Surface Waves Guided by the Exterior of a Rectangular Elastic Solid

1986 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 379-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. K. Gautesen

We show that surface waves can be guided on the exterior of an isotropic elastic bar with a rectangular cross section. We assume that the dimensionless wavenumber is sufficiently large that elastodynamic ray theory is valid. Dispersion relations are obtained and representative curves for various cross sections are shown.

1968 ◽  
Vol 46 (18) ◽  
pp. 2001-2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. L. Curzon ◽  
R. L. Pike

In the first of this series of papers, we show that shifts in the resonant frequencies of a microwave resonator produced by boundary distortions can be used to study surface waves on conducting fluids.Surface waves can easily be studied under conditions where linearity requirements are satisfied. In addition, it is shown that a resonator of rectangular cross section acts as an analogue Fourier analyzer, so that a surface mode of a particular geometry can be observed, even when several modes are present simultaneously on the fluid surface. General results for a cylindrical resonator are first derived for TE and TM electromagnetic modes, and detailed calculations are then presented for resonators of rectangular and circular cross sections, since these are the most important practical examples.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 159-170
Author(s):  
Zsolt Hegyes ◽  
Máté Petrik ◽  
L. Gábor Szepesi

During the operation of the hydrocyclone the cut size diameter is the most important data. This is connected to feed rate, which is closely related to the feed cross section. Preliminary research has revealed that square cross-section is more effective than circular cross-section. The research compared 2 types of feed cross sections at 5 different feed rates. One is a standard rectangular cross-section and the other is a square cross-section that narrows with a baffle plate. Preliminary calculations for cut size diameter have shown that better particle separation at all speeds can be achieved with the baffle plate solution. In both types, the increased velocity created decreased cut size diameter. During the simulation, the baffle plate did not cause any abnormalities in the internal pressure and velocity distributions. The simulation revealed that the particles did not behave as previously calculated.


2019 ◽  
Vol 869 ◽  
pp. 610-633 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Chiapponi ◽  
M. Ungarish ◽  
D. Petrolo ◽  
V. Di Federico ◽  
S. Longo

We present a combined theoretical and experimental study of lock-release inertial gravity currents (GCs) propagating in a horizontal channel of circular cross-section with open-top surface in the non-Boussinesq regime. A two-layer shallow-water (SW) model is developed for a generic shape of the cross-section with open top, and then implemented in a finite difference numerical code for the solution in a circular-cross-section channel of the type used in the experiments. The model predicts propagation with (almost) constant speed for a fairly long distance, accompanied by a depression of the ambient free open-top surface behind the front of the current. Sixteen experiments were conducted with a density ratio $r=0.587{-}0.939$ in full-depth and part-depth release conditions, measuring the front speed and the free-surface time series at four cross-sections. The channel was a circular tube 409 cm long, with a radius of 9.5 cm; the lengths of the locks were 52 and 103.5 cm. Density contrast was obtained by adding sodium chloride and dipotassium phosphate to fresh water. The theoretical values of the front speed and of the depression overestimate the experimental values, but they predict correctly their trend for varying parameters and provide reliable insights into the underlying mechanisms. In particular, we demonstrate that the circular cross-section increases the speed of propagation as compared to the standard rectangular cross-section case (for the same initial height and density ratio). The discrepancies between the SW predictions and the present experiments are of the same order of magnitude as those of previously published results for simpler systems (Boussinesq, rectangular). In addition to the depression, which is a wave bound to, and following the front of, the GC, the system also displays two kinds of free-surface waves, namely the initial bump (its amplitude is of the same order as the depression) and some short-length and low-amplitude waves in the tail of the bump. These free waves propagate with a celerity well predicted by the ‘fast’ eigenvalues of the mathematical model. Comparison is provided with the celerity of a solitary wave. It is expected that discrepancies between theory and experiments can be partly attributed to the presence of these waves. The reported insights and SW prediction method can be applied to a variety of cross-sections of practical interest (triangles, trapezoids, etc.).


2006 ◽  
Vol 79 (4) ◽  
pp. 674-693 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. N. Gent ◽  
O. H. Yeoh

Abstract Many gaskets and seals consist of a long rubber strip or thin-walled ring, placed on a flat rigid surface and indented by a flat-ended rigid indenter. We have examined their resistance to small indentations by FEA. They are treated as infinitely-long elastic blocks of rectangular cross-section, resting on a rigid frictionless base. The indentation stiffness is calculated for various ratios of indenter tip width to block width and to block thickness, using two restraint conditions on the outer surfaces: frictionless walls (zero outwards displacement), as for a gasket placed in a recess; or stress-free, as for a gasket with no lateral restraint. For an infinitely-wide and infinitely-thick block, the theoretical resistance to indentation is zero. For comparison, the indentation stiffness is calculated for cylindrical rubber blocks of varied radius and thickness, indented by a flat-ended cylindrical indenter. In this case the result for an infinitely-large block is finite. A second study treats indentation of a rubber block, pre-compressed in the surface plane. Biot showed that the indentation stiffness of a half-space becomes zero at a critical compression, about 33% for equi-biaxial compression and 44 % for plane strain compression, for both a neo-Hookean and a Mooney-Rivlin elastic solid. FEA calculations were made of the indentation stiffness of neo-Hookean blocks of various sizes, pre-compressed to various degrees. The results are compared with Biot's result. In an Appendix, the critical degree of compression is calculated for a more realistic strain energy function than either the neo-Hookean or the Mooney-Rivlin approximation.


2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Artiomas Kuranovas ◽  
Douglas Goode ◽  
Audronis Kazimieras Kvedaras ◽  
Shantong Zhong

This paper represents the analysis of 1303 specimens of CFST experimental data. Test results are compared with EC4 provided method for determining the load‐bearing capacity of these composite elements. Several types of CFSTs were tested: both circular and rectangular cross‐sections with solid and hollow concrete core with axial load applied without and with moment, with sustained load and preloading. For circular cross‐section columns there is a good agreement between the test failure load and the EC4 calculation for both short and long columns with and without moment. For rectangular cross‐section columns the agreement is good except when the concrete cylinder strength was greater than 75 MPa, when many tests failed below the strength predicted by EC4. Preloading the steel tube before filling with concrete seems to have no effect on the strength. This paper also presents the stress distribution, confinement distribution and complete average longitudinal stress‐strain curves for concrete‐filled steel tubular elements. Based on the definition of the “Unified Theory”, the CFST is looked upon as an entity of a new composite material. In this paper, the research achievement of the strength and stability for centrifugal‐hollow and solid concrete filled steel tube are introduced. These behaviours relate to the hollowness ratio and the confining indexes of corresponding solid CFST. If the hollow ratio equals to 0,4–0,5 and over, the N‐ϵ relationship exists in steady descending stage. The critical stress of CFST elements stability is determined as an eccentric member with the initial eccentricity by use of finite element method. Santrauka Straipsnyje analizuojami 1303 betonšerdžių plieninių strypų bandinių eksperimentiniai duomenys. Duomenys lyginami su eurokode 4 pateiktais kompozitinių elementų laikomosios galios nustatymo metodais. Analizuojami šie betonšerdžių plieninių strypų bandinių tipai: pilnaviduriai ir tuščiaviduriai, apskrito ir stačiakampio skerspjūvio kolonos, kurių galuose veikia arba neveikia momentas, su iš anksto pridėta arba ilgalaike apkrova. Apskrito skerspjūvio kolonų laikomosios galios bandymų rezultatai atitinka skaičiavimų reikšmes, apskaičiuotas pagal eurokode 4 pateiktu metodu. Stačiakampio skerspjūvio elementų laikomosios galios reikšmių bandymo rezultatai puikiai atitinka teorines reikšmes, kai betono ritininis stipris nesiekia 75 MPa. Išankstinis elementų apkrovimas poveikio elementų laikomajai galiai beveik neturi. Taip pat nagrinėjami betonšerdžių elementų įtempių būvių pasiskirstymas, betono apspaudimo poveikis ir išilginių deformacijų ir įtempių kreivės. Pateikiama S. T. Zhong „Unifikuota teorija“, kuri nagrinėja kompozitinį elementą kaip visumą. Straipsnyje nagrinėjamos kompozitinio plieninio ir betoninio elemento stiprumo ir pastovumo sąlygos. Tokių elementų reikšmėmis. Jeigu tuštumos santykis lygus 0,4–0,5 ir daugiau, N-ε sąryšis yra kritimo stadijoje. Elgsenos stadijos keičiasi pagal tuštumos koeficientą.


1902 ◽  
Vol 70 (459-466) ◽  
pp. 491-496

The paper investigates the elastic equilibrium of a long bar of rectangular cross-section in those cases where the problem may be treated as one of two dimensions, namely:— ( a .) When the strain being in the plane of xy , the elastic solid extends indefinitely in the direction of the applied stresses over the bounding planes y = ± b , x = ± a being the same for any two sections parallel to the plane of xy . We then have a strictly two-dimensional strain.


Author(s):  
T. Zemach

We consider the propagation of a gravity current of density ρc from a lock length x0 and height h0 into an ambient fluid of density ρa in a horizontal channel of height H along the horizontal coordinate x. The bottom and top of the channel are at z = 0, H, and the cross-section is given by the quite general −f1(z) ≤ y ≤ f2(z) for 0 ≤ z ≤ H. When the Reynolds number is large, the resulting flow is governed by the parameters R = ρc/ρa, H* = H/h0 and f(z) = f1(z) + f2(z). We show that the shallow-water one-layer model, combined with a Benjamin-type front condition, provides a versatile formulation for the thickness h and speed u of the current. The results cover in a continuous manner the range of light ρc/ρa ≪ 1, Boussinesq ρc/ρa ≈ 1 and heavy ρc/ρa ≫ 1 currents in a fairly wide range of depth ratio in various cross-section geometries. We obtain analytical solutions for the initial dam-break stage of propagation with constant speed, which appears for any cross-section geometry, and derive explicitly the trend for small and large values of the governing parameters. For large time, t, a self-similar propagation is feasible for f(z) = bzα cross-sections only, with t(2+2α)/(3+2α). The present approach is a significant generalization of the classical non-Boussinesq gravity current problem. The classical formulation for a rectangular (or laterally unbounded) channel is now just a particular case, f(z) = const., in the wide domain of cross-sections covered by this new model.


2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 94-100
Author(s):  
Andrius Grigusevičius ◽  
Gediminas Blaževičius

The aim of this paper is to present a solution algorithm for determining the frame element crosssection carrying capacity, defined by combined effect of bending moment and axial force. The distributions of stresses and strains inside a cross-section made of linearly hardening material are analysed. General nonlinear stress-strain dependencies are composed. All relations are formed for rectangular cross-section for all possible cases of combinations of axial force and bending moment. To this end, five different stress-strain states are investigated and four limit axial force values are defined in the present research. The nonlinear problem is solved in MATLAB mathematical software environment. Stress-strain states in the cross-sections are investigated in detail and graphically analysed for two numerical experiments.


1979 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 470-472
Author(s):  
H. Lecoanet ◽  
J. Piranda

This paper deals with the problem of eigenfrequencies and eigenvectors for rings whose cross section may be decomposed in basic rectangular cross sections. The solution is derived from a solution of the in-plane eigenvalue problem for rectangular cross-section thick rings. A good agreement between theoretical results and experimental data is obtained.


2010 ◽  
Vol 638-642 ◽  
pp. 1579-1584 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.V. Nagasekhar ◽  
Carlos H. Cáceres ◽  
Mark Easton

Specimens of rectangular and circular cross section of a Mg-9Al binary alloy have been tensile tested and the cross section of undeformed specimens examined using scanning electron microscopy. The rectangular cross sections showed three scales in the cellular intermetallics network: coarse at the core, fine at the surface and very fine at the corners, whereas the circular ones showed only two, coarse at the core and fine at the surface. The specimens of rectangular cross section exhibited higher yield strength in comparison to the circular ones. Possible reasons for the observed increased strength of the rectangular sections are discussed.


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