Dynamic stress from a cylindrical inclusion buried in a functionally graded piezoelectric material layer under electro-elastic waves

This paper presents a theoretical method to investigate the multiple scattering of electro-elastic waves and dynamic stress around a subsurface cylindrical inclusion in a functionally graded piezoelectric material layer bonded to homogeneous piezoelectric materials. The analytical solutions of wave fields are expressed by employing wave function expansion method, and the expanded mode coefficients are determined by satisfying the boundary conditions around the inclusion. The image method is used to satisfy the mechanical and electrically short conditions at the free surface of the structure. Through the numerical solutions of dynamic stress concentration factors around the inclusion, it is found that when the cylindrical inclusion possesses higher rigidity and greater piezoelectric constant than the two phases of functionally graded materials, the dynamic stress around the inclusion increases greatly. When the distance between the surface of the structure and the inclusion is smaller, the effect of the properties of the inclusion becomes greater. When the cylindrical inclusion possesses lower rigidity and smaller piezoelectric constant than the two phases of functionally graded materials, the maximum dynamic stress shows little difference; however, the variation of the distribution of the dynamic stress around the inclusion is greater. The effect of the properties of the inclusion on the dynamic stress around the inclusion is greater than that on the electric field. The effects of wave frequency on the dynamic stress and electric field are also examined.     

Dynamic stress intensity factor of a functionally graded material under antiplane shear loading

Summary The dynamic response of a finite crack in an unbounded Functionally Graded Material (FGM) subjected to an antiplane shear loading is studied in this paper. The variation of the shear modulus of the functionally graded material is modeled by a quadratic increase along the direction perpendicular to the crack surface. The dynamic stress intensity factor is extracted from the asymptotic expansion of the stresses around the crack tip in the Laplace transform plane and obtained in the time domain by a numerical Laplace inversion technique. The influence of graded material property on the dynamic intensity factor is investigated. It is observed that the magnitude of dynamic stress intensity factor for a finite crack in such a functionally graded material is less than in the homogeneous material with a property identical to that of the FGM crack plane.     

Scattering of anti-plane shear waves by a partially debonded piezoelectric circular cylindrical inclusion

Summary This paper presents an analysis of the scattering of anti-plane shear waves by a single piezo-electric cylindrical inclusion partially bonded to an unbounded matrix. The anti-plane governing equations for piezoelectric materials are reduced to Helmholtz and Laplacian equations. The fields of scattered waves are obtained by means of the wave function expansion method when the bonded interface is perfect. When the interface is partially debonded, the region of the debonding is modeled as an interface crack with non-contacting faces. The electric permeable boundary conditions are adopted, i.e. the normal electric displacement and electric potential are continuous across the crack faces. The crack opening displacement is represented by Chebyshev polynomials and a system of equations is derived and solved for the unknown coefficients.     

Dynamic stress intensity factors around two parallel cracks in a functionally graded layer bonded to dissimilar half-planes subjected to anti-plane incident harmonic stress waves

The time-harmonic problem of determining the stress field around two parallel cracks in functionally graded materials (FGMs) is studied. The Fourier transform technique is used to reduce the boundary conditions to four simultaneous integral equations which are then solved by expanding the differences of crack surface displacements in a series. The unknown coefficients in the series are obtained by the Schmidt method. Numerical calculations are carried out for dynamic stress intensity factors (DSIF) in FGMs.     

An interface crack in a functionally graded piezoelectric bi-layer under anti-plane shear impact

The transient response of an interface crack between two dissimilar functionally graded piezoelectric material (FGPM) layers under anti-plane shear impact loading is analyzed using the integral transform method. The properties of the FGPM layers vary continuously along the thickness, and the two layers are connected weak-discontinuously. Laplace transform and Fourier transform are used to reduce the problem to two sets of dual integral equations, which are then expressed to the Fredholm integral equations of the second kind. Numerical values on the dynamic energy release rate are presented for the FGPM to show the effects on the electric loading, variation and gradient of material properties, and thickness of layers. Following things are helpful to increase the resistance of transient fracture of interface crack in FGPMs: (a) increase of the material properties from the interface to the upper or lower free surface; (b) decrease of weak discontinuity at the interface; (c) increase of the gradient of material properties; (d) certain direction and magnitude of the electric loading; and (e) increase of the thickness of the FGPM layer.     

Scattering of the harmonic anti-plane shear waves by a crack in functionally graded piezoelectric materials

In the present paper, the dynamic behavior of a Griffth crack in the functionally graded piezoelectric material (FGPM) is investigated. It is assumed that the elastic stiffness, piezoelectric constant, dielectric permittivity and mass density of the FGPM vary continuously as an exponential function, and that FGPM is under the anti-plane mechanical loading and in-plane electrical loading. By using the Fourier transform and defining the jumps of displacement and electric potential components across the crack surface as the unknown functions, two pairs of dual integral equations are derived. To solve the dual integral equations, the jumps of the displacement and electric potential components across the crack surface are expanded in a series of Jacobi polynomial. Numerical examples are provided to show the effects of material properties on the stress and the electric displacement intensity factors.     

Transverse surface waves on a piezoelectric material carrying a functionally graded layer of finite thickness

The propagation behavior of transverse surface waves (Love waves) in a piezoelectric half space of polarized ceramics carrying a functionally graded material layer is studied from the three-dimensional equations of linear piezoelectricity. The Wentzel–Kramers–Brillouin (WKB) asymptotic technique is adopted for the theoretical derivations of analytical solutions in the functionally graded layer. The dispersion relations of Love wave in the structure are obtained for both electrically open and shorted cases. Firstly, these solutions are used to study effect of the gradient coefficients on the dispersive relations and phase velocities of Love wave propagation. Then influence of the gradient coefficients on the electromechanical coupling factor is discussed in detail. The results reported are meaningful for the design of surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices with high performance.     

功能梯度梁在热冲击下的动态响应

基于Timoshenko梁理论研究了功能梯度材料(FGM)梁在一维热冲击载荷作用下的瞬态动力响应.采用Laplace变换将功能梯度材料中的一维热传导方程转化为拉氏域中的常微分方程进行求解,再进行反变换得到温度场.然后采用微分求积法(DQM)对位移形式的动力学方程及初边值条件进行DQ离散,数值求解离散后的动力学方程,得到了梁在热冲击下的动态位移和应力响应.分析了材料组份指数和几何参数对梁的动力响应的影响,并考察了DQM法对此类问题的有效性.     

On the dynamic propagation of an anti-plane shear crack in a functionally graded piezoelectric strip

Summary. In this paper, a finite crack propagating at constant speed in a functionally graded piezoelectric material (FGPM) is studied. It is assumed that the electroelastic material properties of the FGPM vary continuously according to exponential gradients along the thickness of the strip, and that the strip is under anti-plane shear mechanical and in-plane electrical loads. The analysis is conducted on the electrically unified (natural) crack boundary condition, which is related to the ellipsoidal crack parameters. By using the Fourier transform, the problem is reduced to the solutions of Fredholm integral equations of the second kind. Numerical results for the stress intensity factor and crack sliding displacement are presented to show the influences of the elliptic crack parameters, crack propagation speed, electric field, FGPM gradation, crack length, and electromechanical coupling coefficient. It reveals that there are considerable differences between traditional electric crack models and the present unified crack model.     

Dynamic buckling of functionally graded cylindrical thin shells under non-periodic impulsive loading

Summary.  This paper is concerned with the study of the amplitude of the steady-state vibration in a right finite cylinder made of a mixture consisting of three components: an elastic solid, a viscous fluid and a gas. An exponential decay estimate of Saint-Venant type in terms of the distance from one end of the cylinder is obtained from a first-order differential inequality for a cross-sectional area measure associated with the amplitude of the steady-state vibration. The decay constant depends on the excitation frequency, the constitutive coefficients and the first positive eigenvalue for the fixed membrane problem for the cross-sectional geometry. The paper also indicates how to extend the results to a semi-infinite cylinder. Received October 24, 2002 Published online: April 17, 2003     

Multiple scattering of shear waves and dynamic stress from a circular cavity buried in a semi-infinite slab of functionally graded materials

Based on the theory of elastodynamics and employing image method, the multiple scattering and dynamic stress in a semi-infinite slab of functionally graded materials with a circular cavity are investigated. The analytical solution of this problem is derived, and the numerical solutions of the dynamic stress concentration factor around the cavity are also presented. The effects of the distance between the cavity and the boundaries of the semi-infinite slab, the incident wave number and the non-homogeneity parameter of materials on the dynamic stress concentration factors are analyzed. Analyses show that the dynamic stress around the cavity increases with increasing non-homogeneity parameter of materials and incident wave number. The boundaries of the semi-infinite slab have great effect on both the maximum dynamic stress and the distribution of dynamic stress around the circular cavity, and the effect increases with increasing incident wave number.     

功能梯度材料亚表面缺陷的热波多重散射问题

基于热传导波动模型,采用波函数展开法,研究了半无限功能梯度材料亚表面球形缺陷的热波多重散射.给出了热波散射的一般解.温度波由调制光束在材料表面激发,球形缺陷表面的边界条件为绝热,非均匀参数为指数函数变化.分析了结构几何参数和物理参数对温度分布的影响,并给出了温度变化的数值结果.本研究可为功能梯度材料的分析研究、物理反问题和红外热波成像等提供理论基础和参考数据.     

Dynamic characteristics of fluid-conveying functionally graded cylindrical shells under mechanical and thermal loads

Considering rotary, in-plane inertias, and fluid velocity potential, the dynamic characteristics of fluid-conveying functionally graded materials (FGMs) cylindrical shells subjected to dynamic mechanical and thermal loads are investigated, where material properties of FGM shells are considered as graded distribution across the shell thickness according to a power-law, and dynamic thermal loads applied on the shell is considered as non-linear distribution across the thickness of the shell. The linear response characteristics of fluid-conveying FGM cylindrical shells are obtained by using modal superposition and Newmark’s direct time integration method.     

An analytical method for thermal stresses of a functionally graded material cylindrical shell under a thermal shock

In this paper, the thermal stresses of a thin functionally graded material (FGM) cylindrical shell subjected to a thermal shock are studied. An analytical method is developed. The studied problem for an FGM cylindrical shell is reduced to a plane problem. A perturbation method is used to solve the thermal diffusion equation for FGMs with general thermal properties. Then, the transient thermal stresses are obtained. The results show that the thermal shock is much easier to result in failure than the steady thermal loading. The present method can also be used to solve the crack problem of an FGM cylindrical shell with general thermal properties.     

Dynamic analysis of functionally graded material cylinders under an impact load by a mesh-free method

In this paper, dynamic analysis of functionally graded material cylinders is carried out under an impact load. In this analysis, MLS shape functions are used for the approximation of the displacement field in the weak form of motion equation and essential boundary conditions are imposed by the transformation method. The resulting set of differential equations is solved using central difference approximation. The mechanical properties of the cylinders are assumed to be variable in the radial direction. Effects of the geometrical dimensions of the cylinders and the exponent of material volume fraction on the natural frequencies are investigated by the proposed model and FEM. Then the response of the cylinders to an impact load is determined by the proposed model, and effects of the above-mentioned parameters on the stress wave propagation is investigated.     

The modified couple stress functionally graded cylindrical thin shell formulation

In this article, the functionally graded (FG) cylindrical thin shell formulation is developed by using modified couple stress theory. The equations of motion and classical and nonclassical boundary conditions are extracted based on Hamilton's principle. As a special case, the equations of motion in conjunction with the boundary conditions for simply supported FG cylindrical shell are obtained, and then Navier solution procedure is used for analysis free vibration of nano shell. Afterwards, the influences of different parameters like length scale parameter, distribution of FG properties, and length to radius ratio on dimensionless natural frequency are investigated and compared with classical theory.     

A meshless local boundary integral equation method for dynamic anti-plane shear crack problem in functionally graded materials

This paper presents a meshless local boundary integral equation method (LBIEM) for dynamic analysis of an anti-plane crack in functionally graded materials (FGMs). Local boundary integral equations (LBIEs) are formulated in the Laplace-transform domain. The static fundamental solution for homogeneous elastic solids is used to derive the local boundary–domain integral equations, which are applied to small sub-domains covering the analyzed domain. For the sub-domains a circular shape is chosen, and their centers, the nodal points, correspond to the collocation points. The local boundary–domain integral equations are solved numerically in the Laplace-transform domain by a meshless method based on the moving least–squares (MLS) scheme. Time-domain solutions are obtained by using the Stehfest's inversion algorithm. Numerical examples are given to show the accuracy of the proposed meshless LBIEM.     

热环境下功能梯度圆柱壳振动特性分析

应用谱几何法研究了热环境下功能梯度圆柱壳自由振动和瞬态振动特性。采用边界弹簧技术模拟圆柱壳结构的任意经典或者弹性边界约束条件,并结合一阶剪切变形理论建立了考虑温度场作用的功能梯度圆柱壳结构能量泛函。采用谱几何法与周向傅里叶谐波函数乘积和的形式描述圆柱壳的位移容许函数,以克服不同边界条件下壳体位移函数微分在边界上存在的不连续问题。在此基础上,将位移容许函数代入至结构能量泛函,并采用 Ritz 法获得结构振动分析模型。数值分析结果表明,所构建分析模型能够快速准确预测功能梯度圆柱壳结构的振动特性。研究了幂律指数、温度、载荷等参数对功能梯度圆柱壳振动特性的影响规律,为其他数值分析方法研究提供参考。     

功能梯度压杆在均布载荷作用下的后屈曲形态

对受均布载荷作用功能梯度材料(FGM)压杆的屈曲及后屈曲行为进行了分析。基于杆的大变形理论, 考虑杆的轴线伸长, 建立了受均布载荷作用下细长FGM压杆的几何非线性平衡方程, 其中假设FGM杆的性质沿厚度方向按照幂函数连续变化。采用打靶法和解析延拓法数值求解非线性两点边值问题, 获得了一端自由一端固定FGM杆的后屈曲数值解。给出了不同梯度指标下FGM杆的后屈曲特征曲线, 并与金属和陶瓷两种单相材料杆的相应特性进行了比较, 分析和讨论了材料的梯度性质参数对杆变形的影响。结果表明: FGM杆后屈曲行为与各向同性均质杆有很大区别, 梯度指数对杆的屈曲载荷以及后屈曲形态有明显的影响。