Vibration of circular Mindlin plates with concentric elastic ring supports

This paper studies the vibration behaviour of circular Mindlin plates with multiple concentric elastic ring supports. Utilizing the domain decomposition technique, a circular plate is divided into several annular segments and one core circular segment at the locations of the elastic ring supports. The governing differential equations and the solutions of these equations are presented for the annular and circular segments based on the Mindlin-plate theory. A homogenous equation system that governs the vibration of circular Mindlin plates with elastic ring supports is derived by imposing the essential and natural boundary and segment interface conditions. The first-known exact vibration frequencies for circular Mindlin plates with multiple concentric elastic ring supports are obtained and the modal shapes of displacement fields and stress resultants for several selected cases are presented. The influence of the elastic ring support stiffness, locations, plate boundary conditions and plate thickness ratios on the vibration behaviour of circular plates is discussed.     

The unified equations to obtain the exact solutions of piezoelectric plane beam subjected to arbitrary loads

The unified equations to obtain the exact solutions for piezoelectric plane beam subjected to arbitrary mechanical and electrical loads with various ends supported conditions is founded by solving functional equations. Comparing this general method with traditional trial-and-error method, the most advantage is it can obtain the exact solutions directly and does not need to guess and modify the form of stress function or electric displacement function repeatedly. Firstly, the governing equation for piezoelectric plane beam is derived. The general solution for the governing equation is expressed by six unknown functions. Secondly, in terms of boundary conditions of the two longitudinal sides of the beam, six functional equations are yielded. These equations are simplified to derive the unified equations to solve the boundary value problems of piezoelectric plane beam. Finally, several examples show the correctness and generalization of this method.     

Dynamic analysis of rotating damped beams with an elastically restrained root

The vibration of a rotating damped blade with an elastically restrained root is investigated. The effects of viscous damping and the translational and rotational damping at the root of blade are considered. The flow-indued force and moment between the tip of a blade and the casing are simulated by using the time-dependent boundary conditions. A simple and efficient algorithm for deriving the semi-analytical steady state solution of the general system is proposed. The governing equation is divided into two coupled real differential equations. The two coupled equations are uncoupled into an eighth-order characteristic differential equation. The eight corresponding boundary conditions are obtained. The eight linearly independent homogenous semi-analytical solutions of the eighth-order characteristic differential equation are derived. If the coefficients of the uncoupled governing differential equation are constant, the exact fundamental solutions are obtained. The exact steady state solution is obtained by using Green's function in terms of the eight homogenous solutions. Moreover, the influence of the translational, rotational and viscous damping constants on the frequency response curves of a rotating beam are investigated. The opposite influence of the transverse viscous damping constant and the root damping constants on the frequency of resonance is revealed.     

Bending and vibration of circular cylindrical beams with arbitrary radial nonhomogeneity

This paper presents a new approach for analyzing transverse bending and vibration of circular cylindrical beams with radial nonhomogeneity. The radial nonhomogeneity may be continuous or piecewise-constant, corresponding a functionally graded circular cylinder or a multi-layered circular cylinder, respectively. Different from the Euler-Bernoulli and Timoshenko theories of beams, our analysis considers shear deformation, but does not need to introduce a shear correction factor. Using the shear-stress-free condition at the surface of the cylinder, coupled governing equations for deflection and rotation angle are derived, and then converted to a single governing equation. The influences of gradient index on the deflection and stress distribution for cantilever and simply-supported beams are studied. Natural frequencies of free vibration of a cylindrical beam with circular cross-section are calculated for different power-law gradients. In particular, a circular cylindrical shell may be taken as a special case of a bi-layered cylinder where the material properties of the inmost cylinder vanish. For this case, the natural frequencies for simply-supported and clamped-clamped cylindrical shells are evaluated and compared with those using three-dimensional theory. Our results coincide well with the previous.     

Local adaptive differential quadrature for free vibration analysis of cylindrical shells with various boundary conditions

This paper presents the formulation and numerical analysis of circular cylindrical shells by the local adaptive differential quadrature method (LaDQM), which employs both localized interpolating basis functions and exterior grid points for boundary treatments. The governing equations of motion are formulated using the Goldenveizer–Novozhilov shell theory. Appropriate management of exterior grid points is presented to couple the discretized boundary conditions with the governing differential equations instead of using the interior points. The use of compactly supported interpolating basis functions leads to banded and well-conditioned matrices, and thus, enables large-scale computations. The treatment of boundary conditions with exterior grid points avoids spurious eigenvalues. Detailed formulations are presented for the treatment of various shell boundary conditions. Convergence and comparison studies against existing solutions in the literature are carried out to examine the efficiency and reliability of the present approach. It is found that accurate natural frequencies can be obtained by using a small number of grid points with exterior points to accommodate the boundary conditions.     

Analysis of annular Reissner/Mindlin plates using differential quadrature method

The axisymmetric flexure responses of moderately thick annular plates under static loading are investigated. The shear deformation is considered using the first-order Reissner/Mindlin plate theory and the solutions are obtained using the differential quadrature (DQ) method. In the solution process, the governing differential equations and boundary conditions for the problem are initially discretized by the DQ algorithm into a set of linear algebraic equations. The solutions of the problem are then determined by solving the set of algebraic equations. This study considers the plate subjected to various combinations of clamped, simply-supported, free and guided boundary conditions and different loading manners. The accuracy of the method is demonstrated through direct comparison of the present results with the corresponding exact solutions available in the literature.     

A twelfth-order theory of antisymmetric bending of isotropic plates

In this paper the transverse shear and normal strain and stress effects on antisymmetric bending of isotropic plates are considered. A set of twelfth-order partial differential governing equations as well as a set of fourth-order ordinary differential equations for ƒ(z) and φ(z), which represent the transverse shear and normal effects, are derived from a mixed variational theorem. There exists coupling between the partial differential equations and the ordinary ones. In the homogeneous solutions for the former, besides an interior solution contribution, there exist two types of edge-zone solution contributions. One of them is similar to the edge-zone solution in the Reissner—Mindlin theory. The other one is an edge-zone solution consisting of a pair of conjugate functions. Two sample examples are calculated using the present theory. In the former the present two-dimensional theory obtains the three-dimensional exact solution. The latter gives the stress couple and maximum-stress concentration factors at the free edge of a circular hole in a large bent plate. The numerical results still approximate to exact solutions.     

An analytical solution for free vibration analysis of circular plates in axisymmetric modes based on the two variables refined plate theory

This paper presents, for the first time, an analytical solution for free vibrations of an isotropic circular plate in axisymmetric modes based on the two variables refined plate theory. This theory accounts for a quadratic variation of the transverse shear strains across the thickness, and satisfies the zero traction boundary conditions on the surfaces of the plate without using shear correction factors. Governing equations are derived using Hamilton’s principle and an analytical method on the basis of using Bessel functions is introduced to solve them. By this procedure, final form of the governing equations is obtained in matrix form. These equations are solved for classical boundary conditions and comparison studies are performed to verify the validity of the present results. It is found that the results obtained using RPT and TSDT are close to each other. As a benchmark, numerical results are presented in a dimensionless form for various values of thickness to radius ratio.     

Stress singularities at angular corners in first-order shear deformation plate theory

The first-known Williams-type singularities caused by homogeneous boundary conditions in the first-order shear deformation plate theory (FSDPT) are thoroughly examined. An eigenfunction expansion method is used to solve the three equilibrium equations in terms of displacement components. Asymptotic solutions for both moment singularity and shear-force singularity are developed. The characteristic equations for moment singularity and shear-force singularity and the corresponding corner functions due to ten different combinations of boundary conditions are explicated in this study. The validity of the present solution is confirmed by comparing with the singularities in the exact solution for free vibrations of Mindlin sector plates with simply supported radial edges, and with the singularities in the three-dimensional elasticity solution for a completely free wedge. The singularity orders of moments and shear forces caused by various boundary conditions are also thoroughly discussed. The singularity orders of moments and shear forces are compared according to FSDPT and classic plate theory.     

A novel approach for in-plane/out-of-plane frequency analysis of functionally graded circular/annular plates

An exact closed-form frequency equation is presented for free vibration analysis of circular and annular moderately thick FG plates based on the Mindlin's first-order shear deformation plate theory. The edges of plate may be restrained by different combinations of free, soft simply supported, hard simply supported or clamped boundary conditions. The material properties change continuously through the thickness of the plate, which can vary according to a power-law distribution of the volume fraction of the constituents, whereas Poisson's ratio is set to be constant. The equilibrium equations which govern the dynamic stability of plate and its natural boundary conditions are derived by the Hamilton's principle. Several comparison studies with analytical and numerical techniques reported in literature and the finite element analysis are carried out to establish the high accuracy and superiority of the presented method. Also, these comparisons prove the numerical accuracy of solutions to calculate the in-plane and out-of-plane modes. The influences of the material property, graded index, thickness to outer radius ratios and boundary conditions on the in-plane and out-of-plane frequency parameters are also studied for different functionally graded circular and annular plates.     

大挠度后屈曲倾斜梁结构的非线性力学特性

基于弹性梁的几何非线性大挠度屈曲理论,建立两端固定对称倾斜支撑梁结构的大挠度后屈曲控制微分方程,采用几何非线性隐式变形协调关系来表达强非线性超静定边值问题,得到描述倾斜梁大挠度后屈曲行为的精确解析解.采用数值方法求解含有第一、二类椭圆积分的强非线性微分方程,给出不同倾角梁结构从初始屈曲到后屈曲并发生两态跳转过程中的位形曲线及非线性刚度.根据最小能量原理和挠曲线拐点个数,分析对称屈曲模态与非对称屈曲模态之间相互跳转的内在联系及其对结构非线性刚度突变的影响,得到了屈曲模态之间的转换条件.跳转过程的数值仿真表明,倾斜支撑梁结构发生大挠度后屈曲时具有明显的双稳态特性且只出现低阶(1、2阶)屈曲模态,仿真计算结果与试验结果相一致.     

Torsion of compound bars—A relaxation solution

This paper deals with a finite-difference solution of the torsion problem of nonhomogeneous and compound prismatic bars. General, governing equations for both problems are developed and the boundary conditions for an interface between parts composed of homogeneous but different materials are stated. The case of multiply connected regions is discussed and integral conditions, analogous to the conditions in multiply connected homogeneous bars, are developed.

Examples illustrating various types of problems are worked out and the accuracy of the method demonstrated by comparison with some known solutions.     

Non-linear theory of laminated shells accounting for continuity conditions of displacements and tractions at layer interfaces

The present paper is devoted to the formulation of the theory of laminated anisotropic shells. Firstly, a unified representation of displacement variation across the thickness of arbitrary shaped laminated shells is derived on the basis of rigorous kinematical analysis, and then a Kármán-type non-linear theory of such shells is established after taking some approximations for the displacement variation. The theory satisfies the continuity conditions of displacements and tractions at layer interfaces as well as the external boundary conditions on the bounding surfaces, and the governing equations contain only five independent variables. In order to assess the accuracy of the theory, numerical results for some special cases are illustrated and compared with the corresponding exact solutions of three-dimensional elasticity.     

Zigzag theory for buckling of hybrid piezoelectric beams under electromechanical loads

A new efficient coupled one-dimensional (1D) geometrically nonlinear zigzag theory is developed for buckling analysis of hybrid piezoelectric beams, under electromechanical loads. The potential field is approximated layerwise as piecewise linear. The deflection is approximated to account for the normal strain due to electric field. The axial displacement is approximated as a combination of a global third-order variation and layerwise linear variation. It is expressed in terms of three primary displacement variables and a set of electric potential variables by enforcing exactly the conditions of zero transverse shear stress at the top and bottom and the conditions of its continuity at the layer interfaces. The governing coupled nonlinear field equations and boundary conditions are derived using a variational principle. Analytical solutions for buckling of simply supported beams under electromechanical loads are presented. Comparisons with the exact 2D piezoelasticity solution establish that the present zigzag theory is very accurate for buckling analysis.     

Effects of voids and rotation on plane waves in generalized thermoelasticity

In the present paper, we study the influence of rotation, thermal and voids parameters on the reflection phenomenon of plane waves in generalized thermoelastic solid with one relaxation time. The governing field equations for isotropic and homogeneous thermoelastic half-space with voids and rotation are formulated in the context of Lord and Shulman theory of generalized thermoelasticity. The solutions of these governing equations indicate the existence of four coupled plane waves, namely; P₁; P; P₃ and P₄ waves in the thermoelastic medium. The boundary conditions at stress-free thermally insulated surface are satisfied to obtain the system of four nonhomogenous equations in the reflection coefficients of various reflected waves for the incidence of P₁ wave. A particular material is modeled as the thermoelastic solid half-space to compute the complex absolute values of speeds and reflection coefficients. The speeds and reflection coefficients are shown graphically to observe the influences of rotation, thermal relaxation time and voids parameters.     

Non-linear bending of thin, ideally elastic rods

A number of methods are available for the solution of elastica problems including the analytical elliptic-integral approach, various predictor-corrector methods and discrete analyses based on non-linear finite-element theory. In this paper an alternative discrete approach is proposed based on obtaining, by Dynamic Relaxation, finite difference solutions to the governing differential equations.Results from the method are presented for the large deflection behaviour of a cantilever beam and a circular ring and satisfactory correlation is demonstrated with the results of previously published exact analyses.     

Large amplitude vibrations of thin elastic plates by the method of conformal transformation

A unified method for investigating large amplitude vibrations of thin elastic plates of any shape under clamped edge boundary conditions is presented, based on Von Karman governing equations generalised to the dynamical case. The conformal mapping technique is introduced and the domain is conformally transformed on to the unit circle. The deflection function is chosen beforehand in conformity with the prescribed boundary conditions and the stress function is solved taking only the first term of the mapping function. The transformed differential equations are solved by the Galerkin procedure to obtain the second order nonlinear differential equation for the unknown time function. The time equation is readily solved in terms of Jacobian elliptic functions. Frequency of linear and nonlinear oscillations as well as static nonlinear case are analysed for plates of circular, and regular polygonal shape. Results obtained are compared with other known results. From the comparative study of different results it is observed that the first term approximation of the mapping function yields fairly accurate results with less computational effort.     

Free vibration of transversely isotropic piezoelectric circular cylindrical panels

This paper presents an exact three-dimensional free vibration analysis of a transversely isotropic piezoelectric circular cylindrical panel. The general solution for coupled equations for piezoelectric media that was recently proposed by Ding et al. (Int. J. Solids Struct. 33 (1996) 2283) is employed. By using the variable separation method, three-dimensional exact solutions are obtained under several boundary conditions. Numerical results are finally presented and compared with available data in literature. The results show the non-dimensional frequencies of the piezoelectric panel are bigger than that of the non-piezoelectric one.     

Vibration analysis of piezoelectric FGM sensors using an accurate method

In this study, free vibration analysis of moderately thick smart FG annular/circular plates with different boundary conditions is presented on the basis of the Mindlin plate theory. This structure comprised a host FG plate and two bonded piezoelectric layers. Piezoelectric layers are open circuit therefore this plate can be used as a sensor. According to power-law distribution of the volume fraction of the constituents, material properties vary continuously through the thickness of host plate while Poisson's ratio is set to be constant. Using Hamilton's principle and Maxwell electrostatic equation yields six complex coupled equations which are solved via an exact closed-form method. The accuracy of the frequencies is verified by the available literature, finite element method (FEM) and the Kirchhoff theory. The effects of plate parameters like boundary condition and gradient index are investigated and significance of coupling between in-plane and transverse displacements on the resonant frequency is proved.     

Numerical differential quadrature method for Reissner/Mindlin plates on two-parameter foundations

Approximate solutions for the bending of moderately thick rectangular plates on two-parameter elastic foundations (Pasternak-type) as described by Mindlin's theory are presented. The plates are subjected to an arbitrary combination of clamped and simply-supported boundary conditions. An efficient computational technique, the differential quadrature (DQ) method, is employed to transform the governing differential equations and boundary conditions into a set of linear algebraic equations for approximate solutions. These resulting algebraic equations are solved numerically. In this study, the accuracy of the DQ method is established by direct comparison with results in the existing literature. The convergence properties of the method are illustrated for different combinations of boundary conditions. The deflections, moments and shear forces at selected locations are tabulated in detail for different elastic foundations. The efficiency and simplicity of the solution method are highlighted.