD) algorithm with box constraints. What is common for most work on magnetic spacecraft control is the technique for solving for the control variables of the magnetic torquers where a cross product is included which is well known to be singular. The DCD algorithm provides a new scheme which makes it possible to use a general control law and then adapt it to work for magnetic torquers including restrictions in available magnetic moment, instead of designing a specialized controller for the magnetic control problem. A non-linear passivity-based sliding surface controller is derived for a fully actuated spacecraft and is then implemented for magnetic control by utilizing the previous mentioned algorithm. Results from two simulations are provided, the first comparing the results from the DCD algorithm with older results, and the second showing how easily the derived sliding surface controller may be implemented, improving our results.
The problem of a plane strain hydraulic fracture propagating in a layered formation is considered. Fracture toughness, in-situ stress, and leak-off coefficient are assumed to vary by layer, while the elastic propertie...
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The problem of a plane strain hydraulic fracture propagating in a layered formation is considered. Fracture toughness, in-situ stress, and leak-off coefficient are assumed to vary by layer, while the elastic properties are kept constant throughout the domain for simplicity. The purpose of this study is to develop a numerical algorithm based on a fixed mesh approach, which is able to solve the above problem accurately using elements which can even be larger than the layer size. In order to do this, the concept of fictitious tip stress is first introduced for determining the fracture front location. In this technique, an additional stress is applied to the tip element to suppress the opening and to mimic the width corresponding to the actual fracture front location. A theoretical basis for this concept has been established and it is further calibrated for piece-wise constant elements. Once the ability to track the crack front location is developed, the effect of layers is included by varying properties as a function of front location. Several numerical examples benchmarking the numerical solution, as well as highlighting capabilities of the algorithm to tackle multiple thin layers accurately are presented.
The mathematical model of hydrothermodynamics of the Baltic Sea is considered with the pole moved to a neighbourhood of St. Petersburg in order to improve the horizontal resolution in the Gulf of Finland. The problem ...
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The mathematical model of hydrothermodynamics of the Baltic Sea is considered with the pole moved to a neighbourhood of St. Petersburg in order to improve the horizontal resolution in the Gulf of Finland. The problem of variational assimilation of mean daily data for sea surface temperature (SST) is formulated and studied for the given type of calculation grid of this model. A new algorithm of solution of the inverse problem for reconstruction of the heat flux on the interface of two media is proposed on the base of variational assimilation of satellite observation data. Results of numerical experiments are presented for reconstruction of heat fluxes in the problem of variational assimilation of mean daily observations of SST data.
In this paper, an extension of an algorithm for the implicit discretization of a super-twisting sliding mode observer is presented. Implicit and explicit discretization algorithms for homogeneous differentiators, wher...
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In this paper, an extension of an algorithm for the implicit discretization of a super-twisting sliding mode observer is presented. Implicit and explicit discretization algorithms for homogeneous differentiators, where no physical model information is considered, are investigated in literature. This article studies the behavior when considering models of a rather general class of nonlinear systems. The discrete equations of the super-twisting observer are reformulated as generalized equation and an algorithm for the step-by-step solution is given. The uniqueness of the derived algorithm is investigated with an equivalent variational inequality formulation which is derived for a class of nonlinear systems. Furthermore, a semi-implicit predictor-corrector discretization is presented which is an approximation method for the presented algorithms and allows an explicit implementation in practical applications. Accuracy properties under noise and sampling are given. The algorithm is applied on two mechanical example systems taken from practice.
Application of genetic algorithms to texture analysis is presented in this paper. The genetic algorithm technique was applied to the calculation of the orientation distribution function from a set of pole figures. The...
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Application of genetic algorithms to texture analysis is presented in this paper. The genetic algorithm technique was applied to the calculation of the orientation distribution function from a set of pole figures. The results are very satisfying. The same algorithm may be also applied to other problems of texture analysis, e.g., to find an optimal texture for a given application.
Composite materials of two-dimensional structures are designed using the homogenization design method. The composite material is made of two or three different material phases. Designing the composite material consist...
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Composite materials of two-dimensional structures are designed using the homogenization design method. The composite material is made of two or three different material phases. Designing the composite material consists of finding a distribution of material phases that minimizes the mean compliance of the macrostructure subject to volume fraction constraints of the constituent phases, within a unit cell of periodic microstructures. At the start of the computational solution, the material distribution of the microstructure is represented as a pure mixture of the constituent phases. As the iteration procedure unfolds, the component phases separate themselves out to form distinctive interfaces. The effective material properties of the artificially mixed materials are defined by the interpolation of the constituents. The optimization problem is solved using the sequential linear programming method. Both the macrostructure and the microstructures are analysed using the finite element method in each iteration step. Several examples of optimal topology design of composite material are presented to demonstrate the validity of the present numerical algorithm. Copyright (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Hydrocyclones enhance oil-water separation efficiency compared to conventional separation methods. An efficient collision detection scheme with N-p In N-p dependency on the number of particles is proposed. The scheme ...
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Hydrocyclones enhance oil-water separation efficiency compared to conventional separation methods. An efficient collision detection scheme with N-p In N-p dependency on the number of particles is proposed. The scheme is developed to investigate the importance of particle-particle interaction for flow and particle behavior in dilute oil-water separators. However, the proposed scheme can also be used for efficient multigrid soft collision calculation with long-range particle-particle interaction models. The collision detection scheme is first validated using a case of settling spheres. Subsequently, the scheme is applied to a simplified flow field, similar to the flow fields observed in hydrocyclones.
A real three-dimensional representation of reactor core with involute fuel plates via Monte Carlo method is still lacking at the present, and usually equivalent homogeneous models of water coolants and simplified fuel...
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A real three-dimensional representation of reactor core with involute fuel plates via Monte Carlo method is still lacking at the present, and usually equivalent homogeneous models of water coolants and simplified fuel plate shapes have been used. This work proposed an algorithm to simulate the reactor core composed of involute fuel plates with an explicit accurate description of its involute surfaces. The description of involute surfaces is through its governing equations. The mathematical function methods to depict the involute curves and the schemes to compute the distance between any neutron particle and an involute surface along a ray are presented and demonstrated step-by-step. The algorithm is realized in the Monte Carlo code and validated by the published data of a high flux isotope reactor. This study definitively provides a method to model the involute fuel plates in the Monte Carlo simulation.
We describe a multilevel aggregation/disaggregation method for finding the quasistationary distribution and decay parameters for continuous-time Markov chains. This complements existing techniques dealing with the dis...
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We describe a multilevel aggregation/disaggregation method for finding the quasistationary distribution and decay parameters for continuous-time Markov chains. This complements existing techniques dealing with the discrete-time case, or for finding the stationary distribution. Finding the quasistationary distribution is equivalent to calculating the eigenvector corresponding to the smallest eigenvalue of the q-matrix restricted to the non-absorbing class. The method presented here is similar to an algebraic multigrid, with restriction operators that depend on the current approximation to the solution. The smoothers are short Arnoldi iterations or Gauss-Seidel iterations. numerical results are presented for a variety of models of differing character, including simple epidemic, bivariate SIS, predator-prey, and the cubic auto-catalator. These indicate that the number of cycles required grows only very slowly with the size of the problem.
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