Study of thermal gradient effect on vibrations of a non-homogeneous orthotropic rectangular plate having bi-direction linearly thickness variations

Here, thermal gradient effect on vibration of non-homogeneous orthotropic rectangular plate having bi-direction linearly thickness variations is studied. The non-homogeneity is assumed to arise due to the variation in the density of the plate material. Rayleigh Ritz method is used to evaluate the fundamental frequencies and deflection function. The two-dimensional thickness variation is taken as the Cartesian product of linear variations along the two concurrent edges of the plate. Yet the method used for the solution of present problem provides an approximate solution but it is quite convenient and authentic one. A two-term deflection function is used. Frequency corresponding to first mode of vibration is calculated for clamped plate for different values of temperature gradient, taper constants and non-homogeneity constant. In special cases, comparisons have been made with results that are available in the literature.     

Effect of thermal gradient on vibration of non-homogeneous visco-elastic elliptic plate of variable thickness

An analysis and numerical results are presented for free transverse vibrations of non-homogeneous visco-elastic elliptic plate whose temperature and thickness spatial variations both are parabolic along a line through plate centre. The variation in density is assumed as parabolic along a line through plate centre, which raise non-homogeneity of the plate materials and make problem interesting as introducing variation in non-homogeneity of the material mass density reduce the problem practical importance in comparison to homogenous plate. 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 corresponding to the first two modes of vibrations of a clamped non-homogeneous visco-elastic elliptic plate for various values of taper constant, thermal constants, non-homogeneity constant and aspect ratio are obtained and shown graphically.     

Green functions for a compressible linearly non homogeneous half-space

Summary The paper presents a study of time-harmonic vibration of a half-space possessing a shear modulus linearly increasing with depth. Completing the previous paper [1], where the time-harmonic vibration of an incompressible half-space has been considered, the problem is now solved for a compressible as well as an incompressible material. The half-space is subjected to a vertical or horizontal surface load. The solution is represented in terms of Fourier-Bessel integrals containing functions of depth coordinate that are expressed through confluent hypergeometric functions. Numerical results concerning surface displacements due to a point force are given for a wide range of frequency variations and degree of non-homogeneity. The results show that, as compared to the homogeneous case, non-homogeneity can considerably increase vibration amplitudes at large distances from the applied force. Received 19 August 1996; accepted for publication 16, December 1996     

Effect of magnetic field and non-homogeneity on the radial vibrations in hollow rotating elastic cylinder

In this paper, the natural frequencies of the radial vibrations of a hollow cylinder with different boundary conditions under influences of magnetic field, rotation and non-homogeneity have been studied. The solution of the problem is obtained by using technique of variables separation. In the present paper three different boundary conditions are considered, namely the free, fixed and mixed boundary conditions. The displacement and stresses components have been obtained in analytical form involving Bessel function of first and second kind and of order n. The determination is concerned with the eigenvalues of the natural frequencies of the radial vibrations for different boundary conditions in the case of harmonic vibrations. Numerical results are given and illustrated graphically for each case considered. Comparisons are made with the results in the absence of magnetic field, rotation and non-homogeneity. The results indicate that the effect of magnetic field, rotation and non-homogeneity are very pronounced.     

Characteristic orthogonal polynomials in the study of transverse vibrations of nonhomogeneous rectangular orthotropic plates of bilinearly varying thickness

Effect of nonhomogeneity on the vibrational characteristics of thin orthotropic rectangular plates of bilinearly varying thickness has been studied using boundary characteristic orthogonal polynomials in the Rayleigh-Ritz method. The thickness variation is taken as the Cartesian product of linear variations along two concurrent edges of the plate. The orthogonal polynomials in two variables are generated using the Gram-Schmidt process. The nonhomogeneity of the plate material is assumed to arise due to linear variations in Young’s moduli, shear modulus and density of the plate with the in-plane coordinates. Numerical results have been computed for four different combinations of clamped, simply supported and free edges. Effect of thickness variation together with varying values of aspect ratio and nonhomogeneity on the natural frequencies is illustrated for the first three modes of vibration. Three dimensional mode shapes have been presented. Comparison has been made with the known results.     

TWO KINDS OF SCALE EFFECTS OF VIBRATION CHARACTERISTICS OF NANO-PLATE1)

利用非局部应变梯度理论研究了纳米板横向自由振动特性。通过迭代法获得非局部应力的渐近表达式,利用哈密顿变分原理推导了纳米板的振动控制方程。针对四边简支边界条件,运用双重三角级数法给出了板固有频率的表达式,然后研究了非局部参数、材料特征参数、几何尺寸对纳米板自振频率的影响。数值结果表明：非局部效应会弱化纳米板的等效刚度,因而使板的固有频率降低,应变梯度效应则与之相反,两类效应仅在纳米尺度下对自振频率有显著影响;板几何尺寸的改变也会对其振动频率产生重要影响。     

二元复合材料板的自由振动: 半解析法

二元复合材料板是超材料板结构中常见的单元之一. 针对由材料参数相差两个量级的基体和嵌入体组成的二元复合材料板, 提出结构自由振动的半解析模型, 并对其振动特性进行了研究. 基于区域分解法和二元材料的分布, 将二维平板分解成两个子区域. 通过在振型函数中附加区域试函数, 来描述复合材料板面内刚度突变引起局部位移和转角的非光滑性. 基于二元复合材料板的基本边界条件和两子区连接处的变形协调条件, 构造了新的振型函数. 基于经典薄板理论, 利用带特殊试函数的里兹法, 求得不同几何构型下二元复合材料板的固有频率和振型, 并研究了嵌入体的尺寸和位置对结构振动特性的影响规律. 通过收敛分析并与有限元仿真结果对比, 验证了本文方法的准确性. 研究结果表明: 传统的全局试函数在分析具有振动局部化的模态时会得到不准确的结果, 而附加区域试函数可以显著提高里兹法的收敛速度以及结果的准确性; 嵌入体位置对低阶固有频率的作用不明显, 却能显著改变低阶振型节线的分布和振动局部化发生的区域.      

Vibrations of nonhomogeneous orthotropic rectangular plates with bilinear thickness variation resting on Winkler foundation

Free transverse vibrations of nonhomogeneous orthotropic rectangular plates with bilinear thickness variation resting on Winkler foundation are presented here using two dimensional boundary characteristic orthogonal polynomials in the Rayleigh-Ritz method on the basis of classical plate theory. Gram-Schmidt process has been used to generate orthogonal polynomials. The nonhomogeneity of the plate is assumed to arise due to linear variations in elastic properties and density of the plate material with the in-plane coordinates. The two dimensional thickness variation is taken as the Cartesian product of linear variations along the two concurrent edges of the plate. Effect of nonhomogeneity parameters, aspect ratio and thickness variation together with foundation parameter on the natural frequencies has been illustrated for the first three modes of vibration for four different combinations of clamped, simply supported and free edges correct to four decimal places. Three dimensional mode shapes for specified plate for all the four boundary conditions have been plotted. A comparison of results in special cases with published one has been presented.     

Free vibration analysis of axially functionally graded tapered Timoshenko beams using differential transformation element method and differential quadrature element method of lowest-order

The present paper investigates the free vibration characteristics of Timoshenko beams whose cross-sectional profile and material properties vary along the beam axis with any arbitrary functions. Free vibration analysis of these beams is carried out through solving the governing differential equations of motion. Since the application of differential transformation method (DTM) does not necessarily converge to satisfactory results, an element-based differential transformation method, namely differential transformation element method (DTEM), is introduced which significantly enhances the accuracy of the results. Furthermore, differential quadrature element of the lowest order (DQEL) is introduced which is based on differential quadrature element method (DQEM). DQEL formulates the problem on the basis of the interpolation of the first differential of the functions; therefore, in contrast with DQEM higher differentials of functions are not employed in DQEL. The competency of DQEL and DTEM in free vibration analysis is verified through several numerical examples. The effects of taper ratio and material non-homogeneity on natural frequencies are investigated.     

Study on use of vibration to reduce soil adhesion

The purpose of this study was to explore a mechanism to prevent soil adhesion to machines using sine wave vibration applied to a test material. An experimental apparatus was constructed using mild steel plate as a model simulating a soil interacting tool. Silt loam soil with six levels of moisture content was used in the experiment. It was sprayed on the plate at several spraying angles, with and without plate vibration. The plate’s center, vibrated at a right angle at frequencies between 60 and 100 Hz, showed greater acceleration and a significant effect on preventing soil adhesion when test soil with 38.7% moisture content was sprayed on it. On the other hand, even without plate vibration, the soil sprayed at smaller spraying angles did not stick to the plate. From this study, it can be concluded that soil adhesion to the plate was closely related to vibration acceleration and spraying angle. Therefore, the effective way to prevent soil adhesion to machines is to vibrate the parts of the machine that come in contact with soil.