Stress Analysis of Ellipsoidal Shell with Inner Guide Structure

In order to overcome stress concentration and increase fatigue life of ellipsoidal shells with inner guide structure,the stress analysis for strength check is very important. Owing to the main sectional profile with ellipsoidal shape,the stress distribution for perfect ellipsoidal shell is firstly conducted based on the theoretical calculation and strain gauges measurement. The experiment results show that the stresses increase gradually from pole region to equatorial plane,but still within elastic range. Secondly,strain gauge measurement for ellipsoidal shells with inner guide structure is conducted. The results show that stresses are concentrated at the vicinity of bottom plate and beyond elastic range,so the structural redesign is needed. Finally based on the analysis mentioned above,a redesigned structure with local thickening is proposed. Experimental research shows that the stress varies more even after structural redesign and within allowable range. Numerical simulation shows that both the deformation and fatigue life after redesign are acceptable.

Coastal life is not under threat by the carbon dioxide emissions

The near future of coastal life is threated by the claim of global warming alarmist that sea levels will rise by one to seven metres by 2100,destroying many coastal cities and habitats.This paper shows that sea levels will more likely rise no more than just a few centimetres during this century as the Earth defrosts from the Little Ice Age 500 years ago with a mild warming.

The Meso-inhomogeneous Deformation of Pure Copper under Tension-Compression Cyclic Strain Loading

The investigation based on experiments and crystal plasticity simulation is carried out to undertake research on mesodeformation inhomogeneity of metals under cyclic loading at grain level.Symmetrical tension-compression cycle tests are performed on pure copper specimens to observe the inhomogeneous distribution of slip deformation and its evolution with cycle number.Cyclic hardening process and stable hysteretic behavior of pure copper under cyclic loading are simulated by applying a crystal plasticity constitutive model including nonlinear kinematic hardening associated with the polycrystalline representative volume element(RVE)constructed by Voronoi tessellation.Inhomogeneous deformation processes of materials under six different strain amplitudes are simulated by 1600 cycles,respectively.We discuss the variation law of the inhomogeneous meso-deformation distribution of material with the increase in cycle number,and research the rationality of characterizing the inhomogeneous deformation distribution and variation with the statistical standard deviation of the micro-longitudinal strain or the statistical average of the first principal strain based on the statistical analysis of the inhomogeneous deformation of the polycrystalline RVE model during the cycling process.It is found that these two parameters are related to and approximately inversely proportional to the length of measuring gauge.