THE SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF RADIOLOGICAL TERRORISM

The July 2005 terrorist attacks in London demonstrated the resilience of Western society in the face of low-level conventional terrorism. But the psychological damage from the London bombings would likely pale next to the severe, unpredictable, long-lasting effects of a radiological attack. One unique hazard of radiation exposure beyond the obvious physiological effects is that it is colorless, odorless, and tasteless, making it difficult for ordinary citizens to evaluate, quantify, and rationally understand the dangers confronting them. Radiological weapons stand out among the tools available to terrorists for their capacity to inflict far-reaching psychological damage to civilian populaces well beyond the immediate victims. A possible solution to mitigate the psychological consequences is to build a “resilience culture,” an interlocking set of beliefs, attitudes, approaches, and behaviors that help people fare better in any disaster or extraordinary circumstance. The “all-hazards approach,” which emphasizes the identifiable similarities among the “disaster triad”—that is, natural, accidentally man-made, and intentionally man-made disasters—extends to acts of terrorism and could help demystify the fears associated with radiological terrorist weapons.     

土中爆炸对埋地管线冲击作用的数值模拟分析

为了研究土中爆炸作用下埋地管线的安全问题,利用AUTODYN-2D、AU?TODYN-3D程序,采用程序提供的流固耦合功能和网格映射功能,对爆炸地冲击作用下埋地管线的变形和破坏问题进行了数值模拟分析,得到不同爆心间距管线的应力峰值.将模拟计算结果和理论计算结果进行了对比分析,结果表明:模拟计算值与TM5-855-1手册理论计算值比较吻合,表明采用数值模拟方法分析爆炸地冲击对埋地管线的作用是可行的,计算结果对地下爆破的安全施工和埋地管线的安全运行具有参考价值.     

Comparison between constant‐stress and step‐stress accelerated life tests under Time Constraint

By running life tests at higher stress levels than normal operating conditions, accelerated life testing (ALT) quickly yields information on the lifetime distribution of a test unit. The lifetime at the design stress is then estimated through extrapolation using a regression model. In constant‐stress testing, a unit is tested at a fixed stress level until failure or the termination time point of test, whereas step‐stress testing allows the experimenter to gradually increase the stress levels at some prefixed time points during the test. In this work, the optimal k‐level constant‐stress and step‐stress ALTs are compared for the exponential failure data under complete sampling and Type‐I censoring. The objective is to quantify the advantage of using the step‐stress testing relative to the constant‐stress one. Assuming a log‐linear life–stress relationship with the cumulative exposure model for the effect of changing stress in step‐stress testing, the optimal design points are determined under C/D/A‐optimality criteria. The efficiency of step‐stress testing to constant‐stress one is then discussed in terms of the ratio of optimal objective functions based on the information matrix. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 00: 000–000, 2013     

Modified couple stress and thickness-stretching included formulation of a sandwich micro shell subjected to electro-magnetic load resting on elastic foundation

This paper studies electromagnetoelastic static investigation of a sandwich doubly curved microshell subjected to multi-field loading based on a new thickness stretching included refined higher order shear/normal deformable model. Modified-couple-stress-theory (MCST) is used for accounting small-scale-dependency. The numerical results are derived using an analytical method. The effect of small scale parameter in micro scale, initial electric and magnetic potentials and foundation parameters is studied on the electromagnetoelastic bending results. It is confirmed an enhancing in stiffness of small scale shell with an increase in micro length scale parameter.     

轴向剪切条件下功能梯度圆柱形复合材料的界面开裂问题研究

针对外覆功能梯度涂层的圆柱形复合材料在轴向剪切作用下的界面开裂问题,建立了断裂力学分析的理论模型。运用分离变量和无穷级数法,推导了奇异积分方程;利用Lobatto-Chebyshev配点法将其离散为代数方程组,最后得到了应力强度因子的数值解。对数值结果的讨论表明:在涂层外表面固定的条件下,可以通过降低涂层厚度和设计内侧软而外侧硬的涂层2种途径来有效地减小界面的断裂驱动力。研究结果可为工程中该类复合材料的防断裂优化设计提供理论参考。     

应用应力-强度干涉理论确定火炮零件的可靠性安全系数

本文根据应力—强度干涉理论,确定了火炮零件在统计意义下的可靠性安全系数并给出了可靠性安全系数的计算方法。将强度、应力、结构和可靠性计算联系起来。     

考虑线性应变硬化效应时自紧管的应力与强度

本文主要讨论了在材料线性应变硬化效应的情况下,自紧管应力与强度的计算公式的推导。     

强脉冲 CO2 激光与靶的相互作用

在真空背景下的实验表明,当微秒量级的强脉冲激光与靶材相互作用时,由于靶材的升华,激光维持爆震波依然存在。爆震波产生的压缩波传入靶内,该应力波的作用是材料破坏的重要因素。而强脉冲激光引起的汽化反冲压力、热应力和烧蚀破坏也是不可忽视的因素。实验还表明,在真空背景下维持爆震波足以将后续激光屏蔽。     

通过应力波速测试丁苯橡胶的瞬态模量

运用粘弹性材料的积分型本构关系和应力波理论得出了粘弹性材料瞬态模量的计算式;又以丁苯橡胶作为试验材料设计了一种简便的试验方法,测出了丁苯橡胶的瞬态模量,并与丁苯橡胶的静态弹性模量做了对比。比较表明,丁苯橡胶类粘弹材料静态模量的值远低于瞬态模量值。     

考虑预紧力与阀杆力的电动截止阀体应力分析

建立了有预紧力的截止阀有限元计算模型,阐述了预紧力单元的原理及分析方法,利用ANSYS程序对截止阀在考虑和不考虑螺栓预紧力及阀杆闭合力作用下的应力进行了计算。结果表明,法兰螺栓预紧力及阀杆闭合力对阀体应力的影响不可忽略。