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V. Oliveri
Mappatura del deflusso annuo superficiale in Sicilia
Nella risoluzione di numerosi problemi pratici dell’idrologia delle acque superficiali è importante poter far affidamento su informazioni relative ai deflussi che siano contemporaneamente affidabili e diffuse sul territorio.La creazione di uno strumento capace di restituire il deflusso e soprattutto la portata che attraversa una determinata sezione di un corso d’acqua è di fondamentale importanza sia per la pianificazione delle risorse idriche in una data regione sia per l’individuazione delle possibili zone soggette al rischio della desertificazione. La stima del deflusso superficiale permette inoltre la determinazione dei concentrazione degli inquinanti, concentrati o diffusi, nei corpi i…
Postbuckling analysis of cracked stiffned plates by pb–2 Rayleigh-Ritz method
A Rayleigh-Ritz approach for the analysis of buckling and post-buckling behavior of cracked composite stiffened plates is presented. The structure is thought as the assembly of plate elements modeled by the first order shear deformation theory. Continuity along the edges common to contiguous elements are enforced by using penalty techniques, which also allow to straightforwardly implement efficient crack modeling strategies. General symmetric and unsymmetric stacking sequences are considered and numerical procedures have been developed and used to validate the present solution by comparison with FEA results. Original results are also presented for post-buckling solution of multilayered stif…
Progressive non-linear damage of variable angle tow composite plates by a Ritz approach
In this work a Ritz model for progressive non-linear damage analysis of variable angle tow composite plates is presented. The damage is treated in the framework of continuum damage mechanics and its evolution is based on a linear softening law with which four damage indices are computed for degrading the mechanical properties of the material. A set of analyses have been carried out to investigate how damage evolves in VAT composite plates under progressive loading.
Finite elements for nonlinear free vibrations analysis of smart laminates subjected to in-plane loadings
Advanced composites, able to provide multi-functional capabilities besides the traditional structural functions, has been gaining attention in many technological fields. This inherent coupling of different physical fields can be exploited in transducer applications, structural health monitoring, vibration control, energy harvesting and other applications. Magneto-electro-elastic (MEE) composite materials are attracting increasing consideration as they couple mechanical, electrical and magnetic fields and this makes them particularly suitable for smart applications. Generally, single-phase materials exhibit either piezoelectric or piezomagnetic behavior and no direct magneto-electric couplin…
Solid Rocket Motor Combustion Instabilities: Analysis of the Transition to the First Limit Cycle
A nonlinear multi time-scale analysis of the solid propellant rocket motor transition to the first limit cycle is presented and the motor behavior subsequent to some relevant transition scenarios is investigated. Important physical parameters characterizing the transition to limit cycle are then put in evidence and their cross-effects are studied. The analysis takes into account the effects of acoustic-vorticity-entropy wave coupling, waves steepening, rotational and viscous flow losses due to the steep-fronted waves, energy losses in the steepened state, nonlinear energy pathways and includes the study of the oscillatory energy losses in the nozzle, the unsteady combustion and the combusti…
Propellant non-steady burning effects on controllable solid rocket motor internal ballistics
An analysis of the unsteady non-linear behavior of the controllable solid propellant rocket motor (CSRM) consequent to rapid and relevant nozzle operation is presented. The study includes a development of a non-linear unsteady combustion model able to handle relevant and rapid chamber pressure changes typical of CSRMs. The CSRM nonlinear unsteady model is implemented according to a main solver - sub models architecture and uses different time scales. The formulation of the combustion gas mass flow rate is developed considering the propellant density, the unsteady combustion, the regression of the combustion surface and the outflow through the variable nozzle. The grain surface involved in t…