Role of contact heterogeneities on macroscopic elastic properties of granular media

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ratnanabha Sain ◽  
Gary Mavko ◽  
Tapan Mukerji
Keyword(s):  
Elastic Properties ◽  
Granular Media

Role of contact couples and couple stress in the behaviour of granular media

1998 ◽  
Vol 08 (PR8) ◽  
pp. Pr8-87-Pr8-94
Author(s):  
F. Dedecker ◽  
Ph. Dubujet ◽  
B. Cambou
Keyword(s):  
Couple Stress ◽  
Granular Media

Tunnel excavation in granular media: the role of force chains

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Raj Kumar Pal ◽  
Robert Buraque de Macedo ◽  
José E Andrade
Keyword(s):  
Granular Media ◽  
Force Chains ◽  
Tunnel Excavation

scholarly journals Mechanics of tubular helical assemblies: ensemble response to axial compression and extension

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacopo Quaglierini ◽  
Alessandro Lucantonio ◽  
Antonio DeSimone
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Elastic Properties ◽  
Central Region ◽  
Mechanical Response ◽  
Different Boundary Conditions ◽  
Kirchhoff Rods ◽  
Model Versus ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Opposite Chirality

Abstract Nature and technology often adopt structures that can be described as tubular helical assemblies. However, the role and mechanisms of these structures remain elusive. In this paper, we study the mechanical response under compression and extension of a tubular assembly composed of 8 helical Kirchhoff rods, arranged in pairs with opposite chirality and connected by pin joints, both analytically and numerically. We first focus on compression and find that, whereas a single helical rod would buckle, the rods of the assembly deform coherently as stable helical shapes wound around a common axis. Moreover, we investigate the response of the assembly under different boundary conditions, highlighting the emergence of a central region where rods remain circular helices. Secondly, we study the effects of different hypotheses on the elastic properties of rods, i.e., stress-free rods when straight versus when circular helices, Kirchhoff’s rod model versus Sadowsky’s ribbon model. Summing up, our findings highlight the key role of mutual interactions in generating a stable ensemble response that preserves the helical shape of the individual rods, as well as some interesting features, and they shed some light on the reasons why helical shapes in tubular assemblies are so common and persistent in nature and technology. Graphic Abstract We study the mechanical response under compression/extension of an assembly composed of 8 helical rods, pin-jointed and arranged in pairs with opposite chirality. In compression we find that, whereas a single rod buckles (a), the rods of the assembly deform as stable helical shapes (b). We investigate the effect of different boundary conditions and elastic properties on the mechanical response, and find that the deformed geometries exhibit a common central region where rods remain circular helices. Our findings highlight the key role of mutual interactions in the ensemble response and shed some light on the reasons why tubular helical assemblies are so common and persistent.

scholarly journals Effect of the matrix subsystem on hydrostatic parameters of a novel 1–3-type piezo-composite

2015 ◽  
Vol 08 (05) ◽  
pp. 1550049 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vitaly Yu. Topolov ◽  
Christopher R. Bowen ◽  
Paolo Bisegna ◽  
Anatoly E. Panich
Keyword(s):  
Elastic Properties ◽  
Electromechanical Coupling ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Electromechanical Coupling Factor ◽  
Ferroelectric Ceramic ◽  
Coupling Factor ◽  
Polyurethane Composite ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Type Composite

The influence of the aspect ratio and volume fraction of ferroelectric ceramic inclusions in a 0–3 matrix on the hydrostatic parameters of a three-component 1–3-type composite is studied to demonstrate the important role of the elastic properties of the two-component matrix on the composite performance. Differences in the elastic properties of the 0–3 matrix and single-crystal rods lead to a considerable dependence of the hydrostatic response of the composite on the anisotropy of the matrix elastic properties. The performance of a 1–0–3 0.92 Pb ( Zn 1/3 Nb 2/3) O 3–0.08 PbTiO 3 SC/modified PbTiO 3 ceramic/polyurethane composite suggests that this composite system is of interest for hydroacoustic applications due to its high hydrostatic piezoelectric coefficients [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text], squared figure of merit [Formula: see text], and electromechanical coupling factor [Formula: see text].

Substantiation of the Operational Parameters of the Sandwich Belt High Angle Conveyors with due Regard for Strain Deformed State of Belts

2015 ◽  
Vol 806 ◽  
pp. 16-22
Author(s):  
Vladimir Ivanovich Galkin ◽  
Evgeniya Evgenievna Sheshko
Keyword(s):  
Elastic Properties ◽  
High Angle ◽  
Operational Parameters ◽  
High Productivity ◽  
Software Application ◽  
Deformed State ◽  
Complex Decision ◽  
Rubber Fabric

The article deals with the advantages of special types of conveyors and, in particular, the sandwich belt high-angle conveyors, and also several problems appearing when designing and creating high-productive installations under high conveying angle and to considerable height. Processes of overstrain of separate sections of the belt and also considerable deformations of edges and the middle of the belt are established in the article. It is shown that an effective method of the solution of such tasks is the modeling of strain deformed state of belts with utilization of methods and the software application of the ANSYS complex. Decision examples for separate sections are given in the article too. The role of elastic properties of the belts and their durability when basing parameters of the considered sections is proved in the article. It is shown that modern rubber fabric and rubber cable belts give the chance of creation of powerful conveyor installations with a cover belt for large conveying angles and high productivity.

scholarly journals Deformation twinning and the role of amino acids and magnesium in calcite hardness from molecular simulation

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (31) ◽  
pp. 20178-20184 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. S. Côté ◽  
R. Darkins ◽  
D. M. Duffy
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Amino Acids ◽  
Molecular Simulation ◽  
Elastic Properties ◽  
Deformation Twinning ◽  
Pure Crystal ◽  
Classical Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Deformation Twins

We employ classical molecular dynamics to calculate elastic properties and to model the nucleation and propagation of deformation twins in calcite, both as a pure crystal and with magnesium and aspartate inclusions.

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