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Reliability analysis of continuous fiber composite laminates
A composite lamina may be viewed as a homogeneous solid whose directional strengths are random variables. Calculation of the lamina reliability under a multi-axial stress state can be approached by either assuming that the strengths act separately (modal or independent action), or that they interact through a quadratic interaction criterion. The independent action reliability may be calculated in closed form, while interactive criteria require simulations; there is currently insufficient data to make a final determination of preference between them. Using independent action for illustration purposes, the lamina reliability may be plotted in either stress space or in a non-dimensional representation. For the typical laminated plate structure, the individual lamina reliabilities may be combined in order to produce formal upper and lower bounds of reliability for the laminate, similar in nature to the bounds on properties produced from variational elastic methods. These bounds are illustrated for a (0/plus or minus 15)sub s Graphite/Epoxy (GR/EP) laminate. And addition, simple physically plausible phenomenological rules are proposed for redistribution of load after a lamina has failed. These rules are illustrated by application to (0/plus or minus 15)sub s and (90/plus or minus 45/0)sub s GR/EP laminates and results are compared with respect to the proposed bounds
Master of Science
thesisEfforts towards understanding the nickel catalyzed cycloaddition of diynes and nitriles to make pyridines are described. During the course of this mechanistic study, a previously uncharacterized class of nickel-nitrile-NHC (N-heterocyclic carbene) dimers, which display cooperative η1 and η2 binding modes of the nitrile to nickel, were discovered. Crystal structures were obtained for select dimers. These dimers proved catalytically competent in the cycloaddition reaction. Pseudo first order kinetics revealed that the reaction was first order in dimer while being zero order in NHC ligand, nitrile, and diyne. While stoichiometric reactions with dimer and diyne in the absence of nitrile did give product, largely improved yields were observed in the presence of free nitrile. Stoichiometric competition studies utilizing various identities of free nitriles and dimers indicated a preference for incorporation of free nitrile into the product versus the dimer-bound nitrile. The results of this study suggest a mechanism involving partial dimer opening as the rate-determining step. This is then followed by nitrile binding, which precedes oxidative coupling with diyne
Relativistic initial conditions for N-body simulations
Initial conditions for (Newtonian) cosmological N-body simulations are
usually set by re-scaling the present-day power spectrum obtained from linear
(relativistic) Boltzmann codes to the desired initial redshift of the
simulation. This back-scaling method can account for the effect of
inhomogeneous residual thermal radiation at early times, which is absent in the
Newtonian simulations. We analyse this procedure from a fully relativistic
perspective, employing the recently-proposed Newtonian motion gauge framework.
We find that N-body simulations for LambdaCDM cosmology starting from
back-scaled initial conditions can be self-consistently embedded in a
relativistic space-time with first-order metric potentials calculated using a
linear Boltzmann code. This space-time coincides with a simple "N-body gauge"
for z<50 for all observable modes. Care must be taken, however, when simulating
non-standard cosmologies. As an example, we analyse the back-scaling method in
a cosmology with decaying dark matter, and show that metric perturbations
become large at early times in the back-scaling approach, indicating a
breakdown of the perturbative description. We suggest a suitable "forwards
approach" for such cases.Comment: 20 pages, 8 figure
General relativistic corrections to -body simulations and the Zel'dovich approximation
The initial conditions for Newtonian -body simulations are usually
generated by applying the Zel'dovich approximation to the initial displacements
of the particles using an initial power spectrum of density fluctuations
generated by an Einstein-Boltzmann solver. We show that in most gauges the
initial displacements generated in this way receive a first-order relativistic
correction. We define a new gauge, the -body gauge, in which this
relativistic correction vanishes and show that a conventional Newtonian
-body simulation includes all first-order relativistic contributions (in the
absence of radiation) if we identify the coordinates in Newtonian simulations
with those in the relativistic -body gauge.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, revised text and figures, matches published
version in PR
Scalable Bayesian modeling, monitoring and analysis of dynamic network flow data
Traffic flow count data in networks arise in many applications, such as
automobile or aviation transportation, certain directed social network
contexts, and Internet studies. Using an example of Internet browser traffic
flow through site-segments of an international news website, we present
Bayesian analyses of two linked classes of models which, in tandem, allow fast,
scalable and interpretable Bayesian inference. We first develop flexible
state-space models for streaming count data, able to adaptively characterize
and quantify network dynamics efficiently in real-time. We then use these
models as emulators of more structured, time-varying gravity models that allow
formal dissection of network dynamics. This yields interpretable inferences on
traffic flow characteristics, and on dynamics in interactions among network
nodes. Bayesian monitoring theory defines a strategy for sequential model
assessment and adaptation in cases when network flow data deviates from
model-based predictions. Exploratory and sequential monitoring analyses of
evolving traffic on a network of web site-segments in e-commerce demonstrate
the utility of this coupled Bayesian emulation approach to analysis of
streaming network count data.Comment: 29 pages, 16 figure
The Intrinsic Matter Bispectrum in CDM
We present a fully relativistic calculation of the matter bispectrum at
second order in cosmological perturbation theory assuming a Gaussian primordial
curvature perturbation. For the first time we perform a full numerical
integration of the bispectrum for both baryons and cold dark matter using the
second-order Einstein-Boltzmann code, SONG. We review previous analytical
results and provide an improved analytic approximation for the second-order
kernel in Poisson gauge which incorporates Newtonian nonlinear evolution,
relativistic initial conditions, the effect of radiation at early times and the
cosmological constant at late times. Our improved kernel provides a percent
level fit to the full numerical result at late times for most configurations,
including both equilateral shapes and the squeezed limit. We show that baryon
acoustic oscillations leave an imprint in the matter bispectrum, making a
significant impact on squeezed shapes.Comment: Accepted for publication in JCAP. 17 pages + appendices, 6 figures.
Code available at GitHub: http://github.com/coccoinomane/son
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