Active damping of rotating composite thin-walled beams using MFC actuators and PVDF sensors

The object of this research is to enhance the damping performance for vibration suppression of rotating composite thin-walled beams using MFC actuators and PVDF sensors. The formulation is based on single cell composite beam including a warping function, centrifugal force, Coriolis acceleration and piezoelectric effect. Adaptive capability of the beam is acquired through the use of a negative velocity feedback control algorithm. Numerical analysis is performed using finite element method and Newmark time integration method is used to calculate the time response of the model. It is observed that the feedback control gain has an effect on damping performance. The paper continues with an investigation into influences of parameters such as the rotating speed and the fiber orientation in host structures. Also, it is confirmed that effective damping performance is achievable through the suitable arrangement and distributed size of sensor and actuator pair using case study.     

A modified couple stress model for bending analysis of composite laminated beams with first order shear deformation

Based on a modified couple stress theory, a model for composite laminated beam with first order shear deformation is developed. The characteristics of the theory are the use of rotation–displacement as dependent variable and the use of only one constant to describe the material’s micro-structural characteristics. The present model of beam can be viewed as a simplified couple stress theory in engineering mechanics. An example as a cross-ply simply supported beam subjected to cylindrical bending loads of f_w = q₀ sin (πx/L) is adopted and explicit expression of analysis solution is obtained. Numerical results show that the present beam model can capture the scale effects of microstructure, and the deflections and stresses of the present model of couple stress beam are smaller than that by the classical beam mode. Additionally, the present model can be reduced to the classical composite laminated Timoshenko beam model, Isotropic Timoshenko beam model of couple stress theory, classical isotropic Timoshenko beam, composite laminated Bernoulli–Euler beam model of couple stress theory and isotropic Bernoulli–Euler beam of couple stress theory.     

Stress analysis and material tailoring in isotropic linear thermoelastic incompressible functionally graded rotating disks of variable thickness

We analyze axisymmetric deformations of a rotating disk with its thickness, mass density, thermal expansion coefficient and shear modulus varying in the radial direction. The disk is made of a rubberlike material that is modeled as isotropic, linear thermoelastic and incompressible. We note that the hydrostatic pressure in the constitutive relation of the material is to be determined as a part of the solution of the problem since it cannot be determined from the strain field. The problem is analyzed by using an Airy stress function φ. The non-homogeneous ordinary differential equation with variable coefficients for φ is solved either analytically or numerically by the differential quadrature method. We have also analyzed the challenging problem of tailoring the variation of either the shear modulus or the thermal expansion coefficient in the radial direction so that a linear combination of the hoop stress and the radial stress is constant in the disk. For a rotating annular disk we present the explicit expression of the thermal expansion coefficient for the hoop stress to be uniform within the disk. For a rotating solid disk we give the exact expressions for the shear modulus and the thermal expansion coefficient as functions of the radial coordinate so as to achieve constant hoop stress. Numerical results for a few typical problems are presented to illuminate effects of material inhomogeneities on deformations of a hollow and a solid rotating disk.     

Vibration analysis of shape-optimized rotating cantilever beams

The shape optimization of rotating beams is carried out in order to minimize the vibrations. The objective is the maximization of the fundamental frequency with constraints on the beam mass and static tip deflections. The finite-element method (FEM) is used to model the rotating beam and sequential quadratic programming (SQP) is used for the optimization. The effects of beam frequency maximi-zation and hub–beam frequency maximization on the optimized shapes and the dynamic characteristics of these shapes are studied. The beam shapes are optimized for different speeds. The natural frequencies and time responses of these optimized shapes are studied using numerical simulation. Based on the numerical study, suggestions for formulating an appropriate optimization problem in a given context are made.     

Finite element analysis and parametric study of steel-concrete composite beams

A finite element model is presented to predict the stresses and deformations in steel-concrete composite beams. The model takes into account the effect of cracking and tension-stiffening in the tensed concrete, and of longitudinal slip between the steel beam and the concrete slab due to the ‘partial interaction’ of theconnectors. Some comparisons with experimental data available in literature are reported to validate the efficiency of the proposed model. Finally, a parametric study was done to investigate the effects of the geometric and mechanical variables as boundary conditions and the slip modulus of the connectors.     

Prediction of material coupling effect on structural damping of composite beams and blades

The present paper investigates the effect of material coupling on static and modal characteristics of composite structures. Incorporation of stiffness and damping coupling terms into a beam formulation yields equivalent section stiffness and damping properties. Building upon the damping mechanics, an extended beam finite element is developed capable of providing the stiffness and damping matrices of the structure. Validation cases on beams and blades demonstrate the importance of all stiffness and damping terms. Numerical results validate the predicted effect of material coupling on static characteristics of composite box-section beams. The effect of the full coupling damping matrices on modal frequencies and structural modal damping of composite beams is investigated. Box-section beams and small blade models with various ply angle laminations at the girder segments are considered. Finally, the developed finite element is applied to the prediction of the modal characteristics of a 19 m realistic wind-turbine model blade.     

The stress analysis method for three-dimensional composite materials

This study proposes a stress analysis method for three-dimensionally fiber reinforced composite materials. In this method, the rule-of mixture for composites is successfully applied to 3-D space in which material properties would change 3-dimensionally. The fundamental formulas for Young's modulus, shear modulus, and Poisson's ratio are derived. Also, we discuss a strength estimation and an optimum material design technique for 3-D composite materials. The analysis is executed for a triaxial orthogonally woven fabric, and their results are compared to the experimental data in order to verify the accuracy of this method. The present methodology can be easily understood with basic material mechanics and elementary mathematics, so it enables us to write a computer program of this theory without difficulty. Furthermore, this method can be applied to various types of 3-D composites because of its general-purpose characteristics.     

Analytical solution for the singular stress distribution due to V-notch in an orthotropic plate material

On the basis of general solutions of two-dimensional linear elasticity, displacement and singular stress fields near the singular point in orthotropic materials are derived in closed form expressions. According to the presented expressions, analysis formulas of displacement and singular stress fields near the tip of a V-notch under the symmetric and the anti-symmetric modes are obtained subsequently. The open literatures devoted to developing stress singularity near the tip of the V-notch in anisotropic or orthotropic materials. In this study, however, not only direct eigenequations were derived, but also the explicit solutions of displacement and singular stress fields were obtained. At the end, the correctness of the formulas of the singular stress field near the tip of the V-notch has been verified by FEM analysis.     

Applications of thermoelastic stress analysis to composite materials

A number of applied thermoelastic stress analysis (TSA) studies on composite components and assemblies are described, for the purpose of illustrating the potential of the technique for use with composite materials.     

Large amplitude vibration analysis of composite beams: Simple closed-form solutions

Large amplitude vibration analysis of laminated composite beam with axially immovable ends is investigated with symmetric and asymmetric layup orientations by using the Rayleigh–Ritz (R–R) method. The displacement fields used in the analytical formulation are coupled by using the homogeneous governing static axial equilibrium equation of the beam. Geometric nonlinearity of von-Karman type is considered which accounts for the membrane stretching action of the beam. The simple closed-form solutions are presented for the nonlinear harmonic radian frequency as function of central amplitude of the beam using the R–R method. The nonlinear harmonic radian frequency results obtained from the closed-form solutions of the R–R method in general show good agreement with the results obtained from simple iterative finite element formulation. Furthermore, the closed-form expressions are corrected for the harmonic motion assumption from the available literature results on the existence of quadratic and cubic nonlinearity. It is interesting to note that the composite beams can result in asymmetric frequency vs. amplitude curves depending upon the nature of direction of displacement in contrast to isotropic beams which exhibit cubic nonlinearity only and leads to symmetric frequency vs. amplitude curves with respect to sign of the amplitude.     

旋转柱面产生动态散斑的统计特性分析

高斯光束照射到以角速度ω 旋转的圆柱体表面时,反射空间将出现的动态散斑随着被测表面的运动连续变化,这是一个随机过程。研究了当旋转圆柱体表面满足弱散射体条件时,在菲涅尔衍射场形成的动态散斑的统计特性;给出了几种特定情况下描述动态散斑时间-空间相关性质的参数——动态散斑的空间相关长度,动态散斑的相关时间,动态散斑的平移距离和相关距离。这些参数表明动态散斑的统计特性与圆柱体曲率半径、入射光束、表面微观形貌、物体旋转角速度、光学几何结构因素有关;依据参数分析了动态散斑运动形式,动态散斑纯沸腾运动取决于观察面到散射屏出射平面的距离,投射到散射屏出射平面上的照明光波波面的曲率半径和散射体的曲率半径。     

Three-dimensional vibration analysis of multilayered piezoelectric composite plates

We investigate the free vibration of multilayered piezoelectric composite plates. A brief review of the theoretical developments in piezoelasticity that are relevant to smart composite structures is presented. An analysis is performed using the differential quadrature (DQ) technique to solve three-dimensional equations of piezoelasticity, and technical issues are thoroughly discussed. Solutions for piezoelastic laminated plates are made possible with the development and implementation of the DQ layerwise modeling technique, which allows different boundary conditions to be imposed at the edges of the plates. The numerical results of different plate problems are presented, and the effects of the piezoelasticity of these problems are investigated. The DQ model predictions are validated against existing results, with good agreement found.     

Coupled deflection analysis of thin-walled Timoshenko laminated composite beams

For the deflection analyses of thin-walled Timoshenko laminated composite beams with the mono- symmetric I-, channel-, and L-shaped sections, the stiffness matrices are derived based on the solutions of the simultaneous ordinary differential equations. A general thin-walled composite beam theory considering shear deformation effect is developed by introducing Vlasov’s assumptions. The shear stiffnesses of thin-walled composite beams are explicitly derived from the energy equivalence. The equilibrium equations and force-deformation relations are derived from energy principles. By introducing 14 displacement parameters, a generalized eigenvalue problem that has complex eigenvalues and multiple zero eigenvalues is formulated. Polynomial expressions are assumed as trial solutions for displacement parameters and eigenmodes containing undetermined parameters equal to the number of zero eigenvalues are determined by invoking the identity condition to the equilibrium equations. Then the displacement functions are constructed by combining eigenvectors and polynomial solutions corresponding to nonzero and zero eigenvalues, respectively. Finally, the stiffness matrices are evaluated by applying the member force-displacement relations to the displacement functions. In addition, the finite beam element formulation based on the classical Lagrangian interpolation polynomial is presented. In order to verify the validity and the accuracy of this study, the numerical solutions are presented and compared with the finite element results using the isoparametric beam elements and the detailed three-dimensional analysis results using the shell elements of ABAQUS. Particularly the effects of shear deformations on the deflection of thin-walled composite beams with the mono-symmetric I-, channel-, and L-shaped sections with various lamination schemes are investigated.     

An elastic–plastic thermal stress analysis of aluminum metal–matrix composite beams

In this study, an elastic–plastic thermal stress analysis is carried out on steel fiber-reinforced aluminum metal–matrix composite beams. Temperature is chosen to vary linearly. It is zero and T₀ at the upper and lower surfaces, respectively. The beam is fixed by two rigid planes at the ends. The solution is performed at 0°, 30°, 45°, 60° and 90° orientation angles. The plastic region is expanded at the lower side of the beam. It is found that the intensity of the residual stress component of σ_x and the equivalent plastic strain are maximum at lower surface of the beam. The residual stress is found to be greatest for the 0° orientation angle. In addition, the intensity of the equivalent plastic strain is the greatest for the same angle.     

冲击作用下CFRP修复损伤RC叠合梁动力性能试验研究

采用落锤冲击试验机,进行了现浇梁、叠合梁以及碳纤维增强复合材料(carbon fiber reinforced polymer,CFRP)修复的损伤梁的动力性能对比试验。冲击作用下试件破坏形态以及冲击力与变形时程曲线表明,叠合面在一定程度上抑制了跨中裂缝向上开展的趋势,损伤修复后的叠合梁在冲击荷载下的破坏程度明显减轻,初始损伤减弱了梁跨中位移的滞后现象;相比完好梁,现浇与叠合修复梁抗冲击承载力有着同等程度的提高。基于有效应变计算的修复梁承载能力提升与试验结果的对比显示,CFRP能有效改善并增强构件的整体受力性能,在冲击作用下对构件的实际抗力贡献大于原有构件承载力与FRP受拉能力简单叠加时的理论抗力贡献。     

附加约束阻尼层的复合材料梁单元建模分析

复合材料空心圆截面梁是桁架和刚架结构中大量采用的常用构件，而实践证明约束阻尼层能有效改善复合材料空心圆截面梁的动力学特性，但传统的约束阻尼层结构有限元计算方法需要大量的单元，这给大型复杂结构的计算带来了巨大的困难。本文采用Timoshenko梁假定。建立了一类附加约束阻尼层复合材料空心圆截面梁弯曲的数学模型。应用Hamilton原理。采用三节点高次梁单元对构件进行离散化。建立了附加约束阻尼层复合材料空心圆截面梁的梁单元。同传统的锥壳单元相比，该方法极大地减少了计算时间。用实验验证了本文计算结果的正确性。同时也分析了约束层厚度对损耗因子的影响。     

Three-dimensional asymptotic antiplane shear stress fields at the front of interfacial crack/anticrack type discontinuities in trimaterial bonded plates

An eigenfuntion expansion method is employed for obtaining three-dimensional asymptotic displacement and stress fields in the vicinity of the front of a crack/anticrack type discontinuity weakening/reinforcing an infinite pie-shaped trimaterial plate, of finite thickness, formed as a result of bimaterial (matrix/semiconductor/ARC plus reaction product/scatterer) deposit over a substrate (fiber/ARC/semiconductor). The wedge is of general (unsymmetric) geometrical configuration, and is subjected to antiplane shear (mode III) far field loading. Each material is isotropic and elastic, but with different material properties. The material 2 or the substrate is always taken to be a half-space, while the wedge aperture angle of the material 1 is varied to represent varying composition of the bimaterial deposit. Numerical results pertaining to the variation of the mode III eigenvalues (or stress singularities) with various wedge aperture angles of the material 1 (reaction product/scatterer), are also presented. Hitherto generally unavailable results, pertaining to the through-thickness variations of stress intensity factors for symmetric parabolic load and its skew-symmetric counterpart that also satisfy the boundary conditions on the top and bottom surfaces of the trimaterial plates under investigation, form also an important part of the present investigation.     

Failure analysis of multiple delaminated composite plates due to bending and impact

The present work aims at the first ply failure analysis of laminated composite plates with arbitrarily located multiple delaminations subjected to transverse static load as well as impact. The theoretical formulation is based on a simple multiple delamination model. Conventional first order shear deformation is assumed using eight-noded isoparametric quadratic elements to develop the finite element analysis procedure. Composite plates are assumed to contain both single and multiple delaminations. For the case of impact, Newmark time integration algorithm is employed for solving the time dependent multiple equations of the plate and the impactor. Tsai-Wu failure criterion is used to check for failure of the laminate for both the cases. To investigate the first ply failure, parametric studies are made for different cases by varying the size and number of delaminations as well as the stacking sequences and boundary conditions.     

Thermo elastic analysis of functionally graded rotating disks with temperature-dependent material properties: uniform and variable thickness

A thermo elastic analysis is presented for axisymmetric rotating disks made of functionally graded material (FGM) with variable thickness. Material properties are assumed to be temperature-dependent and graded in the radial direction according to a grading index power law distribution. The temperature field considered is assumed to be uniformly distributed over the disk surface and varied in the radial direction. Semi-analytical solutions for the displacement field are given for solid disk and annular disk under free-free and fixed-free boundary conditions. The effects of the thermal field, the material grading index and the geometry of the disk on the displacement and stress fields are investigated. Results of this study emphasize on the crucial role of the temperature-dependent properties in a high temperature environment. A comparison of these results with the reported ones in the literature that is temperature-dependent versus temperature-independent suggests that a functionally graded rotating disk with concave thickness profile can work more efficiently than the one with uniform thickness irrespective of whether the material properties are assumed to be temperature-dependent or temperature-independent.     

Elastodynamic stress intensity factors for a semi-infinite crack due to three-dimensional concentrated shear loadings on the crack faces

The dynamic stress intensity factors for a semi-infinite crack in an otherwise unbounded elastic body is investigated. The crack is subjected to a pair of suddenly-applied shear point loads on its faces at a distance l away from the crack tip. This problem is treated as the superposition of two problems. The first problem considers the disturbance by a concentrated shear force acting on the surface of an elastic half space, while the second problem discusses a half space with its surface subjected to the negative of the tangential surface displacements induced by the first problem in the front of the crack edge. A fundamental problem is proposed and solved by means of integral transforms together with the application of the Wiener–Hopf technique and Cagniard–de Hoop method. Exact expressions are then derived for the mode II and III dynamic stress intensity factors by taking integration over the fundamental solution. Some features of the solutions are discussed. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.