Quality and robustness of grid deformation is of the most importance in the field of aircraft design, and grid in high quality is essential for improving the precision of numerical simulation. In order to maintain the...Quality and robustness of grid deformation is of the most importance in the field of aircraft design, and grid in high quality is essential for improving the precision of numerical simulation. In order to maintain the orthogonality of deformed grid, the displacement of grid points is divided into rotational and translational parts in this paper, and inverse distance weighted interpolation is used to transfer the changing location from boundary grid to the spatial grid. Moreover, the deformation of rotational part is implemented in combination with the exponential space mapping that improves the certainty and stability of quaternion interpolation. Furthermore, the new grid deformation technique named ‘‘layering blend deformation＇＇ is built based on the basic quaternion technique, which combines the layering arithmetic with transfinite interpolation（TFI） technique. Then the proposed technique is applied in the movement of airfoil, parametric modeling, and the deformation of complex configuration, in which the robustness of grid quality is tested. The results show that the new method has the capacity to deal with the problems with large deformation, and the ‘‘layering blend deformation＇＇ improves the efficiency and quality of the basic quaternion deformation method significantly.展开更多
Bio-inspired helicoidal composite laminates,inspired by the intricate helical structures found in nature,present a promising frontier for enhancing the mechanical properties of structural designs.Hence,this study prov...Bio-inspired helicoidal composite laminates,inspired by the intricate helical structures found in nature,present a promising frontier for enhancing the mechanical properties of structural designs.Hence,this study provides a comprehensive investigation into the nonlinear free vibration and nonlinear bending behavior of bio-inspired composite plates.The inverse hyperbolic shear deformation theory(IHSDT)of plates is employed to characterize the displacement field,with the incorporation of Green-Lagrange nonlinearity.The problem is modeled using the C0finite element method(FEM),and an in-house code is developed in the MATLAB environment to solve it numerically.Various helicoidal layup configurations including helicoidal recursive(HR),helicoidal exponential(HE),helicoidal semi-circular(HS),linear helicoidal(LH),and Fibonacci helicoidal(FH)with different layup sequences and quasi-isotropic configurations are studied.The model is validated,and parametric studies are conducted.These studies investigate the effects of layup configurations,side-to-thickness ratio,modulus ratios,boundary conditions,and loading conditions at different load amplitudes on the nonlinear vibration and nonlinear bending behaviors of bio-inspired composite plates.The results show that the laminate sequence exerts a substantial impact on both nonlinear natural frequencies and nonlinear bending behaviors.Moreover,this influence varies across different side-to-thickness ratios and boundary conditions of the bio-inspired composite plate.展开更多
The thermo-order-mechanical behaviors of liquid crystal elastomers （LCEs） under biaxial loading are studied in this paper. Inverse method for nonlinear elastic problems is utilized by imposing biaxial stretching to ...The thermo-order-mechanical behaviors of liquid crystal elastomers （LCEs） under biaxial loading are studied in this paper. Inverse method for nonlinear elastic problems is utilized by imposing biaxial stretching to thin rectangular samples. Neo-classical elastic energy is used together with the Landau-de Gennes nematic free energy. Under plane stress assumptions, the constitutive equations are derived. Due to the possible reorientations of the liquid crystal molecules induced by the imposed biaxial loading, the in-plane nonlinear stress-strain relations can have different expressions depending on which loading axis will have the largest effective principal strain. And the free energy is a multi-well non-convex potential function. As shown by some typical loading paths, the LCE samples will exhibit an anisotropic nonlinear elastic behavior, as long as the loading has not induced a reorientation of the liquid crystal molecules. When this did occur, jumps of stresses could take place for dead loadings due to the losing of stability.展开更多
文摘Quality and robustness of grid deformation is of the most importance in the field of aircraft design, and grid in high quality is essential for improving the precision of numerical simulation. In order to maintain the orthogonality of deformed grid, the displacement of grid points is divided into rotational and translational parts in this paper, and inverse distance weighted interpolation is used to transfer the changing location from boundary grid to the spatial grid. Moreover, the deformation of rotational part is implemented in combination with the exponential space mapping that improves the certainty and stability of quaternion interpolation. Furthermore, the new grid deformation technique named ‘‘layering blend deformation＇＇ is built based on the basic quaternion technique, which combines the layering arithmetic with transfinite interpolation（TFI） technique. Then the proposed technique is applied in the movement of airfoil, parametric modeling, and the deformation of complex configuration, in which the robustness of grid quality is tested. The results show that the new method has the capacity to deal with the problems with large deformation, and the ‘‘layering blend deformation＇＇ improves the efficiency and quality of the basic quaternion deformation method significantly.
文摘Bio-inspired helicoidal composite laminates,inspired by the intricate helical structures found in nature,present a promising frontier for enhancing the mechanical properties of structural designs.Hence,this study provides a comprehensive investigation into the nonlinear free vibration and nonlinear bending behavior of bio-inspired composite plates.The inverse hyperbolic shear deformation theory(IHSDT)of plates is employed to characterize the displacement field,with the incorporation of Green-Lagrange nonlinearity.The problem is modeled using the C0finite element method(FEM),and an in-house code is developed in the MATLAB environment to solve it numerically.Various helicoidal layup configurations including helicoidal recursive(HR),helicoidal exponential(HE),helicoidal semi-circular(HS),linear helicoidal(LH),and Fibonacci helicoidal(FH)with different layup sequences and quasi-isotropic configurations are studied.The model is validated,and parametric studies are conducted.These studies investigate the effects of layup configurations,side-to-thickness ratio,modulus ratios,boundary conditions,and loading conditions at different load amplitudes on the nonlinear vibration and nonlinear bending behaviors of bio-inspired composite plates.The results show that the laminate sequence exerts a substantial impact on both nonlinear natural frequencies and nonlinear bending behaviors.Moreover,this influence varies across different side-to-thickness ratios and boundary conditions of the bio-inspired composite plate.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 11072062 and 11172068)the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (No. 20110071110013)
文摘The thermo-order-mechanical behaviors of liquid crystal elastomers （LCEs） under biaxial loading are studied in this paper. Inverse method for nonlinear elastic problems is utilized by imposing biaxial stretching to thin rectangular samples. Neo-classical elastic energy is used together with the Landau-de Gennes nematic free energy. Under plane stress assumptions, the constitutive equations are derived. Due to the possible reorientations of the liquid crystal molecules induced by the imposed biaxial loading, the in-plane nonlinear stress-strain relations can have different expressions depending on which loading axis will have the largest effective principal strain. And the free energy is a multi-well non-convex potential function. As shown by some typical loading paths, the LCE samples will exhibit an anisotropic nonlinear elastic behavior, as long as the loading has not induced a reorientation of the liquid crystal molecules. When this did occur, jumps of stresses could take place for dead loadings due to the losing of stability.
