The paper starts with a brief overview to the necessity of sheet metal forming simulation and the complexity of automobile panel forming, then leads to finite element analysis (FEA) which is a powerful simulation too...The paper starts with a brief overview to the necessity of sheet metal forming simulation and the complexity of automobile panel forming, then leads to finite element analysis (FEA) which is a powerful simulation tool for analyzing complex three-dimensional sheet metal forming problems. The theory and features of the dynamic explicit finite element methods are introduced and the available various commercial finite element method codes used for sheet metal forming simulation in the world are discussed,and the civil and international status quo of automobile panel simulation as well. The front door outer panel of one certain new automobile is regarded as one example that the dynamic explicit FEM code Dynaform is used for the simulation of the front door outer panel forming process. Process defects such as ruptures are predicted. The improving methods can be given according to the simulation results. Foreground of sheet metal forming simulation is outlined.展开更多
In order to analyze and simulate the complex super-plastic forming process by computer, a method of equal height bulging for determining material parameters m and K of the superplastic alloy is presented. The formulae...In order to analyze and simulate the complex super-plastic forming process by computer, a method of equal height bulging for determining material parameters m and K of the superplastic alloy is presented. The formulae related to the method are deduced in this paper. The accuracy of the method is available for evaluating the examples used in simulating the superplastic sheet-metal bulging processes.展开更多
A mechanical model of a fracturing viscoelastic material was developed to investigate viscous effects in a dynamically growing crack-tip field. It was shown that in the stable creep-growing phase, elastic deformation ...A mechanical model of a fracturing viscoelastic material was developed to investigate viscous effects in a dynamically growing crack-tip field. It was shown that in the stable creep-growing phase, elastic deformation and viscous deformation are equally dominant in the near-tip field, and stress and strain have the same singularity, namely, （σ-e）∝r^-1/（n-1）. The asymptotic solution of separating variables of stress, stain and displacement in the crack-tip field was obtained by asymptotic analysis, and the resulting numerical value of stress and strain in the crack-tip field was obtained by the shooting method and the boundary condition of a mode I crack. Through numerical calculation, it was shown that the near-tip fields are mainly governed by the creep exponent n and Mach number M. When n →∞, the asymptotic solution of a viscoelastic material can be degenerated into that of Freund＇s elastic-ideally plastic material by analyzing basic equations.展开更多
AIM: To evaluate the ability of the time-signal intensity curve (TIC) of the pancreas obtained from dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for differentiation of focal pancreatic masses, especially...AIM: To evaluate the ability of the time-signal intensity curve (TIC) of the pancreas obtained from dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for differentiation of focal pancreatic masses, especially pancreatic carcinoma coexisting with chronic pancreatitis and tumor-forming pancreatitis. METHODS: Forty-eight consecutive patients who underwent surgery for a focal pancreatic mass, including pancreatic ductal carcinoma (n = 33), tumor-forming pancreatitis (n = 8), and islet cell tumor (n = 7), were reviewed. Five pancreatic carcinomas coexisted with longstanding chronic pancreatitis. The pancreatic TICs were obtained from the pancreatic mass and the pancreatic parenchyma both proximal and distal to the mass lesion in each patient, prior to surgery, and were classified into 4 types according to the time to a peak: 25 s and 1, 2, and 3 min after the bolus injection of contrast material, namely, type-Ⅰ, Ⅱ, Ⅲ, and Ⅳ, respectively, and were then compared to the corresponding histological pancreatic conditions. RESULTS: Pancreatic carcinomas demonstrated type-Ⅲ (n = 13) or Ⅳ (n = 20) TIC. Tumor-forming pancreatitis showed type-Ⅱ (n = 5) or Ⅲ (n = 3) TIC. All islet cell tumors revealed type-Ⅰ. The type-Ⅳ TIC was only recognized in pancreatic carcinoma, and the TIC of carcinoma always depicted the slowest rise to a peak among the 3 pancreatic TICs measured in each patient, even in patients with chronic pancreatitis.CONCLUSION: Pancreatic TIC from dynamic MRI provides reliable information for distinguishing pancreatic carcinoma from other pancreatic masses, and may enable us to avoid unnecessary pancreatic surgery and delays in making a correct diagnosis of pancreatic carcinoma, especially, in patients with longstanding chronic pancreatitis.展开更多
The comers with small radii on cross sections are crucial for forming hydroformed components with polygonal sections. In this paper, warm hydroforming experiments of AZ61A magnesium alloy tubes were cartied out to stu...The comers with small radii on cross sections are crucial for forming hydroformed components with polygonal sections. In this paper, warm hydroforming experiments of AZ61A magnesium alloy tubes were cartied out to study the forming regularity of round comers by using a demonstration part with square sections. Effects of temperature on radius forming, thinning ratio distribution and microstructure were revealed and a component with relative outer corner radius of 3.0 was obtained by warm hydroforming at 240℃. The minimum thickness of the formed square section was located in the transition position between the corner and the straight wall. The thinning ratio of the round corner increased with the increase of forming temperature. Fotmability of the magnesium tube was improved by raising temperature under the effect of dynamic recrystallization at 240℃.展开更多
Head actuator arm assembly (HAA) is the most important mechanical component of a mobile hard disk drive (HDD) and its shock dynamic response is a principal index of vibration resistance. In this paper,a finite element...Head actuator arm assembly (HAA) is the most important mechanical component of a mobile hard disk drive (HDD) and its shock dynamic response is a principal index of vibration resistance. In this paper,a finite element (FE) model is firstly developed in ANSYS of 2.5 inch (1 inch=25.4 mm) mobile hard disk. This model includes actuator arm,voice coil motor (VCM) and pivot bearing. The various step modal of HAA is calculated by FE model. Then the actuator arm vibration behavior is simulated with LS-DYNA procedure. The influence of pulse waveform,pulse amplitude and pulse width on the shock response of the relative displacement of the head actuator arm assembly is studied.展开更多
Quantitative analysis is increasingly being used in team sports to better understand performance in these stylized,delineated,complex social systems.Here,the authors provide a first step toward understanding the patte...Quantitative analysis is increasingly being used in team sports to better understand performance in these stylized,delineated,complex social systems.Here,the authors provide a first step toward understanding the pattern-forming dynamics that emerge from collective offensive and defensive behavior in team sports.The authors propose a novel method of analysis that captures how teams occupy sub-areas of the field as the ball changes location.The authors use this method to analyze a game of association football(soccer) based upon a hypothesis that local player numerical dominance is key to defensive stability and offensive opportunity.The authors find that the teams consistently allocated more players than their opponents in sub-areas of play closer to their own goal.This is consistent with a predominantly defensive strategy intended to prevent yielding even a single goal.The authors also find differences between the two teams' strategies:while both adopted the same distribution of defensive,midfield,and attacking players(a 4:3:3 system of play),one team was significantly more effective in maintaining both defensive and offensive numerical dominance for defensive stability and offensive opportunity.That team indeed won the match with an advantage of one goal(2 to 1) but the analysis shows the advantage in play was more pervasive than the single goal victory would indicate.The proposed focus on the local dynamics of team collective behavior is distinct from the traditional focus on individual player capability.It supports a broader view in which specific player abilities contribute within the context of the dynamics of multiplayer team coordination and coaching strategy.By applying this complex system analysis to association football,the authors can understand how players' and teams' strategies result in successful and unsuccessful relationships between teammates and opponents in the area of play.展开更多
A cable dome has no stiffness or load carrying capacity unless it has been prestressed.Analyses of cable domes are based on successful prestressing designs,making force finding analysis very important.A new force find...A cable dome has no stiffness or load carrying capacity unless it has been prestressed.Analyses of cable domes are based on successful prestressing designs,making force finding analysis very important.A new force finding method named the imbal-ance force iterative method is proposed,which can overcome some limitations of the integrity feasible prestressing method.For instance,even if groups are assigned by mistake,the pretension distribution that satisfies the known geometry form can also be found.This method possess good stability and calculation efficiency,and a case study indicates that it is applicable to the force finding of large and complicated cable domes.On the other hand,form finding analysis of cable domes is also a key engineering problem.However,rigid displacement occurs in this process,which makes the analysis more complex.In this pa-per,the dynamic relaxation method was selected,and the problem of rigid displacement was therefore effectively solved.The method includes two steps:first,the stretching cables are released,and secondly,an axial force is imposed on the two ends of each released cable.This method is convenient in its calculation and clear in its conception.A case study indicates that the method is suitable for the simulation of the construction process of various cable domes and cable-strut tension structures.Moreover,a form finding experiment was conducted on a model of a cable dome with a diameter of 4.8 m by tensing diagonal cables.The behavior of the model in the form finding process was investigated.The experimental results indicate that the ini-tial lengths of members and prestress loss are key issues in cable domes design.The results also prove that the methods of form finding and force finding proposed in this paper are reliable and effective.展开更多
文摘The paper starts with a brief overview to the necessity of sheet metal forming simulation and the complexity of automobile panel forming, then leads to finite element analysis (FEA) which is a powerful simulation tool for analyzing complex three-dimensional sheet metal forming problems. The theory and features of the dynamic explicit finite element methods are introduced and the available various commercial finite element method codes used for sheet metal forming simulation in the world are discussed,and the civil and international status quo of automobile panel simulation as well. The front door outer panel of one certain new automobile is regarded as one example that the dynamic explicit FEM code Dynaform is used for the simulation of the front door outer panel forming process. Process defects such as ruptures are predicted. The improving methods can be given according to the simulation results. Foreground of sheet metal forming simulation is outlined.
文摘In order to analyze and simulate the complex super-plastic forming process by computer, a method of equal height bulging for determining material parameters m and K of the superplastic alloy is presented. The formulae related to the method are deduced in this paper. The accuracy of the method is available for evaluating the examples used in simulating the superplastic sheet-metal bulging processes.
基金Supported by the Nature foundation of Heilongjiang Province under Grant No. A009 the foundation of Harbin Engineering University under Grant No. HEUF04005.
文摘A mechanical model of a fracturing viscoelastic material was developed to investigate viscous effects in a dynamically growing crack-tip field. It was shown that in the stable creep-growing phase, elastic deformation and viscous deformation are equally dominant in the near-tip field, and stress and strain have the same singularity, namely, （σ-e）∝r^-1/（n-1）. The asymptotic solution of separating variables of stress, stain and displacement in the crack-tip field was obtained by asymptotic analysis, and the resulting numerical value of stress and strain in the crack-tip field was obtained by the shooting method and the boundary condition of a mode I crack. Through numerical calculation, it was shown that the near-tip fields are mainly governed by the creep exponent n and Mach number M. When n →∞, the asymptotic solution of a viscoelastic material can be degenerated into that of Freund＇s elastic-ideally plastic material by analyzing basic equations.
文摘AIM: To evaluate the ability of the time-signal intensity curve (TIC) of the pancreas obtained from dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for differentiation of focal pancreatic masses, especially pancreatic carcinoma coexisting with chronic pancreatitis and tumor-forming pancreatitis. METHODS: Forty-eight consecutive patients who underwent surgery for a focal pancreatic mass, including pancreatic ductal carcinoma (n = 33), tumor-forming pancreatitis (n = 8), and islet cell tumor (n = 7), were reviewed. Five pancreatic carcinomas coexisted with longstanding chronic pancreatitis. The pancreatic TICs were obtained from the pancreatic mass and the pancreatic parenchyma both proximal and distal to the mass lesion in each patient, prior to surgery, and were classified into 4 types according to the time to a peak: 25 s and 1, 2, and 3 min after the bolus injection of contrast material, namely, type-Ⅰ, Ⅱ, Ⅲ, and Ⅳ, respectively, and were then compared to the corresponding histological pancreatic conditions. RESULTS: Pancreatic carcinomas demonstrated type-Ⅲ (n = 13) or Ⅳ (n = 20) TIC. Tumor-forming pancreatitis showed type-Ⅱ (n = 5) or Ⅲ (n = 3) TIC. All islet cell tumors revealed type-Ⅰ. The type-Ⅳ TIC was only recognized in pancreatic carcinoma, and the TIC of carcinoma always depicted the slowest rise to a peak among the 3 pancreatic TICs measured in each patient, even in patients with chronic pancreatitis.CONCLUSION: Pancreatic TIC from dynamic MRI provides reliable information for distinguishing pancreatic carcinoma from other pancreatic masses, and may enable us to avoid unnecessary pancreatic surgery and delays in making a correct diagnosis of pancreatic carcinoma, especially, in patients with longstanding chronic pancreatitis.
基金Sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China for Distinguished Young Scholars(Grant No. 50525516)the National Key Technology R&D Program (Grant No. 2006BAE04B03)Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University
文摘The comers with small radii on cross sections are crucial for forming hydroformed components with polygonal sections. In this paper, warm hydroforming experiments of AZ61A magnesium alloy tubes were cartied out to study the forming regularity of round comers by using a demonstration part with square sections. Effects of temperature on radius forming, thinning ratio distribution and microstructure were revealed and a component with relative outer corner radius of 3.0 was obtained by warm hydroforming at 240℃. The minimum thickness of the formed square section was located in the transition position between the corner and the straight wall. The thinning ratio of the round corner increased with the increase of forming temperature. Fotmability of the magnesium tube was improved by raising temperature under the effect of dynamic recrystallization at 240℃.
基金Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 50575072)Scientific Research Fund of Hunan Provincial Education Department (Grant No.07C280)
文摘Head actuator arm assembly (HAA) is the most important mechanical component of a mobile hard disk drive (HDD) and its shock dynamic response is a principal index of vibration resistance. In this paper,a finite element (FE) model is firstly developed in ANSYS of 2.5 inch (1 inch=25.4 mm) mobile hard disk. This model includes actuator arm,voice coil motor (VCM) and pivot bearing. The various step modal of HAA is calculated by FE model. Then the actuator arm vibration behavior is simulated with LS-DYNA procedure. The influence of pulse waveform,pulse amplitude and pulse width on the shock response of the relative displacement of the head actuator arm assembly is studied.
基金supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology(SFRH/BD/43251/2008)
文摘Quantitative analysis is increasingly being used in team sports to better understand performance in these stylized,delineated,complex social systems.Here,the authors provide a first step toward understanding the pattern-forming dynamics that emerge from collective offensive and defensive behavior in team sports.The authors propose a novel method of analysis that captures how teams occupy sub-areas of the field as the ball changes location.The authors use this method to analyze a game of association football(soccer) based upon a hypothesis that local player numerical dominance is key to defensive stability and offensive opportunity.The authors find that the teams consistently allocated more players than their opponents in sub-areas of play closer to their own goal.This is consistent with a predominantly defensive strategy intended to prevent yielding even a single goal.The authors also find differences between the two teams' strategies:while both adopted the same distribution of defensive,midfield,and attacking players(a 4:3:3 system of play),one team was significantly more effective in maintaining both defensive and offensive numerical dominance for defensive stability and offensive opportunity.That team indeed won the match with an advantage of one goal(2 to 1) but the analysis shows the advantage in play was more pervasive than the single goal victory would indicate.The proposed focus on the local dynamics of team collective behavior is distinct from the traditional focus on individual player capability.It supports a broader view in which specific player abilities contribute within the context of the dynamics of multiplayer team coordination and coaching strategy.By applying this complex system analysis to association football,the authors can understand how players' and teams' strategies result in successful and unsuccessful relationships between teammates and opponents in the area of play.
文摘A cable dome has no stiffness or load carrying capacity unless it has been prestressed.Analyses of cable domes are based on successful prestressing designs,making force finding analysis very important.A new force finding method named the imbal-ance force iterative method is proposed,which can overcome some limitations of the integrity feasible prestressing method.For instance,even if groups are assigned by mistake,the pretension distribution that satisfies the known geometry form can also be found.This method possess good stability and calculation efficiency,and a case study indicates that it is applicable to the force finding of large and complicated cable domes.On the other hand,form finding analysis of cable domes is also a key engineering problem.However,rigid displacement occurs in this process,which makes the analysis more complex.In this pa-per,the dynamic relaxation method was selected,and the problem of rigid displacement was therefore effectively solved.The method includes two steps:first,the stretching cables are released,and secondly,an axial force is imposed on the two ends of each released cable.This method is convenient in its calculation and clear in its conception.A case study indicates that the method is suitable for the simulation of the construction process of various cable domes and cable-strut tension structures.Moreover,a form finding experiment was conducted on a model of a cable dome with a diameter of 4.8 m by tensing diagonal cables.The behavior of the model in the form finding process was investigated.The experimental results indicate that the ini-tial lengths of members and prestress loss are key issues in cable domes design.The results also prove that the methods of form finding and force finding proposed in this paper are reliable and effective.
