ON THE RESONANT GENERATION OF WEAKLY NONLINEAR STOKES WAVES IN REGIONS WITH FAST VARYING TOPOGRAPHY AND FREE SURFACE CURRENT

The effect of nonlinearity on the free surface wave resonated by an incident flow over rippled beds, which consist of fast varying topography superimposed on an otherwise slowly varying mean depth, is studied using a WKBJ-type perturbation approach. Synchronous, superharmonic and in particular subharmonic resonance were selectively excited over the fast varying topography with corresponding wavelengths. For a steady current the dynamical system is autonomous and the possible nonlinear steady states and their stability were investigated. When the current has a small oscillatory component the dynamical system becomes non-autonomous, chaos is now possible.

THE NONLINEAR INTERACTION OF VORTEX RINGS WITH A FREE SURFACE

Nonlinear interactions of vortex rings with a free surface are considered in an incompressible, ideal fluid using the vortex contour dynamics technique and the boundary integral equation method. The flow is axisymmetric and the vorticity is linearly distributed in the vortex. Effects of the gravity and the surface tension as well as the initial geometric parameter of the vortex on the interaction process are investigated in considerable detail. The interaction process may be divided into three major stages: the vortex free-traveling stage, the collision stage, and the vortex stretching and rebounding stage. Time evolutions of both the vortex and free surface under various conditions are provided and analyzed. Two kinds of waves exist on the free surface during interaction. In a special case where the gravity and surface tension are very weak or the vortex is very strong, an electric-bulb-like 'cavity' is formed an the free surface and the vortex is trapped in the 'cavity' for quite a. long time, resulting in a large amount, of fluid above the mean fluid surface.

Nonlinear Model of Mean Free Surface of Waves

A nonlinear model of mean free surface of waves or wave set-up is presented. The model is based on that of Roelvink (1993), but the numerical techniques used in the solution are based on the Weighted-Average Flux (WAF) method (Watson el al., 1992), with Time-Operator-Splitting (TOS) used for the treatment of the source terms. This method allows a small number of computational points to be used, and is particularly efficient in modeling wave set-up. The short wave (or primary wave) energy equation is solved by use of a more traditional Lax-Wendroff technique. A nonlinear wave theory (James, 1974) is introduced. The model described in this paper is found to be satisfactory in most respects when compared with the measurements conducted by Stive (1983) except in modeling the mean free surface very close to the mean shoreline.

Analysis on MHD Stability of Free Surface Jet flow in a Gradient Magnetic Fields

The simplified modeling for analysis on MHD stability of free surface jet flow in a gradient magnetic fields is based on the theoretical and experimental results on channel liquid metal MHD flow, especially, the results of MHD flow velocity distribution in cross-section of channels (rectangular duct and circular pipe), and the expected results from the modeling are well agreed with the recent experimental data obtained. It is the first modeling which can efficiently explain the experimental results of liquid-metal free surface jet flow.

NONLINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS OF A SANDWICH SHALLOW CYLINDRICAL PANEL WITH ORTHOTROPIC SURFACES

In this paper, the large deflection theory is adopted to analyse the geometrical nonlinear stability of a sandwich shallow cylindrical panel with orthoiropic surfaces. The critical point is determined and the postbitckling behaviour of the panel is studied.

Effects of nonlinear strength parameters on stability of 3D soil slopes

Actual slope stability problems have three-dimensional(3D) characteristics and the soils of slopes have curved failure envelopes. This incorporates a power-law nonlinear failure criterion into the kinematic approach of limit analysis to conduct the evaluation of the stability of 3D slopes. A tangential technique is adopted to simplify the nonlinear failure criterion in the form of equivalent Mohr-Coulomb strength parameters. A class of 3D admissible rotational failure mechanisms is selected for soil slopes including three types of failure mechanisms: face failure, base failure, and toe failure. The upper-bound solutions and corresponding critical slip surfaces can be obtained by an efficient optimization method. The results indicate that the nonlinear parameters have significant influences on the assessment of slope stability, especially on the type of failure mechanism. The effects of nonlinear parameters appear to be pronounced for gentle slopes constrained to a narrow width. Compared with the solutions derived from plane-strain analysis, the 3D solutions are more sensitive to the values of nonlinear parameters.

THREE-DIMENSIONAL SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSIS BASED ON NONLINEAR FAILURE ENVELOPE

The effects of nonlinearity of strength envelopes on 3D slope stability analysis are investigated.A power relation for the nonlinear envelope is employed to derive the 3D factor of safety equations of an extended Spencer method hich satisfies boty force equilibrium and moment equilibrium.Then,a search procedure is presented based on dynamic programming to determine the 3D critical slip surface for a general slope,Linear and nonlinear strength envelopes used for slope stability computations are obtained by fitting curves to the 103 strength data of consolidated-undrained(CU)triaxial compression tests for compacted Israeli clay.Results of a typical 3D problem show that a linear approximation of the nonlinear strength envelope may lead to a significant overestimation of calculated safety factors.

Adaptive Neural Network Dynamic Surface Control for Perturbed Nonlinear Time-delay Systems

This paper proposes an adaptive neural network control method for a class of perturbed strict-feedback nonlinear systems with unknown time delays. Radial basis function neural networks are used to approximate unknown intermediate control signals. By constructing appropriate Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals, the unknown time delay terms have been compensated. Dynamic surface control technique is used to overcome the problem of ＂explosion of complexity＂ in backstepping design procedure. In addition, the semiglobal uniform ultimate boundedness of all the signals in the closed-loop system is proved. A main advantage of the proposed controller is that both problems of ＂curse of dimensionality＂ and ＂explosion of complexity＂ are avoided simultaneously. Finally, simulation results are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach.

GLOBAL STABILITY OF WAVE PATTERNS FOR COMPRESSIBLE NAVIER-STOKES SYSTEM WITH FREE BOUNDARY

In this article, we investigate the global stability of the wave patterns with the superposition of viscous contact wave and rarefaction wave for the one-dimensional compressible Navier-Stokes equations with a free boundary. It is shown that for the ideal polytropic gas, the superposition of the viscous contact wave with rarefaction wave is nonlinearly stable for the free boundary problem under the large initial perturbations for any γ 〉 1 with V being the adiabatic exponent provided that the wave strength is suitably small.

NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF HIGHLY NONLINEAR STEADY AND UNSTEADY FREE SURFACE FLOWS

A numerical simulation model based on an open source Computational Fluid Dynamics （CFD） package-Open Field Operation and Manipulation （OpenFOAM） has been developed to study highly nonlinear steady and unsteady free surface flows. A two-fluid formulation is used in this model and the free surface is captured using the classical Volume Of Fluid （VOF） method. The incompressible Euler/Navier-Stokes equations are solved using a finite volume method on unstructured polyhedral cells. Both steady and unsteady free surface flows are simulated, which include： （1） a submerged NACA0012 2-D hydrofoil moving at a constant speed, （2） the Wigley hull moving at a constant speed, （3） numerical wave tank, （4） green water overtopping a fixed 2-D deck, （5） green water impact on a fixed 3-D body without or with a vertical wall on the deck. The numerical results obtained have been compared with the experimental measurements and other CFD results, and the agreements are satisfactory. The present numerical model can thus be used to simulate highly nonlinear steady and unsteady free surface flows.

Baroclinic Instability in the Generalized Phillips＇Model PartI：Two－layer Model

By employing Arnol'd's method(energy-Casimr),this paper has studied the nonlinear stability of the two-layergeneralized Phillips'model for which the top and bottom surfaces are either rigid or free, and obtained somenonlinear stability criteria.In addition,some linear stability criteria are obtained by normal mode method.The results reveal the influences of the free surface parameter on the stability of atmospheric and oceanic motions.

Energetics and conserved quantity of an axially moving string undergoing three-dimensional nonlinear vibration

Nonlinear three-dimensional vibration of axially moving strings is investigated in the view of energetics. The governing equation is derived from the Eulerian equation of motion of a continuum for axially accelerating strings. The time-rate of the total mechanical energy associated with the vibration is calculated for the string with its ends moving in a prescribed way. For a string moving in a constant axial speed and constrained by two fixed ends, a conserved quantity is proved to remain unchanged during three-dimensional vibration, while the string energy is not conserved. An approximate conserved quantity is derived from the conserved quantity in the neighborhood of the straight equilibrium configuration. The approximate conserved quantity is applied to verify the Lyapunov stability of the straight equilibrium configuration. Numerical simulations are performed for a rubber string and a steel string. The results demonstrate the variation of the total mechanical energy and the invariance of the conserved quantity.

Two Dimensional Fully Nonlinear Numerical Wave Tank Based on the BEM

The development of a two dimensional numerical wave tank （NWT） with a rocker or piston type wavemaker based on the high order boundary element method （BEM） and mixed Eulerian-Lagrangian （MEL） is examined. The cauchy principle value （CPV） integral is calculated by a special Gauss type quadrature and a change of variable. In addition the explicit truncated Taylor expansion formula is employed in the time-stepping process. A modified double nodes method is assumed to tackle the comer problem, as well as the damping zone technique is used to absorb the propagation of the free surface wave at the end of the tank. A variety of waves are generated by the NWT, for example; a monochromatic wave, solitary wave and irregular wave. The results confirm the NWT model is efficient and stable.

Effect of interfacial properties on mechanical stability of ash deposit

The paper presents a study on the cohesion of volcanic ash particles using surface free energy determination and zeta potential analyses.This is a subject of great interest in physical volcanology,as many researches on volcanic particle aggregation are frequently reported.In this case,special attention is paid to the role of structural or hydration forces between hydrophilic surfaces,which are a consequence of the electron-donor/electron-acceptor character of the interface.From this point of view,the results are potentially interesting as they could give valuable insights into this process.The results are presented in terms of the total energy of interaction between dispersed particles,computed from the extended DLVO theory.Contributions to the total free energy of interaction were determined from the zeta potential and surface free energy of ash,measured under different experimental conditions.Two samples of basaltic volcanic ash(black and white)with silica contents of 44% and 63% respectively are studied.The surface free energy and zeta potential were analysed for ashes immersed in different electrolytes(NaCl,CaCl,FeCl).The presence of electrolytes changes the surface properties of the solid materials.The analysis of total interaction energy between the ash particles in aqueous medium shows that soil cohesion strongly depends on ash surface properties,chemical nature,the adsorbed cation on the surface,and p H value.

CALCULATION OF NONLINEAR FREE－SURFACE FLOWS RESULTING FROM LARGE￣AMPLITUDE FORCED OSCILLATION OF A TWO－DIMENSIONAL BODY

The BEM combined with the time- st6pping scheme has been applied to the numerical calculation of fully nonlinear free surface flows generated by large amplitude forced transverse oscillation of two-dimensional body. Particular attention is paid on the compatibility of free surface and body surface conditions at the intersection point, and moving radiation boundary is adopted. A new calculating formula of the exact force on the body is also presented.The results demonstrate some nonlinear phenomena and indicate the stability and correctness of the numerical simulation.

Nonlinear buckling and postbuckling behavior of cylindrical shear deformable nanoshells subjected to radial compression including surface free energy effects

The objective of the present investigation is to predict the nonlinear buckling and postbuckling characteristics of cylindrical shear deformable nanoshells with and without initial imperfection under hydrostatic pressure load in the presence of surface free energy effects.To this end, Gurtin-Murdoch elasticity theory is implemented into the irst-order shear deformation shell theory to develop a size-dependent shell model which has an excellent capability to take surface free energy effects into account. A linear variation through the shell thickness is assumed for the normal stress component of the bulk to satisfy the equilibrium conditions on the surfaces of nanoshell. On the basis of variational approach and using von Karman-Donnell-type of kinematic nonlinearity, the non-classical governing differential equations are derived. Then a boundary layer theory of shell buckling is employed incorporating the effects of surface free energy in conjunction with nonlinear prebuckling deformations, large delections in the postbuckling domain and initial geometric imperfection. Finally, an eficient solution methodology based on a two-stepped singular perturbation technique is put into use in order to obtain the critical buckling loads and postbuckling equilibrium paths corresponding to various geometric parameters. It is demonstrated that the surface free energy effects cause increases in both the critical buckling pressure and critical end-shortening of a nanoshell made of silicon.

NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF HIGH TURBULENT FREE SURFACE FLOW UNDER THE CURVILINEAR COORDINATES

This paper presents a new numerical method to simulate the high velocity turbulent flow with free surface by solving two-dimensional incompressible unsteady Navier-Stokes Eqs. , together with the k-ε turbulence model. In order to treat the non-rectangular boundary (or curvilinear boundary), orthogonal boundary-fitted grid is used and the Navier-Stokes Eqs. and k-ε turbulence model are rewritten and discreted in orthogonal curvilinear coordinates. Meanwhile, gas-liquid two-field model theory is introduced to treat the free-surface problem.

Modeling of elastic wave propagation on a curved free surface using an improved finite-difference algorithm

Based on existing direct and imaging methods of a staggered finite-difference scheme, an improved algorithm for staggered finite-difference is proposed to implement rugged topographic free boundary conditions. This method assumes that the free surface can be implemented with horizontal and vertical free surface segments and their corners; the free surface passes through the grid points of shear stress components, instead of the normal stress components. Imaging is carried out for stress components in both horizontal and vertical directions, thus increasing the accuracy. To update particle- velocities, imaging and updating are first performed in the horizontal direction, and then in the vertical direction. The numerical results for elastic flat horizontal free surface with the imaging method and those for flat free surfaces of various slope angles with the proposed method are compared, and are shown to be in good agreement. The advantage of the proposed method is that only the stresses are dealt with in implementing the free surface into the staggered algorithm, which improves computation efficiency.

具有输入时滞和预设性能的非线性系统有限时间动态面控制

针对一类具有输入时滞和动态不确定性的非严格反馈非线性系统的跟踪问题,提出一种新的基于预设性能的有限时间自适应跟踪控制方案.利用Pade逼近和辅助中间变量将有时滞系统转化为无时滞系统,采用由一阶辅助系统生成的动态信号处理未建模动态,引入双曲正切函数实现预设性能跟踪控制,并给出基于动态面控制方法的稳定性分析.在MATLAB环境中,以具有未建模动态和输入时滞的二阶非线性系统为例,对所提出的控制策略进行数值仿真.结果表明:所提出的控制方案能够避免现有有限时间控制所出现的虚拟控制求导奇异性问题,所有信号有限时间有界,跟踪误差收敛到预设的时变区间,可见控制算法切实有效.

含氟纳米乳液的制备及在储层润湿逆转中的应用

以甲基丙烯酸甲酯、丙烯酸丁酯、γ-甲基丙烯酰氧基丙基三甲氧基硅烷、全氟己基乙基丙烯酸酯(PEA)为原料,制备了一种可改变储层润湿性、防止储层水锁的含氟纳米乳液(FPA)。采用FTIR、SEM、XRD、马尔文激光粒度仪对FPA乳液进行了表征,采用表面张力、排出率、毛细管自吸、接触角测试方法考察了FPA-3(PEA质量分数为1.5%)乳液质量分数对改变岩心润湿性的影响。结果表明,PEA成功引入到聚合物链上,随着PEA质量分数的增加,乳液粒径增大,当PEA质量分数>1.5%时,乳液出现分层,FPA-3乳液稳定性最好。随着FPA-3乳液质量分数的增大,FPA-3水溶液表面张力减小,排出率增大,毛细管自吸高度减小,与水的接触角增大。当乳液质量分数均为2.0%时,与PA水溶液相比,FPA-3水溶液的表面张力由46.01 mN/m减小至22.68mN/m,降低了50.70%;排出率由19.89%增至29.47%,提高了48.16%;岩心的表面自由能由73.2 mN/m减小至8.7 mN/m;使岩心由亲水性(θ=69.8°)转变为疏水性(θ=125.1°)。质量分数为2.0%的FPA-3水溶液的毛细管自吸高度由清水的42 mm减至30 mm。