The water mitigation effect on the propagation of shock wave was investigated numerically. The traditional smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method was modified based on Riemann solution. The comparison of numeric...The water mitigation effect on the propagation of shock wave was investigated numerically. The traditional smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method was modified based on Riemann solution. The comparison of numerical results with the analytical solution indicated that the modified SPH method has more advantages than the traditional SPH method. Using the modified SPH algorithm, a series of one-dimensional planar wave propagation problems were investigated, focusing on the influence of the air-gap between the high-pressure air and water and the thickness of water. The numerical results showed that water mitigation effect is significant. Up to 60% shock wave pressure reduction could be achieved with the existence of water, and the shape of shock wave was also changed greatly. It is seemly that the small air-gap between the high-pressure air and water has more influence on water mitigation effect.展开更多
The success of compliant mechanism design by structural topology optimization approach depends,to a large extent,on its structural geometry representation scheme.In this work,a novel representation scheme based on pai...The success of compliant mechanism design by structural topology optimization approach depends,to a large extent,on its structural geometry representation scheme.In this work,a novel representation scheme based on pairs of curves is presented.In the representation,the structure is characterized by a set of input/output(I/O) regions.While it is still unknown how the rest of the design space will be occupied by the structure,the I/O regions must exist somewhere because any structure must have parts which interact with its surroundings by way of at least one loading region,one support region,and one output region.For a valid structural design,pairs of Bezier curves are used to connect I/O regions in order to form one single connected load-bearing structure.The boundary is explicitly described,so the need for smoothening of the blurred and jagged edges can be avoided by developing such a representation scheme to directly generate smooth boundary structures.With the scheme,shape and topology can be optimized simultaneously,and the obtained topology solutions have no check-board phenomena nor intermediate zones.A multi-objective genetic algorithm is then applied to couple with the representation scheme for defining and encoding the structural geometry in the form of graph.The solution framework is integrated with a nonlinear fixed grid finite element method(FG-FEM) code for large-displacement analyses of the compliant structures.Simulation results from a displacement inverter indicated that the proposed representation scheme is appropriate.展开更多
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.50638030 and 50525825)National Science and Technology Support Program(No.2006BAJ13B02)
文摘The water mitigation effect on the propagation of shock wave was investigated numerically. The traditional smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method was modified based on Riemann solution. The comparison of numerical results with the analytical solution indicated that the modified SPH method has more advantages than the traditional SPH method. Using the modified SPH algorithm, a series of one-dimensional planar wave propagation problems were investigated, focusing on the influence of the air-gap between the high-pressure air and water and the thickness of water. The numerical results showed that water mitigation effect is significant. Up to 60% shock wave pressure reduction could be achieved with the existence of water, and the shape of shock wave was also changed greatly. It is seemly that the small air-gap between the high-pressure air and water has more influence on water mitigation effect.
基金supported by the State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System (HIT)the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars(Grant No. 50825504)+1 种基金the United Fund of Natural Science Foundation of China and Guangdong Province (Grant No. U0934004),Project GDUPS(2010)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant Nos. 2009220040 and 2012ZP0004)
文摘The success of compliant mechanism design by structural topology optimization approach depends,to a large extent,on its structural geometry representation scheme.In this work,a novel representation scheme based on pairs of curves is presented.In the representation,the structure is characterized by a set of input/output(I/O) regions.While it is still unknown how the rest of the design space will be occupied by the structure,the I/O regions must exist somewhere because any structure must have parts which interact with its surroundings by way of at least one loading region,one support region,and one output region.For a valid structural design,pairs of Bezier curves are used to connect I/O regions in order to form one single connected load-bearing structure.The boundary is explicitly described,so the need for smoothening of the blurred and jagged edges can be avoided by developing such a representation scheme to directly generate smooth boundary structures.With the scheme,shape and topology can be optimized simultaneously,and the obtained topology solutions have no check-board phenomena nor intermediate zones.A multi-objective genetic algorithm is then applied to couple with the representation scheme for defining and encoding the structural geometry in the form of graph.The solution framework is integrated with a nonlinear fixed grid finite element method(FG-FEM) code for large-displacement analyses of the compliant structures.Simulation results from a displacement inverter indicated that the proposed representation scheme is appropriate.
