scholarly journals Spatial Rigid-Flexible-Liquid Coupling Dynamics of Towed System Analyzed by a Hamiltonian Finite Element Method

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 1157
Author(s):  
Huaiping Ding ◽  
Qiao Wang ◽  
Wei Hu ◽  
Xiaochun Yin

An effective Hamiltonian finite element method is presented in this paper to investigate the three-dimensional dynamic responses of a towed cable-payload system with large deformation. The dynamics of a flexible towed system moving in a medium is a classical and complex rigid-flexible-liquid coupling problem. The dynamic governing equation is derived from the Hamiltonian system and built-in canonical form. A Symplectic algorithm is built to analyze the canonical equations numerically. Logarithmic strain is applied to estimate the large deformation effect and the system stiffness matrix will be updated for each calculation time step. A direct integral solution of the medium drag effect is derived in which the traditional coordinate transformation is avoided. A conical pendulum system and a 180° U-turn towed cable system are conducted and the results are compared with those retraced from the existing Hamiltonian method based on small deformation theory and the dynamic software of Livermore software technology corp. (LS-DYNA). Furthermore, a circularly towed system is analyzed and compared with experimental data. The comparisons show that the presented method is more accurate than the existing Hamiltonian method when large deformation occurred in the towed cable due to the application of logarithmic strain. Furthermore, it is more effective than LS-DYNA to treat the rigid-flexible-liquid coupling problems in the costs of CPU time.

Author(s):  
C. W. S. To

A novel procedure for large deformation nonstationary random response computation of shell structures with spatial uncertainty is presented. The procedure is free from the limitations associated with those employing perturbation approximation techniques, such as the so-called stochastic finite element method and probabilistic finite element method, for systems with spatial uncertainties. In addition, the procedure has several important and excellent features. Chief among these are: (a) ability to deal with large deformation problems of finite strain and finite rotation; (b) application of explicit linear and nonlinear element stiffness matrices, mass matrix, and load vectors reduces computation time drastically; (c) application of the averaged deterministic central difference scheme for the updating of co-ordinates and element matrices at every time step makes it extremely efficient compared with those employing the Monte Carlo simulation and the conventional central difference algorithm; and (d) application of the time co-ordinate transformation enables one to study highly stiff structural systems.


Author(s):  
Huaiping Ding ◽  
Xiaochun Yin ◽  
Qiao Wang ◽  
Zheng H. Zhu

This paper develops a new Hamiltonian nodal position finite element method for dynamic analysis of spatial flexible cable systems with large deformation. The dynamic governing equation is derived from finite elasticity theory. Logarithmic strain is applied to construct large deformation Hamiltonian canonical equations. An efficient second-order symplectic difference algorithm is built to solve the canonical equations numerically. A large strain conical pendulum system is analyzed numerically by the proposed method, and the numerical results are compared with those retracted from the existing Hamiltonian methods and Livermore Software Technology Corporation: dynamics (LS-DYNA). The proposed method is further verified by two tethered dynamic experiments involving large displacement motion and large deformation. The comparisons and verifications demonstrate that the proposed method is of symplectic conservation, has high accuracy and has stability for calculating flexible cable system dynamics with large deformation.


Author(s):  
Alexander Danilov ◽  
Alexander Lozovskiy ◽  
Maxim Olshanskii ◽  
Yuri Vassilevski

AbstractThe paper introduces a finite element method for the Navier-Stokes equations of incompressible viscous fluid in a time-dependent domain. The method is based on a quasi-Lagrangian formulation of the problem and handling the geometry in a time-explicit way. We prove that numerical solution satisfies a discrete analogue of the fundamental energy estimate. This stability estimate does not require a CFL time-step restriction. The method is further applied to simulation of a flow in a model of the left ventricle of a human heart, where the ventricle wall dynamics is reconstructed from a sequence of contrast enhanced Computed Tomography images.


2010 ◽  
Vol 168-170 ◽  
pp. 330-333
Author(s):  
Neng Gang Xie ◽  
Yun Chen ◽  
Ye Ye ◽  
Lu Wang

In the numerical analysis of foundation consolidation by using dynamic compaction, many kinds of non-linear conditions exist. This paper adopts large deformation on the relationship between strain and displacement. Non-linear governing equation of soil, based on finite element method, is established. Iterative calculation form is raised. Finally, non-linear numerical analysis is done to a calculation example.


2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (9) ◽  
pp. 3138-3163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei-Hai Yuan ◽  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Beibing Dai ◽  
Yuan Wang

Purpose Large deformation problems are frequently encountered in various fields of geotechnical engineering. The particle finite element method (PFEM) has been proven to be a promising method to solve large deformation problems. This study aims to develop a computational framework for modelling the hydro-mechanical coupled porous media at large deformation based on the PFEM. Design/methodology/approach The PFEM is extended by adopting the linear and quadratic triangular elements for pore water pressure and displacements. A six-node triangular element is used for modelling two-dimensional problems instead of the low-order three-node triangular element. Thus, the numerical instability induced by volumetric locking is avoided. The Modified Cam Clay (MCC) model is used to describe the elasto-plastic soil behaviour. Findings The proposed approach is used for analysing several consolidation problems. The numerical results have demonstrated that large deformation consolidation problems with the proposed approach can be accomplished without numerical difficulties and loss of accuracy. The coupled PFEM provides a stable and robust numerical tool in solving large deformation consolidation problems. It is demonstrated that the proposed approach is intrinsically stable. Originality/value The PFEM is extended to consider large deformation-coupled hydro-mechanical problem. PFEM is enhanced by using a six-node quadratic triangular element for displacement and this is coupled with a four-node quadrilateral element for modelling excess pore pressure.


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