Research on the orientation distribution of fibers immersed in a pipe flow

The computed orientation distribution of fibers immersed in laminar pipe flows showed that the longitudinal distributions are wide for small Reynolds numbers and become narrower with increasing Re . For low Re number, the axial orientation distributions are broad with almost no preferred orientations. For high Re number, the axial distribution becomes narrow, with sharp maxima. The mean values of the longitudinal orientation depend strongly on the Re number. The computed results are in qualitative agreement with relevant experimental results.

Science Letters:Research on 3D fiber orientation distribution in arbitrary planar flows

A non-stretchable fiber rotation in planar flows has been solved. The fiber will rotate periodically or run to the asymptotical direction decided by a discriminant defined in the paper involving the fiber aspect ratio and the flow characteristics. Subsequently the fiber orientation distribution is derived directly without the bother of solving the Fokker-Planck equation. The research clearly indicates the overall configuration of a fiber rotation movement in planar flows.

ORIENTATION DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS FOR MICROSTRUCTURES OF HETEROGENEOUS MATERIALS (Ⅰ) ──DIRECTIONAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS AND IRREDUCIBLE TENSORS

In this two_part paper, a thorough investigation is made on Fourier expansions with irreducible tensorial coefficients for orientation distribution functions (ODFs) and crystal orientation distribution functions (CODFs), which are scalar functions defined on the unit sphere and the rotation group, respectively. Recently it has been becoming clearer and clearer that concepts of ODF and CODF play a dominant role in various micromechanically_based approaches to mechanical and physical properties of heterogeneous materials. The theory of group representations shows that a square integrable ODF can be expanded as an absolutely convergent Fourier series of spherical harmonics and these spherical harmonics can further be expressed in terms of irreducible tensors. The fundamental importance of such irreducible tensorial coefficients is that they characterize the macroscopic or overall effect of the orientation distribution of the size, shape, phase, position of the material constitutions and defects. In Part (Ⅰ), the investigation about the irreducible tensorial Fourier expansions of ODFs defined on the N_dimensional (N_D) unit sphere is carried out. Attention is particularly paid to constructing simple expressions for 2_ and 3_D irreducible tensors of any orders in accordance with the convenience of arriving at their restricted forms imposed by various point_group (the synonym of subgroup of the full orthogonal group) symmetries. In the continued work -Part (Ⅱ), the explicit expression for the irreducible tensorial expansions of CODFs is established. The restricted forms of irreducible tensors and irreducible tensorial Fourier expansions of ODFs and CODFs imposed by various point_group symmetries are derived.

NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF ORIENTATION DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION OF CYLINDRICAL PARTICLE SUSPENSIONS

The orientation distribution function of cylindrical particle suspensions was deduced and numerically simulated, and an application was taken in a wedge-shaped flow field. The relationship between the orientation distribution function and particle orientation angles was obtained. The results show that comparing with the most probable angle distribution which comes to being in short time, the distribution of the steady state doesn't vary much. in range; the main difference is the anti-clockwise rotation in the right and upper field, that is, particles rotate more at the points where the velocity gradients are larger. The most probable orientations are close to the direction of local streamlines. In the direction of streamlines, with poleradius decreasing, the most probable angles increase, but the angles between their orientations and the local streamlines decrease.

ORIENTATION DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS FOR MICROSTRUCTURES OF HETEROGENEOUS MATERIALS (Ⅱ)──CRYSTAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS AND IRREDUCIBLE TENSORS RESTRICTED BY VARIOUS MATERIAL SYMMETRIES

The explicit representations for tensorial Fourier expansion of 3_D crystal orientation distribution functions (CODFs) are established. In comparison with that the coefficients in the mth term of the Fourier expansion of a 3_D ODF make up just a single irreducible mth_order tensor, the coefficients in the mth term of the Fourier expansion of a 3_D CODF constitute generally so many as 2m+1 irreducible mth_order tensors. Therefore, the restricted forms of tensorial Fourier expansions of 3_D CODFs imposed by various micro_ and macro_scopic symmetries are further established, and it is shown that in most cases of symmetry the restricted forms of tensorial Fourier expansions of 3_D CODFs contain remarkably reduced numbers of mth_order irreducible tensors than the number 2m+1 . These results are based on the restricted forms of irreducible tensors imposed by various point_group symmetries, which are also thoroughly investigated in the present part in both 2_ and 3_D spaces.

FIBER ORIENTATION DISTRIBUTIONS IN SLIT CHANNEL FLOWS WITH ABRUPT EXPANSION FOR FIBER SUSPENSIONS

The lattice Boltzmann method was used to investigate numerically the fiber orientation distributions in slit channel flows with abrupt expansion for fiber suspensions even in the concentrated regime. The channels have a thin slit geometry with 1：4 and 1：3 expansions. Both the interactions between fibers and that between fibers and channel walls were taken into consideration. Some of numerical results are qualitatively in agreement with the experiment data. It is found that most of fibers are aligned in the flow direction in all the suspensions in the entrance region of the expansion. Fiber orientation distributions, having different patterns in different regions of the flow, depend on the expansion ratio of the channel. The mechanical fiber-fiber interaction largely affects the fiber orientation in the downstream of the expansion and in the salient corner for the cases of concentrated suspensions. The hydrodynamic interaction plays an important role on the fiber orientation in the dilute suspension.

Research on the behavior of fiber orientation probability distribution function in the planar flows

The equation of two-dimensional fiber direction vector was solved theoretically to give the fiber orientation distri- bution in simple shear flow, flow with two direction shears, extensional flow and arbitrary planar incompressible flow. The Fok- ker-Planck equation was solved numerically to validify the theoretical solutions. The stable orientation and orientation period of fiber were obtained. The results showed that the fiber orientation distribution is dependent on the relative not absolute magnitude of the matrix rate-of-strain of flow. The effect of fiber aspect ratio on the orientation distribution of fiber is insignificant in most conditions except the simple shear case. It was proved that the results for a planar flow could be generalized to the case of 3-D fiber direction vector.

Numerical investigation of the influence of casting techniques on fiber orientation distribution in ECC

Engineered cementitious composites(ECC),also known as bendable concrete,were developed based on engineering the interactions between fibers and cementitious matrix.The orientation of fibers,in this regard,is one of the major factors influencing the ductile behavior of this material.In this study,fiber orientation distributions in ECC beams influenced by different casting techniques are evaluated via numerical modeling of the casting process.Two casting directions and two casting positions of the funnel outlet with beam specimens are modeled using a particle-based smoothed particle hydrodynamics(SPH)method.In this SPH approach,fresh mortar and fiber are discretized by separated mortar and fiber particles,which smoothly interact in the computational domain of SPH.The movement of fiber particles is monitored during the casting simulation.Then,the fiber orientations at different sections of specimens are determined after the fresh ECC stops flowing in the formwork.The simulation results show a significant impact of the casting direction on fiber orientation distributions along the longitudinal wall of beams,which eventually influence the flexural strength of beams.In addition,casting positions show negligible influences on the orientation distribution of fibers in the short ECC beam,except under the pouring position.

Distribution Orientation and Driving Mechanism of Geographical Pattern Change of China′s Banking Industry

By analyzing the relationship among government, market driving forces, distribution orientation of banking industry, service opportunity equality and spatial patterns, this paper proposes that it is distribution orientation that lead to the formation and evolution of spatial pattern of banking industry. The difference of the distribution orientation leads to the separation of the spatial pattern of banking industry, and the change of the distribution orientation leads to the change of spatial pattern. The degree of spatial pattern change is subject to the degree of change of distribution orientation, and the scale of bank resources in the regions, which supports the distribution orientation variation. Based on these theoretical frameworks, some indicators were designed to analyze the pattern change of China′s banking industry and its effects since 1995 under the change of the distribution orientation. This paper finds that the orientation of economic benefit maximization driven by market causes the banking industry to concentrate in economically developed regions.The government, which does not follow the orientation of economic benefit maximization, plays a role of stabilizer. Since the bank branches in the regions with the greatest change in bank branch distribution are too few, and regions with the greatest change in bank loan allocation are the regions with lots of loans, the pattern change of the banking industry in physical form is not as notable as that in economic form.

Orientation Dependence of Photoelectron Angular Distribution in Nitrogen Molecule Irradiated by XUV Laser Field

We theoretically study the dependence of photoelectron angular distribution on laser polarization direction in nitrogen molecules. The approach is based on the time-dependent density functional theory at the level of local density approximation complemented by self-interaction correction. It is found that photoelectron emission in one photon regime could be considered as a probing tool for the main character of different types of molecular orbitals （σ or π）. The pattern of emitted photoelectrons strongly depends on the polarized angle of the laser, for σ orbital, the number of photoelectron decreases with increasing the polarized angle, while for π orbital, it has the inverse relation to the polarized angle, which reveals the multi-electron effect in molecules. On the other hand, concerning the total photoelectron emission, one should take into account a few occupied orbitals instead of only the outmost one.

Measuring Fiber Orientation in Nonwoven Fabrics by Laser Scattering Method Part Ⅱ: Algorithm and Verification

The algorithm for evaluation of fiber orientation distribution function (ODF) by laser scattering method based on 2 - dimentional model of fiber arrangement and the method of determining diffuse scattering intensity are presented. The fiber ODFs of nonwoven samples measured by the computer-program-controlled laser scattering intensity testing system are compared with that of the data obtained by microprojector method. The results show that the algorithm is feasible for assessing the fiber ODFs of nonwoven fabrics manufactured by different processing methods.

Optimizing Domain Distribution of Grain Oriented Silicon Steel by Using Antimony as the Laser Surface Alloying Element

For reducing the core loss of grain oriented silicon steel and improving its aging property, a new method, the LLSA by using Sb as the laser surface alloying element, was investigated, and at proper technique conditions rather good result was obtained.

Influence of Rolling Reductions on Recrystallization Texture in Commercially Pure Al

The recrystallization texture in commercially pure Al is investigated after the samples are rolled differently and annealed.The samples with low rol- ling reductions could be generally recovered or recrystallized in situ and characterized by the re- tained G{110}<001>component.This recovery process decreases during annealing with the increase of reduction.The appearance of the B/R{359}. <132>and R{123}<634>components de- pending on the rolling reduction is investigated and the less developed Cube{100}<001>component in commercially pure ahninium is also discussed.

On the structural features of fiber suspensions in converging channel flow

The structural features of fiber suspensions are dependent on the fiber alignment in the flows. In this work the orientation distribution function and orientation tensors for semi-concentrated fiber suspensions in converging channel flow were calculated, and the evolutions of the fiber alignment and the bulk effective vis-cosity were analyzed. The results showed that the bulk stress and the effective viscosity were functions of therate-of-strain tensor and the fiber orientation state ; and that the fiber suspensions evolved to steady alignment and tended to concentrate to some preferred directions close to but not same as the directions of local stream-lines. The bulk effective viscosity depended on the product of Reynolds number and time. The decrease of ef-fective viscosity near the boundary benefited the increase of the rate of flow. Finally when the fiber alignment went into steady state, the structural features of fiber suspensions were not dependent on the Reynolds numberbut on the converging channel angle.

Rethinking about the Formulae of the Relationship between Euler Angles and Texture

The formulae of the relationships between Euler angles and texture are important for the orientation distribution functions of research materials.At present,it is found that the formulae for the orthogonal and hexagonal crystal structure proposed by Roe and Bunge are not in accord with the normal direction(ND)being perpendicular to the rolling direction(RD).In this paper,these formulae are deduced independently according to the notations proposed by Roe and Bunge.The results show that in addition to the coincidence with the formulae for the cubic crystal structure given by the Roe and Bunge,the other formulae are different from Roe’s and Bunge’s.The new formulae are in accord with ND,RD,and transverse direction(TD)at right angles.

Textural Characteristic of 70-30 Brass Rolled by Cross Shear Rolling in Single Direction

70-30 brass is rolled with 90% reduction by cross shear rolling in single direction with speed ra- tio 1.39.The sheet is divided into five layers along rolling plane normal to measure macroscopic statis- tical unsymmetric textures in every layer are des- cribed and analysed by means of three dimensional orientation distribution function.The results indi- cate that the main textures in every layer of brass rolled by cross shear rolling in single direction are the same as the main textures of brass rolled by conventional rolling.But the intensities,peak posi- tions and scatters of every texture component in {110}<112>are different,namely,there is a macroscopic statistical unsymmetry.It is found that the textures in every layer of brass rolled by cross shear rolling in single direction can be considered as the textures of brass rolled by common rolling in single direction at identical shear forces,the macroscopic statistical unsymmetry depends on the shear forces which are exerted on the layer.

STUDY OF TEXTURE EFFECT ON STRAIN LOCALIZATION OF BCC STEEL SHEETS

Using elastic crystalline viscoplastic finite element (FE) annlysis, the formability of BCC steel sheets was assessed. An orientation probability assignment method in the FE modeling procedure, which can be categorized as an inhomogenized material modeling, was newly proposed. In the study, the crystal orientations of three materials, mild steel, dual phase steel and the high strength steel, were obtained by Xray diffraction and orientation distribution function (ODF) analyses. The measured ODF results have revealed clearly different textures in the sheets, featured by orientation fibers, skeleton lines and selected orientations in Euler angle space, which are closely related to the plastic anisotropy. Then, the crystal orientations were assigned to FE integration points by using this ODF data, individually. The FE analyses of the standard limiting dome height (LDH) test show how the fiber textures affect the extent of strain localization in the forming processes. It was confirmed by comparison with experimental results that this FE code could predict the extreme strain localization and assess the sheet formability.

Direction-dependent functions of physical properties for crystals and polycrystals

Some physical properties of crystals differ in direction n because crystal lattices are often anisotropic. A polycrystal is an aggregate of numerous tiny crystallites. Unless the polycrystal is an isotropic aggregate of crystallites, the physical properties of the polycrystal vary with n. The direction-dependent functions （DDF） for crystals and polycrystals are introduced to describe the variations of the physical properties in direction n. Until now there are few papers dealing systematically with relations between the DDF and the crystalline orientation distribution. Herein we give general expressions of the DDF for crystals and polycrystals. We discuss the applications of the DDF in describing the physical properties of crystals and polycrystals.

PREDICTION OF EARING IN TEXTURED ALUMINIUM SHEETS BASED ON CRYSTAL PLASTICITY

The phenomenon of earing is investigated in the present studybased on the theory of crystal plasticity with the dynamic explicityfinite element program developed. Firstly texture analysis is carriedout of rolled aluminum alloy A15052 by means of X-ray technique. Thenfrom the texture coefficients an analytical expression for theorientation distribution function (ODF) is derived making use of thecomputer algebraic language Mathematica4.0, which makes it easier todiscretize the ODF into a series of Eulerian angles repre- sentingthe distribution of lattices and further the preferred orientation(texture) of crystals of the original she- ets.

Orientation of the fiber suspending in the flow through a tube containing a sphere

Fiber suspensions flow through a tube containing a sphere in the dilute and concentrated regimes is simulated numerically with the Lattice Boltzmann Method （LBM）. The numerical results of fiber orientation distribution based on a statistical scheme are obtained and agree qualitatively with the experimental ones for the flow through a parallel plate channel comaining a cylinder. The results show that the sphere in the tube results in a change in the fiber orientation distribution downstream of the sphere along the flow and transverse directions. The influences of the sphere on the fiber orientation distribution are more significant for the concentrated suspensions than for the dilute one. The effect of the initial fiber orientations on the fiber orientation distribution is significant upstream of the sphere but small downstream of the sphere.