Free vibration analysis of continuous grading fiber reinforced plates on elastic foundation

The free vibration characteristics of rectangular continuous grading fiber reinforced (CGFR) plates resting on elastic foundations have been studied, based on the three-dimensional, linear and small strain elasticity theory. The foundation is described by the Pasternak or two-parameter model. The CGFR plate is simply supported at the edges and is assumed to have an arbitrary variation of fiber volume fraction in the thickness direction. Suitable displacement functions that identically satisfy the simply supported boundary conditions are used to reduce the equilibrium equations to a set of coupled ordinary differential equations with variable coefficients, which can be solved by differential quadrature method (DQM) to obtain natural frequencies. Convergence studies have been performed on CGFR plates on the elastic foundations. It is shown that the present method has a rapid convergent rate, stable numerical operation and very high accuracy. Besides results for CGFR plate with arbitrary variation of fiber volume fraction in the plate’s thickness are compared with discrete laminated composite plate. The main contribution of this work is to present useful results for continuous grading of fiber reinforcement in the thickness direction of a plate on elastic foundation and comparison with similar discrete laminate composite plate. Results indicate the advantages of using CGFR plate with graded fiber volume fractions over traditional discretely laminated plates.     

Nonlinear dynamic response of laminated plates resting on nonlinear elastic foundations by the discrete singular convolution-differential quadrature coupled approaches

In this paper, nonlinear dynamic response of rectangular laminated composite plate resting on nonlinear Pasternak type elastic foundations is investigated. First-order shear deformation theory (FSDT) is used for modeling of moderately thick plates. The plate formulation is based on the von Karman nonlinear equation. The resulting nonlinear governing equations for transient analysis of laminated plates on elastic foundation are integrated using the discrete singular convolution-differential quadrature coupled approaches. The nonlinear governing equations of motion of plate are discretized in space and time domains using the discrete singular convolution and the differential quadrature methods, respectively. The validity of the present method is demonstrated by comparing the present results with those available in the open literature. The effects of the foundation parameters, boundary conditions and geometric parameters of plates on nonlinear dynamic response of laminated thick plates are investigated.     

Benchmark solutions for functionally graded thick plates resting on Winkler–Pasternak elastic foundations

Exact solutions for functionally graded thick plates are presented based on the three-dimensional theory of elasticity. The plate is assumed isotropic at any point, while material properties to vary exponentially through the thickness. The system of governing partial differential equations is reduced to an ordinary one about the thickness coordinate by expanding the state variables into infinite dual series of trigonometric functions. Interactions between the Winkler–Pasternak elastic foundation and the plate are treated as boundary conditions. The problem is finally solved using the state space method. Effects of stiffness of the foundation, loading cases, and gradient index on mechanical responses of the plates are discussed. It is established that elastic foundations affects significantly the mechanical behavior of functionally graded thick plates. Numerical results presented in the paper can serve as benchmarks for future analyses of functionally graded thick plates on elastic foundations.     

Large deformation analysis of moderately thick laminated plates on nonlinear elastic foundations by DQM

In this paper, the nonlinear behavior of symmetric and antisymmetric cross ply, thin to moderately thick, elastic rectangular laminated plates resting on nonlinear elastic foundations are studied using differential quadrature method (DQM). The first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT) in conjunction with the Green’s strain and von Karman hypothesis are assumed for modeling the nonlinear behavior. Elastic foundation is modeled as shear deformable with cubic nonlinearity. The differential quadrature (DQ) discretized form of the governing equations with the various types of boundary conditions are derived. The Newton–Raphson iterative scheme is employed to solve the resulting system of nonlinear algebraic equations. Comparisons are made and the convergence studies are performed to show the accuracy of the results even with a few number of grid points. The effects of thickness-to-length ratio, aspect ratio, number of plies, fiber orientation and staking sequence on the nonlinear behavior of cross ply laminated plates with different boundary conditions resting on elastic foundations are studied.     

Accurate solution for free vibration analysis of functionally graded thick rectangular plates resting on elastic foundation

Vibration analysis of a functionally graded rectangular plate resting on two parameter elastic foundation is presented here. The displacement filed based on the third order shear deformation plate theory is used. By considering the in-plane displacement components of an arbitrary material point on the mid-plane of the plate and using Hamilton’s principle, the governing equations of motion are obtained which are five highly coupled partial differential equations. An analytical approach is employed to decouple these partial differential equations. The decoupled equations of functionally graded rectangular plate resting on elastic foundation are solved analytically for levy type of boundary conditions. The numerical results are presented and discussed for a wide range of plate and foundation parameters. The results show that the Pasternak (shear) elastic foundation drastically changes the natural frequency. It is also observed that in some boundary conditions, the in-plane displacements have significant effects on natural frequency of thick functionally graded plates and they cannot be ignored.     

考虑地基耦合效应时含裂纹中厚矩形板的自由振动分析

基于Hamilton变分原理,考虑板的横向剪切变形和地基耦合效应,建立了双参数地基上含横向表面贯通裂纹的中厚矩形板的运动控制方程。构造了满足边界条件及裂纹处连续条件的挠度函数,然后应用伽辽金方法进行求解。算例中,讨论了裂纹位置和深度的变化对弹性地基上四边自由中厚矩形板的自由振动特性的影响。     

Boundary element analysis of unilateral supported Reissner plates on elastic foundations

 A boundary element–linear complementary equation method (BE–LCEM) is developed for the bending of thick plates with free edges on unilateral elastic foundations with particular emphasis on the non-contact phenomenon between the plates and the subgrades. The theory of thick plate was used, and three boundary conditions on free edge have been adopted. Following numerical discretization by using the boundary integral equation method for this contact problem, an effective linear complementary equation is then established with two complementary variables for each contact node. Complementary variables are taken as the normal contact force and the relative deflection between the plate and the foundation. The solution of which can be obtained using mathematical programming. A number of examples are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the features as implemented. Two types of foundations (Winkler and half-space) are examined and the method is shown to provide good agreement with available analytical solutions obtained by other investigators. Received 16 July 2000     

Boundary beam characteristics orthonormal polynomials in energy approach for vibration of symmetric laminates — II: Elastically restrained boundaries

This paper presents an eigenvalue formulation for the vibration analysis of symmetrically laminated rectangular plates subjected to translational and rotational restraints at the edges. The Rayleigh-Ritz method, along with the deflection functions assumed in sets of orthogonally generated polynomials, is used to perform the analysis. The total strain energy of the elastically restrained rectangular plate is the sum of the bending strain energy and elastic strain energy of translational and rotational restraints. This resulting strain energy combined with the kinetic energy of the plate formed the total energy functional which is minimized to obtain the governing eigenvalue equation of the elastically restrained symmetrically laminated rectangular plate. In this paper, several examples of elastically restrained laminated plates with different fiber orientation angles and stacking sequences have been solved to demonstrate the accuracy and efficiency of the present method. The combined effects of laminate stacking sequences, fiber orientation angle and translational and rotational stiffnesses of the elastic edges on the vibrational response have been carefully examined.     

Thermal Postbuckling Analysis of Imperfect Reissner-Mindlin Plates on Softening Nonlinear Elastic Foundations

A thermal postbuckling analysis is presented for a simply supported, moderately thick rectangular plate subjected to uniform or nonuniform tent-like temperature loading and resting on a softening nonlinear elastic foundation. The initial geometrical imperfection of the plate is taken into account. The formulations are based on the Reissner-Mindlin plate theory considering the first-order shear-deformation effect, and including plate-foundation interaction and thermal effects. The analysis uses a deflection-type perturbation technique to determine the thermal buckling loads and postbuckling equilibrium paths. Numerical examples are presented that relate to the performances of perfect and imperfect, moderately thick plates resting on softening nonlinear elastic foundations. The effects played by foundation stiffness, transverse shear deformation, plate aspect ratio, thermal load ratio and initial geometrical imperfections are studied. Typical results are presented in dimensionless graphical form and exhibit interesting imperfection sensitivity.     

A boundary/domain element method for analysis of building raft foundations

In this paper, a new boundary/domain element method is developed to analyse plates resting on elastic foundations. The developed formulation is then used in analysing building raft foundations. For more practical representation, the considered raft plate is treated as thick plate with free edge boundary conditions. The soil or the elastic foundation is represented as continuous media (follows the Winkler assumption). The boundary element method is employed to model the raft plate; whereas the soil is modelled using constant domain cells or elements. Therefore, in the present formulation both the domain and the boundary of the raft plate are discretized. The associate soil domain integral is replaced by equivalent boundary integrals along each cell contour. The necessary matrix implementation of such formulation is carried out and explained in details. The main advantage of the present formulation is the ability of analysing rafts on non-homogenous soils. Two examples are presented including raft on non-homogenous soil and raft for practical building applications. The results are compared with those obtained from other finite element and alternative boundary element methods to verify the validity and accuracy of the present formulation.     

温度影响下Winkler-Pasternak弹性地基上多孔FGM矩形板的自由振动分析

基于经典薄板理论和Hamilton原理研究温度影响下Winkler-Pasternak弹性地基上多孔功能梯度材料(FGM)矩形板的自由振动特性。采用Voigt混合幂率模型和孔隙任意分布模型来表征多孔FGM矩形板的材料属性,并考虑多孔FGM矩形板内部均匀温升和材料具有温度依赖特性;应用物理中面推导弹性地基上多孔FGM矩形板自由振动的控制微分方程并进行无量纲化;采用微分变换法(DTM)对无量纲控制微分方程及其边界条件进行变换,引入典型的六种边界在MATLAB统一编程且保证计算精度一致,经过迭代收敛,求解出无量纲固有频率;通过算例研究了边界条件、梯度指数、升温、孔隙率、长宽比、边厚比、无量纲弹性刚度系数和无量纲剪切刚度系数对多孔FGM矩形板振动特性的影响。     

Postbuckling Analysis of Shear-Deformable Composite Laminated Plates on Two-Parameter Elastic Foundations

Postbuckling analysis is presented for a simply supported, shear-deformable, composite laminated plate subjected to uniaxial compression and resting on a two-parameter (Pasternak-type) elastic foundation. The initial geometric imperfection of the plate is taken into account. Two cases of in-plane boundary conditions are considered. The formulations are based on Reddy’s higher-order shear-deformation plate theory, including plate–foundation interaction. The analysis uses a deflection-type perturbation technique to determine buckling loads and postbuckling equilibrium paths. Numerical examples are presented that relate to the performance of perfect and imperfect, antisymmetric angle-ply and symmetric cross-ply laminated plates resting on Pasternak-type elastic foundations from which results for Winkler elastic foundations are obtained as a limiting case. The effects played by foundation stiffness, transverse shear deformation, the character of the in-plane boundary conditions, plate aspect ratio, total number of plies, fiber orientation, and initial geometric imperfections are studied.     

A refined shear deformation theory for free vibration of functionally graded plates on elastic foundation

A refined shear deformation theory for free vibration of functionally graded plates on elastic foundation is developed. The displacement field is chosen based on assumptions that the in-plane and transverse displacements consist of bending and shear components, and the shear components of in-plane displacements give rise to the parabolic variation of shear strain through the thickness in such a way that shear stresses vanish on the plate surfaces. Therefore, there is no need to use shear correction factor. Material properties of functionally graded plate are assumed to vary according to power law distribution of the volume fraction of the constituents. The elastic foundation is modeled as Pasternak foundation. Equations of motion are derived using Hamilton’s principle. Closed-form solution of rectangular plates is derived, and the obtained results are compared well with three-dimensional elasticity solutions and third-order shear deformation theory solutions. Finally, the influences of power law index, thickness ratio, foundation parameter, and boundary condition on the natural frequency of plates have been investigated.     

A semi-analytical solution for free vibration of variable thickness two-directional-functionally graded plates on elastic foundations

The present paper investigates free vibration of variable thickness two-directional-functionally graded circular plates, resting on elastic foundations. The results are obtained for clamped, free, and simply supported edge conditions. Variations of the material and geometrical parameters are monitored by five distinct exponential functions. Therefore, the resulted non-dimensional solution may be used for a wide range of the practical problems. Mindlin’s plate theory and the differential transformation technique are used to obtain the governing equations of the natural frequencies of the circular plates. Effects of variations of the material properties in the radial and thickness directions, geometric parameters (e.g., the thickness-to-radius ratio in the center of the plate), stiffness parameters of the foundation, and various boundary conditions on the natural frequencies are investigated. Results reveal that by choosing a suitable combination of the material properties, the free vibration behavior of the thick plates may be enhanced without the need to change the geometric parameters.     

Nonlinear dynamic response and vibration of imperfect shear deformable functionally graded plates subjected to blast and thermal loads

Based on Reddy's higher-order shear deformation plate theory, this article presents an analysis of the nonlinear dynamic response and vibration of imperfect functionally graded material (FGM) thick plates subjected to blast and thermal loads resting on elastic foundations. The material properties are assumed to be temperature-dependent and graded in the thickness direction according to a simple power-law distribution in terms of the volume fractions of the constituents. Numerical results for the dynamic response and vibration of the FGM plates with two cases of boundary conditions are obtained by the Galerkin method and fourth-order Runge–Kutta method. The results show the effects of geometrical parameters, material properties, imperfections, temperature increment, elastic foundations, and boundary conditions on the nonlinear dynamic response and vibration of FGM plates.     

Three-dimensional elastodynamic solution for an arbitrary thick FGM rectangular plate resting on a two parameter viscoelastic foundation

A three-dimensional semi-analytic analysis based on the linear elasticity theory is offered to study the transient vibration characteristics of an arbitrarily thick, simply supported, functionally graded (FGM) rectangular plate, resting on a linear Winkler–Pasternak viscoelastic foundation, and subjected to general distributed driving forces of arbitrary temporal and spatial variations. The problem solution is obtained by adopting a laminate model in conjunction with the powerful state space solution technique involving a global transfer matrix and Durbin’s numerical Laplace inversion algorithm. Numerical calculations are carried out for the transient displacement and stress responses of aluminum-zirconia FGM square plates of selected thickness parameters and compositional gradients, resting on “soft” or “stiff” elastic foundations, under the action of moving transverse forces as well as uniformly distributed blast loads. Also, the response curves for the FGM plates are compared with those of equivalent bilaminate plates containing comparable total volume fractions of constituent materials. It is observed that the material gradient variation is substantially more influential on the dynamic stress concentrations induced across the plate thickness than on the displacement response of the inhomogeneous plates. In particular, the displacement response of the equivalent bilaminate plates can provide an accurate estimate for prediction of the dynamic response of the corresponding FGM plates, especially for thick plates resting on a stiff foundation. Limiting cases are considered and good agreements with the data available in the literature as well as with the computations made by using a commercial finite element package are obtained.     

双参数弹性地基上受压的正交异性板的自由振动

双参数弹性地基上面内受压的正交异性矩形薄板自由振动问题可分两种情况求解;当板的四边为简支时可用双正弦级数解法来求得各阶固有频率。对其他任意边界情形,可采用分离变量法先求得各种代数多项式解以及单正弦级数解,然后建立一个适用于除四边简支外能满足四边以及四角的一般解,其中的积分常数由边界条件来确定。以四边简支和平夹的正方形板为例进行了计算和分析。这种解法简单全面,便于实际应用。全部公式同样可用来求解板的稳定性问题。此时令板的固有频率为零,两个对边压力的比或其中一个为已知即可求得各阶临界压力。     

Mechanical and thermal postbuckling of higher order shear deformable functionally graded plates on elastic foundations

This paper presents an analytical investigation on the buckling and postbuckling behaviors of thick functionally graded plates resting on elastic foundations and subjected to in-plane compressive, thermal and thermomechanical loads. Material properties are assumed to be temperature independent, and graded in the thickness direction according to a simple power law distribution in terms of the volume fractions of constituents. The formulations are based on higher order shear deformation plate theory taking into account Von Karman nonlinearity, initial geometrical imperfection and Pasternak type elastic foundation. By applying Galerkin method, closed-form relations of buckling loads and postbuckling equilibrium paths for simply supported plates are determined. Analysis is carried out to show the effects of material and geometrical properties, in-plane boundary restraint, foundation stiffness and imperfection on the buckling and postbuckling loading capacity of the plates.     

Dynamic analysis of polygonal Mindlin plates on two-parameter foundations using classical plate theory and an advanced BEM

Forced vibrations of moderately thick plates on two-parameter, Pasternak-type foundations are considered. Influence of plate shear and rotatory inertia are taken into account according to Mindlin. Excitations are of the force as well as of the support motion type. Formulation is in the frequency domain. An analogy to thin plates without foundations is given. This analogy to classical plate theory is complete in the case of polygonal plan-forms and hinged support conditions. In that case the higher order Mindlin-problem is reduced to two (second order) Helmholtz-Klein- Gordon boundary value problems. An advanced BEM using Green's functions of rectangular domains is applied to the latter, thereby satisfying boundary conditions exactly as far as possible. This problem oriented strategy provides the frequency response functions for the deflection of the undamped Mindlin plate with high numerical accuracy. Structural damping is built in subsequently, and Fast Fourier Transform is applied for calculation of the transient response.Part of the paper has been presented at the IUTAM-Symposium Advanced BEM, San Antonio, Texas, 1987. Another part has been presented at the 6th Int. Conf. Numerical Methods for Geomechanics, Innsbruck, Austria 1988     

Exact solution for stability analysis of moderately thick functionally graded sector plates on elastic foundation

In this article, an exact analytical solution for buckling analysis of moderately thick functionally graded (FG) sector plates resting on Winkler elastic foundation is presented. The equilibrium equations are derived according to the first order shear deformation plate theory. Because of the coupling between the bending and stretching equilibrium equations of FG plates, these plates have deflection under in-plane loads lower than the critical buckling load acting on the mid-plane. The conditions under which FG plates remain flat in the pre-buckling configuration are investigated and the stability equations are obtained based on the flat plate assumption in the pre-buckling state. The stability equations are simplified into decoupled equations and solved analytically for plates having simply supported boundary condition on the straight edges. The critical buckling load is obtained and the effects of geometrical parameters and power law index on the stability of functionally graded sector plates are studded. The results for the critical buckling load of moderately thick functionally graded sector plates resting on elastic foundation are reported for the first time.