Magnetoelastic bending and stability of current-carrdying coil structures

As a results of magnetoelastic interaction, the mechanical behavior of current-carrying coil structures, such as deformation and instability, is a key problem in the design of strong field magnets. In this paper, a nonlinear mathematical model is presented to described the deformation and buckling of D-type current-carrying coil, based on the Biot-Savart law and the bending theory of curved beams. The bending deformation, the critical value of current for the magnetoelastic buckling of the current-carrying coil, and the effect of the type and number of supports at middle part of the bendling coil on the critical value are quantitatively investigated by a semi-analytical and semi-numerical method. The numerical results are shown to be in good agreement with the experimental data. The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Science Foundation of the State Education Committee of China for Outstanding Teacher in Universities, and the Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province of China     

ON THE ORIENTATION OF BUCKLING DIRECTION OF ANISOTROPIC ELASTIC PLATE UNDER UNIAXIAL COMPRESSION

The theory of small deformation superimposed on a large deformation of an elastic solid is used to investigate the buckling of anisotropic elastic plate under uniaxial compression. The buckling direction (the direction of buckling wave) is generally not aligned with the compression direction. The equation for determining the buckling direction is obtained. It is found that the out-of-plane buckling of anisotropic elastic plate is possible and both buckling conditions for flexural and extensional modes are presented. As a specific case of buckling of anisotropic elastic plate, the buckling of an orthotropic elastic plate subjected to a compression in a direction that forms an arbitrary angle with an elastic principal axis of the materials is analyzed. It is found that the buckling direction depends on the angle between the compression direction and the principal axis of the materials, the critical compressive force and plate-thickness parameters. In the case that the compression direction is aligned with the principal axis of the materials, the buckling direction will be aligned with the compression one irrespective of critical compressive force and plate-thickness. Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 19772032).     

Influence of shear deformation on the buckling of elastically supported beams

Summary The influence of shear deformation on the buckling behavior of a beam supported laterally by a Winkler elastic foundation is studied. A full investigation of the bifurcation points at which, under axial load, the beam becomes critical with respect to one or two simultaneous buckling modes is made. The configurations and stabilities of the equilibrium paths that bifurcate from the critical points are derived. From the results of theoretical analysis, it becomes evident that shear deformation has a considerable effect upon the equilibriums and stabilities of the post-buckling of the beam. The results for the Bernoulli-Euler beam can be obtained as a limiting case for those of the present beam by letting the shear stiffness tend to infinity.Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China     

The bifurcation problem of columns caused by elastic-plastic stress wave propagation

In this paper, the dynamic buckling of an elastic-plastic column is studied. Let its dynamic buckling under step load be reduced to a bifurcation problem caused by the propagation of axial elastic-plastic stress wave. The critical buckling condition is given and the reflection of the elastic-plastic stress wave is taken into consideration. In the end, numerical computation and conclusions are presented and obtained. Foundation item: the National Natural Science Foundation of China (19672038)     

A catastrophe model for the impact torsional buckling of elastic cylindrical shell

The catastrophe theory is used to study the impact buckling of elastic structures. A criterion for impact buckling is established based on the proposed catastrophe system, in whose bifurcation set the critical step load is located. By the present theory, the impact torsional buckling for a clamped cylindrical shell is studied and the critical step torques for different imperfections are given. Also, the static critical torque is given, and it is shown that the critical step torque is smaller than the critical static torque.The project is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China     

THE SOLUTION TO THE DESTABILIZING CRITICAL LOAD OF CIRCULAR DOUBLE ARTICULATED ARCH UNDER GOING VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIVE LOAD g0/cos2θ

In this paper, after taking the effect of axis force on bending into consideration, the general potential energy for the circular double articulated arch is established undergoing vertical distributive load g₀/cos²θ. With sufficient engineering precision, the fourth approximations to the destabilizing critical load of the arch under t his load are obtained by Ritz method. The approximations to the critical load ta ble are listed for various center angles of arch, and are contrasted with the critical load circular arch undergoing radial uniform load. Some reference results have been obtained.     

Deformation analysis of infinite-strip bearings of laminated elastic material interleaving with tension-only reinforcements

Bonding with fiber reinforcements can increase the stiffness of elastic layers only when the elastic layer is compressed. Fiber loses its rigidity when it is not stretched. The procedure to include this ‘tension-only’ nonlinearity in the deformation analysis of the fiber-reinforced bearing is developed. In the elastic layers bonded with tension-only reinforcements, the responses to the compression force and the bending moment are coupled unless the reinforcements are entirely in tension. The coupled relation, which is not linear, depends on the length of the tension zone in the reinforcement. Increasing the compression force on the bearings will extend the tension zone in the reinforcements and enhance the stiffness of the bearing, but the compression force may add more bending moment to the bearings and increase the lateral deformation. The vertical buckling load of the bearings with tension-only reinforcements varies with the lateral force and is smaller than the buckling load of the bearings with linear reinforcements.     

Dynamic torsional buckling of multi-walled carbon nanotubes embedded in an elastic medium

In this paper the dynamic torsional buckling of multi-walled carbon nanotubes （MWNTs） embedded in an elastic medium is studied by using a continuum mechanics model. By introducing initial imperfections for MWNTs and applying the preferred mode analytical method, a buckling condition is derived for the buckling load and associated buckling mode. In particular, explicit expressions are obtained for embedded double-walled carbon nanotubes （DWNTs）. Numerical results show that, for both the DWNTs and embedded DWNTs, the buckling form shifts from the lower buckling mode to the higher buckling mode with increasing the buckling load, but the buckling mode is invari- able for a certain domain of the buckling load. It is also indicated that, the surrounding elastic medium generally has effect on the lower buckling mode of DWNTs only when compared with the corresponding one for individual DWNTs.     

外套有/无约束条件下波纹管扭转特性的实验研究

波纹管是一种具有极高扭转刚度，但易于失稳的弹性薄壁壳体。由于波纹管通常在很小的扭转角度下就会发生失稳，限制了其在传递扭矩方面的用途。通过实验研究发现，波纹管扭转屈曲时其材料远未到达强度极限，使得材料的利用率较低。波纹管失稳以后依然可以在一定范围内承受增大的扭矩，其在弹性范围内的扭转角度远大于屈曲发生时的扭转角度。为提高波纹管在后屈曲阶段的承载能力，采用具有合适内径的刚性外套来约束其横向弯曲变形。通过实验研究与有限元分析相结合的方法，比较了后屈曲阶段外套在提高波纹管承载能力方面的作用，两者得到了一致的结论，外套约束对波纹管后屈曲阶段的承载增加作用明显。     

Thermal buckling of nanorod based on non-local elasticity theory

The buckling of nanostructures including as a nanobeam, nanorod, and nanotube in a temperature field is investigated based on the non-local elasticity field theory with non-linear strain gradients first proposed by Eringen. New higher-order governing differential equations both in transverse and axial direction for buckling of such nanostructures are derived based on the exact variational principle approach with corresponding higher-order non-local boundary conditions. Based on these new governing equations and boundary conditions, new analytical solutions for some practical examples on buckling of nanostructures are presented and analyzed in detail. Subsequently, the effects of non-local nanoscale and temperature change on critical buckling load are analyzed and discussed. It is observed that those factors have great influence on the critical buckling load of the nanostructures. In particular, the non-local stress very much affects the stiffness of nanostructures and the critical buckling load is significantly increased in the presence of non-local stress. The paper concludes that at low and room temperature the critical buckling load of nanostructures increases with increasing temperature change, while at high temperature the critical buckling load decreases with increasing temperature change. A critical temperature change which causes buckling without external load is also derived and discussed.     

Mechanical properties of lattice grid composites

An equivalent continuum method only considering the stretching deformation of struts was used to study the in-plane stiffness and strength of planar lattice grid com- posite materials. The initial yield equations of lattices were deduced. Initial yield surfaces were depicted separately in different 3D and 2D stress spaces. The failure envelope is a polyhedron in 3D spaces and a polygon in 2D spaces. Each plane or line of the failure envelope is corresponding to the yield or buckling of a typical bar row. For lattices with more than three bar rows, subsequent yield of the other bar row after initial yield made the lattice achieve greater limit strength. The importance of the buckling strength of the grids was strengthened while the grids were relative sparse. The integration model of the method was used to study the nonlinear mechanical properties of strain hardening grids. It was shown that the integration equation could accurately model the complete stress-strain curves of the grids within small deformations.     

Compression-induced stiffness in the buckling of a one fiber composite

We study the buckling of a one fiber composite whose matrix stiffness is slightly dependent on the compressive force. We show that the equilibrium curves of the system exhibit a limit load when the induced stiffness parameter gets bigger than a threshold. This limit load increases when the stiffness parameter is increasing and it is related to a possible localized path in the post-buckling domain. Such a change in the maximum load may be very desirable from a structural stand point.     

等曲率井中有重钻柱屈曲的非线性有限元分析

建立了等曲率井中有重钻柱屈曲的平衡方程及对应的泛函表达式，用有限元法对等曲率井 中有重钻柱屈曲过程进行了分析，给出了钻柱正弦屈曲和螺旋屈曲临界载荷的定义. 力学模 型中考虑了重力、钻柱上端井斜角和井眼轨迹曲率半径对屈曲的影响. 分析结果表明：载荷 增大时，钻柱的下端先出现局部屈曲，随后屈曲向钻柱上部扩展，导致钻柱发生整体屈曲， 屈曲位移、井壁约束力线密度和钻柱弯矩都呈周期性变化；重力对等曲率井中钻柱的屈曲有 较强的抑制作用，其影响不可忽略；井眼轨迹曲率半径越小，钻柱上端井斜角越大则对钻柱 屈曲的抑制作用越强.     

Kagome plate structures for actuation

A class of planar, pin-jointed truss structures based on the ancient Kagome basket weave pattern with exceptional characteristics for actuation has been identified. Its in-plane stiffness is isotropic and has optimal weight among planar trusses for specified stiffness or strength. The version with welded joints resists plastic yielding and buckling, while storing minimal energy upon truss bending during actuation. Two plate structures are considered which employ the planar Kagome truss as the actuation plane. It is shown that these plates can be actuated with minimal internal resistance to achieve a wide range of shapes, while also sustaining large loads through their isotropic bending/stretching stiffness, and their excellent resistance to yielding/buckling.     

Bending and stability analysis of gradient elastic beams

The problems of bending and stability of Bernoulli–Euler beams are solved analytically on the basis of a simple linear theory of gradient elasticity with surface energy. The governing equations of equilibrium are obtained by both a combination of the basic equations and a variational statement. The additional boundary conditions are obtained by both variational and weighted residual approaches. Two boundary value problems (one for bending and one for stability) are solved and the gradient elasticity effect on the beam bending response and its critical (buckling) load is assessed for both cases. It is found that beam deflections decrease and buckling load increases for increasing values of the gradient coefficient, while the surface energy effect is small and insignificant for bending and buckling, respectively.     

Vibration and stability of an elastic column subject to a generalized load

Summary The critical load of the divergence instability, eigenfrequency curves and the Rayleigh's quotient for a column with one clamped end, subject to a generalized load, have been established in the paper. In particular, it has been found that the way the external force is being applied results in the linear dependence of both the shearing force and the bending moment upon both the deflection and the deflection angle of the loaded end. Such a case of loading exists e.g. for a column which supports a transversally stabilized structure when the contact surfaces are cylindrical. Furthermore, it has been theoretically and experimentally proven, that the slope of some eigencurves can change from positive to negative with the increasing load value.This research has been supported by the State Committee for Scientific Research, Warsaw, Poland, 1995.     

Elasticity solutions for a piezoelectric cone under concentrated loads at its apex

IntroductionTheproblemofaconesubjectedtoconcentratedloadsatitsapexisaclassicalprobleminthetheoryofelasticity.AnumberofscholarshavestUdiedtheproblem.LovereportedthesolutionstotheproblemofanisotropicconeunderconcentfatCdforcesatitsapex['].Lur'estudiedthisclassofproblemssystematicallybymeansofPapkovich-Neubergeneralsolution[2].LekniskiiandHu,byusingtheirrespectivegeneralsolutions,studiedcompressionandbendingproblemsofatransverselyisotropicconesubjectedtoaxialconcentfatedforcesandtfansverseconc…     

On out-of-plane buckling of anisotropic elastic plate subjected to a simple shear

Out-of-plane buckling of anisotropic elastic plate subjected to a simple shear is investigated. From exact 3-D equilibrium conditions of anisotropic elastic body with a plane of elastic symmetry at critical configuration, the eqution for buckling direction (buckling wave direction) parameter is derived and the shape functions of possible buckling modes are obtained. The traction free boundary conditions which must hold on the upper and lower surfaces of plate lead to a linear eigenvalue problem whose nontrivial solutions are just the possible buckling modes for the plate. The buckling conditions for both flexural and barreling modes are presented. As a particular example of buckling of anisotropic elastic plate, the buckling of an orthotropic elastic plate, which is subjected to simple shear along a direction making an arbitrary angle of θ with respect to an elastic principal axis of materials, is analyzed. The buckling direction varies with θ and the critical amount of shear. The numerical results show that only the flexural mode can indeed exist. Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 19772032).     

An experimental investigation on the dynamic axial buckling of cylindrical shells using a Kolsky Bar

Several experiments were performed with a Kolsky Bar (Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar) device to investigate the dynamic axial buckling of cylindrical shells. The Kolsky Bar is a loading as well as a measuring device which can subject the shells to a fairly good square pulse. An attempt is made to understand the interaction between the stress wave and the dynamic buckling of cylindrical shells. It is suggested that the dynamic axial buckling of the shells, elastic or elasto-plastic, is mainly due to the compressive wave rather than the flexural or bending wave. The experimental results seem to support the two critical velocity theory for plastic buckling, withV _c1 corresponding to an axisymmetric buckling mode andV _c2 corresponding to a non-symmetric buckling mode. The project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China     

An analysis of axisymmetric buckling and growth of circular-shaped delamination

The buckling and post-buckling of clamped circular plate subjected to distributed radial compressed load is presented by using the high-order perturbation analysis and shooting method. The sixth-order solution shows good agreement with the FEM results in [11]. The results in this paper are applied to investigate the buckling and growth of pressed thin film delamination in the film/substrate system. Under a certain residual pressure in the thin film, two characteristic blister radiiR _c andR _g, the critical radius and growing radius respectively, are obtained. The numerical result shows that the growth criterion of delamination in [9,10] is not perfect. In variant residual stress or interface toughness, the conditions of no growth, stable growth and unstable growth of the delamination are obtained by comparing the driving force at the interface crack tip with the interface toughness.This project is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China.