A mechanical model of creep of polycrystalline ice

1978 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Michel

The paper presents a two dimensional mechanical model for the deformation and creep of polycrystalline ice that takes into account the elastic and plastic deformations of each crystal.The model applies to many cases of creep so that the different types of creep curves have been defined during the transitory, permanent and accelerated phases and the corresponding creep laws have been derived. The mechanics of cracking are not analyzed in this paper.The expression for the plastic deformation in this model is based on the principle of multiplication of mobile dislocations and Glen's law for permanent creep. The corresponding mathematical expression for creep without cracking, called α creep, is shown to represent, at the lower limit, the flow of glaciers and is shown to verify a large variety of measured creep curves either in monocrystals or in polycrystalline ice.The elastic deformations in this model bring to light the important role played by delayed elasticity, which is shown by experimental data but has never been elucidated previously.

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (13) ◽  
pp. 2710
Author(s):  
Jacobo Baldonedo ◽  
José R. Fernández ◽  
José A. López-Campos ◽  
Abraham Segade

Bone tissue is a material with a complex structure and mechanical properties. Diseases or even normal repetitive loads may cause microfractures to appear in the bone structure, leading to a deterioration of its properties. A better understanding of this phenomenon will lead to better predictions of bone fracture or bone-implant performance. In this work, the model proposed by Frémond and Nedjar in 1996 (initially for concrete structures) is numerically analyzed and compared against a bone specific mechanical model proposed by García et al. in 2009. The objective is to evaluate both models implemented with a finite element method. This will allow us to determine if the modified Frémond–Nedjar model is adequate for this purpose. We show that, in one dimension, both models show similar results, reproducing the qualitative behaviour of bone subjected to typical engineering tests. In particular, the Frémond–Nedjar model with the introduced modifications shows good agreement with experimental data. Finally, some two-dimensional results are also provided for the Frémond–Nedjar model to show its behaviour in the simulation of a real tensile test.


2001 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Baronas ◽  
F. Ivanauskas ◽  
I. Juodeikienė ◽  
A. Kajalavičius

A model of moisture movement in wood is presented in this paper in a two-dimensional-in-space formulation. The finite-difference technique has been used in order to obtain the solution of the problem. The model was applied to predict the moisture content in sawn boards from pine during long term storage under outdoor climatic conditions. The satisfactory agreement between the numerical solution and experimental data was obtained.


Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 2152
Author(s):  
Gonzalo García-Alén ◽  
Olalla García-Fonte ◽  
Luis Cea ◽  
Luís Pena ◽  
Jerónimo Puertas

2D models based on the shallow water equations are widely used in river hydraulics. However, these models can present deficiencies in those cases in which their intrinsic hypotheses are not fulfilled. One of these cases is in the presence of weirs. In this work we present an experimental dataset including 194 experiments in nine different weirs. The experimental data are compared to the numerical results obtained with a 2D shallow water model in order to quantify the discrepancies that exist due to the non-fulfillment of the hydrostatic pressure hypotheses. The experimental dataset presented can be used for the validation of other modelling approaches.


1956 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharad A. Patel

SummaryThis paper is concerned with the solution of the creep buckling of columns. Instantaneous elastic and plastic deformations, as well as the transient and secondary creep, are considered. Formulae for the critical time at which a column fails are presented for integral values of the exponents appearing in the creep law.


2018 ◽  
Vol 183 ◽  
pp. 01054
Author(s):  
Elisha Rejovitzky

The design of protective structures often requires numerical modeling of shock-wave propagation in the surrounding soils. Properties of the soil such as grain-grading and water-fraction may vary spatially around a structure and among different sites. To better understand how these properties affect wave propagation we study how the meso-structure of soils affects their equation of state (EOS). In this work we present a meso-mechanical model for granular materials based on a simple representation of the grains as solid spheres. Grain-grading is prescribed, and a packing algorithm is used to obtain periodic grain morphologies of tightly packed randomly distributed spheres. The model is calibrated by using experimental data of sand compaction and sound-speed measurements from the literature. We study the effects of graingrading and show that the pressures at low strains exhibit high sensitivity to the level of connectivity between grains. At high strains, the EOS of the bulk material of the grains dominates the behavior of the EOS of the granular material.


Author(s):  
Tarald O. Kvålseth

First- and second-order linear models of mean movement time for serial arm movements aimed at a target and subject to preview constraints and lateral constraints were formulated as extensions of the so-called Fitts's law of motor control. These models were validated on the basis of experimental data from five subjects and found to explain from 80% to 85% of the variation in movement time in the case of the first-order models and from 93% to 95% of such variation for the second-order models. Fitts's index of difficulty (ID) was generally found to contribute more to the movement time than did either the preview ID or the lateral ID defined. Of the different types of errors, target overshoots occurred far more frequently than undershoots.


In this work, bifurcation characteristics of unsteady, viscous, Newtonian laminar flow in two-dimensional sudden expansion and sudden contraction-expansion channels have been studied for different values of expansion ratio. The governing equations have been solved using finite volume method and FLUENT software has been employed to visualize the simulation results. Three different mesh studies have been performed to calculate critical Reynolds number (Recr) for different types of bifurcation phenomena. It is found that Recr decreases with the increase in expansion ratio (ER).


Author(s):  
Hao Li

Traditional mural repair methods only observe the texture of murals when segmenting the repair area, but ignore the extraction of a mural damage data, resulting in incomplete damage crack information. For this reason, the method of repairing the damaged murals based on machine vision is studied. Using machine vision, it can get two-dimensional image of a mural, preprocess the image, extract the damaged data of a mural, and then divide the repair area and repair degree index. According to different types of damage, it can choose the corresponding repair methods to achieve the repair of damaged mural. The results show: Compared with the reference [1] method and reference [2] method, the number of repair points and repair cracks extracted by the proposed method is more than that of the two traditional methods, which can more accurately and comprehensively extract the repair information of murals.


2021 ◽  
Vol 91 (8) ◽  
pp. 887-911
Author(s):  
Manuel F. Isla ◽  
Ernesto Schwarz ◽  
Gonzalo D. Veiga ◽  
Jerónimo J. Zuazo ◽  
Mariano N. Remirez

ABSTRACT The intra-parasequence scale is still relatively unexplored territory in high-resolution sequence stratigraphy. The analysis of internal genetic units of parasequences has commonly been simplified to the definition of bedsets. Such simplification is insufficient to cover the complexity involved in the building of individual parasequences. Different types of intra-parasequence units have been previously identified and characterized in successive wave-dominated shoreface–shelf parasequences in the Lower Cretaceous Pilmatué Member of the Agrio Formation in central Neuquén Basin. Sedimentary and stratigraphic attributes such as the number of intra-parasequence units, their thickness, the proportions of facies associations in the regressive interval, the lateral extent of bounding surfaces, the degree of deepening recorded across these boundaries, and the type and lateral extent of associated transgressive deposits are quantitatively analyzed in this paper. Based on the analysis of these quantified attributes, three different scales of genetic units in parasequences are identified. 1) Bedset complexes are 10–40 m thick, basin to upper-shoreface successions, bounded by 5 to 16 km-long surfaces with a degree of deepening of one to three facies belts. These stratigraphic units represent the highest hierarchy of intra-parasequence stratigraphic units, and the vertical stacking of two or three of them typically forms an individual parasequence. 2) Bedsets are 2–20 m thick, offshore to upper-shoreface successions, bounded by up to 10 km long surfaces with a degree of deepening of zero to one facies belt. Two or three bedsets stack vertically build a bedset complex. 3) Sub-bedsets are 0.5–5 m thick, offshore transition to upper-shoreface successions, bounded by 0.5 to 2 km long surfaces with a degree of deepening of zero to one facies belt. Two or three sub-bedsets commonly stack to form bedsets. The proposed methodology indicates that the combination of thickness with the proportion of facies associations in the regressive interval of stratigraphic units can be used to discriminate between bedsets and sub-bedsets, whereas for higher ranks (bedsets and bedset complexes) the degree of deepening, lateral extent of bounding surfaces, and the characteristics of associated shell-bed deposits become more effective. Finally, the results for the Pilmatué Member are compared with other ancient and Holocene examples to improve understanding of the high-frequency evolution of wave-dominated shoreface–shelf systems.


Author(s):  
L. Gallar ◽  
I. Tzagarakis ◽  
V. Pachidis ◽  
R. Singh

After a shaft failure the compression system of a gas turbine is likely to surge due to the heavy vibrations induced on the engine after the breakage. Unlike at any other conditions of operation, compressor surge during a shaft over-speed event is regarded as desirable as it limits the air flow across the engine and hence the power available to accelerate the free turbine. It is for this reason that the proper prediction of the engine performance during a shaft over-speed event claims for an accurate modelling of the compressor operation at reverse flow conditions. The present study investigates the ability of the existent two dimensional algorithms to simulate the compressor performance in backflow conditions. Results for a three stage axial compressor at reverse flow were produced and compared against stage by stage experimental data published by Gamache. The research shows that due to the strong radial fluxes present over the blades, two dimensional approaches are inadequate to provide satisfactory results. Three dimensional effects and inaccuracies are accounted for by the introduction of a correction parameter that is a measure of the pressure loss across the blades. Such parameter is tailored for rotors and stators and enables the satisfactory agreement between calculations and experiments in a stage by stage basis. The paper concludes with the comparison of the numerical results with the experimental data supplied by Day on a four stage axial compressor.


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