In conventional modeling of a cable-pulley system, the cable must be finely meshed with Lagrangian elements for valid contact detections with pulleys, leading to extremely low efficiency. The sliding joint method base...In conventional modeling of a cable-pulley system, the cable must be finely meshed with Lagrangian elements for valid contact detections with pulleys, leading to extremely low efficiency. The sliding joint method based on the arbitrary-Lagrangian- Eulerian （ALE） formulation still lacks an efficient cable element, and in particular, modeling of friction between a sliding joint and the cable has not been studied. This paper presents efficient multi-body modeling of a cable-pulley system with friction. A variable- length cable element with a node movable along the cable, which is described with ALE, is developed to mesh the cable. A transitional cable element is then proposed to model the contact part of the cable by fixing its two nodes to the two corresponding locations of the pulley. Friction of the cable-pulley is derived as a simple law of tension decay and embedded in the multi-body system modeling. It is simplified as a generalized friction force acting only on the arc-length coordinate. This approach can use a rough mesh on the cable, and is free of contact detections, thus significantly saving computation time. Several examples are presented to validate the proposed method, and show its effectiveness in real engineering applications.展开更多
The study of cylindrically symmetric compressible fluid is interesting from both theoretical and numerical points of view. In this paper, the typical spherical sym- metry properties of the numerical schemes are discus...The study of cylindrically symmetric compressible fluid is interesting from both theoretical and numerical points of view. In this paper, the typical spherical sym- metry properties of the numerical schemes are discussed, and an area weighted scheme is extended from a Lagrangian method to an arbitrary Lagrangian and Eulerian （ALE） method. Numerical results are presented to compare three discrete configurations, i.e., the control volume scheme, the area weighted scheme, and the plane scheme with the addition of a geometrical source. The fact that the singularity arises from the geometri- cal source term in the plane scheme is illustrated. A suggestion for choosing the discrete formulation is given when the strong shock wave problems are simulated.展开更多
A two-dimensional finite element （FE） model for the high speed turning operations when orthogonally machining AISI H13 tool steel at 49HRC using poly crystalline cubic boron nitride （PCBN） is described. An arbitra...A two-dimensional finite element （FE） model for the high speed turning operations when orthogonally machining AISI H13 tool steel at 49HRC using poly crystalline cubic boron nitride （PCBN） is described. An arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian （ALE） method has been adopted which does not need any chip separation criteria as opposed to the traditional Lagrangian approach. Through FE simulations temperature and stresses distributions are presented that could be helpful in predicting tool life and improving process parameters. The results show that high temperatures are generated along the tool rake face as compared to the shear zone temperatures due to high thermal conductivity of PCBN tools.展开更多
An Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian(ALE) method was employed to simulate the sheet metal extrusion process,aiming at avoiding mesh distortion and improving the computational accuracy.The method was implemented based on M...An Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian(ALE) method was employed to simulate the sheet metal extrusion process,aiming at avoiding mesh distortion and improving the computational accuracy.The method was implemented based on MSC/MARC by using a fractional step method,i.e.a Lagrangian step followed by an Euler step.The Lagrangian step was a pure updated Lagrangian calculation and the Euler step was performed using mesh smoothing and remapping scheme.Due to the extreme distortion of deformation domain,it was almost impossible to complete the whole simulation with only one mesh topology.Therefore,global remeshing combined with the ALE method was used in the simulation work.Based on the numerical model of the process,some deformation features of the sheet metal extrusion process,such as distribution of localized equivalent plastic strain,and shrinkage cavity,were revealed.Furthermore,the differences between conventional extrusion and sheet metal extrusion process were also analyzed.展开更多
A new flux-based hybrid subcell-remapping algorithm for staggered multimaterial arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (MMALE) methods is presented. This new method is an effective generalization of the original subcell-remapp...A new flux-based hybrid subcell-remapping algorithm for staggered multimaterial arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (MMALE) methods is presented. This new method is an effective generalization of the original subcell-remapping method to the multi-material regime (LOUBERE, R. and SHASHKOV,M. A subcell remapping method on staggered polygonal grids for arbitrary-Lagrangian-Eulerian methods. Journal of Computational Physics, 209, 105–138 (2005)). A complete remapping procedure of all fluid quantities is described detailedly in this paper. In the pure material regions, remapping of mass and internal energy is performed by using the original subcell-remapping method. In the regions near the material interfaces, remapping of mass and internal energy is performed with the intersection-based fluxes where intersections are performed between the swept regions and pure material polygons in the Lagrangian mesh, and an approximate approach is then introduced for constructing the subcell mass fluxes. In remapping of the subcell momentum, the mass fluxes are used to construct the momentum fluxes by multiplying a reconstructed velocity in the swept region. The nodal velocity is then conservatively recovered. Some numerical examples simulated in the full MMALE regime and several purely cyclic remapping examples are presented to prove the properties of the remapping method.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.11302114)the Major State Basic Research Development Program(No.2012CB821203)the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory Construction Project of China(No.2011A060901026)
文摘In conventional modeling of a cable-pulley system, the cable must be finely meshed with Lagrangian elements for valid contact detections with pulleys, leading to extremely low efficiency. The sliding joint method based on the arbitrary-Lagrangian- Eulerian （ALE） formulation still lacks an efficient cable element, and in particular, modeling of friction between a sliding joint and the cable has not been studied. This paper presents efficient multi-body modeling of a cable-pulley system with friction. A variable- length cable element with a node movable along the cable, which is described with ALE, is developed to mesh the cable. A transitional cable element is then proposed to model the contact part of the cable by fixing its two nodes to the two corresponding locations of the pulley. Friction of the cable-pulley is derived as a simple law of tension decay and embedded in the multi-body system modeling. It is simplified as a generalized friction force acting only on the arc-length coordinate. This approach can use a rough mesh on the cable, and is free of contact detections, thus significantly saving computation time. Several examples are presented to validate the proposed method, and show its effectiveness in real engineering applications.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11471048 and U1630249)the Foundation of Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics(No.2014A0202010)the Foundation of Laboratory of Computational Physics(No.9140C690202140C69293)
文摘The study of cylindrically symmetric compressible fluid is interesting from both theoretical and numerical points of view. In this paper, the typical spherical sym- metry properties of the numerical schemes are discussed, and an area weighted scheme is extended from a Lagrangian method to an arbitrary Lagrangian and Eulerian （ALE） method. Numerical results are presented to compare three discrete configurations, i.e., the control volume scheme, the area weighted scheme, and the plane scheme with the addition of a geometrical source. The fact that the singularity arises from the geometri- cal source term in the plane scheme is illustrated. A suggestion for choosing the discrete formulation is given when the strong shock wave problems are simulated.
基金This project is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.50505003).
文摘A two-dimensional finite element （FE） model for the high speed turning operations when orthogonally machining AISI H13 tool steel at 49HRC using poly crystalline cubic boron nitride （PCBN） is described. An arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian （ALE） method has been adopted which does not need any chip separation criteria as opposed to the traditional Lagrangian approach. Through FE simulations temperature and stresses distributions are presented that could be helpful in predicting tool life and improving process parameters. The results show that high temperatures are generated along the tool rake face as compared to the shear zone temperatures due to high thermal conductivity of PCBN tools.
基金Project(50505027) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(20070248056) supported by the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China
文摘An Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian(ALE) method was employed to simulate the sheet metal extrusion process,aiming at avoiding mesh distortion and improving the computational accuracy.The method was implemented based on MSC/MARC by using a fractional step method,i.e.a Lagrangian step followed by an Euler step.The Lagrangian step was a pure updated Lagrangian calculation and the Euler step was performed using mesh smoothing and remapping scheme.Due to the extreme distortion of deformation domain,it was almost impossible to complete the whole simulation with only one mesh topology.Therefore,global remeshing combined with the ALE method was used in the simulation work.Based on the numerical model of the process,some deformation features of the sheet metal extrusion process,such as distribution of localized equivalent plastic strain,and shrinkage cavity,were revealed.Furthermore,the differences between conventional extrusion and sheet metal extrusion process were also analyzed.
基金Project supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2017M610823)
文摘A new flux-based hybrid subcell-remapping algorithm for staggered multimaterial arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (MMALE) methods is presented. This new method is an effective generalization of the original subcell-remapping method to the multi-material regime (LOUBERE, R. and SHASHKOV,M. A subcell remapping method on staggered polygonal grids for arbitrary-Lagrangian-Eulerian methods. Journal of Computational Physics, 209, 105–138 (2005)). A complete remapping procedure of all fluid quantities is described detailedly in this paper. In the pure material regions, remapping of mass and internal energy is performed by using the original subcell-remapping method. In the regions near the material interfaces, remapping of mass and internal energy is performed with the intersection-based fluxes where intersections are performed between the swept regions and pure material polygons in the Lagrangian mesh, and an approximate approach is then introduced for constructing the subcell mass fluxes. In remapping of the subcell momentum, the mass fluxes are used to construct the momentum fluxes by multiplying a reconstructed velocity in the swept region. The nodal velocity is then conservatively recovered. Some numerical examples simulated in the full MMALE regime and several purely cyclic remapping examples are presented to prove the properties of the remapping method.
