The Effect of Multiple Buckling Modes on the Postbuckling Behavior of Plane Elastic Frames. Part I. Symmetric Frames

The postbuckling behavior of a one-bay, two-storey frame with built-in edges and symmetric with respect to midspan is analyzed. Columns are assumed to be inextensible and shear-undeformable, and beams are rigid. Then two buckling modes are possible, that is, sidesway of the lower floor with rigid horizontal displacement of the top floor and sidesway of the top floor with the lower floor undergoing no displacement. Obviously, the two buckling modes occur simultaneously if the ratios EI/h⁷ (EI being the bending stiffness of a column and h its length) are properly selected. Within the framework of a Koiter-type energy approach a suitable perturbation formulation is derived from a “hybrid” functional which is obtained by adding to the potential energy certain extra terms which account for the nonlinear energy associated with the internal forces applied to the beam at the joints. Results show that the postbuckling behavior of a single buckling mode can be stable or unstable according to the value of the ratio h/l, where l is the frame span. In the case of simultaneous buckling modes the structural behavior in the postbuckling range never improves, but no severe changes are noticed in comparison with the preceding case.     

半刚性连接钢框架的拟动力实验研究

在钢框架结构的设计中, 通常将梁柱节点处理为完全刚接或理想的铰接.但是在实际框架中, 梁柱节点表现出半刚性.目前的实验研究基本都基于结构和构件的静力分析.本文对半刚性连接钢框架结构进行了拟动力实验研究,得出了在地震波激励作用下,半刚性节点初始刚度对钢框架的楼层刚度、基底剪力、楼层位移和楼层加速度的影响.对实验结果进行对比分析可以看出,在结构侧向位移满足的前提下半刚性连接刚度的减弱会引起结构作用效应的降低.实验总结出的节点半刚性对结构动力性能影响的一些结论,将为高层钢结构设计规范的修改提供实验基础.     

正常使用极限状态下半刚性连接组合梁框架侧移的简化计算

对于无支撑半刚性连接框架而言,仅依靠梁柱本身的抗弯刚度为整个结构提供必需的水平抗侧移刚度,在满足正常使用要求的极限情况下,很有可能是框架的侧移控制设计而不是其承载力,为了充分理解半刚性连接组合梁框架在水平荷载下的侧移特性,本文采用等效刚度梁的概念,将半刚性连接的框架简化为等效的刚接框架,通过等效刚接框架与实际半刚性连接框架有限元分析结果的比较,表明采用等效刚接框架法能准确预测半刚性连接框架的侧移.半刚性连接组合梁框架中的有关参数对其侧移具有不同的影响,半刚性连接组合梁框架的侧移计算可用等效刚接框架进行简化计算,通过算例验证了建议的简化方法不仅可以使计算大大简化,而且具有工程设计可接受的精度.     

Symmetric Bifurcation of Plane Frames through a Modified Potential Energy Approach

Abstract

The modified potential energy approach to the nonlinear analysis of slender elastic beams is employed to investigate the buckling and postbuckling behavior of two symmetric plane frames, namely a hinged portal frame and a hinged two-bar frame, The beams are assumed to be inextensible and shear undeformable. The “hybrid” functional on which the present analysis is based according to a Koiter-type energy approach is obtained from the total potential energy functional by adding extra terms which account for the nonlinear energy associated with the internal forces applied at the beam ends. Thus the nonlinear constraints on the potential energy (expressed in terms of the cross-section rotation φ only), which are associated with the continuity condition relative to the axial and lateral displacement across the joints, are accounted for by introducing the corresponding joint forces as Lagrangian multipliers. The inherent simplicity of the proposed beam model facilitates the postbuckling analysis of the two structures up to and including fourth order terms. A number of diagrams illustrate the results obtained.     

Postbuckling analysis and its application to stretchable electronics

A versatile strategy for fabricating stretchable electronics involves controlled buckling of bridge structures in circuits that are configured into open, mesh layouts (i.e. islands connected by bridges) and bonded to elastomeric substrates. Quantitative analytical mechanics treatments of the responses of these bridges can be challenging, due to the range and diversity of possible motions. Koiter (1945) pointed out that the postbuckling analysis needs to account for all terms up to the 4th power of displacements in the potential energy. Existing postbuckling analyses, however, are accurate only to the 2nd power of displacements in the potential energy since they assume a linear displacement–curvature relation. Here, a systematic method is established for accurate postbuckling analysis of beams. This framework enables straightforward study of the complex buckling modes under arbitrary loading, such as lateral buckling of the island-bridge, mesh structure subject to shear (or twist) or diagonal stretching observed in experiments. Simple, analytical expressions are obtained for the critical load at the onset of buckling, and for the maximum bending, torsion (shear) and principal strains in the structure during postbuckling.     

Non-linear buckling and postbuckling behavior of thin-walled beams considering shear deformation

The static stability of thin-walled composite beams, considering shear deformation and geometrical non-linear coupling, subjected to transverse external force has been investigated in this paper. The theory is formulated in the context of large displacements and rotations, through the adoption of a shear deformable displacement field (accounting for bending and warping shear) considering moderate bending rotations and large twist. This non-linear formulation is used for analyzing the prebuckling and postbuckling behavior of simply supported, cantilever and fixed-end beams subjected to different load condition. Ritz's method is applied in order to discretize the non-linear differential system and the resultant algebraic equations are solved by means of an incremental Newton-Rapshon method. The numerical results show that the beam loses its stability through a stable symmetric bifurcation point and the postbuckling strength is in relation with the buckling load value. Classical predictions of lateral buckling are conservative when the prebuckling displacements are not negligible and the non-linear buckling analysis is required for reliable solutions. The analysis is supplemented by investigating the effects of the variation of load height parameter. In addition, the critical load values and postbuckling response obtained with the present beam model are compared with the results obtained with a shell finite element model (Abaqus).     

Postbuckling and Imperfection Sensitivity Analysis of Axially Stiffened Cylindrical Shells with Mode Interaction

Abstract

Interaction of nearly simultaneous buckling modes in the presence of imperfections is studied. The investigation is concerned with axially stiffened cylindrical shells under axial compression. In these structures, two modes are of particular interest, namely an overall long-wave and a local shortwave buckling mode. Numerical results show that in some cases bending of the stringers in the local mode postbuckling solution plays an important role. Exclusion of this effect, as was done in a previous study by Byskov and Hutchinson, may lead to an overestimation of the carrying capacity of the shell. Furthermore, it is found that apparently reasonable approximations to the postbuckling fields associated with both the local and the overall mode, as well as with the overall mode alone, may lead to inexact values of the buckling load.     

Exact solution and stability of postbuckling configurations of beams

We present an exact solution for the postbuckling configurations of beams with fixed–fixed, fixed–hinged, and hinged–hinged boundary conditions. We take into account the geometric nonlinearity arising from midplane stretching, and as a result, the governing equation exhibits a cubic nonlinearity. We solve the nonlinear buckling problem and obtain a closed-form solution for the postbuckling configurations in terms of the applied axial load. The critical buckling loads and their associated mode shapes, which are the only outcome of solving the linear buckling problem, are obtained as a byproduct. We investigate the dynamic stability of the obtained postbuckling configurations and find out that the first buckled shape is a stable equilibrium position for all boundary conditions. However, we find out that buckled configurations beyond the first buckling mode are unstable equilibrium positions. We present the natural frequencies of the lowest vibration modes around each of the first three buckled configurations. The results show that many internal resonances might be activated among the vibration modes around the same as well as different buckled configurations. We present preliminary results of the dynamic response of a fixed–fixed beam in the case of a one-to-one internal resonance between the first vibration mode around the first buckled configuration and the first vibration mode around the second buckled configuration.     

Postbuckling of long unsymmetrically laminated composite plates under axial compression

An approximate solution is given for the postbuckling of infinitely long and unsymmetrically laminated composite plates. This solution is obtained by superposing a polynomial transverse displacement given by bending due to unsymmetric laminate configurations and a simple functional representation for the buckling mode in conjunction with the Galerkin method. Nondimensional parameters are used to express the approximate solution in a very simple and clear formulation. The results given by this solution for axial compression in the longitudinal direction are compared with the results given by the nonlinear finite element method (FEM) for finite length rectangular long plates. The influence of the boundary conditions on postbuckling response is also studied. For the FEM analysis, two different simply supported boundary conditions on the long edges of the plate are considered. It is found that these two sets of boundary conditions give different results for the buckling and postbuckling finite element analysis. In most cases the FEM analysis overestimate and, respectively, underestimate the approximate closed form solution, depending on the type of simply supported boundary condition considered. Thus, the approximate solution appears useful for design purposes as an averaged quantity between the two FEM analyses. Also, it is found that the reduced bending stiffness method can be successfully used for determining the approximate solution.     

高层空间框架结构动力分析的超级元子结构模型

本文将超级元和子结构的思想相结合,根据框架结构的变形特点,建立了高层空间框架结构动力分析的超级元子结构模型。模型中将楼面划分为子结构,在总结构层次将各子结构假想为二维连续体后用超级元来描述,而在子结构内部仍用经典有限元三维梁单元模拟。据此,框架梁位于同一超级元内,而框架柱连接不同的超级元。通过假设子结构内部结点自由度与总结构结点自由度的位移关系,得到超级元的质量矩阵以及框架梁和框架柱的单元刚度方程。该模型中空间框架结构的动力和非动力自由度均有大幅度的缩减,而刚性楼面假定可以进一步减少计算量。最后通过一幢30层钢筋混凝土空间框架结构的动力特性分析验证本文理论的正确性和适用性。     

Non-linear stability analysis of imperfect thin-walled composite beams

The static non-linear behavior of thin-walled composite beams is analyzed considering the effect of initial imperfections. A simple approach is used for determining the influence of imperfection on the buckling, prebuckling and postbuckling behavior of thin-walled composite beams. The fundamental and secondary equilibrium paths of perfect and imperfect systems corresponding to a major imperfection are analyzed for the case where the perfect system has a stable symmetric bifurcation point. A geometrically non-linear theory is formulated in the context of large displacements and rotations, through the adoption of a shear deformable displacement field. An initial displacement, either in vertical or horizontal plane, is considered in presence of initial geometric imperfection. Ritz's method is applied in order to discretize the non-linear differential system and the resultant algebraic equations are solved by means of an incremental Newton-Rapshon method. The numerical results are presented for a simply supported beam subjected to axial or lateral load. It is shown in the examples that a major imperfection reduces the load-carrying capacity of thin-walled beams. The influence of this effect is analyzed for different fiber orientation angle of a symmetric balanced lamination. In addition, the postbuckling response obtained with the present beam model is compared with the results obtained with a shell finite element model (Abaqus).     

Distributed piezoelectric actuation of a bistable buckled beam

Bistable structures, such as buckled beams or plates, are characterized by a two-well potential. Their nonlinear properties are currently exploited in actuators design (e.g. MEMS micropumps, switches, memory cells) to produce relatively high displacements and forces with low actuation energies. We investigate the use of distributed multiparameter actuation to control the buckling and postbuckling behavior of a three-layer piezoelectric beam pinned at either end. A two-parameter bending actuation controls the transversal motion, whilst an axial actuation and a beam end-shortening modulate the tangent bending stiffness. The postbuckling behavior is studied by reducing to a 2 dof system a nonlinear extensible elastica model. When the bending actuation is spatially symmetric, the postbuckling phenomena are analogue to those obtained for a transversal midspan force, being characterized by a snap-through instability. The use of a two-parameter actuation opens new transition scenarios, where it is possible to get true quasi-static transitions between the two specular equilibria of the buckled beam, without any instability phenomenon. The efficiencies of these different transition paths are discussed in terms of energetic requirements and stability properties. A numerical example shows the technical feasibility of the proposed actuation technique.     

Non-linear in-plane postbuckling of arches with rotational end restraints under uniform radial loading

This paper presents a thorough and comprehensive investigation of non-linear buckling and postbuckling analyses of pin-ended shallow circular arches subjected to a uniform radial load and which have equal elastic rotational end-restraints. The differential equations of equilibrium for non-linear buckling and postbuckling are established based on a virtual work approach. Exact solutions for the non-linear bifurcation, limit point and lowest buckling loads are obtained; in particular, exact solutions for the non-linear postbuckling equilibrium paths are derived. The criteria for switching between fundamental buckling and postbuckling modes are developed in terms of critical values of a geometric parameter for an arch, with exact solutions for these critical values of geometric parameter being obtained. Analytical solutions of non-linear buckling and postbuckling problems for arches with rotational end-restraints are of great interest, since they constitute one of the very few closed-form analyses of buckling and postbuckling behaviour of continuous structural systems. These exact solutions are a contribution to the non-linear structural mechanics of arches, as well as providing useful benchmark solutions for verifying non-linear numerical analyses.     

基于mbS模式的有限单元法

mbS模式及其有限元法是在固体和结构分析模型中引入薄膜、弯曲和剪切理论,且采用纯拉压、纯弯和纯剪单元进行分析的数值方法。在时空系中剖分物质单元和时间单元上构造以指数函数和贝塞尔函数为插入函数且按Lagrange插值条件的薄膜、弯曲和剪切等基本位移函数,由此得到更加完备和耦合的固体和结构实体单元的变形模式,根据能量泛函变分原理得到静动力有限元基本方程的一致格式。研究表明,mbS模式及其有限元法可用于梁柱和板壳等结构的静动力分析及屈曲分析。     

双曲冷却塔塔筒水平地震响应分析

为明确冷却塔在水平地震下的内力环向分布特征及内在原因,同时探究不同地震波时程与规范反应谱所得内力差异的原因,以某大型双曲冷却塔为例,在动力特性分析的基础上,通过反应谱方法和时程方法的水平地震响应计算及对比分析,对上述两个问题进行了研究。研究表明:由于仅侧弯振型对水平地震有贡献,而塔筒的侧弯振型和实际响应均表现为整体侧倾并伴随微弱的截面“流动”变形,这也使塔筒各内力的环向分布分别呈现正弦、余弦分布特征;其整体侧倾可类比于悬臂杆结构,塔筒子午向轴力FY、子午向弯矩MY、剪力FXY和扭矩MXY的环向分布可借助悬臂杆侧倾时截面正应力和剪应力分布来解释;而截面“流动”变形则决定了环向轴力FX和环向弯矩MX的环向分布;整体侧移显著而截面变形极小也使FY和FXY的幅值在塔筒中下部明显大于FX;由于冷却塔第1阶侧弯振型在水平地震响应中往往起绝对主导作用,因此可先对所选地震波计算得到其反应谱,对比第1阶侧弯振型周期对应的水平地震影响系数α值,即可初步推断不同时程及规范反应谱方法所得结果的大小关系。     

Postbuckling analysis of elastic shells of revolution considering mode switching and interaction

The postbuckling response of shells is known to exhibit complex phenomena including mode switching and interaction, particularly in the advanced postbuckling range. The existing literature contains many initial postbuckling analyses as well as advanced postbuckling analyses for a single buckling mode, but little work is available on the advanced postbuckling analysis of shells of revolution considering mode switching and interaction. In this paper, a numerical method for the advanced postbuckling analysis of thin shells of revolution subject to torsionless axisymmetric loads is presented, in which such mode switching and interaction are properly captured. Numerical results obtained using the present method for several typical problems not only demonstrate the capability of the method, but also lead to significant observations concerning the postbuckling behavior of thin shells of revolution. In particular, the results show that strong interaction between different harmonic modes may exist and the transition of deformation mode from one to another is gradual. Consequently, the conventional approach of finding the postbuckling path of a shell as the lower festoon curve of postbuckling paths of individual harmonic modes is not valid and is at best a convenient approximation.     

土-地铁车站及其上盖结构体系地震反应分析

为研究地震作用下地铁车站及其上盖结构体系的地震反应特征，本文以一典型的地铁车站及上盖结构体系为背景，采用ABAQUS软件建立土-地铁车站及其上盖结构体系的三维有限元模型，利用等效线性化方法考虑土的非线性，以不同类型的单向地震波和双向地震波（含水平向和竖向）作为输入，对土-地铁车站及其上盖结构体系进行了地震反应分析，比较了不同类型地震波作用下地铁车站及其上盖结构体系地震反应的差异，探讨了竖向地震动效应和转换梁刚度的影响．本文的算例结果表明：与普通基岩波和El-centro反演波输入相比较，在长周期基岩地震波作用下地铁车站及其上盖结构体系的内力响应和位移响应均最大．这一地铁车站及其上盖结构体系的薄弱部位位于地铁车站底层第2列、第3列柱的柱端和侧墙与底板连接处．竖向地震动对地铁车站及其上盖结构体系中柱的轴力响应值有较大影响．对于本文的动力计算工况，适当弱化转换梁刚度可降低上盖结构层间位移角的动力响应值．     

POLYNOMIAL SOLUTIONS TO PIEZOELECTRIC BEAMS(Ⅰ)--SEVERAL EXACT SOLUTIONS

For the orthotropic piezoelectric plane problem, a series of piezoelectric beams is solved and the corresponding exact solutions are obtained with the trial-anderror method on the basis of the general solution in the case of three distinct eigenvalues, in which all displacements, electrical potential, stresses and electrical displacements are expressed by three displacement functions in terms of harmonic polynomials. These problems are rectangular beams having rigid body displacements and identical electrical potential, rectangular beams under uniform tension and electric displacement as well as pure shearing and pure bending, beams of two free ends subjected to uniform electrical potential on the upper and lower surfaces.     

Buckling of a beam subjected to electromagnetic force and its stabilization by controlling the perturbation of the bifurcation

For a beam subjected to electromagnetic force, magnetoelastic buckling due to the increase of such force is theoretically investigated by taking account of the nonlinearity of the electromagnetic force and the elastic force of the beam. Using Liapunov-Schmidt method and center manifold theory, the equilibrium space, the bifurcation set and the bifurcation diagram are theoretically derived. Also, the effect of the higher modes other than the buckling mode on the mode shape of the postbuckling state is discussed. Furthermore, a control method to stabilize the magnetoelastic buckling is proposed, and the unstable equilibrium state of the beam in the postbuckling state, i.e., the straight position of the beam, is stabilized by controlling the perturbation of the bifurcation.