Thermodynamically consistent space-time discretization of non-isothermal mechanical systems in the framework of GENERIC

Thermodynamically consistent space-time discretization of non-isothermal mechanical systems in the framework of GENERIC PDF Author: Schiebl, Mark Georg
Publisher: KIT Scientific Publishing
ISBN: 3731511177
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 238

Book Description
The present work addresses the design of structure-preserving numerical methods that emanate from the general equation for non-equilibrium reversible-irreversible coupling (GENERIC) formalism. Novel energy-momentum (EM) consistent time-stepping schemes in the realm of molecular dynamics are proposed. Moreover, the GENERIC-based structure-preserving numerical methods are extended to the context of large-strain thermoelasticity and thermo-viscoelasticity.

Inverse dynamics of underactuated flexible mechanical systems governed by quasi-linear hyperbolic partial differential equations

Inverse dynamics of underactuated flexible mechanical systems governed by quasi-linear hyperbolic partial differential equations PDF Author: Ströhle, Timo
Publisher: KIT Scientific Publishing
ISBN: 3731513366
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 174

Book Description
This work is about the inverse dynamics of underactuated flexible mechanical systems governed by quasi-linear hyperbolic partial differential equations subjected to time-varying Dirichlet boundary conditions that are enforced by unknown, spatially disjunct, hence non-collocated Neumann boundary conditions.

Multi-field modeling and simulation of fiber-reinforced polymers

Multi-field modeling and simulation of fiber-reinforced polymers PDF Author: Schulte, Jonathan
Publisher: KIT Scientific Publishing
ISBN: 3731512513
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 176

Book Description
This work proposes a new numerical approach for analyzing the behavior of fiber-reinforced materials, which have gained popularity in various applications. The approach combines theories and methods to model the fracture behavior of the polymeric matrix and the embedded fibers separately, and includes a modified plasticity model that considers the temperature-dependent growth of voids. Tests are conducted to explore different types and sequences of failure in long fiber-reinforced polymers.

EAS Elements for Solid Mechanics - Mesh Distortion Insensitive and Hourglassing-Free Formulations with Increased Robustness

EAS Elements for Solid Mechanics - Mesh Distortion Insensitive and Hourglassing-Free Formulations with Increased Robustness PDF Author: Pfefferkorn, Robin
Publisher: KIT Scientific Publishing
ISBN: 3731512718
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 218

Book Description
Proposed in the early 1990s, the enhanced assumed strain (EAS) method is one of the probably most successful mixed finite element methods for solid mechanics. This cumulative dissertation gives a comprehensive overview of previous publications on that method and covers recent improvements for EAS elements. In particular, we describe three key issues of standard EAS elements and develop corresponding solutions.

Hydrodynamic Fluctuations in Fluids and Fluid Mixtures

Hydrodynamic Fluctuations in Fluids and Fluid Mixtures PDF Author: Jose M. Ortiz de Zarate
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080459439
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 321

Book Description
This book deals with density, temperature, velocity and concentration fluctuations in fluids and fluid mixtures. The book first reviews thermal fluctuations in equilibrium fluids on the basis of fluctuating hydrodynamics. It then shows how the method of fluctuating hydrodynamics can be extended to deal with hydrodynamic fluctuations when the system is in a stationary nonequilibrium state. In contrast to equilibrium fluids where the fluctuations are generally short ranged unless the system is close to a critical point, fluctuations in nonequilibrium fluids are always long-ranged encompassing the entire system. The book provides the first comprehensive treatment of fluctuations in fluids and fluid mixtures brought out of equilibrium by the imposition of a temperature and concentration gradient but that are still in a macroscopically quiescent state. By incorporating appropriate boundary conditions in the case of fluid layers, it is shown how fluctuating hydrodynamics affects the fluctuations close to the onset of convection. Experimental techniques of light scattering and shadowgraphy for measuring nonequilibrium fluctuations are elucidated and the experimental results thus far reported in the literature are reviewed.· Systematic exposition of fluctuating hydrodynamics and its applications· First book on nonequilibrium fluctuations in fluids· Fluctuating Boussinesq equations and nonequilibrium fluids· Fluid layers and onset of convection· Rayleigh scattering and Brillouin scattering in fluids· Shadowgraph technique for measuring fluctuations· Fluctuations near hydrodynamic instabilities

Statistical Mechanics of Lattice Systems

Statistical Mechanics of Lattice Systems PDF Author: Sacha Friedli
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107184827
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 643

Book Description
A self-contained, mathematical introduction to the driving ideas in equilibrium statistical mechanics, studying important models in detail.

Computational Contact Mechanics

Computational Contact Mechanics PDF Author: Peter Wriggers
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3211772987
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 252

Book Description
Topics of this book span the range from spatial and temporal discretization techniques for contact and impact problems with small and finite deformations over investigations on the reliability of micromechanical contact models over emerging techniques for rolling contact mechanics to homogenization methods and multi-scale approaches in contact problems.

Exergy Method

Exergy Method PDF Author: Jan Szargut
Publisher: WIT Press
ISBN: 1853127531
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 189

Book Description
The exergy method makes it possible to detect and quantify the possibilities of improving thermal and chemical processes and systems. The introduction of the concept thermo-ecological cost (cumulative consumption of non-renewable natural exergy resources) generated large application possibilities of exergy in ecology. This book contains a short presentation on the basic principles of exergy analysis and discusses new achievements in the field over the last 15 years. One of the most important issues considered by the distinguished author is the economy of non-renewable natural exergy. Previously discussed only in scientific journals, other important new problems highlighted include: calculation of the chemical exergy of all the stable chemical elements, global natural and anthropogenic exergy losses, practical guidelines for improvement of the thermodynamic imperfection of thermal processes and systems, development of the determination methods of partial exergy losses in thermal systems, evaluation of the natural mineral capital of the Earth, and the application of exergy for the determination of a pro-ecological tax.A basic knowledge of thermodynamics is assumed, and the book is therefore most appropriate for graduate students and engineers working in the field of energy and ecological management.

Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics

Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics PDF Author: Ellad B. Tadmor
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107008263
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 373

Book Description
Treats subjects directly related to nonlinear materials modeling for graduate students and researchers in physics, materials science, chemistry and engineering.

Invariant Manifolds for Physical and Chemical Kinetics

Invariant Manifolds for Physical and Chemical Kinetics PDF Author: Alexander N. Gorban
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9783540226840
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 524

Book Description
By bringing together various ideas and methods for extracting the slow manifolds, the authors show that it is possible to establish a more macroscopic description in nonequilibrium systems. The book treats slowness as stability. A unifying geometrical viewpoint of the thermodynamics of slow and fast motion enables the development of reduction techniques, both analytical and numerical. Examples considered in the book range from the Boltzmann kinetic equation and hydrodynamics to the Fokker-Planck equations of polymer dynamics and models of chemical kinetics describing oxidation reactions. Special chapters are devoted to model reduction in classical statistical dynamics, natural selection, and exact solutions for slow hydrodynamic manifolds. The book will be a major reference source for both theoretical and applied model reduction. Intended primarily as a postgraduate-level text in nonequilibrium kinetics and model reduction, it will also be valuable to PhD students and researchers in applied mathematics, physics and various fields of engineering.