Science Needs for Sea-Level Adaptation Planning: Comparisons among Three U.S. Atlantic Coastal Regions

To identify priority information needs for sea-level rise planning, we conducted workshops in Florida, North Carolina, and Massachusetts in the summer of 2012. Attendees represented professionals from five stakeholder groups: federal and state governments, local governments, universities, businesses, and nongovernmental organizations. Over 100 people attended and 96 participated in breakout groups. Text analysis was used to organize and extract most frequently occurring content from 16 total breakout groups. The most frequent key words/phrases were identified among priority topics within five themes: analytic tools, communications, land use, ecosystem management, and economics. Diverse technical and communication tools were identified to help effectively plan for change. In many communities, planning has not formally begun. Attendees sought advanced prediction tools yet simple messaging for decision-makers facing politically challenging planning questions. High frequency key words/phrases involved fine spatial scales and temporal scales of less than 50 years. Many needs involved communications and the phrase “simple messaging” appeared with the highest frequency. There was some evidence of geographic variation among regions. North Carolina breakout groups had a higher frequency of key words/phrases involving land use. The results reflect challenges and tractable opportunities for planning beyond current, geophysically brief, time scales (e.g., election cycles and mortgage periods).     

Analysis and optimization of air suspension system with independent height and stiffness tuning

Suspensions play a crucial role in vehicle comfort and handling. Different types of suspensions have been proposed to address essential comfort and handling requirements of vehicles. The conventional air suspension systems use a single flexible rubber airbag to transfer the chassis load to the wheels. In this type of air suspensions, the chassis height can be controlled by further inflating the airbag; however, the suspension stiffness is not controllable, and it depends on the airbag volume and chassis load. A recent development in a new air suspension includes two air chambers (rubber airbags), allowing independent ride height and stiffness tuning. In this air suspension system, stiffness and ride height of the vehicle can be simultaneously altered for different driving conditions by controlling the air pressure in the two air chambers. This allows the vehicle’s natural frequency and height to be adjusted according to the load and road conditions. This article discusses optimization of an air suspension design with ride height and stiffness tuning. An analytical formulation is developed to yield the optimum design of the new air suspension system. Experimental results verify the mathematical modeling and show the advantages of the new air suspension system.     

Run-off-road and recovery – state estimation and vehicle control strategies

Despite many advances in vehicle safety technology, traffic fatalities remain a devastating burden on society. With over two-thirds of all fatal single-vehicle crashes occurring off the roadway, run-off-road (ROR) crashes have become the focus of much roadway safety research. Current countermeasures, including roadway infrastructure modifications and some on-board vehicle safety systems, remain limited in their approach as they do not directly address the critical factor of driver behaviour. It has been shown that ROR crashes are often the result of poor driver performance leading up to the crash. In this study, the performance of two control algorithms, sliding control and linear quadratic control, was investigated for use in an autonomous ROR vehicle recovery system. The two controllers were simulated amongst a variety of ROR conditions where typical driver performance was inadequate to safely operate the vehicle. The sliding controller recovered the fastest within the nominal conditions but exhibited large variability in performance amongst the more extreme ROR scenarios. Despite some small sacrifices in lateral error and yaw rate, the linear quadratic controller demonstrated a higher level of consistency and stability amongst the various conditions examined. Overall, the linear quadratic controller recovered the vehicle 25% faster than the sliding controller while using 70% less steering, which combined with its robust performance, indicates its high potential as an autonomous ROR countermeasure.     

船舶辅机浮筏半主动非线性隔振系统振动特性分析

磁流变阻尼器因其低耗能、响应迅速等特点而被广泛应用。文章采用一种改进的Bingham模型对船舶辅机浮筏隔振装置中的非线性磁流变阻尼力进行建模。该模型简单且含滞后特性,便于理论分析。对建立的船舶辅机浮筏隔振系统的非线性动力学模型,通过平均法求解船舶辅机浮筏半主动隔振系统的理论解,并运用Matlab对理论解进行数值仿真验证。以力传递率作为评价指标,分析了磁流变阻尼器各参数对隔振效果的影响规律。研究结果可为非线性船舶辅机浮筏隔振系统的设计提供理论依据,从而能更有效地控制船舶辅机的振动。     

用有限元法确定弹塑性材料结构的极限承载力

确定弹塑性材料结构的极限承载能力是结构设计中极其重要的一个问题,它通常是采用弹塑性非线性有限元方法来进行分析的.本文提出了利用基于一系列线弹性有限元解来获得弹塑性材料结构的极限承载能力的试验误差法,并将它与切线法和割线法进行了比较和讨论.在计算的每一步中,根据应力松弛系数降低杨氏弹性模量,并将结构的应力松弛系数和作为误差指标.当结构的误差指标小于给定的误差容限时就得到收敛解.本文方法可计算出结构受载后直到崩溃时应力、应变和载荷-变形曲线.数值实验表明,本文方法是有效的和可行的.     

利用FEPG进行Navier-Stokes方程的有限元程序的生成

通过有限元生成系统(FEPC)产生了粘性不可压流体Navier-Stokes方程的有限元程序.为了克服计算上的困难,利用算子分裂法将N-S方程表述的物理过程分解为扩散和对流两个过程.导出了扩散方程的弱形式,进而建立起它的有限元方程,利用最小二乘法建立起对流方程的有限元方程.利用所产生的程序对二维的粘性不可压流体的绕圆柱流动问题进行了数值模拟.     

Response of carbon fiber trapezoidal corrugated sandwich structure under air explosion loading北大核心CSCD

The effects of the thickness of the face plate, angle of the wall plate and height of the core layer on the anti-explosion performance of carbon fiber reinforced composite trapezoidal corrugated sandwich structures were investigated. [Methods]First, based on the 3D Hashin failure criterion, a subroutine module of the damage evolution of fiber reinforced composites is developed using the VUMAT user subroutine interface in ABAQUS. Second, through comparison with experiments in the public literature, the effectiveness of the dynamic response simulation method of carbon fiber reinforced composites based on a development subroutine under explosion impact loading is verified. Finally, a parametric study on the explosion resistance of carbon fiber reinforced composite trapezoidal corrugated plates is carried out based on the numerical method. [Results]The results show that, compared with increasing the thickness of the blast face panel, increasing the thickness of the back blast face panel can improve the explosion resistance of the sandwich plate more obviously; when the folding angle of the core wall plate decreases from 45° to 30°, the explosion resistance increases by 1.3%; when it decreases from 60° to 45°, the explosion resistance increases by 6.3%; and whenthecoreheightincreasesfrom8mmto20mm, theexplosionresistanceincreasesby27.7%.[Conclusions]The results of this study can provide references for the explosion-proof design of carbon fiber reinforced composite sandwich structures. © 2023 Journal of Nanjing Agricultural University. All rights reserved.     

Ballistic performance of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene laminates against fragment-simulating projectiles北大核心CSCD

[目的]旨在探究破片侵彻作用下高强聚乙烯(UHMWPE)纤维增强层合板的毁伤响应过程、失效模式转变和能量吸收特性。[方法]采用有限元软件ANSYS/AUTODYN,建立UHMWPE层合板抗破片侵彻数值模型,分析UHMWPE层合板的失效模式转变和能量吸收特性。[结果]破片侵彻作用下UHMWPE层合板的动态响应过程大致可以分为剪切冲塞阶段和拉伸变形阶段。破片入射速度和靶板厚度会直接影响靶板的能量吸收特性。靶板厚度越大,剪切冲塞模式占比越大。在靶板厚度不变的情况下,随着破片侵彻速度的提高,剪切冲塞模式占比越来越大,最终趋于稳定。在破片弹道极限速度以上初始小范围内,靶板吸能随破片入射速度增大有所减小,随后破片速度继续增加会扩大靶板剪切冲塞破坏范围,导致靶板整体吸能量增加。[结论]基于所建立的数值模型能够较好地模拟破片侵彻作用下UHMWPE层合板的动态响应过程,可以为UHMWPE材料在弹道防护领域的应用提供参考。