Localized solutions to the nonlinear wave equation for flexural motions of an elastic beam traveling in an air-filled tube

Steady-progressive-wave solutions are sought to the nonlinear wave equation derived previously [J. Fluids Struct. 16 (2002) 597] for flexural motions of an elastic beam traveling in an air-filled tube along its center axis at a subsonic speed. Fluid-structure interactions are taken into account through aerodynamic loading on the lateral surface of the beam subjected to small but finite deflection but end effects and viscous effects are neglected. Linear dispersion characteristics are first examined by exploiting the small ratio of the induced mass to the mass of the beam per unit length. Centered around the traveling speed of the beam, there exists such a narrow range of propagation velocity that the linear steady propagation is prohibited. In this range, it is revealed that some interesting nonlinear solutions exist. The periodic wavetrain is found to exist as the exact solution. Asymptotic analysis is then made by applying the method of multiple scales and the stationary nonlinear Schrödinger equation is derived for a complex amplitude. A monochromatic solution to this equation corresponds to the exact periodic solution. Imposing undisturbed boundary conditions at infinity, it is revealed that the localized solution exists as a result of balance between the linear instability and the nonlinearity. This solution is checked by solving the nonlinear equation numerically. It is further revealed that the amplitude-modulated wavetrain exists not only in the range of the velocity mentioned above but also outside of it.     

梁中非线性弯曲波传播特性的研究

研究了梁中的非线性弯曲波的传播特性，同时考虑了梁的大挠度引起的几何非线性效应和 梁的转动惯性导致的弥散效应，利用Hamilton变分法建立了梁中非线性弯曲波的波动方程. 对该方程进行了定性分析，在不同的条件下，该方程在相平面上存在同宿轨道或异宿轨道， 分别对应于方程的孤波解或冲击波解. 利用Jacobi椭圆函数展开法，对该非线性方程进行 求解，得到了非线性波动方程的准确周期解及相对应的孤波解和冲击波解，讨论了这些解存 在的必要条件，这与定性分析的结果完全相同. 利用约化摄动法从非线性弯曲波动方程中导 出了非线性Schr\"{o}dinger方程，从理论上证明了考虑梁的大挠度和转动惯性时梁中存在 包络孤立波.     

横向爆炸载荷下薄壁圆管的动态响应

采用实验研究、理论分析和有限元模拟相结合的方法，研究了横向爆炸载荷作用下薄壁圆管的动态响应。利用弹道冲击摆锤系统，对圆管在爆炸载荷下的动力响应进行了实验研究，分析了薄壁圆管的变形模式；基于地基梁模型，建立了横向爆炸载荷作用下圆管跨中挠度的理论模型，并进行了无量纲化；通过有限元模拟，分析了圆管的几何参数对其变形模式和跨中挠度的影响，并与理论结果进行了对比。研究结果表明:随着TNT药量增加圆管的变形区域和跨中挠度增大；圆管的长径比、厚度及爆炸载荷参数对圆管的变形模式有较大影响；理论预测、有限元模拟结果与实验结果吻合较好。     

Series solution for large deflections of a cantilever beam with variable flexural rigidity

In this paper large deflection and rotation of a nonlinear Bernoulli-Euler beam with variable flexural rigidity and subjected to a static co-planar follower loading is studied. It is assumed that the angle of inclination of the force with respect to the deformed axis of the beam remains unchanged during deformation. The governing equation of this problem is solved analytically for the first time using a new kind of analytical technique for nonlinear problems, namely the Homotopy Analysis Method (HAM). The present solution can be used for the analysis of a wide range of loads, material/cross section properties and lengths for beams undergoing large deformations. The results obtained from HAM are compared with results reported in previous works. Finally, the load–displacement characteristics of a uniform cantilever beam with different material properties under a follower force applied normal to the deformed beam axis are presented.     

含电学边界的压电层合梁的非线性弯曲波

非线性科学己成为近代科学发展的一个重要标志, 特别是非线性动力学和非线性波的研究对于解决自然科学各领域中遇到的复杂现象和问题有着极其重要的意义. 本文研究了含电学边界条件的压电层合梁的非线性弯曲波传播特性.首先, 考虑几何非线性效应和压电耦合效应, 利用哈密顿原理建立了一维无限长矩形压电层合梁弯曲波的非线性方程.其次, 采用Jacobi椭圆函数展开法对非线性弯曲波方程进行求解, 得到了非线性弯曲波动方程在近似情况下对应的冲击波解和孤波解.最后, 利用约化摄动法得到了非线性薛定谔方程, 进一步得到了亮孤子和暗孤子解.基于两种方法具体研究了外加电压、压电层厚度等参数对冲击波和孤立波以及亮孤子和暗孤子特性的影响. 研究结果表明, 在波速较小时, 外加电压对冲击波的影响较大, 波速较大时, 外加电压对孤立波影响减弱.通过调整作用在压电层合梁上的电压发现了存在亮孤子和暗孤子, 分析结果表明随着外加电压值的增大, 亮孤子和暗孤子的振幅都增大.      

Bending of simply-supported circular timber beam strengthened with fiber reinforced polymer简

The bending behavior of the circular cross-section timber beam strengthened with a fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) sheet is investigated. The tight bonding is on the interface between the surface of a timber beam and the reinforcement layer of the FRP sheet. An analytical expression for the bending moment-curvature relation is presented, and its failure modes are analyzed. The governing equation for nonlinear small deflection of the FRP-strengthened circular timber beam is established, and the corresponding numerical method is given. The bending deformation of the simply-supported circular timber beam strengthened with the carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) sheet subject to a uniform load is studied numerically. The influence of the angle and thickness of the CFRP layer as well as the timber strength on the bending deflection of the FRP-strengthened circular timber beam is examined. It is revealed that, with the increases of the thickness and angle, the deflection of the CFRP-strengthened circular timber beam is decreased, and its carrying capacity and ductility are increased. However, when the angle of the layer reaches a certain value, the deflection will no longer decrease with the increase of the angle. At the same time, the nonlinear bending moment-curvature relation of the CFRP-strengthened circular timber beam is simplified as an approximate bilinear constitutive model. The approximate deflections of the simply-supported circular timber beam strengthened with the CFRP sheet are obtained. The results are compared with the linearly elastic bending and nonlinear bending models, showing that the mid-span deflections of a CFRP-strengthened circular timber beam with the approximate bilinear constitutive model are greater than those with the nonlinear constitutive model. The results of its stiffness analysis are on the safe side.     

广义边界梁的动力学建模与动态特征

对于广义边界条件Euler-Bernoulli梁,采用相对描述方式建立了可描述梁整体运动和相对变形的几何非线性及其线性化动力学模型,应用线性变换得到了该类梁的线性经典动力学方程,得到了广义边界条件下梁的横向振动代数特征方程、特征函数及特征值的退化表达式.算例分析了边界小扰动对固支-固支梁横向振动特征的影响规律.     

Non-linear dynamic response of a rotating radial Timoshenko beam with periodic pulse loading at the free-end

Consideration is given to the dynamic response of a Timoshenko beam under repeated pulse loading. Starting with the basic dynamical equations for a rotating radial cantilever Timoshenko beam clamped at the hub in a centrifugal force field, a system of equations are derived for coupled axial and lateral motions which includes the transverse shear and rotary inertia effects, as well. The hyperbolic wave equation governing the axial motion is coupled with the flexural wave equation governing the lateral motion of the beam through the velocity-dependent skew-symmetric Coriolis force terms. In the analytical formulation, Rayleigh-Ritz method with a set of sinusoidal displacement shape functions is used to determine stiffness, mass and gyroscopic matrices of the system. The tip of the rotating beam is subjected to a periodic pulse load due to local rubbing against the outer case introducing Coulomb friction in the system. Transient response of the beam with the tip deforming due to rub is discussed in terms of the frequency shift and non-linear dynamic response of the rotating beam. Numerical results are presented for this vibro-impact problem of hard rub with varying coefficients of friction and the contact-load time. The effects of beam tip rub forces transmitted through the system are considered to analyze the conditions for dynamic stability of a rotating blade with intermittent rub.     

含孔von Karman板中非线性波散射与边值问题

基于ｖｏｎ Ｋａｒｍａｎ板大挠度弯曲理论,利用小参数摄动法,分析研究了含孔ｖｏｎＫａｒｍａｎ板的非线性波散射与动应力集中问题,其中一类可看成是薄板弯曲波动问题的控制方程。当有单频波入射时,由于弯曲应力与膜应力状态的非线性耦合,孔洞会产生高次谐波散射现象。建立了求解本问题的边界积分方程法,利用积分方程法交替求求这两类问题,最终可获得问题的近似分析解。     

Propagation of surface (seismic) waves: Ordinary differential equations with strongly nonlinear damping

Second-order ordinary differential equations (ODEs) with strongly nonlinear damping (cubic nonlinearities) govern surface wave motions that entail nonlinear surface seismic motions. They apply to dynamic crack propagation and nonlinear oscillation problems in physics and nonlinear mechanics. It is shown that the nonlinear surface seismic wave equation (Rayleigh equation) admits several functional transformations and it is possible to reduce it to an equivalent first-order Abel ODE of the second kind in normal form. Based on a recently developed methodology concerning the construction of exact analytic solutions for the type of Abel equations under consideration, exact solutions are obtained for the nonlinear seismic wave (NLSW) equation for initial conditions of the physical problem. The method employed is general and can be applied to a large class of relevant ODEs in mathematical physics and nonlinear mechanics.     

Impact of a surfacewave on an elastic hull

In order to model a ship hull’s response to the impact of surface waves, the two-dimensional problem of wave impact on an elastic beam whose ends are connected by springs with a rigid structure uniformly submerged in a fluid is considered. The fluid is assumed to be ideal and incompressible and its flow symmetric; the lateral bending of the beam is described by the Euler equation. The fluid flow and the size of the wetted region are determined simultaneously with the calculation of the the beam deflection within the framework of the Wagner approach which takes into account the reshaping of the free surface of the fluid on interacting with a body. The stresses and strains arising in the beam and at its ends during impact are found. The numerical algorithm developed makes it possible to analyze the elastic effects in fluid impacts on thin-walled structures of finite length. Moreover, as the stiffness of the connecting springs tends to zero, the solution of this problem describes the impact of an elastic beam with free ends on a weakly curved fluid surface.     

Nonlinear vibrations of blade with varying rotating speed

This paper investigates the nonlinear dynamic responses of the rotating blade with varying rotating speed under high-temperature supersonic gas flow. The varying rotating speed and centrifugal force are considered during the establishment of the analytical model of the rotating blade. The aerodynamic load is determined using first-order piston theory. The rotating blade is treated as a pretwist, presetting, thin-walled rotating cantilever beam. Using the isotropic constitutive law and Hamilton??s principle, the nonlinear partial differential governing equation of motion is derived for the pretwist, presetting, thin-walled rotating beam. Based on the obtained governing equation of motion, Galerkin??s approach is applied to obtain a two-degree-of-freedom nonlinear system. From the resulting ordinary equation, the method of multiple scales is exploited to derive the four-dimensional averaged equation for the case of 1:1 internal resonance and primary resonance. Numerical simulations are performed to study the nonlinear dynamic response of the rotating blade. In summary, numerical studies suggest that periodic motions and chaotic motions exist in the nonlinear vibrations of the rotating blade with varying speed.     

Experimental investigation of transient flexural waves in beams with discontinuities of cross section

There has been little experimental work on flexural wave propagation in general and on flexural wave propagation in beams with discontinuities of cross section in particular. Experimental data are obtained for various test beams subjected to eccentric longitudinal impact. The bending strain versus time results are presented for several positions along a uniform beam and finite beams (of circular cross section) with discontinuities of cross section. Bending strain histories are recorded at several positions before and after the discontinuity. The effect of reflections on the propagated flexural wave is illustrated. The dispersion of the traveling flexural wave caused several alternating peaks within the duration of the original positive input pulse. The importance of investigating discontinuities of cross section in structures subjected to impact loading is clearly manifested.     

Unbonded contact between a circular plate and an elastic half-space

The paper concerns the unbonded contact between a thin circular plate of finite radius, governed by Kirchhof or Reissner theory, pressed by means of rotationally symmetric distributed load and its own weight against the surface of an elastic half-space. The contact is assumed frictionless and unbonded. A Hankel transform solution is used for the half-space and the plate deflection is found by inverting the plate equation. The coefficients in a power expansion are obtained by equating plate and half-space deflections at a number of points in the contact region. The variation of contact radius with plate radius, the radius of the uniformly applied load, and the relative stiffness of plate and foundation, is displayed in a series of figures.     

Birefringent-coating analysis of laterally loaded perforated plates

The purpose of this investigation was to obtain experimental stress and deflection data for thick, circular, simply supported plates, containing circular transverse perforations in square motif, under uniform lateral loading. The stress-concentration factor and the deflection-multiplier factor, the ratio of the maximum principal stress and the maximum deflection of the perforated plate to that of the solid-plate specimen, respectively, were obtained for each perforated specimen. These factors can be conveniently used for the design of tube sheets, perforated heads, or other similar structural components.     

Nonlinear flexural waves and chaos behavior in finite-deflection Timoshenko beam

Based on the Timoshenko beam theory, the finite-deflection and the axial inertia are taken into account, and the nonlinear partial differential equations for flexural waves in a beam are derived. Using the traveling wave method and integration skills, the nonlinear partial differential equations can be converted into an ordinary differential equation. The qualitative analysis indicates that the corresponding dynamic system has a heteroclinic orbit under a certain condition. An exact periodic solution of the nonlinear wave equation is obtained using the Jacobi elliptic function expansion. When the modulus of the Jacobi elliptic function tends to one in the degenerate case, a shock wave solution is given. The small perturbations are further introduced, arising from the damping and the external load to an original Hamilton system, and the threshold condition of the existence of the transverse heteroclinic point is obtained using Melnikov＇s method. It is shown that the perturbed system has a chaotic property under the Smale horseshoe transform.     

耦合变形对大范围运动柔性梁动力学建模的影响

柔性梁在作大范围空间运动时,产生弯曲和扭转变形,这些变形的相互耦合形成了梁在纵向以及横向位移的二次耦合变量。本文考虑了变形产生的几何非线性效应对运动柔性梁的影响,在其三个方向的变形中均考虑了二次耦合变量,利用弹性旋转矩阵建立了准确的几何非线性变形方程,通过Lagrange方程导出系统的动力学方程。仿真结果表明,在大范围运动情况下,仅在纵向变形中计及了变形二次耦合量的一次动力学模型,与考虑了完全几何非线性变形的模型具有一定的差异。     

气动载荷下旋转运动圆板磁弹性主共振分析

基于Kirchhoff薄板理论与哈密顿原理,建立旋转运动导电圆板的磁-气动弹性非线性动力学方程．根据电磁场基本原理得到旋转运动圆板所受电磁力表达式,同时采用一种简化的气动模型以描述作用于板上的气动载荷．基于贝塞尔函数形式振型函数的选取,应用伽辽金法得到旋转圆板的磁气动弹性轴对称非线性振动微分方程．应用多尺度法推导出主共振下系统的幅频响应方程,并依据Lyapunov方法得到系统稳态运动稳定性判据．通过算例,得到周边夹之约束下圆板主共振的幅频特性曲线图,以及振幅随磁感应强度和激励力幅值的变化曲线图;阐述了不同参数对系统共振幅值的影响规律,并对解的稳定性进行了分析．     

DEFLECTION OF FOUR TYPES OF CANTILEVER BEAMS WITH VARIABLE CROSS SECTION UNDER LATERAL TRIANGULAR DISTRIBUTED LOADS1)

研究了圆柱、圆锥、抛物型和双曲型回转变截面悬臂梁在侧向三角形分布载荷下的挠度。基于四类回转悬臂梁的惯性矩沿长度方向的分布规律,得到其任意侧向分布载荷下的挠曲线方程。基于三角形分布载荷下的挠曲线方程,得到其端部挠度值。在等长度和等体积假设下,通过比较端部挠度值找到四类悬臂梁中挠度最小者。研究表明三角形分布载荷下,特征参数在特定范围内,母线为双曲线的悬臂梁挠度最小。     

Variational analysis of gradient elastic flexural plates under static loading

Gradient elastic flexural Kirchhoff plates under static loading are considered. Their governing equation of equilibrium in terms of their lateral deflection is a sixth order partial differential equation instead of the fourth order one for the classical case. A variational formulation of the problem is established with the aid of the principle of virtual work and used to determine all possible boundary conditions, classical and non-classical ones. Two circular gradient elastic plates, clamped or simply supported at their boundaries, are analyzed analytically and the gradient effect on their static response is assessed in detail. A rectangular gradient elastic plate, simply supported at its boundaries, is also analyzed analytically and its rationally obtained boundary conditions are compared with the heuristically obtained ones in a previous publication of the authors. Finally, a plate with two opposite sides clamped experiencing cylindrical bending is also analyzed and its response compared against that for the cases of micropolar and couple-stress elasticity theories.