In the present paper, a series of hierarchical warping functions is developed to analyze the static and dynamic problems of thin walled composite laminated helicopter rotors composed of several layers with single clos...In the present paper, a series of hierarchical warping functions is developed to analyze the static and dynamic problems of thin walled composite laminated helicopter rotors composed of several layers with single closed cell. This method is the development and extension of the traditional constrained warping theory of thin walled metallic beams, which had been proved very successful since 1940s. The warping distribution along the perimeter of each layer is expanded into a series of successively corrective warping functions with the traditional warping function caused by free torsion or free beading as the first term, and is assumed to be piecewise linear along the thickness direction of layers. The governing equations are derived based upon the variational principle of minimum potential energy for static analysis and Rayleigh Quotient for free vibration analysis. Then the hierarchical finite element method. is introduced to form a,. numerical algorithm. Both static and natural vibration problems of sample box beams axe analyzed with the present method to show the main mechanical behavior of the thin walled composite laminated helicopter rotor.展开更多
In this paper, the hierarchical approach is adopted for series representation of the stochastic nodal displacement vector using the hierarchical basis vectors, while the Karhunen- Loire series expansion technique is e...In this paper, the hierarchical approach is adopted for series representation of the stochastic nodal displacement vector using the hierarchical basis vectors, while the Karhunen- Loire series expansion technique is employed to discretize the random field into a set of random variables. A set of hierarchical basis vectors are defined to approximate the stochastic response quantities. The stochastic variational principle instead of the projection scheme is adopted to develop a hierarchical stochastic finite element method (HSFEM) for stochastic structures under stochastic loads. Simplified expressions of coefficients of governing equations and the first two statistical moments of the response quantities in the schemes of the HSFEM are developed, so that the time consumed for computation can be greatly reduced. Investigation in this paper suggests that the HSFEM yields a series of stiffness equations with similar dimensionality as the perturbation stochastic finite element method (PSFEM). Two examples are presented for numerical study on the performance of the HSFEM in elastic structural problems with stochastic Young's Modulus and external loads. Results show that the proposed method can achieve higher accuracy than the PSFEM for cases with large coefficients of variation, and yield results agreeing well with those obtained by the Monte Carlo simulation (MCS).展开更多
By taking infinite periodic beams as examples,the mutual variational principle for analyzing the free wave propagation in periodic structures is established and demonstrated through the use of the propaga- tion consta...By taking infinite periodic beams as examples,the mutual variational principle for analyzing the free wave propagation in periodic structures is established and demonstrated through the use of the propaga- tion constant in the present paper,and the corresponding hierarchical finite element formulation is then de- rived.Thus,it provides the numerical analysis of that problem with a firm theoretical basis of variational prin- ciples,with which one may conveniently illustrate the mathematical and physical mechanisms of the wave prop- agation in periodic structures and the relationship with the natural vibration.The solution is discussed and ex- amples are given.展开更多
The edge stress problem in composite laminates under uniform axial extension is analyzed. The displacement distribution in three directions along the thickness are derived respectively by use of the sectional warping ...The edge stress problem in composite laminates under uniform axial extension is analyzed. The displacement distribution in three directions along the thickness are derived respectively by use of the sectional warping corrective theory, and the hierarchical displacement functions are adopted in the width direction. Finally, based on the principle of virtual work, a special finite element model for boundary layer effects is obtained. Accuracy and convergence of the solution are studied, and the present resu...展开更多
The concrete aggregate model is considered as a type of weakly discontinuous problem consisting of three phases:aggregates which randomly distributed in different shapes,cement paste and internal transition zone(ITZ)....The concrete aggregate model is considered as a type of weakly discontinuous problem consisting of three phases:aggregates which randomly distributed in different shapes,cement paste and internal transition zone(ITZ).Because of different shapes of aggregate and thin ITZs,a huge number of elements are often used in the finite element(FEM)analysis.In order to ensure the accuracy of the numerical solutions near the interfaces,we need to use higher-order elements.The widely used FEM softwares such as ANSYS and ABAQUS all provide the option of quadratic elements.However,they have much higher computational complexity than the linear elements.The corresponding coefficient matrix of the system of equations is a highly ill-conditioned matrix due to the large difference between three phase materials,and the convergence rate of the commonly used solving methods will deteriorate.In this paper,two types of simple and efficient preconditioners are proposed for the system of equations of the concrete aggregate models on unstructured triangle meshes by using the resulting hierarchical structure and the properties of the diagonal block matrices.The main computational cost of these preconditioners is how to efficiently solve the system of equations by using linear elements,and thus we can provide some efficient and robust solvers by calling the existing geometric-based algebraic multigrid(GAMG)methods.Since the hierarchical basis functions are used,we need not present those algebraic criterions to judge the relationships between the unknown variables and the geometric node types,and the grid transfer operators are also trivial.This makes it easy to find the linear element matrix derived directly from the fine level matrix,and thus the overall efficiency is greatly improved.The numerical results have verified the efficiency of the resulting preconditioned conjugate gradient(PCG)methods which are applied to the solution of several typical aggregate models.展开更多
基金The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (19932030)
文摘In the present paper, a series of hierarchical warping functions is developed to analyze the static and dynamic problems of thin walled composite laminated helicopter rotors composed of several layers with single closed cell. This method is the development and extension of the traditional constrained warping theory of thin walled metallic beams, which had been proved very successful since 1940s. The warping distribution along the perimeter of each layer is expanded into a series of successively corrective warping functions with the traditional warping function caused by free torsion or free beading as the first term, and is assumed to be piecewise linear along the thickness direction of layers. The governing equations are derived based upon the variational principle of minimum potential energy for static analysis and Rayleigh Quotient for free vibration analysis. Then the hierarchical finite element method. is introduced to form a,. numerical algorithm. Both static and natural vibration problems of sample box beams axe analyzed with the present method to show the main mechanical behavior of the thin walled composite laminated helicopter rotor.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51168003)the Guangxi Program of Science and Technology (Nos. 0991020Z and 2010GXNSFD169008)
文摘In this paper, the hierarchical approach is adopted for series representation of the stochastic nodal displacement vector using the hierarchical basis vectors, while the Karhunen- Loire series expansion technique is employed to discretize the random field into a set of random variables. A set of hierarchical basis vectors are defined to approximate the stochastic response quantities. The stochastic variational principle instead of the projection scheme is adopted to develop a hierarchical stochastic finite element method (HSFEM) for stochastic structures under stochastic loads. Simplified expressions of coefficients of governing equations and the first two statistical moments of the response quantities in the schemes of the HSFEM are developed, so that the time consumed for computation can be greatly reduced. Investigation in this paper suggests that the HSFEM yields a series of stiffness equations with similar dimensionality as the perturbation stochastic finite element method (PSFEM). Two examples are presented for numerical study on the performance of the HSFEM in elastic structural problems with stochastic Young's Modulus and external loads. Results show that the proposed method can achieve higher accuracy than the PSFEM for cases with large coefficients of variation, and yield results agreeing well with those obtained by the Monte Carlo simulation (MCS).
基金Supported by Doctorate Training Fund of National Education Commission of China
文摘By taking infinite periodic beams as examples,the mutual variational principle for analyzing the free wave propagation in periodic structures is established and demonstrated through the use of the propaga- tion constant in the present paper,and the corresponding hierarchical finite element formulation is then de- rived.Thus,it provides the numerical analysis of that problem with a firm theoretical basis of variational prin- ciples,with which one may conveniently illustrate the mathematical and physical mechanisms of the wave prop- agation in periodic structures and the relationship with the natural vibration.The solution is discussed and ex- amples are given.
基金Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (1993 2 0 3 0 )
文摘The edge stress problem in composite laminates under uniform axial extension is analyzed. The displacement distribution in three directions along the thickness are derived respectively by use of the sectional warping corrective theory, and the hierarchical displacement functions are adopted in the width direction. Finally, based on the principle of virtual work, a special finite element model for boundary layer effects is obtained. Accuracy and convergence of the solution are studied, and the present resu...
基金This work was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11601462)the Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.14JJ2063)the Scientific Research Fund of Hunan Provincial Education Department(Grant No.15A183).
文摘The concrete aggregate model is considered as a type of weakly discontinuous problem consisting of three phases:aggregates which randomly distributed in different shapes,cement paste and internal transition zone(ITZ).Because of different shapes of aggregate and thin ITZs,a huge number of elements are often used in the finite element(FEM)analysis.In order to ensure the accuracy of the numerical solutions near the interfaces,we need to use higher-order elements.The widely used FEM softwares such as ANSYS and ABAQUS all provide the option of quadratic elements.However,they have much higher computational complexity than the linear elements.The corresponding coefficient matrix of the system of equations is a highly ill-conditioned matrix due to the large difference between three phase materials,and the convergence rate of the commonly used solving methods will deteriorate.In this paper,two types of simple and efficient preconditioners are proposed for the system of equations of the concrete aggregate models on unstructured triangle meshes by using the resulting hierarchical structure and the properties of the diagonal block matrices.The main computational cost of these preconditioners is how to efficiently solve the system of equations by using linear elements,and thus we can provide some efficient and robust solvers by calling the existing geometric-based algebraic multigrid(GAMG)methods.Since the hierarchical basis functions are used,we need not present those algebraic criterions to judge the relationships between the unknown variables and the geometric node types,and the grid transfer operators are also trivial.This makes it easy to find the linear element matrix derived directly from the fine level matrix,and thus the overall efficiency is greatly improved.The numerical results have verified the efficiency of the resulting preconditioned conjugate gradient(PCG)methods which are applied to the solution of several typical aggregate models.