scholarly journals Nonlinear vibrations of soil strata according to instrumental and numerical data

Author(s):  
В.Б. Заалишвили ◽  
Д.А. Мельков ◽  
А.Ф. Габараев ◽  
Т.И. Мерзликин

Исследования нелинейных явлений в грунтах, начатые в России почти 60 лет назад, явились стимулом современного развития исследований сейсмоаномальных явлений в комплексе геофизических показателей, наблюдающихся при сильных и разрушительных землетрясениях. Кроме чисто научных интересов большой интерес вызывает вопрос прогнозирования поведения грунтов и сооружений с точки зрения адекватности ожидаемому проявлению сейсмического воздействия. Адекватное изучение нелинейности, являющейся неотъемлемой характеристикой природных явлений, позволит приблизить соответствующее антисейсмические мероприятия к реальным особенностям проявлений сейсмического эффекта при сильных землетрясениях. Цельюработы являлось построение расчетной модели, описывающей явления, наблюдаемые в грунтовой среде при сильных сейсмических воздействиях и сопоставление расчетных данных с результатами инструментальных наблюдений. Методы. В работе анализируется иснтрументальная запись, полученная на слабых грунтах, на сонове вейвлет нанализа. Моделируются импульсы различной проолжитлеьности в среде с различной стпенью проявления нелинейных свойст (кртутизны нелиненйой заивисисмоти напряжение -деформация) методом конечных элементов. Результаты. В результате установлены различия в спектральном составе моделируемых импульсов. Сильное проявление нелинейных свойств характеризуется резкими изменениями фаз колебаний, в фазах высокой скорости нарастания амплитуд. В нелинейных спектрах происходит перераспределение энергии в более высокочастотную область, кратную основному пику, тем сильнее, чем сильнее нелинейность кривой наряжение-деформация. Studies of nonlinear phenomena in soils, which began in Russia almost 60 years ago, have stimulated the modern development of studies of seismically anomalous phenomena in the complex of geophysical indicators observed during strong and destructive earthquakes. In addition to scientific interests, the issue of forecasting the behavior of soils and structures from the point of view of adequacy to the expected manifestation of seismic impact is of great interest. An adequate study of nonlinearity, which is an integral characteristic of natural phenomena, will make it possible to bring the corresponding antiseismic measures closer to the real features of the manifestations of the seismic effect during strong earthquakes. Aim. The aim of the work was to build a computational model describing the phenomena observed in a soil medium under strong seismic effects and to compare the computed data with the results of instrumental observations. Methods.The paper analyzes an instrumental record obtained on soft soils using wavelet analysis. With the help of the finite element method pulses of different duration are modeled in a medium with different degrees of nonlinear properties manifestation (steepness of nonlinear stress-strain dependence). Results. As a result, differences in the spectral composition of the modeled pulses were determined. A strong manifestation of nonlinear properties is characterized by sharp changes in the phases of vibrations, in the phases of a high rate of amplitude rise. In nonlinear spectra, the energy is redistributed to a higher frequency region, which is a multiple of the main peak and the stronger the nonlinearity of the stress-strain curve is stronger.

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matteo Baggioli ◽  
Víctor Cáncer Castillo ◽  
Oriol Pujolàs

Abstract We discuss the nonlinear elastic response in scale invariant solids. Following previous work, we split the analysis into two basic options: according to whether scale invariance (SI) is a manifest or a spontaneously broken symmetry. In the latter case, one can employ effective field theory methods, whereas in the former we use holographic methods. We focus on a simple class of holographic models that exhibit elastic behaviour, and obtain their nonlinear stress-strain curves as well as an estimate of the elasticity bounds — the maximum possible deformation in the elastic (reversible) regime. The bounds differ substantially in the manifest or spontaneously broken SI cases, even when the same stress- strain curve is assumed in both cases. Additionally, the hyper-elastic subset of models (that allow for large deformations) is found to have stress-strain curves akin to natural rubber. The holographic instances in this category, which we dub black rubber, display richer stress- strain curves — with two different power-law regimes at different magnitudes of the strain.


2008 ◽  
Vol 575-578 ◽  
pp. 539-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hu Sheng Gao

Methods of modeling stress strain curves for nonlinear stress analysis are discussed in order to obtain comparable results between different finite element analysts and between different versions of designs. The most common method for modeling stress strain curves is to use Ramberg- Osgood equation. For materials with significant discontinuous yielding, Ramburg-Osgood approximation leads to some problems near discontinuous yielding point. Discontinuous yielding occurs when sudden onset of plastic deformation associated Luders band takes place in a uniform test sample. For engineering structures and machine components, the propagation of Luders band may not occur in deformation process because of non-uniform stress distribution caused by stress concentration, complicated loading condition etc. A modified Ramberg-Osgood method for modeling stress strain curve is proposed.


1979 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 637-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harold S. Morgan ◽  
Robert M. Jones

The Jones-Nelson-Morgan nonlinear material model is used in the derivation of a buckling criterion for laminated plates with nonlinear stress-strain behavior characteristic of many fiber-reinforced composite materials. A search procedure is developed to solve this buckling criterion which is transcendental because of interdependence of the buckling load and the coefficients relating the variations in laminate forces and moments to the variations in strains and curvatures. The effect of stress-strain curve nonlinearities on laminate buckling loads is illustrated by comparing solutions of the buckling criterion to buckling loads for laminates with linear stress-strain behavior.


2018 ◽  
Vol 85 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrui Zhang ◽  
Yuan Liu ◽  
Yihui Zhang

Soft network materials constructed with horseshoe microstructures represent a class of bio-inspired synthetic materials that can be tailored precisely to match the nonlinear, J-shaped, stress–strain curves of human skins. Under a large level of stretching, the nonlinear deformations associated with the drastic changes of microstructure geometries can lead to an evident mechanical anisotropy, even for honeycomb and triangular lattices with a sixfold rotational symmetry. Such anisotropic mechanical responses are essential for certain targeted applications of these synthetic materials. By introducing appropriate periodic boundary conditions that apply to large deformations, this work presents an efficient computational model of soft network materials based on the analyses of representative unit cells. This model is validated through comparison of predicted deformed configurations with full-scale finite element analyses (FEA) for different loading angles and loading strains. Based on this model, the anisotropic mechanical responses, including the nonlinear stress–strain curves and Poisson's ratios, are systematically analyzed for three representative lattice topologies (square, triangular and honeycomb). An analytic solution of the geometry-based critical strain was found to show a good correspondence to the critical transition point of the calculated J-shaped stress–strain curve for different network geometries and loading angles. Furthermore, the nonlinear Poisson's ratio, which can be either negative or positive, was shown to depend highly on both the loading angle and the loading strain.


Author(s):  
Nhu Nguyen ◽  
Krish Thiagarajan Sharman

Abstract Synthetic ropes are increasingly being considered for various offshore and marine applications, including for mooring offshore wind turbines and for aquaculture cages. Studies have shown that nonlinear behaviors of a synthetic rope in a dynamic environment can complicate the mooring system analysis. Nonlinear stiffness coupled with time- and load history-dependent characteristics of fibrous materials can allow for over or under estimation of the mooring forces. It is critical that these nonlinear properties are incorporated correctly into a mooring model, especially for studies of structures’ performances in extreme events. The study aims at developing a simulation tool capable of predicting the dynamic behavior of highly extensible synthetic mooring system used in coastal and offshore floating structures. The program employs an implicit finite-difference approach to model the dynamic behaviors of the mooring line subjected to user-defined motions of the fairlead. As opposed to a linear stress-strain relationship typically incorporated in other mooring models, the current program is built with constitutive model of fibrous materials to account for the nonlinearity time- and load-dependent characteristics of synthetic lines. As part of the program, an inverted constitutive stress-strain model, in which stresses are calculated from given strains in stress-based formulas, were presented. Comparisons with published data indicates that the proposed inverted nonlinear stress-strain formulas were successfully integrated with the mooring solver. The coupled nonlinear mooring program predicts accurately both nonlinear reversible and irreversible deformations of synthetic cables.


Author(s):  
Nahuel Rull ◽  
Asanka Basnayake ◽  
Michael Heitzmann ◽  
Patricia M. Frontini

The mechanical behaviour of a high performance polycaprolactone based polyurethane elastomer (PCL) up to large strain levels, cyclic loading and equibiaxial stress has been assessed. The PCL can be categorised as a rubber-like material, thus, showing nonlinear stress-strain behaviour. The materials elastic network is based on a high molecular weight PCL polyol which gives the material its elastomeric behaviour similar to polyurethanes. In this work, mechanical testing capturing the major features of the stress-strain curve under different loading conditions is performed. Both, uni-axial loading-unloading curves and bulge test are thoroughly studied through the addition of digital image correlation (DIC) to measure the strain field. Results show the presence of hysteresis and loading configuration dependence. Then, two well-known hyperelastic constitutive models, the Arruda-Boyce eight-chain and Bergström-Boyce, were fitted to the uni-axial monotonic and cyclic test data and compared to the bulge test experimental results through finite element analysis (FEA) in Abaqus.


2013 ◽  
Vol 136 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Lomakin ◽  
P. A. Sprouse ◽  
M. S. Detamore ◽  
S. H. Gehrke

Previous dynamic analyses of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disc have not included a true preload, i.e., a step stress or strain beyond the initial tare load. However, due to the highly nonlinear stress-strain response of the TMJ disc, we hypothesized that the dynamic mechanical properties would greatly depend on the preload, which could then, in part, account for the large variation in the tensile stiffnesses reported for the TMJ disc in the literature. This study is the first to report the dynamic mechanical properties as a function of prestress. As hypothesized, the storage modulus (E′) of the disc varied by a factor of 25 in the mediolateral direction and a factor of 200 in the anteroposterior direction, depending on the prestress. Multiple constant strain rate sweeps were extracted and superimposed via strain-rate frequency superposition (SRFS), which demonstrated that the strain rate amplitude and strain rate were both important factors in determining the TMJ disc material properties, which is an effect not typically seen with synthetic materials. The presented analysis demonstrated, for the first time, the applicability of viscoelastic models, previously applied to synthetic polymer materials, to a complex hierarchical biomaterial such as the TMJ disc, providing a uniquely comprehensive way to capture the viscoelastic response of biological materials. Finally, we emphasize that the use of a preload, preferably which falls within the linear region of the stress-strain curve, is critical to provide reproducible results for tensile analysis of musculoskeletal tissues. Therefore, we recommend that future dynamic mechanical analyses of the TMJ disc be performed at a controlled prestress corresponding to a strain range of 5–10%.


2020 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 102242
Author(s):  
Jongbeom Kim ◽  
Chang-Soo Kim ◽  
Kyung-Cho Kim ◽  
Kyung-Young Jhang

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (01) ◽  
pp. 2050001
Author(s):  
Mohammad Reza Hajighasemi ◽  
Majid Safarabadi ◽  
Azadeh Sheidaei ◽  
Mostafa Baghani ◽  
Majid Baniassadi

Smart materials are being utilized in many fields and different external stimuli are used to change specific properties of these materials. In this research, a novel method was developed to design a structure with the desired nonlinear effective Young’s modulus. This method is geometric based where the structures are designed with a gap between them. These structures exhibit nonlinear elastic response. Wide range of structures with desired stress–strain curve can be generated using this approach. First, a unit cell was designed and later used to create a periodic structure. Numerical simulations have been exploited to prove the efficiency of the method. A prototype was manufactured by the Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) 3D printing method. The compression test was performed on the structure. Both simulations and experimental results proved that the effective Young’s modulus of the structure can be increased up to 142%. Second, the designed unit cell was optimized using Genetic Algorithm (GA) to achieve a cell with desired nonlinear stress–strain curve. This cell was optimized considering five effective geometric parameters to alter the effective Young’s modulus of the cell. Finally, a periodic structure was created by repeating a cell with two different gap’s distances. A structure with a desired stress–strain curve was designed using the same method.


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