A nonlinear microbeam model based on strain gradient elasticity theory with surface energy

A microscale nonlinear Bernoulli–Euler beam model on the basis of strain gradient elasticity with surface energy is presented. The von Karman strain tensor is used to capture the effect of geometric nonlinearity. Governing equations of motion and boundary conditions are obtained using Hamilton’s principle. In particular, the developed beam model is applicable for the nonlinear vibration analysis of microbeams. By employing a global Galerkin procedure, the ordinary differential equation corresponding to the first mode of nonlinear vibration for a simply supported microbeam is obtained. Numerical investigations show that in a microbeam having a thickness comparable with its material length scale parameter, the strain gradient effect on increasing the beam natural frequency is higher than that of the geometric nonlinearity. By increasing the beam thickness, the strain gradient effect decreases or even diminishes. In this case, geometric nonlinearity plays the main role on increasing the natural frequency of vibration. In addition, it is shown that for beams with some specific thickness-to-length parameter ratios, both geometric nonlinearity and size effect have significant role on increasing the frequency of nonlinear vibration.     

功能梯度中厚圆/环板轴对称弯曲问题的解析解

基于一阶剪切变形板理论，导出了热/机载荷作用下，位移形式的功能梯度 中厚圆/环板轴对称弯曲问题的控制方程，获得了问题的位移和内力的一般解析解. 作为特 例，分别研究了边缘径向固定和可动的夹紧和简支的4种实心功能梯度圆板，给出了它们的 解，并分析了热/机载荷作用下解的形态，讨论了横向剪切变形、材料梯度常数和边界条件， 对板的轴对称弯曲行为的影响.     

Analysis of plate in second strain gradient elasticity

The bending analysis of a thin rectangular plate is carried out in the framework of the second gradient elasticity. In contrast to the classical plate theory, the gradient elasticity can capture the size effects by introducing internal length. In second gradient elasticity model, two internal lengths are present, and the potential energy function is assumed to be quadratic function in terms of strain, first- and second-order gradient strain. Second gradient theory captures the size effects of a structure with high strain gradients more effectively rather than first strain gradient elasticity. Adopting the Kirchhoff’s theory of plate, the plane stress dimension reduction is applied to the stress field, and the governing equation and possible boundary conditions are derived in a variational approach. The governing partial differential equation can be simplified to the first gradient or classical elasticity by setting first or both internal lengths equal to zero, respectively. The clamped and simply supported boundary conditions are derived from the variational equations. As an example, static, stability and free vibration analyses of a simply supported rectangular plate are presented analytically.     

功能梯度压电圆板自由振动问题的三维精确分析

本文对周边为广义刚性滑动和广义简支两种边界条件下的功能梯度压电材料圆板自由振动问题进行分析。根据轴对称横观各向同性压电材料基本方程,并利用有限Hankel变换得到了功能梯度压电材料圆板的状态空间方程。假设材料的机械和电学性质均沿板厚方向按统一的指数函数形式梯度分布,从而获得了周边为广义刚性滑动和广义弹性简支两种边界条件下功能梯度压电圆板自由振动问题的三维精确频率方程,该方程是一个关于自由振动频率的超越方程,通过求解该超越方程可得到在不同板厚以及不同的材料性质梯度变化情况下的圆板自由振动频率值,结果表明在相同的材料性质梯度变化情况下频率均随着板厚增加而增大,而在相同的板厚情况下频率则随材料性质梯度变化指数的增大而减小的结论。     

Non-linear analysis of functionally graded circular plates under asymmetric transverse loading

Based on the first-order shear deformation plate theory with von Karman non-linearity, the non-linear axisymmetric and asymmetric behavior of functionally graded circular plates under transverse mechanical loading are investigated. Introducing a stress function and a potential function, the governing equations are uncoupled to form equations describing the interior and edge-zone problems of FG plates. This uncoupling is then used to conveniently present an analytical solution for the non-linear asymmetric deformation of an FG circular plate. A perturbation technique, in conjunction with Fourier series method to model the problem asymmetries, is used to obtain the solution for various clamped and simply supported boundary conditions. The material properties are graded through the plate thickness according to a power-law distribution of the volume fraction of the constituents. The results are verified by comparison with the existing results in the literature. The effects of non-linearity, material properties, boundary conditions, and boundary-layer phenomena on various response quantities in a solid circular plate are studied and discussed. It is found that linear analysis is inadequate for analysis of simply supported FG plates which are immovable in radial direction even in the small deflection range. Furthermore, the responses of FG materials under a positive load and a negative load of identical magnitude are not the same. It is observed that the boundary-layer width is approximately equal to the plate thickness with the boundary-layer effect in clamped FG plates being stronger than that in simply supported plates.     

线性变厚度粘弹性矩形板在随从力作用下的动力稳定性

利用粘弹性微分型本构关系和薄板理论,对线性变厚度粘弹性矩形薄板建立了在切向均布随从力作用下的运动微分方程,采用微分求积法研究了在随从力作用下线性变厚度粘弹性矩形薄板的稳定性问题,具体对对边简支对边固支和三边简支一边固支条件下体变为弹性、畸变服从Kelvin-Voigt模型的变厚度粘弹性矩形板在随从力下的广义特征值问题进行了求解,分析了薄板的长宽比、厚度比及材料的无量纲延滞时间的变化对随从力作用下矩形薄板的失稳形式及相应的临界荷载的影响.     

Thermoelastic damping in micro-beam resonators

Thermoelastic damping is recognized as a significant loss mechanism at room temperature in micro-scale beam resonators. In this paper, the governing equations of coupled thermoelastic problems are established based on the generalized thermoelastic theory with one relaxation time. The thermoelastic damping of micro-beam resonators is analyzed by using both the finite sine Fourier transformation method combined with Laplace transformation and the normal mode analysis. The vibration responses of deflection and thermal moment are obtained for the micro-beams with simply supported and isothermal boundary conditions. The vibration frequency is analyzed for three boundary condition cases, i.e., the clamped and isothermal, the simply supported and isothermal, and the simply supported and adiabatic. The analytic results show that the amplitude of deflection and thermal moment are attenuated and the vibration frequency is increased with thermoelastic coupling effect being considered. In addition, it can be found from both the analytic results and the numerical calculations that these properties are size-dependent. When the thickness of the micro-beam is larger than its characteristic size, the effect of thermoelastic damping weakens as the beam thickness increases. The size-effect induced by thermoelastic coupling would disappear when the thickness of the micro-beam is over a critical value that depends on the material properties and the boundary conditions.     

加热压电纤维复合材料圆板的横向自由振动

基于经典薄板理论和极正交各向异性材料的本构理论,建立了加热压电纤维复合材料圆板的线性振动控制微分方程。采用打靶法分别获得了加热压电纤维复合材料圆板在周边固支和简支情况下,无量纲固有频率随温度和电场强度变化的关系曲线,并分析了压电纤维体积分数、刚度参数、电场强度和温度变化对压电纤维复合材料圆板无量纲固有频率的影响。结果表明,一定体积分数或者电场强度下,压电纤维复合材料圆板的无量纲固有频率都随温度的升高而单调下降;同一温度下,刚度参数越小,无量纲固有频率越低;电场强度越大,无量纲固有频率越高。     

四种非正交边界板考虑初始荷载效应的后期荷载位移近似解

基于考虑初始荷载效应情况下板的一般形式的静力平衡微分方程,运用坐标变换得到了轴对称情形,考虑初始荷载效应后圆形板的极坐标形式的静力平衡微分方程。运用Galerkin法解得了简支等边三角形板、固支椭圆板、固支圆形板和简支圆形板四种非正交边界板考虑初始荷载效应的后期荷载位移近似解。运用相关文献提出的有限元法验证了近似解的正确性。各位移近似解表达式简单、物理意义明确,清楚地反映了初始荷载及相关因素对后期荷载位移的影响。计算分析表明：初始荷载效应提高了板的弯曲刚度,减小了板的后期荷载位移;板的初始荷载效应主要受初始荷载、跨厚比及边界条件等因素的影响。     

Nonlinear bending of size-dependent circular microplates based on the modified couple stress theory

The present study proposes a nonclassical Kirchhoff plate model for the axisymmetrically nonlinear bending analysis of circular microplates under uniformly distributed transverse loads. The governing differential equations are derived from the principle of minimum total potential energy based on the modified couple stress theory and von Kármán geometrically nonlinear theory in terms of the deflection and radial membrane force, with only one material length scale parameter to capture the size-dependent behavior. The governing equations are firstly discretized to a set of nonlinear algebraic equations by the orthogonal collocation point method, and then solved numerically by the Newton–Raphson iteration method to obtain the size-dependent solutions for deflections and radial membrane forces. The influences of length scale parameter on the bending behaviors of microplates are discussed in detail for immovable clamped and simply supported edge conditions. The numerical results indicate that the microplates modeled by the modified couple stress theory causes more stiffness than modeled by the classical continuum plate theory, such that for plates with small thickness to material length scale ratio, the difference between the results of these two theories is significantly large, but it becomes decreasing or even diminishing with increasing thickness to length scale ratio.     

Nonlinear damping in large-amplitude vibrations: modelling and experiments

Experimental data clearly show a strong and nonlinear dependence of damping from the maximum vibration amplitude reached in a cycle for macro- and microstructural elements. This dependence takes a completely different level with respect to the frequency shift of resonances due to nonlinearity, which is commonly of 10–25% at most for shells, plates and beams. The experiments show that a damping value over six times larger than the linear one must be expected for vibration of thin plates when the vibration amplitude is about twice the thickness. This is a huge change! The present study derives accurately, for the first time, the nonlinear damping from a fractional viscoelastic standard solid model by introducing geometric nonlinearity in it. The damping model obtained is nonlinear, and its frequency dependence can be tuned by the fractional derivative to match the material behaviour. The solution is obtained for a nonlinear single-degree-of-freedom system by harmonic balance. Numerical results are compared to experimental forced vibration responses measured for large-amplitude vibrations of a rectangular plate (hardening system), a circular cylindrical panel (softening system) and a clamped rod made of zirconium alloy (weak hardening system). Sets of experiments have been obtained at different harmonic excitation forces. Experimental results present a very large damping increase with the peak vibration amplitude, and the model is capable of reproducing them with very good accuracy.     

NONLINEAR VIBRATION OF CIRCULAR SANDWICH PLATES UNDER CIRCUMJACENT LOAD

Based on von Karman plate theory, the issue about nonlinear vibration for circular sandwich plates under circumjacent load with the loosely clamped boundary condition was researched. Nonlinear differential eigenvalue equations and boundary conditions of the problem were formulated by variational method and then their exact static solution can be got. The solution was derived by modified iteration method, so the analytic relations between amplitude and nonlinear oscillating frequency for circular sandwich plates were obtained. When circumjacent load makes the lowest natural frequency zero, critical load is obtained.     

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.     

Nonlinear vibration analysis of micro-plates based on strain gradient elasticity theory

In this study, non-linear free vibration of micro-plates based on strain gradient elasticity theory is investigated. A general form of Mindlin’s first-strain gradient elasticity theory is employed to obtain a general Kirchhoff micro-plate formulation. The von Karman strain tensor is used to capture the geometric non-linearity. The governing equations of motion and boundary conditions are obtained in a variational framework. The Homotopy analysis method is employed to obtain an accurate analytical expression for the non-linear natural frequency of vibration. For some specific values of the gradient-based material parameters, the general plate formulation can be reduced to those based on some special forms of strain gradient elasticity theory. Accordingly, three different micro-plate formulations are introduced, which are based on three special strain gradient elasticity theories. It is found that both geometric non-linearity and size effect increase the natural frequency of vibration. In a micro-plate having a thickness comparable with the material length scale parameter, the strain gradient effect on increasing the non-linear natural frequency is higher than that of the geometric non-linearity. By increasing the plate thickness, the strain gradient effect decreases or even diminishes. In this case, geometric non-linearity plays the main role on increasing the natural frequency of vibration. In addition, it is shown that for micro-plates with some specific thickness to length scale parameter ratios, both geometric non-linearity and size effect have significant role on increasing the frequency of non-linear vibration.     

热环境中旋转运动功能梯度圆板的强非线性固有振动

研究热环境中旋转运动功能梯度圆板的非线性固有振动问题．针对金属－陶瓷功能梯度圆板,考虑几何非线性、材料物理属性参数随温度变化以及材料组分沿厚度方向按幂律分布的情况,应用哈密顿原理推得热环境中旋转运动功能梯度圆板的非线性振动微分方程．考虑周边夹支边界条件,利用伽辽金法得到了横向非线性固有振动方程,并确定了静载荷引起的静挠度．用改进的多尺度法求解强非线性方程,得出非线性固有频率表达式．通过算例,分析了旋转运动功能梯度圆板固有频率随转速、温度等参量的变化情况．结果表明,非线性固有频率随金属含量的增加而降低;随转速和圆板厚度的增大而升高;随功能梯度圆板表面温度的升高而降低．     

Bending of uniformly cantilever rectangular plates

An exact solution is given for the bending of uniformly loaded rectangular cantilever plates by using the idea of generalized simply supported edge together with the method of superposition. As illustrative examples, a square plate and a rectangular plate with the ratio of the clamped edge to the neighbouring free edge equal to two are solved numerically. The results are compared with those obtained from approximate methods to confirm the validity of the method presented.     

Bending of uniformly loaded rectangular plates with two adjacent edges clamped, one edge simply supported and the other edge free

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Thermal effect on vibration of non-homogenous visco-elastic rectangular plate of linearly varying thickness

An analysis for vibration of non-homogenous visco-elastic rectangular plate of linearly varying thickness subjected to thermal gradient has been discussed in the present investigation. For visco-elastic, the basic elastic and viscous elements are combined. We have taken Kelvin model for visco-elasticity that is the combination of the elastic and viscous elements in parallel. Here the elastic element means the spring and the viscous element means the dashpot. The governing differential equation of motion has been solved by Galerkin’s technique. Deflection, time period and logarithmic decrement at different points for the first two modes of vibration are calculated for various values of thermal gradients, non homogeneity constant, taper constant and aspect ratio for non-homogenous visco-elastic rectangular plate which is clamped on two parallel edges and simply supported on remaining two edges. Comparison studies have been carried out with homogeneous visco-elastic rectangular plate to establish the accuracy and versatility.     

THERMOELASTIC FREE VIBRATION OF CLAMPED CIRCULAR PLATE

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A comparative analysis of Mindlin and Kirchhoff bending solutions for nonlinearly tapered annular plate with free edges

In this study, we consider the problem of nonlinearly tapered annular plate with a free edge. The supported edge may be simply supported, clamped or elastically restrained against rotation. Exact expressions of deflection, moment-resultants, and stresses are presented for nonuniform thickness. We compare the results of the Kirchhoff plate theory and the Mindlin plate theory. It is shown that the Kirchhoff plate theory and the Mindlin plate theory provide approximately the same results for the positive values of the thickness factor, but the difference between the deflections diverges as the thickness increases at the inner edge. We also propose that the Kirchhoff plate theory may be used in the region of −0.4 ≤ α < 1 and the Mindlin plate theory must be used for α < −0.4.