Buckling analysis of orthotropic rectangular plate resting on Pasternak elastic foundation under biaxial in-plane loading

In this study, buckling of rectangular orthotropic plates resting on a Pasternak elastic foundation under biaxial in-plane loading by the power series method (the method of Frobenius) was analyzed. Similar to many studies, two opposite edges of loading are simply supported and two other edges are assumed clamped. In order to extract the characteristic equations of orthotropic rectangular plate under in-plane loading resting on a Pasternak elastic foundation, the classical plate theory, by considering the interaction between plate and foundation, is used. The results showed that in the aspect ratio of less than 2, the existing Pasternak foundation caused the buckling load to increase severely, but by increasing the aspect ratio, the effect of the foundation is negligible. Applying the in-plane load in the y-direction caused the buckling load to decrease, but by increasing the aspect ratios the effect of the load is negligible.     

Buckling of the SSCF rectangular orthotropic plate subjected to linearly varying in-plane loading

The paper presents the solution of the buckling problem for an orthotropic rectangular plate having two parallel edges simply supported, one edge clamped and the remaining edge free (the SSCF plate). The plate considered is subjected to a linearly varying in-plane load that can take the form of uniform compression, combination of in-plane bending and uniform compression, or pure in-plane bending. The solution technique involves reduction of the relevant variational buckling equation to a one-dimensional form using the Kantorovich procedure and subsequent application of the generalised Galerkin method. The buckling problems are solved for isotropic and orthotropic plates with various aspect ratios. The analytical solution is verified using the finite-element analysis. The comparisons of computational results demonstrate the appropriateness and efficiency of the approach developed in this work for the calculation of critical loads of composite SSCF plates with various dimensional and stiffness parameters.     

Mechanical buckling of functionally graded material cylindrical shells surrounded by Pasternak elastic foundation

In this study, the mechanical buckling of functionally graded material cylindrical shell that is embedded in an outer elastic medium and subjected to combined axial and radial compressive loads is investigated. The material properties are assumed to vary smoothly through the shell thickness according to a power law distribution of the volume fraction of constituent materials. Theoretical formulations are presented based on a higher-order shear deformation shell theory (HSDT) considering the transverse shear strains. Using the nonlinear strain–displacement relations of FGMs cylindrical shells, the governing equations are derived. The elastic foundation is modelled by two parameters Pasternak model, which is obtained by adding a shear layer to the Winkler model. The boundary condition is considered to be simply-supported. The novelty of the present work is to achieve the closed-form solutions for the critical mechanical buckling loads of the FGM cylindrical shells surrounded by elastic medium. The effects of shell geometry, the volume fraction exponent, and the foundation parameters on the critical buckling load are investigated. The numerical results reveal that the elastic foundation has significant effect on the critical buckling load.     

Levy-type solution for buckling analysis of orthotropic plates based on two variable refined plate theory

This paper presents closed-form solution for buckling analysis of orthotropic plates using two variable refined plate theory. The theory accounts for a quadratic variation of the transverse shear strains across the thickness, and satisfies the zero traction boundary conditions on the top and bottom surfaces of the plate without using shear correction factors. Governing equations are derived from the principle of minimum total potential energy. The closed-form solutions of rectangular plates with two opposite edges simply supported and the other two edges having arbitrary boundary conditions are obtained by applying the state space approach to the Levy-type solution. Comparison studies are performed to verify the validity of the present results. The effects of boundary condition, loading condition, and variations of modulus ratio, aspect ratio, and thickness ratio on the critical buckling load of orthotropic plates are investigated and discussed in detail.     

Three‐dimensional vibration analysis of rectangular thick plates on Pasternak foundation

The free‐vibration characteristics of rectangular thick 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 (two‐parameter) model. The Ritz method is used to derive the eigenvalue equation of the rectangular plate by augmenting the strain energy of the plate with the potential energy of the elastic foundation. The Chebyshev polynomials multiplied by a boundary function are selected as the admissible functions of the displacement functions in each direction. The approach is suitable for rectangular plates with arbitrary boundary conditions. Convergence and comparison studies have been performed on square plates on elastic foundations with different boundary conditions. It is shown that the present method has a rapid convergent rate, stable numerical operation and very high accuracy. Parametric investigations on the dynamic behaviour of clamped square thick plates on elastic foundations have been carried out in detail, with respect to different thickness–span ratios and foundation parameters. Some results found for the first time have been given and some important conclusions have been drawn. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

弹性地基上四边自由矩形薄板的自由振动

将弹性地基用Winkler模型来代替。首先把弹性地基上矩形薄板的动力学方程表示成为Hamilton正则方程，然后采用辛几何方法对全状态相变量进行分离变量，并利用得到的共扼辛正交归一关系，求出弹性地基上四边自由矩形薄板的固有频率和振型的解析解表达式。由于在求解过程中不需要事先人为的选取挠度函数，而是从弹性地基上矩形薄板的动力学基本方程出发，直接利用数学的方法求出可以满足四边自由边界条件的固有频率和振型的解析解表达式，使得问题的求解更加合理化。文中的最后还给出了计算实例来验证本文所采用的方法以及所推导出公式的正确性。     

Vibration of non-ideal simply supported laminated plate on an elastic foundation subjected to in-plane stresses

In this paper, the effect of non-ideal boundary conditions and initial stresses on the vibration of laminated plates on Pasternak foundation is studied. The plate has simply supported boundary conditions and is assumed that one of the edges of the plate allows a small non-zero deflection and moment. The initial stresses are due to in-plane loads. The vibration problem is solved analytically using the Lindstedt–Poincare perturbation technique. So the frequencies and mode shapes of the plate with non-ideal boundary condition is extracted by considering the Pasternak foundation and in-plane stresses. The results of finite element simulation, using ANSYS software, are presented and compared with the analytical solution. The effect of various parameters like stiffness of foundation, boundary conditions and in-plane stresses on the vibration of the plate is discussed. Dependency of non-ideal boundary conditions on the aspect ratio of the plate for changing the frequencies of vibrations is presented. The relation between the shear modulus of elastic foundation and the frequencies of the plate is investigated.     

Vibration analysis of nonhomogeneous moderately thick plates with point supports resting on Pasternak elastic foundation using element free Galerkin method

In this paper shear deformable plate theory in combination with Element-Free Galerkin Method (EFGM) is used for free vibration analysis of nonhomogeneous moderately thick plates with point supports resting on a two-parameter elastic foundation. It is shown that the vibration results obtained by this method are in a very good agreement with the available literatures in spite of using low numbers of nodes which can be considered as an inconvenience in some other methods to reach a satisfactory accuracy. Also, applicability of the method is demonstrated by solving numerical examples for different values of homogeneity variation parameter, aspect ratio, thickness to length ratio, foundation parameters, various types of boundary conditions and different numbers of point support. The numerical results present valuable information for engineers and designers in various structural applications and also prove useful to use as benchmarks for further references.     

基于Mindlin理论的厚阶梯圆盘弯曲振动特性研究

阶梯圆盘辐射体因其辐射面积大、辐射效率高等优点在大功率超声领域获得了广泛的应用。从声学应用角度,基于Mindlin理论推导了厚阶梯圆盘在自由、固定、简支边界条件下的频率方程,并分别对频率方程进行数值求解,结果表明计算得到的频率与有限元模拟及实验测试结果基本相符。该结论为厚盘的弯曲振动辐射器的设计提供了理论参考。     

Experimental, numerical, and analytical results for buckling and post-buckling of orthotropic rectangular sandwich panels

Rectangular orthotropic sandwich fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) panels were tested for buckling in uniaxial compression. The panels, with either balsa or linear PVC foam cores, were tested in two sizes: 183 cm×92 cm (72 in.×36 in.) and 122 cm×92 cm (48 in.×36 in.) for aspect ratios of 2.0 and 1.3, respectively. The sandwich panels were fabricated using the vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM) technique. The two short edges of the sandwich panels were clamped, while the two long edges were simply supported. The experimental elastic buckling loads of panels with an aspect ratio of 1.3 were 400 kN (90 klb) for balsa core panels and 267 kN (60 klb) for foam core panels. For balsa and foam core panels with an aspect ratio 2.0, the experimental buckling loads were 334 kN (75 klb) and 240 kN (54 klb), respectively. Experimental buckling results for balsa core panels of both sizes differed by 5–8% from numerical and analytical results. Differences in experimental and predicted buckling loads for foam core panels ranged between 15% and 23%. Post-buckling collapse of balsa and foam core panels with an aspect ratio of 1.3 were 694 kN (156 klb) and 347 kN (78 klb), respectively. For balsa and foam core panels with an aspect ratio of 2.0, post-buckling collapse occurred at 592 kN (133 klb) and 334 kN (75 klb), respectively. A numerical post-buckling analysis qualitatively followed that of the experimental results.     

弹性地基上间断中厚矩形板的非线性振动

研究了弹性地基上带传力杆的间断中厚矩形板结构的非线性振动特性。荷载在传力杆中的传递由竖向弹簧模拟，其弹簧刚度取决于传力杆的特性以及杆与板间的相互作用。根据能量变分原理，考虑地基耦合效应，建立了双参数地基上带传力杆的间断矩形中厚板的非线性运动控制方程。应用伽辽金法和谐波平衡法对该组非线性方程进行了求解。在算例中，讨论了传力杆参数、板的结构参数以及地基参数对中厚矩形板的非线性自由振动特性的影响。     

Nonlinear bending of FGM plates subjected to combined loading and resting on elastic foundations

A nonlinear bending analysis is presented for a simply supported, functionally graded plate resting on an elastic foundation of Pasternak-type. The plate is exposed to elevated temperature and is subjected to a transverse uniform or sinusoidal load combined with initial compressive edge loads. 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. The formulations are based on a higher-order shear deformation plate theory and general von Kármán-type equation that includes the plate-foundation interaction and thermal effects. A two step perturbation technique is employed to determine the load–deflection and load–bending moment curves. The numerical illustrations concern nonlinear bending response of functional graded plates with two constituent materials resting on Pasternak elastic foundations from which results for Winkler elastic foundations are obtained as a limiting case. The results reveal that the characteristics of nonlinear bending are significantly influenced by foundation stiffness, temperature rise, transverse shear deformation, the character of in-plane boundary conditions and the amount of initial compressive load. In contrast, the effect of volume fraction index N becomes weaker when the plate is supported by an elastic foundation.     

Nonlinear vibration and instability analysis of functionally graded CNT-reinforced cylindrical shells conveying viscous fluid resting on orthotropic Pasternak medium

In this study, nonlinear vibration and instability of embedded temperature-dependent cylindrical shell conveying viscous fluid resting on temperature-dependent orthotropic Pasternak medium are investigated. The equivalent material properties of nanocomposites are estimated using rule of mixture. Both cases of uniform distribution and functionally graded distribution patterns of reinforcements are considered. Based on orthotropic Mindlin shell theory, the governing equations are derived. Generalized differential quadrature method is applied for obtaining the frequency and critical fluid velocity of a system. The effects of different parameters, such as distribution type of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), volume fractions of SWCNTs, and Pasternak medium are discussed.     

Influences of elastic foundations and shear deformations on the buckling behavior of functionally graded material truncated conical shells under axial compression

This article presents an investigation on the buckling of functionally graded (FG) truncated conical shells under an axial load resting on elastic foundations within the shear deformation theory (SDT). The governing equations are solved using the Galerkin method, and the closed-form solution of the axial buckling load for FG conical shells on elastic foundations within the SDT is obtained. Various numerical examples are presented and discussed to verify the accuracy of the closed-form solution in predicting dimensionless buckling loads for FG conical shells on the Winkler–Pasternak elastic foundations within the SDT.     

Deformation of a three-layer elastoplastic plate on a Winkler foundation under thermomechanical loading

We consider the thermomechanical bending of a circular plate with a lightweight filler that rests on an elastic foundation. To describe the kinematics of a plate pack which is asymmetrical in thickness, the broken normal hypotheses are accepted. The foundation reaction is described by the Winkler model. The load is local and symmetrical. A set of equilibrium equations is derived and its exact solution in terms of displacements is obtained. Numerical results for a three-layer metal-polymeric plate are presented. __________ Translated from Problemy Prochnosti, No. 5, pp. 68–80, September–October, 2007.     

Static and dynamic analysis of an FGM doubly curved panel resting on the Pasternak-type elastic foundation

The static, dynamic, and free vibration analysis of a functionally graded material (FGM) doubly curved panel are investigated analytically in the present paper. The FGM Panel is originated from a rectangular planform and its principle curvatures are considered to be constant. All mechanical properties of the FGM panel are assumed to vary continuously through the thickness according to a power law formulation except Poisson’s ratio, which is kept constant. A Pasternak-type elastic foundation containing damping effects is considered to be in contact with the panel during deformation. The elastic foundation reacts in both compression and tension. Equations of motion are established based on the first order shear deformation and the modified Sanders shell theories. Following the Navier type solution, the established equations are reduced to time-dependent ordinary differential equations. Using the Laplace transform, the time-dependency of the problem is eliminated. The solutions are obtained analytically in the Laplace domain and then are inverted to the time domain following an analytical procedure. Finally, the analytical results are verified with those reported in the literature.     

Size-dependent vibration analysis of a three-layered porous rectangular nano plate with piezo-electromagnetic face sheets subjected to pre loads based on SSDT

ABSTRACT

In the present research vibration of a porous rectangular plate which is located between two piezo-electromagnetic layers based on two variables sinusoidal shear deformation plate theory and according to nonlocal theory is investigated. The plate is resting on Winkler–Pasternak foundation and was subjected to pre loads. The motion equations have been obtained using Hamilton principle and are solved using analytical Navier's solution method. The effects of porosity coefficient, pores distribution, nonlocal parameter, pre load values, foundation constants and geometric size of the plate have been discussed in details. The results can be used to design more efficient sensors and actuators.     

Biaxial thermo-mechanical buckling of orthotropic auxetic FGM plates with temperature and moisture dependent material properties on elastic foundations

Thermo-mechanical buckling analysis of the orthotropic auxetic plates (with negative Poisson ratios) has not been performed so far, especially, in the hygrothermal environments. The complexity increases when the auxetic plate is fabricated from functionally graded orthotropic materials and surrounded by an elastic foundation. The aforementioned analyses are carried out in the present research, for the first time. The buckling loads may be uniaxial or biaxial ones. Moreover, temperature and moisture dependent material properties are considered. The pre-buckling effects are also considered in the paper. The high-order shear-deformation governing differential equations are solved based on a new differential quadrature method (DQM). The resulting solution may cover many practical simpler applications. A comprehensive parametric study is accomplished for a wide range of geometric and material properties parameters and various boundary conditions. Results reveal that the hygrothermal conditions lead to degradations in the material properties and buckling strengths, especially for higher gradation exponents, the elastic foundation may enhance the buckling behavior through monitoring the buckling pattern, the buckling load decreases as the orthotropy angle increases, and the auxeticity has reduced the buckling strength for the employed material and environmental information.     

梁与正交各向异性板弯曲波的传递特性研究

以正交各向异性板与各向同性梁耦合系统弹性波传递特性为研究对象,基于弯曲波传播的动力学分析,推导出子系统间的功率流传递系数(power flow transmission coefficient,PTC)和耦合边界处的耦合损耗因子(coupling loss factor,CLF)表达式.计算分析了内损耗因子、频率和方向...     

Reissner plate theory-based study of circular and annular delamination buckling of a film on a substrate

Based on Reissner plate theory, a novel model is proposed to analyze the buckling behavior of a circular or annular delaminated thin film on an elastic substrate. Elastic deformation in the substrate is calculated by using three coupled-line-springs distributed along the edge of the delaminated film. The shooting method is used to solve the nonlinear post-buckling problem. The energy release rate and phase angle are obtained. The results demonstrate that if the aspect ratio of delamination size to film thickness is not large enough, the Reissner plate theory should be used to have more accurate solutions.