Inversion for negative dislocation on elastic block boundaries in the northeastern margin of Qinghai-Xizang block and prediction for strong earthquake location

On the basis of the velocity field results of horizontal crustal movement obtained from GPS measurements during the periods of 1993-1999, 1999-2001 and 2001-2003 in the northeastern margin of Qinghai-Xizang block, and by the inversion of negative dislocation model for the elastic block boundaries, we provide in this paper a qualitative analysis and quantitative description for the difference of motion and deformation between the tectonic blocks and their boundary faults, time-space distribution of tectonic strain field, and locations with highly accumulated strain energy and correlative intensity. Furthermore, taking the regional tectonics and block strain into full consideration, we investigate the common features of background precursors relating to location prediction for M greater than or equal 6 earthquakes.

Free Vibration Analysis of Rectangular Plate with Cutouts under Elastic Boundary Conditions in Independent Coordinate Coupling Method

Based on Kirchhoff plate theory and the Rayleigh-Ritz method,the model for free vibration of rectangular plate with rectangular cutouts under arbitrary elastic boundary conditions is established by using the improved Fourier series in combination with the independent coordinate coupling method(ICCM).The effect of the cutout is taken into account by subtracting the energies of the cutouts from the total energies of the whole plate.The vibration displacement function of the hole domain is based on the coordinate system of the hole domain in this method.From the continuity condition of the vibration displacement function at the cutout,the transition matrix between the two coordinate systems is constructed,and the mass and stiffness matrices are completely obtained.As a result,the calculation is simplified and the computational efficiency of the solution is improved.In this paper,numerical examples and modal experiments are presented to validate the effectiveness of the modeling methods,and parameters related to influencing factors of the rectangular plate are analyzed to study the vibration characteristics.

Modified Muravskii model for elastic foundations

A frequency equation for the vibration of an engine seating and an equation for pressure under the bottom of the engine are obtained.The present approach extends the so called Muravskii model possessing high practical accuracy of the ground modeling with its simultaneous simplicity.

Analytic Static Deflection Solutions of Uniform Cantilever Beams Resting on Nonlinear Elastic Rotational Boundary

In the paper,the analytic static deflection solutions of uniform cantilever beams resting on nonlinear elastic rotational boundary are developed by the Modified Adomian Decomposition Method(MADM).If the applied force function is an analytic function,then the deflection function can be derived and expressed in Maclaurin series.A recurrence relation for the coefficients of the Maclaurin series is derived.It is shown that the proposed solution method is accurate and efficient.The solution method can be successfully applied to the uniform cantilever beam and non-linear elastic rotational boundary problem.

An isogeometric approach for nonlocal bending and free oscillation of magneto-electro-elastic functionally graded nanobeam with elastic constraints

This work uses isogeometric analysis(IGA),which is based on nonlocal hypothesis and higher-order shear beam hypothesis,to investigate the static bending and free oscillation of a magneto-electro-elastic functionally graded(MEE-FG)nanobeam subject to elastic boundary constraints(BCs).The magneto-electric boundary condition and the Maxwell equation are used to calculate the variation of electric and magnetic potentials along the thickness direction of the nanobeam.This study is innovative since it does not use the conventional boundary conditions.Rather,an elastic system of straight and torsion springs with controllable stiffness is used to support nanobeams’beginning and end positions,creating customizable BCs.The governing equations of motion of nanobeams are established by applying Hamilton’s principle and IGA is used to determine deflections and natural frequency values.Verification studies were performed to evaluate the convergence and accuracy of the proposed method.Aside from this,the impact of the input parameters on the static bending and free oscillation of the MEE-FG nanobeam is examined in detail.These findings could be valuable for analyzing and designing innovative structures constructed of functionally graded MEE materials.

Distortional buckling analysis of steel-concrete composite box beams considering effect of stud rotational restraint under hogging moment

Restrained distortional buckling is an important buckling mode of steel-concrete composite box beams(SCCBB)under the hogging moment.Rotational and lateral deformation restraints of the bottom plate by the webs are essential factors affecting SCCBB distortional buckling.Based on the stationary potential energy principle,the analytical expressions for the rotational restraint stiffness(RRS)of the web upper edge as well as the RRS and the lateral restraint stiffness(LRS)of the bottom plate were derived.Also,the SCCBB critical moment formula under the hogging moment was derived.Using twenty specimens,the theoretical calculation method is compared with the finite-element method.Results indicate that the theoretical calculation method can effectively and accurately reflect the restraint effect of the studs,top steel flange,and other factors on the bottom plate.Both the RRS and the LRS have a nonlinear coupling relationship with the external loads and the RRS of the web’s upper edge.Under the hogging moment,the RRS of the web upper edge has a certain influence on the SCCBB distortional buckling critical moment.With increasing RRS of the web upper edge,the SCCBB critical moment increases at first and then tends to be stable.

Rural Land Consolidation in the Context of Rural Revitalization

In accordance with the general requirements of"building rural areas with thriving businesses,pleasant living environments,social etiquette and civility,effective governance,and prosperity"in the basic policy of rural revitalization strategy,based on the analysis of domestic and foreign rural land policies and other research,through research on the problems that still exist in China's rural land consolidation at the current stage,this paper came up with reasonable consolidation measures and recommendations.Besides,it made a reasonable and elastic boundary determination of rural production,living,and ecological spaces,while undertaking the determination of the red line of the production,living,and ecological space in the land and space planning,while leaving a certain adjustment space for the land and space planning,and promoting the resolution of"agriculture,rural areas,farmers",and improve the utilization structure of rural land and other resources,and promote the overall development of agricultural and rural revitalization.

Stability and Nonlinear Response Analysis of Parametric Vibration for Elastically Constrained Pipes Conveying Pulsating Fluid

Usually,the stability analysis of pipes with pulsating flow velocities is for rigidly constrained pipes or cantilevered pipes.In this paper,the effects of elastic constraints on pipe stability and nonlinear responses under pulsating velocities are investigated.A mechanical model of a fluid-conveying pipe under the constraints of elastic clamps is established.A partial differentialintegral nonlinear equation governing the lateral vibration of the pipe is derived.The natural frequencies and mode functions of the pipe are obtained.Moreover,the stable boundary and nonlinear steady-state responses of the parametric vibration for the pipe are established approximately.Furthermore,the analytical solutions are verified numerically.The results of this work reveal some interesting conclusions.It is found that the elastic constraint stiffness in the direction perpendicular to the axis of the pipe does not affect the critical flow velocity of the pipe.However,the constraint stiffness has a significant effect on the instability boundary of the pipe with pulsating flow velocities.Interestingly,an increase in the stiffness of the constraint increases the instable region of the pipe under parametric excitation.However,when the constraint stiffness is increased,the steady-state response amplitude of the nonlinear vibration for the pipe is significantly reduced.Therefore,the effects of the constraint stiffness on the instable region and vibration responses of the fluid-conveying pipe are different when the flow velocity is pulsating.

Nonlocal isogeometric analysis for bidirectional functionally graded porous curved microbeams with arbitrary boundary conditions

This research aims to analyze the static bending and free vibration behaviors of bidirectional functionally graded porous(BFGP)curved microbeams with elastic boundary conditions resting on a Pasternak’s elastic foundation in a hygro-thermal environment.Isogeometric analysis based on non-uniform rational B-splines,first-order shear deformation theory,nonlocal elasticity theory combined with the modified strain gradient theories,modified Timoshenko beam theory are formulated to depict bending and shear deformations of BFGP curved microbeams.Especially,because using the modified Timoshenko beam theory,this study removes the requirement for a shear correction factor and describes shear stress by zero at the upper and lower cross-sectional sites of the BFGP curved microbeam.Different from traditional boundary conditions,where the beginning and end positions of a curved beam are connected by an elastic system of straight and torsion springs.This allows for greater flexibility in controlling the stiffness of the springs to obtain arbitrary boundaries.To assess the accuracy and convergence of the proposed approach,validation numerical examples were conducted in the various examples.

Stable and Highly Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells with Power Conversion Efficiency Approaching 20% by Elastic Grain Boundary Encapsulation

Here,we show that flexible perovskite solar cells(PSCs)with high operational stability and power conversion efficiency(PCE)approaching 20%were achieved by elastic grain boundary(GB)encapsulation.An introduction of trimethyltrivinylcyclotrisiloxane(V3D3)and solvent annealing(SA)resulted in an in situ cross-linking reaction between GBs and enlarged grain size that enabled oriented charge-transport properties to be achieved synchronously,leading to reduced sheet resistance with a high fill factor(FF)up to 82.93%in flexible PSCs.

Boundary element method for calculation of elastic wave transmission in two-dimensional phononic crystals

A boundary element method(BEM) is presented to compute the transmission spectra of two-dimensional(2-D) phononic crystals of a square lattice which are finite along the x-direction and infinite along the y-direction.The cross sections of the scatterers may be circular or square.For a periodic cell,the boundary integral equations of the matrix and the scatterers are formulated.Substituting the periodic boundary conditions and the interface continuity conditions,a linear equation set is formed,from which the elastic wave transmission can be obtained.From the transmission spectra,the band gaps can be identified,which are compared with the band structures of the corresponding infinite systems.It is shown that generally the transmission spectra completely correspond to the band structures.In addition,the accuracy and the efficiency of the boundary element method are analyzed and discussed.

Free Vibration of Elastically Constrained Single-Layered MoS_(2)

Free vibration of elastically constrained rectangular single-layered M0S_(2)is investigated by using a nonlocal Kirchhoff plate model with an initial stress.The variationally consistent elastically constrained boundary conditions are obtained by using the weighted residual method,while the governing equations of the nonlocal Kirchhoff plate model are known.A modified Fourier series method is applied to study the vibrational behaviors of elastically constrained nonlocal Kirchhoff plate models.The convergence and reliability of the modified Fourier series method is verified via comparison with the finite element method.A comprehensive parametric study is performed to show the influences of the boundary elastic constant,nonlocal parameter and initial stress on the vibrational behaviors of single-layered M0S2.The results should be good for the design of nanoresonators.

A solution method for free vibration analysis of coupled laminated composite elliptical-cylindrical-elliptical shell with elastic boundary conditions

In this paper,an efficient,convenient and explicit method based on the Haar wavelet discretization ap-proach for analyzing the free vibration of the coupled laminated composite elliptical-cylindrical-elliptical shells(ECESs)with elastic boundary conditions is presented.Two elliptical double curved shells are cou-pled on both end of cylindrical shell.Based on the first-order shear deformation theory the equations of motion for ECES are derived by means of Hamilton’s principle.The separation of variables is first per-formed;i.e.displacement components and rotations of any point of the ECES are expanded to the Haar wavelet series in the meridian direction and Fourier series in circumferential direction.The constants appearing from the integrating process are determined by boundary conditions,and thus the partial dif-ferential equations are transformed into algebraic equations.By solving the characteristic equation,the natural frequencies and mode shapes of coupled laminated composite ECES are obtained.The present re-sults have been compared with those of the published literature.The comparison results show that this method has high accuracy,high reliability and also a higher convergence rate in attaining the frequencies of the coupled laminated composite ECESs.Then,the effects of the main parameters such as material properties,geometrical parameters,and various boundary conditions,on the vibrational behavior of the coupled ECESs,are investigated.Finally,new free vibration analysis results of the coupled laminated com-posited ECES,which can be used as benchmark data for researchers in this field,are reported through the parameter study.

BOUNDARY FEEDBACK CONTROL OF ELASTIC BEAM EQUATION WITH STRUCTURAL DAMPING AND STABILITY

In this paper, we consider the partial differential equation of an elastic beam with structuraldamping by boundary feedback control. First, we prove this closed system is well--posed; then weestablish tbe exponential stability for this elastic system by using a theorem whichbelongs to F. L.Huang; finally, we discuss the distribution and multiplicity of the spectrum of this system. Theseresults are very important and useful in practical applications.

Influence of the connecting condition on the dynamic buckling of longitudinal impact for an elastic rod

The stress wave propagation law and dynamic buckling critical velocity are formulated and solved by considering a general axial connecting boundary for a slender elastic straight rod impacted by a rigid body. The influence of connecting stiffness on the critical velocity is investigated with varied impactor mass and buckling time. The influences of rod length and rod mass on the critical velocity are also discussed. It is found that greater connecting stiffness leads to larger stress amplitude, and further results in lower critical velocity. It is particularly noteworthy that when the connecting stiffness is less than a certain value, dynamic buckling only occurs before stress wave reflects off the connecting end. It is also shown that longer rod with larger slenderness ratio is easier to buckle, and the critical velocity for a larger-mass rod is higher than that for a lighter rod with the same geometry.

Noise radiation of an elastic plate excited by the turbulent boundary layer pressure fluctuations

A unified theory for calculating the noise radiation of an infinite elastic plate excited by the turbulent boundary layer pressure fluctuations is presented . Using the wave number frequency transfer function to desribe the whole system , consisting of the plate and the liquid loading, a general expression of the cross spectrum was derived. It is an integral in the complex wave number plane and leads to a sum of the residues at the poles of two types. One pole introduced by the convective ridge of the pressure fluctuations yields a direct transfer component , which is an evanescent wave in liquid because the pole lies in the high wave number region . The other poles introduced by the transfer function of structure produce the radiation field components with the resonance modes of a liquid loaded plate. The pole positions and their residues can be computed approximately by use of the Resonance Scattering Theory . For the case of hydrodynamic noise, where the range of the frequency-thickness product of interest is relatively low , the symmetric zero-order mode dominates the noise radiation.

Haar wavelet discretization method for free vibration study of laminated composite beam under generalized boundary conditions

Investigation on vibration of laminated composite beam(LCB)is an important issue owing to its wide use as fundamental component.In the present work,we study the free vibration of arbitrarily LCB with generalized elastic boundary condition(BC)by using Haar wavelet discretization method(HWDM).Timoshenko beam theory is utilized to model the free vibration of LCB.The LCB is first split into several segments,and then the displacement for each segment is obtained from the Haar wavelet series and their integral.Hamilton’s principle is applied to construct governing equations and the artificial spring boundary technique is adopted to obtain the general elastic boundary and continuity conditions at two ends of LCB.The vibration characteristics of beam with different fiber orientations and lamina numbers is investigated and its displacements are compared with those in previous works.Numerical results are shown graphically and demonstrate the validation of our method.