LS-DYNA CONTACT PROCEDURE ANALYSIS FOR SELECTED MECHANICAL SYSTEMS

Finite Element Method is one of the most frequently used computational schemes in numerical analyses. A contact phenomenon is an essential issue when modelling the physical interaction between two or more bodies. Depending on the used software, the various contact algorithms are applied. In the paper, the authors present the results of evaluation of different contact methods implemented in LS-Dyna CAE software. The most common problem arising during contact modelling is the occurrence of penetration between the coupling elements, which leads to an increase of contact forces and, consequently, a local deformation of finite elements. In the introduction, a theoretical background related to mathematical aspects of contact modelling is presented, in particular search methods for contact surfaces and the penalty forces calculating method. Subsequently, a contact analysis for different variants of interaction of the elements is presented. In the first analysed case, shaft- sleeve interaction, in both rotation and translation, is presented. The variable factors in this case were a number of interacting finite elements and the type of a contact algorithm. The second case focused on the interaction forces resulting from the interaction between two sliding bodies in the harmonic motion. A sliding body was pressed against the plane using an increasing force. A variable factor in this case was the type of the implemented contact algorithm

LS-Dyna contact procedure analysis for selected mechanical systems

Finite Element Method is one of the most frequently used computational schemes in numerical analyses. A contact phenomenon is an essential issue when modelling the physical interaction between two or more bodies. Depending on the used software, the various contact algorithms are applied. In the paper, the authors present the results of evaluation of different contact methods implemented in LS-Dyna CAE software. The most common problem arising during contact modelling is the occurrence of penetration between the coupling elements, which leads to an increase of contact forces and, consequently, a local deformation of finite elements. In the introduction, a theoretical background related to mathematical aspects of contact modelling is presented, in particular search methods for contact surfaces and the penalty forces calculating method. Subsequently, a contact analysis for different variants of interaction of the elements is presented. In the first analysed case, shaft- sleeve interaction, in both rotation and translation, is presented. The variable factors in this case were a number of interacting finite elements and the type of a contact algorithm. The second case focused on the interaction forces resulting from the interaction between two sliding bodies in the harmonic motion. A sliding body was pressed against the plane using an increasing force. A variable factor in this case was the type of the implemented contact algorithm

Overnight transdermal scopolamine patch administration has no clear effect on cognition and emotional processing in healthy volunteers

There has been increasing interest in the antidepressant effects of the muscarinic cholinergic receptor antagonist scopolamine. Here we assess, for the first time, whether a transdermal scopolamine patch is sufficient to induce changes in cognition that are consistent with the reported cognitive and antidepressant effects of scopolamine. A scopolamine or placebo patch was administered to healthy volunteers [n=33] for 17h in a double-blind, between-subject procedure. There was no clear effect of scopolamine patch on emotional cognition, verbal or working memory, suggesting that the effective dose of scopolamine available through the patch is too low to represent a viable antidepressant mechanism

Exhumation of the High‐Pressure Tsäkkok Lens, Swedish Caledonides: Insights From the Structural and White Mica 40Ar/39Ar Geochronological Record

Integrated structural, geochemical, and geochronological investigations were conducted on metasedimentary rocks in the eclogite-bearing Tsäkkok Lens of the Seve Nappe Complex (Scandinavian Caledonides) to resolve its exhumation history. Three deformation events are defined. D1 is likely related to the prograde to peak-metamorphic stages, represented by a locally preserved S1. D2 resulted in vertical shortening and is defined by a pervasive S2 and cm-/m-scale F2 closed folds. D2 terminated with Scandian thrusting, which emplaced the overlying Köli Nappe Complex. D3 records NE-SW shortening and constitutes m-/km-scale F3 open folds that deformed the Tsäkkok Lens and Köli Nappe Complex together. In situ white mica 40Ar/39Ar geochronology was conducted on select metasedimentary samples possessing S1 or S2 to resolve the timing of exhumation. Postdecompression cooling of the Tsäkkok Lens is best recorded by samples containing S1 or S2 that yield homogeneous white mica chemistry and 40Ar/39Ar dates. The timing of cooling is resolved to 477.2 ± 4.1 Ma (S1) and 475.3 ± 3.5 Ma (S2). Vertical shortening of the lens during exhumation may have proceeded until 458.1 ± 9.0 Ma. Later-stage deformation during Scandian thrusting penetrated the Tsäkkok Lens at 429.9 ± 9.0 Ma, or younger. This resulted in noncoaxial deformation of the metasedimentary rocks, producing heterogeneous white mica chemistry and partially reset the older 40Ar/39Ar cooling record. Temperatures for deformation are resolved to the upper greenschist‐lower amphibolite facies. Altogether, the Tsäkkok Lens records rapid exhumation from eclogite‐facies conditions to midcrustal depths or shallower, followed by emplacement of the overlying Köli Nappe Complex

Method for Suppression of Stacking Faults in Wurtzite III-V Nanowires

The growth of wurtzite GaAs and InAs nanowires with diameters of a few tens of nanometers with negligible intermixing of zinc blende stacking is reported. The suppression of the number of stacking faults was obtained by a procedure within the vapor-liquid-solid growth, which exploits the theoretical result that nanowires of small diameter ( approximately 10 nm) adopt purely wurtzite structure and are observed to thicken (via lateral growth) once the axial growth exceeds a certain length

Defect Free PbTe Nanowires Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy on GaAs(111)B Substrates

The molecular beam epitaxial growth of PbTe nanowires oil GaAs(111)B substrates is reported. The growth process was based oil the Au-catalyzed vapor-liquid-solid mechanism. These nanowires grow along the [100] axis; they are perpendicular to the substrate, have tapered shapes, and have diameters of about 90 rim at the base and 60 run at the top. High resolution transmission electron microscopy pictures reveal that the PbTe nanowires have a rock-salt structure and, in contrast to the one-dimensional structures of III-V and II-VI compound semiconductors such as GaAs. InAs, or ZnTe, are free from stacking faults. A theoretical analysis of these experimental findings, which is based oil ab initio modeling of the PbTe nanowires, is also presented

In vivo Optical Imaging of Matrix Metalloproteinase Activity Detects Acute and Chronic Contact Hypersensitivity Reactions and Enables Monitoring of the Antiinflammatory Effects of N

The aim of this study was to determine whether the severity of contact hypersensitivity reactions (CHSRs) can be observed by noninvasive in vivo optical imaging of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) activity and whether this is an appropriate tool for monitoring an antiinflammatory effect. Acute and chronic CHSRs were elicited by application of a 1% trinitrochlorobenzene (TNCB) solution for up to five times on the right ear of TNCB-sensitized mice. N -Acetylcysteine (NAC)-treated and sham-treated mice were monitored by measuring ear swelling and optical imaging of MMP activity. In addition, we performed hematoxylin-eosin staining and CD31 immunohistochemistry for histopathologic analysis of the antiinflammatory effects of NAC. The ear thickness and the MMP activity increased in line with the increasing severity of the CHSR. MMP activity was enhanced 2.5- to 2.7-fold during acute CHSR and 3.1- to 4.1-fold during chronic CHSR. NAC suppressed ear swelling and MMP signal intensity in mice with acute and chronic CHSR. During chronic CHSR, the vessel density was significantly reduced in ear sections derived from NAC-treated compared to sham-treated mice. In vivo optical imaging of MMP activity measures acute and chronic CHSR and is useful to monitor antiinflammatory effects