The effect of initial geometric imperfection on the nonlinear resonance of functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced composite rectangular plates

The purpose of the present study is to examine the impact of initial geometric imperfection on the nonlinear dynamical characteristics of functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced composite (FG-CNTRC) rectangular plates under a harmonic excitation transverse load. The considered plate is assumed to be made of matrix and single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). The rule of mixture is employed to calculate the effective material properties of the plate. Within the framework of the parabolic shear deformation plate theory with taking the influence of transverse shear deformation and rotary inertia into account, Hamilton’s principle is utilized to derive the geometrically nonlinear mathematical formulation including the governing equations and corresponding boundary conditions of initially imperfect FG-CNTRC plates. Afterwards, with the aid of an efficient multistep numerical solution methodology, the frequency-amplitude and forcing-amplitude curves of initially imperfect FG-CNTRC rectangular plates with various edge conditions are provided, demonstrating the influence of initial imperfection, geometrical parameters, and edge conditions. It is displayed that an increase in the initial geometric imperfection intensifies the softening-type behavior of system, while no softening behavior can be found in the frequency-amplitude curve of a perfect plate.     

Bending analysis of functionally graded CNT reinforced doubly curved singly ruled truncated rhombic cone

The bending analysis of functionally graded carbon nanotube (CNT) reinforced doubly curved singly ruled truncated rhombic cone is investigated. In this study, a simple C⁰ isoparametric finite element formulation based on third order shear deformation theory is presented. To characterize the membrane-flexure behavior observed in a CNT reinforced truncated rhombic cone, a displacement field involving higher-order terms in in-plane fields is considered. The proposed kinematics field incorporates for transverse shear deformation and nonlinear variation of the in-plane displacement field through the thickness to predict the overall response of the CNT reinforced truncated rhombic cone in an accurate sense. The material properties of the CNT reinforced truncated rhombic cone are estimated according to the rule of mixture. The present model eliminates the need of shear correction factor and imposed zero-transverse shear strain at upper and lower surface of the truncated rhombic cone. The new feature in present model is simultaneous inclusion of twist curvature in strain field as well as curvature in displacement field that makes it suitable for moderately thick and deep truncated rhombic cone. The proposed new mathematical model is implemented in finite element code written in FORTRAN. The proposed model has been validated with analytical, experimental, and finite element results from the literature. This is first attempt to study bending response of CNT reinforced doubly curved singly ruled truncated rhombic cone. The effect of CNT distribution, boundary condition, loading pattern, and other geometric parameters are also examined.     

Vibration characteristics of piezoelectric functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced composite doubly-curved shells

This paper presents an analytical solution for the free vibration behavior of functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced composite(FG-CNTRC) doubly curved shallow shells with integrated piezoelectric layers. Here, the linear distribution of electric potential across the thickness of the piezoelectric layer and five different types of carbon nanotube(CNT) distributions through the thickness direction are considered. Based on the four-variable shear deformation refined shell theory, governing equations are obtained by applying Hamilton's principle. Navier's solution for the shell panels with the simply supported boundary condition at all four edges is derived. Several numerical examples validate the accuracy of the presented solution. New parametric studies regarding the effects of different material properties, shell geometric parameters, and electrical boundary conditions on the free vibration responses of the hybrid panels are investigated and discussed in detail.     

Geometrically nonlinear large deformation analysis of triangular CNT-reinforced composite plates

A first known investigation on the geometrically nonlinear large deformation behavior of triangular carbon nanotube (CNT) reinforced functionally graded composite plates under transversely distributed loads is investigated. The analysis is carried out using the element-free IMLS-Ritz method. In this study, the first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT) and von Kármán assumption are employed to account for transverse shear strains, rotary inertia and moderate rotations. A convergence study is conducted by varying the supporting size and number of nodes. The effects of transverse shear deformation, CNT distribution and CNT volume fraction on the nonlinear bending characteristics under different boundary conditions are examined.     

带旋转自由度C^0类任意四边形板（壳）单元

基于Ｒｅｉｓｓｎｅｒ－Ｍｉｎｄｉｌｉｎ板弯曲理论和Ｖｏｎ－Ｋａｒｍａｎ大挠度理论,采用单元域内和边界位移插值一致性的概念,将四节点等参弯曲单元与Ａｌｌｍａｎ膜变形二次插值模式相结合,对层合板壳的大挠度分析提供了一种实用的带旋转自由度的四节点Ｃ＾０类板单元。大量算例表明：该单元对板壳结构的线性强度、稳定性和后屈曲分析都表现出良好的收敛性和足够的工程精度。     

Corotational nonlinear analyses of laminated shell structures using a 4-node quadrilateral flat shell element with drilling stiffness

A new 4-node quadrilateral flat shell element is developed for geometrically nonlinear analyses of thin and moderately thick laminated shell structures. The fiat shell element is constructed by combining a quadrilateral area co- ordinate method （QAC） based membrane element AGQ6- II, and a Timoshenko beam function （TBF） method based shear deformable plate bending element ARS-Q12. In order to model folded plates and connect with beam elements, the drilling stiffness is added to the element stiffness matrix based on the mixed variational principle. The transverse shear rigidity matrix, based on the first-order shear deformation theory （FSDT）, for the laminated composite plate is evaluated using the transverse equilibrium conditions, while the shear correction factors are not needed. The conventional TBF methods are also modified to efficiently calculate the element stiffness for laminate. The new shell element is extended to large deflection and post-buckling analyses of isotropic and laminated composite shells based on the element independent corotational formulation. Numerical re- sults show that the present shell element has an excellent numerical performance for the test examples, and is applicable to stiffened plates.     

功能梯度碳纳米管增强复合材料结构建模与分析研究进展

功能梯度碳纳米管增强复合材料是一种新一代的先进复合材料。在这种材料中,碳纳米管作为增强体在空间位置上梯度排布。功能梯度碳纳米管增强复合材料的力学行为已成为近年来材料科学与工程科学的研究热点。本文对功能梯度碳纳米管增强复合材料结构的建模与分析的研究进展进行评述,集中讨论功能梯度碳纳米管增强复合材料梁、板、壳在各种载荷条件下,边界条件下和环境条件下的线性和非线性弯曲、屈曲和后屈曲、振动和动力响应。文中所列成果可以看作是进一步研究的基石。最后,提出需要进一步研究的方向。     

Modeling and analysis of functionally graded carbon nanotube reinforced composite structures: A review

功能梯度碳纳米管增强复合材料是一种新一代的先进复合材料.在这种材料中,碳纳米管作为增强体在空间位置上梯度排布.功能梯度碳纳米管增强复合材料的力学行为已成为近年来材料科学与工程科学的研究热点.本文对功能梯度碳纳米管增强复合材料结构的建模与分析的研究进展进行评述,集中讨论功能梯度碳纳米管增强复合材料梁、板、壳在各种载荷条件下,边界条件下和环境条件下的线性和非线性弯曲、屈曲和后屈曲、振动和动力响应.文中所列成果可以看作是进一步研究的基石.最后,提出需要进一步研究的方向.     

Iterative method for large deflection nonlinear problem of laminated composite shallow shells and plates

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钢－混凝土组合梁非线性有限元分析

提出了部分剪力连接钢-混凝土组合梁非线性有限元分析的简化模型，该模型同时考虑了钢、混凝土材料的非线性本构关系和剪力连接件的滑移非线性对组合梁刚度和强度的影响，推导了考虑滑移的剪力连接件单元刚度矩阵。利用该模型计算了连续组合梁的极限荷载、挠度、应力以及滑移，与已有的理论计算结果和实验结果吻合，证明本方法分析钢-混凝土组合梁非线性的可靠性和实用性。     

Geometrical nonlinear analysis of thin-walled composite beams using finite element method based on first order shear deformation theory

Based on a seven-degree-of-freedom shear deformable beam model, a geometrical nonlinear analysis of thin-walled composite beams with arbitrary lay-ups under various types of loads is presented. This model accounts for all the structural coupling coming from both material anisotropy and geometric nonlinearity. The general nonlinear governing equations are derived and solved by means of an incremental Newton–Raphson method. A displacement-based one-dimensional finite element model that accounts for the geometric nonlinearity in the von Kármán sense is developed to solve the problem. Numerical results are obtained for thin-walled composite beam under vertical load to investigate the effects of fiber orientation, geometric nonlinearity, and shear deformation on the axial–flexural–torsional response.     

Fully-coupled nonlinear analysis of single lap adhesive joints

This paper presents novel closed-form and accurate solutions for the edge moment factor and adhesive stresses for single lap adhesive bonded joints. In the present analysis of single lap joints, both large deflections of adherends and adhesive shear and peel strains are taken into account in the formulation of two sets of nonlinear governing equations for both longitudinal and transverse deflections of adherends. Closed-form solutions for the edge moment factor and the adhesive stresses are obtained by solving the two sets of fully-coupled nonlinear governing equations. Simplified and accurate formula for the edge moment factor is also derived via an approximation process. A comprehensive numerical validation was conducted by comparing the present solutions and those developed by Goland and Reissner, Hart-Smith and Oplinger with the results of nonlinear finite element analyses. Numerical results demonstrate that the present solutions for the edge moment factor (including the simplified formula) and the adhesive stresses appear to be the best as they agree extremely well with the finite element analysis results for all ranges of material and geometrical parameters.     

基于共旋列式的空间梁的稳定性分析

基于独立于单元的共旋列式(EICR),将一种几何线性的无剪切锁死的Timoshenko梁单元扩展用于空间梁结构的几何非线性分析。考虑到三维分析中发生大转动时转动顺序的不可交换性,也即转动自由度不能作为向量采用加法规则更新,采用了四元变量来存储和更新转动自由度,使得共旋列式适用于位移任意大和转动任意大但应变很小的几何非线性分析。同时改进了Riks弧长法使之适用于带有大转动的三维几何非线性分析。给出了几个数值算例,结果表明本文方法具有较高的计算精度和效率。     

复合材料圆筒自由边效应的有限元分析

本文分析复合材料圆筒在内压作用下的自由边效应，讨论圆筒的叠层顺序对自由边应力的影响，预报最易发生边界脱层的界面．有限元分析结果表明：层间剪切破坏是该结构发生边界失效的主要原因，不同的叠层顺序可较大地影响自由边层间剪切应力，而大变形情况下线性有限元分析结果与非线性有限元数据相差较大，几何非线性的影响不容忽视．     

双钢板混凝土组合板抗爆性能分析

钢-混凝土-钢组合板是一种新型的组合结构,与传统钢筋混凝土板相比,具有抗剪强度高、延性大、耗能能力强等特点,目前已经被广泛应用于核反应堆安全壳、海洋平台及储油罐等结构。本文中,设计并制作了缩尺的普通钢筋混凝土板和钢-混凝土-钢组合板,开展了在接触爆炸荷载作用下的实验研究,通过损伤分析、跨中最大挠度对比研究不同板的抗爆性能。基于ANSYS/LS-DYNA非线性有限元程序,研究了钢-混凝土-钢组合板的损伤模式、跨中最大挠度等,并与实验结果进行了对比分析,验证了有限元分析模型的准确性和适用性。参数化分析了炸药量、混凝土强度和钢板厚度等参数对钢-混凝土-钢组合板抗爆性能的影响规律。利用多参数回归分析方法,提出钢-混凝土-钢组合板跨中挠度的预测公式。结果表明:提高混凝土强度可以降低结构的塑性损伤, 增加钢板厚度可以有效降低钢-混凝土-钢组合板的跨中最大挠度。相对于普通钢筋混凝土板,钢-混凝土-钢组合板保持了良好的整体性,且具有继续承载的能力。拟合公式能够较好地预测钢-混凝土-钢组合板跨中挠度与药量和钢板厚度的关系。     

Dynamic and buckling analysis of polymer hybrid composite beam with variable thickness

This work deals with a study of the dynamic and buckling analysis of polymer hybrid composite(PHC) beam. The beam has variable thickness and is reinforced by carbon nanotubes(CNTs) and nanoclay(NC) simultaneously. The governing equations are derived based on the first shear deformation theory(FSDT). A three-phase HalpinTsai approach is used to predict the mechanical properties of the PHC. We focus our attention on the effect of the simultaneous addition of NC and CNT on the vibration and buckling analysis of the PHC beam with variable thickness. Also a comparison study is done on the sensation of three impressive parameters including CNT, NC weight fractions, and the shape factor of fillers on the mechanical properties of PHC beams,as well as fundamental frequencies of free vibrations and critical buckling load. The results show that the increase of shape factor value, NC, and CNT weight fractions leads to considerable reinforcement in mechanical properties as well as increase of the dimensionless fundamental frequency and buckling load. The variation of CNT weight fraction on elastic modulus is more sensitive rather than shear modulus but the effect of NC weight fraction on elastic and shear moduli is fairly the same. The shape factor values more than the medium level do not affect the mechanical properties.     

Analytical solutions for adhesive composite joints considering large deflection and transverse shear deformation in adherends

This paper presents a novel formulation and analytical solutions for adhesively bonded composite single lap joints by taking into account the transverse shear deformation and large deflection in adherends. On the basis of geometrically nonlinear analysis for infinitesimal elements of adherends and adhesive, the equilibrium equations of adherends are formulated. By using the Timoshenko beam theory, the governing differential equations are expressed in terms of the adherend displacements and then analytically solved for the force boundary conditions prescribed at both overlap ends. The obtained solutions are applied to single lap joints, whose adherends can be isotropic adherends or composite laminates with symmetrical lay-ups. A new formula for adhesive peel stress is obtained, and it can accurately predict peel stress in the bondline. The closed-form analytical solutions are then simplified for the purpose of practical applications, and a new simple expression for the edge moment factor is developed. The numerical results predicted by the present full and simplified solutions are compared with those calculated by geometrically nonlinear finite element analysis using MSC/NASTRAN. The agreement noted validates the present novel formulation and solutions for adhesively bonded composite joints. The simplified shear and peel stresses at the overlap ends are used to derive energy release rates. The present predictions for the failure load of single lap joints are compared with those available in the literature.     

功能梯度碳纳米管增强复合材料板弯曲和模态的广义有限差分法

由复合材料构成的板结构一直以来受到很大关注,其中功能梯度碳纳米管增强复合材料(functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced composite,FG-CNTRC)具有异常优越的力学性能,使得诸多学者展开了对功能梯度碳纳米管增强复合材料板结构力学行为的研究.本文以FG-CN...     

Multiscale micromechanical modeling of the constitutive response of carbon nanotube-reinforced structural adhesives

Appropriate formulations are developed to allow for the atomistic-based continuum modeling of nano-reinforced structural adhesives on the basis of a nanoscale representative volume element that accounts for the nonlinear behavior of its constituents; namely, the reinforcing carbon nanotube, the surrounding adhesive and their interface. The newly developed representative volume element is then used with analytical and computational micromechanical modeling techniques to investigate the homogeneous dispersion of the reinforcing element into the adhesive upon both the linear and nonlinear properties. Unlike our earlier work where the focus was on developing linear micromechanical models for the effective elastic properties of nanocomposites, the present approach extends these models by describing the development of a nonlinear hybrid Monte Carlo Finite Element model that allows for the prediction of the full constitutive response of the bulk composite under large deformations. The results indicate a substantial improvement in both the Young’s modulus and tensile strength of the nano-reinforced adhesives for the range of CNT concentrations considered.     

FRP strengthened walls with delaminated regions – Geometrically nonlinear response

The paper studies the geometrically nonlinear behavior of walls that are strengthened with fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composite materials but include pre-existing delaminated regions. The paper uses an analytical–numerical methodology. Three specially tailored finite elements that correspond to perfectly bonded regions, to delaminated regions where the debonded layers are in contact, and to delaminated regions where the debonded layers are not in contact are presented. All finite elements are based on a high order multi layered plate theory. The geometrical nonlinearity is introduced by means of the Von Karman nonlinear strains whereas the contact nonlinearity is handled iteratively. The validity and convergence of the finite element models is demonstrated for each type of element through comparison with closed form analytical solutions available for specific cases. The unified model that combines the three types of finite element is then used for studying the nonlinear behavior of a locally delaminated FRP strengthened wall under in-plane normal and in-plane shear loads. Finally, conclusions regarding the effect of the delamination on the response of the strengthening system, on the conditions that evolve in the bonded region that surrounds the delamination, and on the global response of the multi-layered structure are drawn. Additional conclusions regarding the application of the modeling approach to other delamination sensitive layered structural systems close the paper.