Numerical exploration on snap buckling of a pre-stressed hemispherical gridshell

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Weicheng Huang ◽  
Longhui Qin ◽  
Qiang Chen
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Energy Functional ◽  
Elastic Rods ◽  
Geometrically Nonlinear ◽  
Local Response ◽  
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Numerical Exploration ◽  
Planar Grid ◽  
Fundamental Understanding

Abstract Motivated by the observations of snap-through phenomena in pre-stressed strips and curved shells, we numerically investigate the snapping of a pre-buckled hemispherical gridshell under apex load indentation. Our experimentally validated numerical framework on elastic gridshell simulation combines two components: (i) Discrete Elastic Rods method, for the geometrically nonlinear description of one dimensional rods; and (ii) a naive penalty-based energy functional, to perform the non-deviation condition between two rods at joint. An initially planar grid of slender rods can be actuated into a three dimensional hemispherical shape by loading its extremities through a prescribed path, known as buckling induced assembly; next, this pre-buckled structure can suddenly change its bending direction at some threshold points when compressing its apex to the other side. We find that the hemispherical gridshell can undergo snap-through buckling through two different paths based on two different apex loading conditions. The first critical snap-through point slightly increases as the number of rods in gridshell structure becomes denser, which emphasizes the mechanically nonlocal property in hollow grids, in contrast to the local response of continuum shells. The findings may bridge the gap among rods, grids, knits, and shells, for a fundamental understanding of a group of thin elastic structures, and inspire the design of novel micro-electro-mechanical systems and functional metamaterials.

scholarly journals Regularity of Weak Solution of Variational Problems Modeling the Cosserat Micropolar Elasticity

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yimei Li ◽  
Changyou Wang
Keyword(s):  
Weak Solution ◽  
Harmonic Maps ◽  
Lagrange Equation ◽  
Variational Problems ◽  
Energy Functional ◽  
Geometrically Nonlinear ◽  
Micropolar Elasticity ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
The Poisson Equation ◽  
System Coupling

Abstract In this paper, we consider weak solutions of the Euler–Lagrange equation to a variational energy functional modeling the geometrically nonlinear Cosserat micropolar elasticity of continua in dimension three, which is a system coupling between the Poisson equation and the equation of $p$-harmonic maps ($2\le p\le 3$). We show that if a weak solution is stationary, then its singular set is discrete for $2<p<3$ and has zero one-dimensional Hausdorff measure for $p=2$. If, in addition, it is a stable-stationary weak solution, then it is regular everywhere when $p\in [2, \frac{32}{15}]$.

Axially Symmetric Waves in Elastic Rods

1960 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. Mindlin ◽  
H. D. McNiven
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Circular Cross Section ◽  
Elastic Rods ◽  
Axially Symmetric ◽  
Elastic Rod ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Axial Shear ◽  
Wave Numbers ◽  
Complex Wave

A system of approximate, one-dimensional equations is derived for axially symmetric motions of an elastic rod of circular cross section. The equations take into account the coupling between longitudinal, axial shear, and radial modes. The spectrum of frequencies for real, imaginary, and complex wave numbers in an infinite rod is explored in detail and compared with the analogous solution of the three-dimensional equations.

scholarly journals Dynamics of three dimensional maps

2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-117
Author(s):  
Asma Djerrai ◽  
Ilhem Djellit
Keyword(s):  
Invariant Manifolds ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Numerical Exploration ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Planar Maps ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The One ◽  
One Dimensional Maps

Smooth 3D maps have been a focus of study in a wide range of research fields. Their Properties are investigated qualitatively and numerically. These maps show qualitatively interesting types of bifurcations than those exhibited by generic smooth planar maps. We present a theoretical framework for analyzing three-dimensional smooth coupling maps by finding the stability criteria for periodic orbits and characterizing the system behaviors with the tools of nonlinear dynamics relative to bifurcation in the parameter plane, invariant manifolds, critical manifolds, chaotic attractors. We also show by numerical simulation bifurcations that can occur in such maps. By an analytical and numerical exploration we give some properties and characteristics, since this class of three-dimensional dynamics is associated with the properties of one-dimensional maps. There is an interesting passage from the one-dimensional endomorphisms to the three-dimensional endomorphisms.

scholarly journals Derivation of the nonlinear bending–torsion model for a junction of elastic rods

2012 ◽  
Vol 142 (3) ◽  
pp. 633-664 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josip Tambača ◽  
Igor Velčić
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sections ◽  
Minimization Problem ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Contact Forces ◽  
Elastic Rods ◽  
Nonlinear Bending ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Γ Convergence ◽  
The One

We derive the one-dimensional bending–torsion equilibrium model for the junction of straight rods. The starting point is a three-dimensional nonlinear elasticity equilibrium problem written as a minimization problem for a union of thin, rod-like bodies. By taking the limit as the thickness of the three-dimensional rods tends to zero, and by using ideas from the theory of Γ-convergence, we find that the resulting model consists of the union of the usual one-dimensional nonlinear bending–torsion rod models which satisfy the following transmission conditions at the junction point: continuity of displacement and rotation of the cross-sections; balance of contact forces and contact couples.

Rods, plates and shells

1968 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 895-913 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. E. Green ◽  
N. Laws ◽  
P. M. Naghdi
Keyword(s):  
Continuum Mechanics ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Elastic Rods ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Dimensional Theory ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Plates And Shells

AbstractWe discuss non-linear thermodynamical theories of rods and shells using the three-dimensional theory of classical continuum mechanics as a starting point. The three-dimensional theory is reduced to a two-dimensional theory for a shell, or plate, and a one-dimensional theory for a rod by employing an exact expansion for the displacement but an approximation for the temperature. For elastic rods and shells a method of approximation is suggested which brings the respective theories into correspondence with those of Green and Laws (1) and Green, Naghdi and Wain-wright(2).

Structure and function of neural networks in the retina

1988 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 26-27
Author(s):  
Peter Sterling
Keyword(s):  
Ganglion Cells ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Structure And Function ◽  
Synaptic Connections ◽  
Visual Axis ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Cat Retina ◽  
Ultrathin Sections ◽  
And Function ◽  
Insight Into

The synaptic connections in cat retina that link photoreceptors to ganglion cells have been analyzed quantitatively. Our approach has been to prepare serial, ultrathin sections and photograph en montage at low magnification (˜2000X) in the electron microscope. Six series, 100-300 sections long, have been prepared over the last decade. They derive from different cats but always from the same region of retina, about one degree from the center of the visual axis. The material has been analyzed by reconstructing adjacent neurons in each array and then identifying systematically the synaptic connections between arrays. Most reconstructions were done manually by tracing the outlines of processes in successive sections onto acetate sheets aligned on a cartoonist's jig. The tracings were then digitized, stacked by computer, and printed with the hidden lines removed. The results have provided rather than the usual one-dimensional account of pathways, a three-dimensional account of circuits. From this has emerged insight into the functional architecture.

Exploring the Multidimensional Facets of Authoritarianism: Authoritarian Aggression and Social Dominance Orientation

2008 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Passini
Keyword(s):  
Social Dominance ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Social Dominance Orientation ◽  
Model Fit ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
The One ◽  
Better Than

The relation between authoritarianism and social dominance orientation was analyzed, with authoritarianism measured using a three-dimensional scale. The implicit multidimensional structure (authoritarian submission, conventionalism, authoritarian aggression) of Altemeyer’s (1981, 1988) conceptualization of authoritarianism is inconsistent with its one-dimensional methodological operationalization. The dimensionality of authoritarianism was investigated using confirmatory factor analysis in a sample of 713 university students. As hypothesized, the three-factor model fit the data significantly better than the one-factor model. Regression analyses revealed that only authoritarian aggression was related to social dominance orientation. That is, only intolerance of deviance was related to high social dominance, whereas submissiveness was not.

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