A Numerical Study on Shock Wave Mitigation Using Layered Composites

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hossein Sadeghi ◽  
Joseph Magallanes ◽  
John Crawford
Keyword(s):  
Shock Wave ◽  
Shock Front ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Structural Response ◽  
Layered Composite ◽  
Phononic Crystals ◽  
Reference Case ◽  
Rc Column ◽  
Frequency Components

Phononic crystals are composites with architected microstructure that exhibit superior shock mitigation properties which cannot be achieved through natural materials. In this study, the capability provided by layered phononic crystals for protection of structures subjected to near-contact detonation is investigated. To evaluate the protective performance of the layered composite, finite element simulation of a reinforced concrete (RC) column, with a layered composite attached to its surface, subjected to near-contact detonation is performed. As a reference case, the same RC column under the same near-contact detonation, without the layered composite, is also studied. Contours of damage and residual load carrying capacity of the RC column are analyzed for both cases. It is observed that due to optimized band-gap in the composite, high frequency components of the shock wave are filtered, while the low frequency components of the shock front are highly scattered. Therefore, the intense shock front with large peak overpressure and short duration gets dispersed and transforms into a wave with a longer duration and lower peak overpressure. Comparing the damage pattern in the protected RC column with the bare column, high level of protection provided by the layered composite is demonstrated. This study provides insight on how stress waves can be controlled through microstructural design of phononic crystals through topology optimization to achieve a desired dynamic and structural response.

Numerical Study of Hydrodynamic Instabilities in Converging Geometry

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik S. Proano ◽  
Bertrand Rollin
Keyword(s):  
Shock Wave ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Hydrodynamic Instability ◽  
Mixing Layer ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Inertial Confinement ◽  
Rarefaction Waves ◽  
Heavy Gas ◽  
The University

This work presents simulations of a heavy gas, SF6, immersed within a light gas, air, under the effect of a converging shock wave. Upon interaction of the shock wave with the perturbed interface between air and SF6, Richtmyer-Meshkov instability (RMI) and, later, Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI) take place. More precisely, a succession of RMI and RTI occurs due to multiple shock and rarefaction waves, and gives rise to mixing between the heavy and light fluids. The problem of hydrodynamic instability-induced mixing in converging geometry is particularly relevant to engineering applications such as the process of nuclear fusion by the inertial confinement approach. This study is motivated by the need to better understand the relation between the initial perturbations at the interface between the fluids and the development of the instabilities and mixing in a converging geometry. Using the Flash Code, a PPM hydrodynamic solver developed by the ASC center at the University of Chicago [1], this study focuses on the growth rate of instabilities and the subsequent mixing associated with various carefully designed initial interfacial perturbations in the implosion configuration described above. In cylindrical geometry, comparisons between the growth of high and low frequency single mode perturbations are presented. It is found that at later times, after RMI and RTI take place, the width of the mixing layer is the largest for the low-wavenumber initial interface perturbation. Also, simulations show that the SF6 target with the highest wavenumber perturbation presents the most mixing at the later times but the lowest wavenumber initial interface perturbation presents the most mixing before reshock.

Investigation of shock-wave deformation history from recovered structure

1986 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 434-435
Author(s):  
M.A. Mogilevsky ◽  
L.S. Bushnev
Keyword(s):  
Shock Wave ◽  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
Dislocation Density ◽  
Shock Waves ◽  
Shock Front ◽  
Single Crystals ◽  
Residual Deformation ◽  
Deformation Structure ◽  
Deformation History ◽  
Deformation Velocity

Single crystals of Al were loaded by 15 to 40 GPa shock waves at 77 K with a pulse duration of 1.0 to 0.5 μs and a residual deformation of ∼1%. The analysis of deformation structure peculiarities allows the deformation history to be re-established.After a 20 to 40 GPa loading the dislocation density in the recovered samples was about 1010 cm-2. By measuring the thickness of the 40 GPa shock front in Al, a plastic deformation velocity of 1.07 x 108 s-1 is obtained, from where the moving dislocation density at the front is 7 x 1010 cm-2. A very small part of dislocations moves during the whole time of compression, i.e. a total dislocation density at the front must be in excess of this value by one or two orders. Consequently, due to extremely high stresses, at the front there exists a very unstable structure which is rearranged later with a noticeable decrease in dislocation density.

Simulations of high-resolution images of amorphous silicon films

1986 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 544-545
Author(s):  
G. Y. Fan ◽  
J. M. Cowley
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscope ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Fourier Transformation ◽  
Amorphous Materials ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Chromatic Aberration ◽  
Structure Information ◽  
Frequency Components ◽  
High Resolution Images ◽  
Spatial Frequency Spectrum

It is well known that the structure information on the specimen is not always faithfully transferred through the electron microscope. Firstly, the spatial frequency spectrum is modulated by the transfer function (TF) at the focal plane. Secondly, the spectrum suffers high frequency cut-off by the aperture (or effectively damping terms such as chromatic aberration). While these do not have essential effect on imaging crystal periodicity as long as the low order Bragg spots are inside the aperture, although the contrast may be reversed, they may change the appearance of images of amorphous materials completely. Because the spectrum of amorphous materials is continuous, modulation of it emphasizes some components while weakening others. Especially the cut-off of high frequency components, which contribute to amorphous image just as strongly as low frequency components can have a fundamental effect. This can be illustrated through computer simulation. Imaging of a whitenoise object with an electron microscope without TF limitation gives Fig. 1a, which is obtained by Fourier transformation of a constant amplitude combined with random phases generated by computer.

Numerical study of the low-frequency atomic dynamics in a Lennard-Jones glass

1998 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 473-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Sampoli, P. Benassi, R. Dell'Anna,
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Study ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Lennard Jones

ANALYSIS OF STAND RESEARCH RESULTS OF AXIAL DYNAMIC FORCE IN DRILLING BY THREE ROLLER CONE BIT

2019 ◽  
pp. 81-93
Author(s):  
В. М. Мойсишин ◽  
M. V. Lyskanych ◽  
R. A. Zhovniruk ◽  
Ye. P. Majkovych
Keyword(s):  
Low Frequency ◽  
Maximum Energy ◽  
Dynamic Force ◽  
Low Frequency Oscillation ◽  
Drilling Tool ◽  
Rock Destruction ◽  
Frequency Components ◽  
Harmonic Components ◽  
Experimental Values ◽  
Harmful Effects

The purpose of the proposed article is to establish the causes of oscillations of drilling tool and the basic laws of the distribution of the total energy of the process of changing the axial dynamic force over frequencies of spectrum. Variable factors during experiments on the classical plan were the rigidity of drilling tool and the hardness of the rock. According to the results of research, the main power of the process of change of axial dynamic force during drilling of three roller cone bits is in the frequency range 0-32 Hz in which three harmonic frequency components are allocated which correspond to the theoretical values of low-frequency and gear oscillations of the chisel and proper oscillations of the bit. The experimental values of frequencies of harmonic components of energy and normalized spectrum as well as the magnitude of the dispersion of the axial dynamic force and its normalized values at these frequencies are presented. It has been found that with decreasing rigidity of the drilling tool maximum energy of axial dynamic force moves from the low-frequency oscillation region to the tooth oscillation area, intensifying the process of rock destruction and, at the same time, protecting the tool from the harmful effects of the vibrations of the bit. Reducing the rigidity of the drilling tool protects the bit from the harmful effects of the vibrations generated by the stand. The energy reductions in these fluctuations range from 47 to 77%.

A Novel Adaptive PET/CT Image Fusion Algorithm

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 658-666
Author(s):  
Kai-jian Xia ◽  
Jian-qiang Wang ◽  
Jian Cai
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Image Fusion ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Malignant Tumors ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Combination Method ◽  
Ct Image ◽  
Fusion Algorithm ◽  
Pet Ct ◽  
Frequency Components

Background: Lung cancer is one of the common malignant tumors. The successful diagnosis of lung cancer depends on the accuracy of the image obtained from medical imaging modalities. Objective: The fusion of CT and PET is combining the complimentary and redundant information both images and can increase the ease of perception. Since the existing fusion method sare not perfect enough, and the fusion effect remains to be improved, the paper proposes a novel method called adaptive PET/CT fusion for lung cancer in Piella framework. Methods: This algorithm firstly adopted the DTCWT to decompose the PET and CT images into different components, respectively. In accordance with the characteristics of low-frequency and high-frequency components and the features of PET and CT image, 5 membership functions are used as a combination method so as to determine the fusion weight for low-frequency components. In order to fuse different high-frequency components, we select the energy difference of decomposition coefficients as the match measure, and the local energy as the activity measure; in addition, the decision factor is also determined for the high-frequency components. Results: The proposed method is compared with some of the pixel-level spatial domain image fusion algorithms. The experimental results show that our proposed algorithm is feasible and effective. Conclusion: Our proposed algorithm can better retain and protrude the lesions edge information and the texture information of lesions in the image fusion.

Underwater Image Enhancement Method Combining color and Luminance

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZHAO Baiting ◽  
WANG Feng ◽  
JIA Xiaofen ◽  
GUO Yongcun ◽  
WANG Chengjun
Keyword(s):  
Image Enhancement ◽  
Color Space ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Brightness Enhancement ◽  
Color Distortion ◽  
Underwater Image ◽  
Enhancement Method ◽  
Frequency Components ◽  
Image Contour ◽  
Objective Indicators

Background:: Aiming at the problems of color distortion, low clarity and poor visibility of underwater image caused by complex underwater environment, a wavelet fusion method UIPWF for underwater image enhancement is proposed. Methods:: First of all, an improved NCB color balance method is designed to identify and cut the abnormal pixels, and balance the color of R, G and B channels by affine transformation. Then, the color correction map is converted to CIELab color space, and the L component is equalized with contrast limited adaptive histogram to obtain the brightness enhancement map. Finally, different fusion rules are designed for low-frequency and high-frequency components, the pixel level wavelet fusion of color balance image and brightness enhancement image is realized to improve the edge detail contrast on the basis of protecting the underwater image contour. Results:: The experiments demonstrate that compared with the existing underwater image processing methods, UIPWF is highly effective in the underwater image enhancement task, improves the objective indicators greatly, and produces visually pleasing enhancement images with clear edges and reasonable color information. Conclusion:: The UIPWF method can effectively mitigate the color distortion, improve the clarity and contrast, which is applicable for underwater image enhancement in different environments.

Despeckling of Sar Images Using Shrinkage of Two-Dimensional Discrete Orthonormal S-Transform

2020 ◽  
pp. 2150023
Author(s):  
Priya R. Kamath ◽  
Kedarnath Senapati ◽  
P. Jidesh
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Detection Algorithm ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Sar Images ◽  
S Transform ◽  
Processing Step ◽  
Frequency Components ◽  
Shock Filter

Speckles are inherent to SAR. They hide and undermine several relevant information contained in the SAR images. In this paper, a despeckling algorithm using the shrinkage of two-dimensional discrete orthonormal S-transform (2D-DOST) coefficients in the transform domain along with shock filter is proposed. Also, an attempt has been made as a post-processing step to preserve the edges and other details while removing the speckle. The proposed strategy involves decomposing the SAR image into low and high-frequency components and processing them separately. A shock filter is used to smooth out the small variations in low-frequency components, and the high-frequency components are treated with a shrinkage of 2D-DOST coefficients. The edges, for enhancement, are detected using a ratio-based edge detection algorithm. The proposed method is tested, verified, and compared with some well-known models on C-band and X-band SAR images. A detailed experimental analysis is illustrated.

scholarly journals Structural Response of a Single-Stage Centrifugal Compressor to Fluid-Induced Excitations at Low-Flow Operating Condition: Experimental and Numerical Study

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (14) ◽  
pp. 4292
Author(s):  
Kirill Kabalyk ◽  
Andrzej Jaeschke ◽  
Grzegorz Liśkiewicz ◽  
Michał Kulak ◽  
Tomasz Szydłowski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Centrifugal Compressor ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Structural Response ◽  
Flow Coefficient ◽  
Low Flow ◽  
Dynamic Strain ◽  
Duct Acoustics ◽  
Numerical Noise ◽  
Partial Load ◽  
Compressor Impeller

The article describes an assessment of possible changes in constant fatigue life of a medium flow-coefficient centrifugal compressor impeller subject to operation at close-to-surge point. Some aspects of duct acoustics are additionally analyzed. The experimental measurements at partial load are presented and are primarily used for validation of unidirectionally coupled fluid-structural numerical model. The model is based on unsteady finite-volume fluid-flow simulations and on finite-element transient structural analysis. The validation is followed by the model implementation to replicate the industry-scale loads with reasonably higher rotational speed and suction pressure. The approach demonstrates satisfactory accuracy in prediction of stage performance and unsteady flow field in vaneless diffuser. The latter is deduced from signal analysis relying on continuous wavelet transformations. On the other hand, it is found that the aerodynamic incidence losses at close-to-surge point are underpredicted. The structural simulation generates considerable amounts of numerical noise, which has to be separated prior to evaluation of fluid-induced dynamic strain. The main source of disturbance is defined as a stationary region of static pressure drop caused by flow contraction at volute tongue and leading to first engine-order excitation in rotating frame of reference. Eventually, it is concluded that the amplitude of excitation is too low to lead to any additional fatigue.

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