In this paper,a CFD/CSD model coupling N-S equations and structural equations of motion in the time domain is described for aeroelastic analysis of large wind turbines.The structural modes of blades are analyzed with ...In this paper,a CFD/CSD model coupling N-S equations and structural equations of motion in the time domain is described for aeroelastic analysis of large wind turbines.The structural modes of blades are analyzed with one-dimensional beam models.By combining point matched sliding grid for wind turbine rotation and deforming grid for structural vibrations,a hybrid dynamic grid strategy is designed for the multi-block structured grid system of a wind turbine.The dual time-stepping approach and finite volume scheme are applied to the three-dimensional unsteady preconditioned N-S equations,and DES approach is employed to simulate the unsteady massively separated flows.A modal approach is adopted to calculate the structural response,and a predictor-corrector scheme is used to solve the structural equations of motion.CFD and CSD solvers are tightly coupled via successive iterations within each physical time step.As a result,a time-domain CFD/CSD model for aeroelastic analysis of a large wind turbine is achieved.The presented method is applied to the NH1500 large wind turbine under the rated condition,and the calculated aeroelastic characteristics agree well with those of the prescribed vortex wake method.展开更多
In karst regions,the spatial heterogeneity of soil mineral oxides and environmental variables is still not clear.We investigated the spatial heterogeneity of SiO2,Al2O3,Fe2O3,CaO,MgO,P2O5,K2O,and MnO contents in the s...In karst regions,the spatial heterogeneity of soil mineral oxides and environmental variables is still not clear.We investigated the spatial heterogeneity of SiO2,Al2O3,Fe2O3,CaO,MgO,P2O5,K2O,and MnO contents in the soils of slope land,plantation forest,secondary forest,and primary forest,as well as their relationships with environmental variables in a karst region of Southwest China.Geostatistics,principal component analysis(PCA),and canonical correlation analysis(CCA)were applied to analyze the field data.The results show that SiO2was the predominant mineral in the soils(45.02%–67.33%),followed by Al2O3and Fe2O3.Most soil mineral oxide components had a strong spatial dependence,except for CaO,MgO,and P2O5in the plantation forest,MgO and P2O5in the secondary forest,and CaO in the slope land.Dimensionality reduction in PCA was not appropriate due to the strong spatial heterogeneity in the ecosystems.Soil mineral oxide components,the main factors in all ecosystems,had greater influences on vegetation than those of conventional soil properties.There were close relationships between soil mineral oxide components and vegetation,topography,and conventional soil properties.Mineral oxide components affected species diversity,organic matter and nitrogen levels.展开更多
Highly stretchable and transparent ionic conducting materials have enabled new concepts of electronic devices denoted as iontronics,with a distinguishable working mechanism and performances from the conventional elect...Highly stretchable and transparent ionic conducting materials have enabled new concepts of electronic devices denoted as iontronics,with a distinguishable working mechanism and performances from the conventional electronics.However,the existing ionic conducting materials can hardly bear the humidity and temperature change of our daily life,which has greatly hindered the development and real-world application of iontronics.Herein,we design an ion gel possessing unique traits of hydrophobicity,humidity insensitivity,wide working temperature range(exceeding 100℃,and the range covered our daily life temperature),high conductivity(10^(-3)~10^(-5) S/cm),extensive stretchability,and high transparency,which is among the bestperforming ionic conductors ever developed for flexible iontronics.Several ion gel-based iontronics have been demonstrated,including large-deformation sensors,electroluminescent devices,and ionic cables,which can serve for a long time under harsh conditions.The designed material opens new potential for the real-world application progress of iontronics.展开更多
The reduced weight and improved efficiency of modern aeronautical structures result in a decreasing separation of frequency ranges of rigid and elastic modes.Particularly,a high-aspect-ratio flexible flying wing is pr...The reduced weight and improved efficiency of modern aeronautical structures result in a decreasing separation of frequency ranges of rigid and elastic modes.Particularly,a high-aspect-ratio flexible flying wing is prone to body freedomflutter(BFF),which is a result of coupling of the rigid body short-periodmodewith 1st wing bendingmode.Accurate prediction of the BFF characteristics is helpful to reflect the attitude changes of the vehicle intuitively and design the active flutter suppression control law.Instead of using the rigid body mode,this work simulates the rigid bodymotion of the model by using the six-degree-of-freedom(6DOF)equation.A dynamicmesh generation strategy particularly suitable for BFF simulation of free flying aircraft is developed.An accurate Computational Fluid Dynamics/Computational Structural Dynamics/six-degree-of-freedom equation(CFD/CSD/6DOF)-based BFF prediction method is proposed.Firstly,the time-domain CFD/CSD method is used to calculate the static equilibrium state of the model.Based on this state,the CFD/CSD/6DOF equation is solved in time domain to evaluate the structural response of themodel.Then combinedwith the variable stiffnessmethod,the critical flutter point of the model is obtained.This method is applied to the BFF calculation of a flyingwing model.The calculation results of the BFF characteristics of the model agree well with those fromthe modalmethod andNastran software.Finally,the method is used to analyze the influence factors of BFF.The analysis results show that the flutter speed can be improved by either releasing plunge constraint or moving the center ofmass forward or increasing the pitch inertia.展开更多
A finite element analysis(FEA)model is developed for the chemical-mechanical polishing(CMP)process on the basis of a 12-in five-zone polishing head.The proposed FEA model shows that the contact stress non-uniformity i...A finite element analysis(FEA)model is developed for the chemical-mechanical polishing(CMP)process on the basis of a 12-in five-zone polishing head.The proposed FEA model shows that the contact stress non-uniformity is less dependent on the material property of the membrane and the geometry of the retaining ring.The larger the elastic modulus of the pad,the larger contact stress non-uniformity of the wafer.The applied loads on retaining ring and zone of the polishing head significantly affect the contact stress distribution.The stress adjustment ability of a zone depends on its position.In particular,the inner-side zone has a high stress adjustment ability,whereas the outer-side zone has a low stress adjustment ability.The predicted results by the model are shown to be consistent with the experimental data.Analysis results have revealed some insights regarding the performance of the multi-zone CMP.展开更多
Dielectric elastomers have found interesting applications in soft loudspeakers,where vibrations subject to alternating electrical excitations are the key features.Although there are many t heore tical studies on the n...Dielectric elastomers have found interesting applications in soft loudspeakers,where vibrations subject to alternating electrical excitations are the key features.Although there are many t heore tical studies on the nonlinear vibrations of dielec trie elasto mers subject to electromechanical coupling loads,the systematic experimental research is rare.In this work,we design a simple experimental setup to observe the out-of-plane vibrations of a circular dielec trie elastomer actuator.We find that the dielec trie elastomer has different response modes including the harmonic,super-harmonic and sub-harmonic responses at different excitation frequencies.We analyze the responses by using the short-time Fourier transformation.We find that the equivalent voltage and the AC/DC ratio are the main parameters affecting the occurrence of sub-harmonic responses.The phenomenon of mode shift is also observed in our experiments.These experimental observations provide a deeper unders tanding of the dynamic responses of dielec trie elasto mer subject to electromechanical loads.展开更多
To predict the flutter dynamic pressure of a wind tunnel model before flutter test,an accurate Computational Fluid Dynamics/Computational Structural Dynamics(CFD/CSD)-based flutter prediction method is proposed under ...To predict the flutter dynamic pressure of a wind tunnel model before flutter test,an accurate Computational Fluid Dynamics/Computational Structural Dynamics(CFD/CSD)-based flutter prediction method is proposed under the conditions of a 2.4 m×2.4 m transonic wind tunnel with porous wall.From the CFD simulations of the flows through an inclined hole of this wind tunnel,the Nambu's linear porous wall model between the flow rate and the differential pressure is extended to the porous wall with inclined holes,so that the porous wall can be conveniently modeled as a boundary condition.According to the flutter testing approach for the current wind tunnel,the steady CFD calculation is conducted to achieve the required inlet Mach number.A timedomain CFD/CSD method is then employed to evaluate the structural response of the experimental model,and the critical flutter point is obtained by increasing the dynamic pressure step by step at a fixed Mach number.The present method is applied to the flutter calculations for a vertical tail model and an aircraft model tested in the current transonic wind tunnel.For both models,the computed flutter characteristics agree well with the experimental results.展开更多
The electromechanical phase transition for a dielectric elastomer （DE） tube has been demonstrated in recent experiments, where it is found that the unbulged phase gradually changed into bulged phase. Previous theore...The electromechanical phase transition for a dielectric elastomer （DE） tube has been demonstrated in recent experiments, where it is found that the unbulged phase gradually changed into bulged phase. Previous theoretical works only studied the transition process under pressure control condition, which is not consistent with the real experimental condition. This paper focuses on more complex features of the electromechanical phase transition under internal pressure of constant mass. We derive the equilibrium equations and the condition for coexistent states for a DE tube under an internal pressure, a voltage through the thickness and an axial force. We find that under mass control condition the voltage needed to maintain the phase transition increases as the process proceeds. We analyze the entire process of electromechanical phase transition and find that the evolution of configurations is also different from that for pressure control condition.展开更多
A "dual time" method for the solution of unsteady three dimensional Navier Stocks equations is described in this paper. An implicit real time discretisation is used, and then the equations are integrated in ...A "dual time" method for the solution of unsteady three dimensional Navier Stocks equations is described in this paper. An implicit real time discretisation is used, and then the equations are integrated in a fictitious pseudo time. When marching in a pseudo time, the finite volume method, multi grid scheme and other acceleration techniques used in steady flow calculations can be used. Balwin Lomax turbulence model is applied to simulate the turbulence.展开更多
An unsteady load calculation method for the support configuration of a monopile-supported offshore wind turbine is developed based on the Fluent software platform.Firstly,the water wave is generated by imposing the in...An unsteady load calculation method for the support configuration of a monopile-supported offshore wind turbine is developed based on the Fluent software platform.Firstly,the water wave is generated by imposing the inlet boundary conditions according to the exact potential flow solution.Then the wave evolution is simulated by solving the unsteady incompressible Navier-Stokes(N-S)equations coupled with the volume of fluid method.For the small amplitude wave with reasonable wave parameters,the numerical wave result agrees well with that of the given wave model.Finally,a monopile support configuration is introduced and a CFD-based load calculation method is established to accurately calculate the unsteady load under the combined action of wave and wind.The computed unsteady wave load on a small-size monopile support located in the small amplitude wave flow coincides with that of the Morison formula.The load calculations are also performed on a large-size monopile support and a monopile-supported offshore wind turbine under the combined action of small amplitude wave and wind.展开更多
The considerable electric-induced shape change,together with the attributes of lightweight,high efficiency,and inexpensive cost,makes dielectric elastomer,a promising soft active material for the realization of actuat...The considerable electric-induced shape change,together with the attributes of lightweight,high efficiency,and inexpensive cost,makes dielectric elastomer,a promising soft active material for the realization of actuators in broad applications.Although,a number of prototype devices have been demonstrated in the past few years,the further development of this technology necessitates adequate analytical and numerical tools.Especially,previous the-oretical studies always neglect the influence of surrounding med-ium.Due to the large deformation and nonlinear equations of states involved in dielectric elastomer,finite element method(FEM)is anticipated;however,the few available formulations employ homemade codes,which are inconvenient to implement.The aim of this work is to present a numerical approach with the commercial FEM package COMSOL to investigate the nonlinear response of dielectric elastomer under electric stimulation.The influence of surrounding free space on the electric field is analyzed and the corresponding electric force is taken into account through an electric surface traction on the circumstances edge.By employ-ing Maxwell stress tensor as actuation pressure,the mechanical and electric governing equations for dielectric elastomer are coupled,and then solved simultaneously with the Gent model of stain energy to derive the electric induced large deformation as well as the electromechanical instability.The finite element imple-mentation presented here may provide a powerful computational tool to help design and optimize the engineering applications of dielectric elastomer.展开更多
Different from ordinary solids,liquids and gases,soft matter is a subfield of condensed matter comprising a complexity of physical states and softness that are easily modulated by external stimuli and/or thermal flue ...Different from ordinary solids,liquids and gases,soft matter is a subfield of condensed matter comprising a complexity of physical states and softness that are easily modulated by external stimuli and/or thermal flue tu at ions,with the featured sensitivity to tiny perturbations from the environment.The soft matter research is considered to be“the science of the 21st century,”which is rapidly evolving and growing at the interfaces of mechanics,physics,biology,material science,chemistry,etc.展开更多
A hydrogel can be coated on various substrates to enable multiple functions.Potential applications include biomedical devices,anti-fouling surfaces and microfluidics.In practical use,hydrogel coatings are often submer...A hydrogel can be coated on various substrates to enable multiple functions.Potential applications include biomedical devices,anti-fouling surfaces and microfluidics.In practical use,hydrogel coatings are often submerged in fluids.The swell of hydrogel coating deteriorates the interfacial bonding with the substrate.This paper presents a stress analysis of a hydrogel coating on a cylindrical metal substrate.We adopt the thermodynamic theory coupling large deformation and water migration and formulate two boundary value problems for the coating-substrate system with and without an interfacial crack.The inhomogeneous stress fields in the hydrogel coating are obtained.The influences of modulus,thickness of the hydrogel coating on the maximum radial stress at the interface are analyzed.These results may guide the design of hydrogel coating to avoid interfacial failure.展开更多
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China ("973" Project) (Grant No. 2007CB714600)the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
文摘In this paper,a CFD/CSD model coupling N-S equations and structural equations of motion in the time domain is described for aeroelastic analysis of large wind turbines.The structural modes of blades are analyzed with one-dimensional beam models.By combining point matched sliding grid for wind turbine rotation and deforming grid for structural vibrations,a hybrid dynamic grid strategy is designed for the multi-block structured grid system of a wind turbine.The dual time-stepping approach and finite volume scheme are applied to the three-dimensional unsteady preconditioned N-S equations,and DES approach is employed to simulate the unsteady massively separated flows.A modal approach is adopted to calculate the structural response,and a predictor-corrector scheme is used to solve the structural equations of motion.CFD and CSD solvers are tightly coupled via successive iterations within each physical time step.As a result,a time-domain CFD/CSD model for aeroelastic analysis of a large wind turbine is achieved.The presented method is applied to the NH1500 large wind turbine under the rated condition,and the calculated aeroelastic characteristics agree well with those of the prescribed vortex wake method.
基金Under the auspices of Chinese Academy Sciences Action Plan for the Development of Western China(No.KZCX2-XB3-10)Major State Basic Research Development Program of China(No.2011BAC09B02)+2 种基金Strategic Priority Research Program-Climate Change:Carbon Budget and Related Issues'of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.XDA05070404,XDA05050205)National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31070425,31000224,U1033004)Guangxi Provincial Program of Distinguished Expert in China
文摘In karst regions,the spatial heterogeneity of soil mineral oxides and environmental variables is still not clear.We investigated the spatial heterogeneity of SiO2,Al2O3,Fe2O3,CaO,MgO,P2O5,K2O,and MnO contents in the soils of slope land,plantation forest,secondary forest,and primary forest,as well as their relationships with environmental variables in a karst region of Southwest China.Geostatistics,principal component analysis(PCA),and canonical correlation analysis(CCA)were applied to analyze the field data.The results show that SiO2was the predominant mineral in the soils(45.02%–67.33%),followed by Al2O3and Fe2O3.Most soil mineral oxide components had a strong spatial dependence,except for CaO,MgO,and P2O5in the plantation forest,MgO and P2O5in the secondary forest,and CaO in the slope land.Dimensionality reduction in PCA was not appropriate due to the strong spatial heterogeneity in the ecosystems.Soil mineral oxide components,the main factors in all ecosystems,had greater influences on vegetation than those of conventional soil properties.There were close relationships between soil mineral oxide components and vegetation,topography,and conventional soil properties.Mineral oxide components affected species diversity,organic matter and nitrogen levels.
基金This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51773165 and 11772249)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(xjj2015119)the Young Talent Support Plan of Xi’an Jiaotong University。
文摘Highly stretchable and transparent ionic conducting materials have enabled new concepts of electronic devices denoted as iontronics,with a distinguishable working mechanism and performances from the conventional electronics.However,the existing ionic conducting materials can hardly bear the humidity and temperature change of our daily life,which has greatly hindered the development and real-world application of iontronics.Herein,we design an ion gel possessing unique traits of hydrophobicity,humidity insensitivity,wide working temperature range(exceeding 100℃,and the range covered our daily life temperature),high conductivity(10^(-3)~10^(-5) S/cm),extensive stretchability,and high transparency,which is among the bestperforming ionic conductors ever developed for flexible iontronics.Several ion gel-based iontronics have been demonstrated,including large-deformation sensors,electroluminescent devices,and ionic cables,which can serve for a long time under harsh conditions.The designed material opens new potential for the real-world application progress of iontronics.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.11872212)and a project funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.
文摘The reduced weight and improved efficiency of modern aeronautical structures result in a decreasing separation of frequency ranges of rigid and elastic modes.Particularly,a high-aspect-ratio flexible flying wing is prone to body freedomflutter(BFF),which is a result of coupling of the rigid body short-periodmodewith 1st wing bendingmode.Accurate prediction of the BFF characteristics is helpful to reflect the attitude changes of the vehicle intuitively and design the active flutter suppression control law.Instead of using the rigid body mode,this work simulates the rigid bodymotion of the model by using the six-degree-of-freedom(6DOF)equation.A dynamicmesh generation strategy particularly suitable for BFF simulation of free flying aircraft is developed.An accurate Computational Fluid Dynamics/Computational Structural Dynamics/six-degree-of-freedom equation(CFD/CSD/6DOF)-based BFF prediction method is proposed.Firstly,the time-domain CFD/CSD method is used to calculate the static equilibrium state of the model.Based on this state,the CFD/CSD/6DOF equation is solved in time domain to evaluate the structural response of themodel.Then combinedwith the variable stiffnessmethod,the critical flutter point of the model is obtained.This method is applied to the BFF calculation of a flyingwing model.The calculation results of the BFF characteristics of the model agree well with those fromthe modalmethod andNastran software.Finally,the method is used to analyze the influence factors of BFF.The analysis results show that the flutter speed can be improved by either releasing plunge constraint or moving the center ofmass forward or increasing the pitch inertia.
基金supported by the Science Fund for Creative Research Groups (Grant No. 51021064)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51205226)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2012M510420)
文摘A finite element analysis(FEA)model is developed for the chemical-mechanical polishing(CMP)process on the basis of a 12-in five-zone polishing head.The proposed FEA model shows that the contact stress non-uniformity is less dependent on the material property of the membrane and the geometry of the retaining ring.The larger the elastic modulus of the pad,the larger contact stress non-uniformity of the wafer.The applied loads on retaining ring and zone of the polishing head significantly affect the contact stress distribution.The stress adjustment ability of a zone depends on its position.In particular,the inner-side zone has a high stress adjustment ability,whereas the outer-side zone has a low stress adjustment ability.The predicted results by the model are shown to be consistent with the experimental data.Analysis results have revealed some insights regarding the performance of the multi-zone CMP.
文摘Dielectric elastomers have found interesting applications in soft loudspeakers,where vibrations subject to alternating electrical excitations are the key features.Although there are many t heore tical studies on the nonlinear vibrations of dielec trie elasto mers subject to electromechanical coupling loads,the systematic experimental research is rare.In this work,we design a simple experimental setup to observe the out-of-plane vibrations of a circular dielec trie elastomer actuator.We find that the dielec trie elastomer has different response modes including the harmonic,super-harmonic and sub-harmonic responses at different excitation frequencies.We analyze the responses by using the short-time Fourier transformation.We find that the equivalent voltage and the AC/DC ratio are the main parameters affecting the occurrence of sub-harmonic responses.The phenomenon of mode shift is also observed in our experiments.These experimental observations provide a deeper unders tanding of the dynamic responses of dielec trie elasto mer subject to electromechanical loads.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.11872212)a project funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions。
文摘To predict the flutter dynamic pressure of a wind tunnel model before flutter test,an accurate Computational Fluid Dynamics/Computational Structural Dynamics(CFD/CSD)-based flutter prediction method is proposed under the conditions of a 2.4 m×2.4 m transonic wind tunnel with porous wall.From the CFD simulations of the flows through an inclined hole of this wind tunnel,the Nambu's linear porous wall model between the flow rate and the differential pressure is extended to the porous wall with inclined holes,so that the porous wall can be conveniently modeled as a boundary condition.According to the flutter testing approach for the current wind tunnel,the steady CFD calculation is conducted to achieve the required inlet Mach number.A timedomain CFD/CSD method is then employed to evaluate the structural response of the experimental model,and the critical flutter point is obtained by increasing the dynamic pressure step by step at a fixed Mach number.The present method is applied to the flutter calculations for a vertical tail model and an aircraft model tested in the current transonic wind tunnel.For both models,the computed flutter characteristics agree well with the experimental results.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11402185)
文摘The electromechanical phase transition for a dielectric elastomer （DE） tube has been demonstrated in recent experiments, where it is found that the unbulged phase gradually changed into bulged phase. Previous theoretical works only studied the transition process under pressure control condition, which is not consistent with the real experimental condition. This paper focuses on more complex features of the electromechanical phase transition under internal pressure of constant mass. We derive the equilibrium equations and the condition for coexistent states for a DE tube under an internal pressure, a voltage through the thickness and an axial force. We find that under mass control condition the voltage needed to maintain the phase transition increases as the process proceeds. We analyze the entire process of electromechanical phase transition and find that the evolution of configurations is also different from that for pressure control condition.
文摘A "dual time" method for the solution of unsteady three dimensional Navier Stocks equations is described in this paper. An implicit real time discretisation is used, and then the equations are integrated in a fictitious pseudo time. When marching in a pseudo time, the finite volume method, multi grid scheme and other acceleration techniques used in steady flow calculations can be used. Balwin Lomax turbulence model is applied to simulate the turbulence.
基金supported partly by the National Basic Research Program of China("973"Program)(No.2014CB046200)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.11372135)the NUAA Fundamental Research Funds(No.NS2013005)
文摘An unsteady load calculation method for the support configuration of a monopile-supported offshore wind turbine is developed based on the Fluent software platform.Firstly,the water wave is generated by imposing the inlet boundary conditions according to the exact potential flow solution.Then the wave evolution is simulated by solving the unsteady incompressible Navier-Stokes(N-S)equations coupled with the volume of fluid method.For the small amplitude wave with reasonable wave parameters,the numerical wave result agrees well with that of the given wave model.Finally,a monopile support configuration is introduced and a CFD-based load calculation method is established to accurately calculate the unsteady load under the combined action of wave and wind.The computed unsteady wave load on a small-size monopile support located in the small amplitude wave flow coincides with that of the Morison formula.The load calculations are also performed on a large-size monopile support and a monopile-supported offshore wind turbine under the combined action of small amplitude wave and wind.
基金This work was supported by NSFC under Grant(11321062 and 11402186,11402185)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation under Grant(2015M572548).
文摘The considerable electric-induced shape change,together with the attributes of lightweight,high efficiency,and inexpensive cost,makes dielectric elastomer,a promising soft active material for the realization of actuators in broad applications.Although,a number of prototype devices have been demonstrated in the past few years,the further development of this technology necessitates adequate analytical and numerical tools.Especially,previous the-oretical studies always neglect the influence of surrounding med-ium.Due to the large deformation and nonlinear equations of states involved in dielectric elastomer,finite element method(FEM)is anticipated;however,the few available formulations employ homemade codes,which are inconvenient to implement.The aim of this work is to present a numerical approach with the commercial FEM package COMSOL to investigate the nonlinear response of dielectric elastomer under electric stimulation.The influence of surrounding free space on the electric field is analyzed and the corresponding electric force is taken into account through an electric surface traction on the circumstances edge.By employ-ing Maxwell stress tensor as actuation pressure,the mechanical and electric governing equations for dielectric elastomer are coupled,and then solved simultaneously with the Gent model of stain energy to derive the electric induced large deformation as well as the electromechanical instability.The finite element imple-mentation presented here may provide a powerful computational tool to help design and optimize the engineering applications of dielectric elastomer.
文摘Different from ordinary solids,liquids and gases,soft matter is a subfield of condensed matter comprising a complexity of physical states and softness that are easily modulated by external stimuli and/or thermal flue tu at ions,with the featured sensitivity to tiny perturbations from the environment.The soft matter research is considered to be“the science of the 21st century,”which is rapidly evolving and growing at the interfaces of mechanics,physics,biology,material science,chemistry,etc.
基金the support of the National Natural Foundation of China(Grants 11922210 and 11772249)the support of the National Natural Foundation of China(Grant 12002255).
文摘A hydrogel can be coated on various substrates to enable multiple functions.Potential applications include biomedical devices,anti-fouling surfaces and microfluidics.In practical use,hydrogel coatings are often submerged in fluids.The swell of hydrogel coating deteriorates the interfacial bonding with the substrate.This paper presents a stress analysis of a hydrogel coating on a cylindrical metal substrate.We adopt the thermodynamic theory coupling large deformation and water migration and formulate two boundary value problems for the coating-substrate system with and without an interfacial crack.The inhomogeneous stress fields in the hydrogel coating are obtained.The influences of modulus,thickness of the hydrogel coating on the maximum radial stress at the interface are analyzed.These results may guide the design of hydrogel coating to avoid interfacial failure.
