POLYNOMIAL SOLUTIONS TO PIEZOELECTRIC BEAMS (Ⅱ)——ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS TO TYPICAL PROBLEMS

IntroductionThis paper is a continuation of Ref.[1],in which a series of orthotropic piezoelectricplane problems was solved and the corresponding exact solutions were obtained with the trial-and-error method,on the basis of the general solution expressed …     

POLYNOMIAL SOLUTIONS TO PIEZOELECTRIC BEAMS(Ⅱ)--ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS TO TYPICAL PROBLEMS

For the orthotropic piezoelectric plane problem, a series of piezoelectric beams is solved and the corresponding analytical solutions are obtained with the trialand-error method on the basis of the general solution in the case of three distinct eigenvalues, in which all displacements, electrical potential, stresses and electrical displacements are expressed by three displacement functions in terms of harmonic polynomials. These problems are cantilever beam with cross force and point charge at free end, cantilever beam and simply-supported beam subjected to uniform loads on the upper and lower surfaces, and cantilever beam subjected to linear electrical potential.     

Transient wave analysis of a cantilever Timoshenko beam subjected to impact loading by Laplace transform and normal mode methods

This study applies two analytical approaches, Laplace transform and normal mode methods, to investigate the dynamic transient response of a cantilever Timoshenko beam subjected to impact forces. Explicit solutions for the normal mode method and the Laplace transform method are presented. The Durbin method is used to perform the Laplace inverse transformation, and numerical results based on these two approaches are compared. The comparison indicates that the normal mode method is more efficient than the Laplace transform method in the transient response analysis of a cantilever Timoshenko beam, whereas the Laplace transform method is more appropriate than the normal mode method when analyzing the complicated multi-span Timoshenko beam. Furthermore, a three-dimensional finite element cantilever beam model is implemented. The results are compared with the transient responses for displacement, normal stress, shear stress, and the resonant frequencies of a Timoshenko beam and Bernoulli–Euler beam theories. The transient displacement response for a cantilever beam can be appropriately evaluated using the Timoshenko beam theory if the slender ratio is greater than 10 or using the Bernoulli–Euler beam theory if the slender ratio is greater than 100. Moreover, the resonant frequency of a cantilever beam can be accurately determined by the Timoshenko beam theory if the slender ratio is greater than 100 or by the Bernoulli–Euler beam theory if the slender ratio is greater than 400.     

Functionally graded piezoelectric cantilever beam under load

Summary In the present paper, the problem of a functionally graded piezoelectric cantilever beam subjected to different loadings is studied. The piezoelectric beam is characterized by continuously graded properties for one elastic parameter and the material density. A pair of stress and induction functions in the form of polynomials is proposed and determined. Based on these functions, a set of analytical solutions for the beam subjected to different loadings is obtained. As particular cases, series of solutions for some canonical problems can be directly obtained from the solutions of the present paper, such as for the problems of a piezoelectric cantilever beam with constant body force or without body forces, etc.This research work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (50272003). Support was also given by the Teaching and Research Award Fund for Outstanding Young Teachers in Higher Education Institutions of MOE, P.R.C.     

不可压饱和多孔弹性梁、杆动力响应的数学模型

基于多孔介质理论,首先建立了饱和多孔弹性杆件弯曲与轴向变形时动力响应的数学模型.其次,基于多孔弹性梁弯曲变形的数学模型,利用Laplace变换,分析了两端可渗透的饱和多孔弹性悬臂梁在自由端受阶梯载荷作用下的动静力响应,给出了梁弯曲时挠度、弯矩以及孔隙流体压力等效力偶等物理量随时间的响应曲线.发现不可压多孔弹性梁的拟静态响应亦存在Mandel-Cryer现象,多孔弹性梁的挠度具有与粘弹性梁挠度类似的蠕变特征,然而,其应力响应不同于粘弹性梁,随着时间的增加,梁拟静态响应的弯矩逐渐增加,并达到一个稳态值.这些结果有助于揭示植物根茎等力学行为的机理.     

含切口悬臂梁的大变形塑性冲击动力响应

本文分析了含切口的悬臂梁受飞射物撞击的刚塑性动力响应的完全解,推导了考虑几何大变形效应的“双铰模式”的动力学方程,给出了计算方法和计算结果,最后讨论了耗散能的分配和切口对梁最终变形的影响。     

Non-linear bending of beams with uniformly distributed loads

The non-linear bending of both cantilever and simply supported beams subjected to a uniformly distributed load has been studied. The exact solutions for the slopes have been obtained and the solution for the maximum deflection and the horizontal projection of the beam length for the cantilever case are compared with a known approximate solution.     

Furthest reach of a uniform cantilevered elastica

A uniform elastic cantilever is subjected to a uniformly distributed load or a concentrated load at its tip. The angle of the fixed end with the horizontal is varied until the maximum horizontal distance (projection) from the fixed end to the horizontal location of the tip is attained. The beam is modeled as an inextensible elastica, and numerical results are obtained with the use of a shooting method. For the optimal solution (furthest reach), the tip is below the level of the fixed end. Experiments are conducted to verify the analysis for a heavy cantilever (i.e., only subjected to its self-weight).     

Large deflections of non-prismatic nonlinearly elastic cantilever beams subjected to non-uniform continuous load and a concentrated load at the free end

This work studies large deflections of slender,non-prismatic cantilever beams subjected to a combined loading which consists of a non-uniformly distributed continuous load and a concentrated load at the free end of the beam.The material of the cantilever is assumed to be nonlinearly elastic.Different nonlinear relations between stress and strain in tensile and compressive domain are considered.The accuracy of numerical solutions is evaluated by comparing them with results from previous studies and with a laboratory experiment.     

A new technique for large deflection analysis of non-prismatic cantilever beams

This paper studies the very large deflection behavior of prismatic and non-prismatic cantilever beams subjected to various types of loadings. The formulation is based on representing the angle of rotation of the beam by a polynomial on the position variable along the deflected beam axis. The coefficients of the polynomial are obtained by minimizing the integral of the residual error of the governing differential equation and by applying the beam’s boundary conditions. Several numerical examples are presented covering prismatic and non-prismatic cantilever beams subjected to uniform, non-uniform distributed loads and tip concentrated loadings in vertical and horizontal directions. The loads considered in this study are restricted to the non-follower type loads. Cases with different loadings and geometries are compared with MSC/NASTRAN computer package. However, for some very large deflection case, the MSC/NASTRAN failed to predict the deflected shape due to divergence problems.     

Large deflection of cantilever beams with geometric non-linearity: Analytical and numerical approaches

Non-linear shooting and Adomian decomposition methods have been proposed to determine the large deflection of a cantilever beam under arbitrary loading conditions. Results obtained only due to end loading are validated using elliptic integral solutions. The non-linear shooting method gives accurate numerical results while the Adomian decomposition method yields polynomial expressions for the beam configuration. With high load parameters, occurrence of multiple solutions is discussed with reference to possible buckling of the beam-column. An example of concentrated intermediate loading (cantilever beam subjected to two concentrated self-balanced moments), for which no closed form solution can be obtained, is solved using these two methods. Some of the limitations and recipes to obviate these are included. The methods will be useful toward the design of compliant mechanisms driven by smart actuators.     

具有梯度界面层的双材料悬臂梁解析解

采用应力函数法,求得了具有弹性模量沿高度线性变化的梯度界面层的双材料悬臂梁在均布载荷作用下的应力和位移解析解。该解可退化为双材料梁、弹性模量沿整个梁高线性变化的梯度梁以及均质材料梁的情况,退化为均质材料梁时与已有结果一致。通过一具体算例将得到的解析解与有限元解进行了比较,两者吻合较好。并讨论了梯度界面层的高度变化对梁中的应力和梁端挠度的影响。结果表明,在梁的总高度不变的情况下,增加梯度界面层的高度可减小弯曲应力和梁端挠度,而对挤压应力和切应力的影响很小。     

Global Bifurcations and Chaotic Dynamics in Nonlinear Nonplanar Oscillations of a Parametrically Excited Cantilever Beam

This paper presents the analysis of the global bifurcations and chaotic dynamics for the nonlinear nonplanar oscillations of a cantilever beam subjected to a harmonic axial excitation and transverse excitations at the free end. The governing nonlinear equations of nonplanar motion with parametric and external excitations are obtained. The Galerkin procedure is applied to the partial differential governing equation to obtain a two-degree-of-freedom nonlinear system with parametric and forcing excitations. The resonant case considered here is 2:1 internal resonance, principal parametric resonance-1/2 subharmonic resonance for the in-plane mode and fundamental parametric resonance–primary resonance for the out-of-plane mode. The parametrically and externally excited system is transformed to the averaged equations by using the method of multiple scales. From the averaged equation obtained here, the theory of normal form is applied to find the explicit formulas of normal forms associated with a double zero and a pair of pure imaginary eigenvalues. Based on the normal form obtained above, a global perturbation method is utilized to analyze the global bifurcations and chaotic dynamics in the nonlinear nonplanar oscillations of the cantilever beam. The global bifurcation analysis indicates that there exist the heteroclinic bifurcations and the Silnikov type single-pulse homoclinic orbit in the averaged equation for the nonlinear nonplanar oscillations of the cantilever beam. These results show that the chaotic motions can occur in the nonlinear nonplanar oscillations of the cantilever beam. Numerical simulations verify the analytical predictions.     

端部受斜撞击作用悬臂梁的弹塑性动力响应模式

基于大变形动力控制方程并利用有限差分离散分析,研究了斜撞击作用下弹塑性悬臂梁的动力响应．通过对屈服函数以及弯矩、轴力在动力响应过程中分布规律的分析,阐明了斜撞击下恳臂梁的弹塑性动力响应模式和斜撞击的轴向分量对变形机制的影响．研究表明,弹塑性响应过程可划分为四个阶段,对应的变形模式为：“压缩塑性区扩展”模式,“广义移行塑性铰”和“压缩塑性区收缩”混合模式,“驻定塑性铰”模式,“弹性自由振动”模式．与刚塑性分析所假定的两相变形模式比较,弹塑性应响分析证实了响应早期的瞬态轴向压缩模式和梁根部“驻定塑性铰”模式的存在性,肯定了刚塑性分析所假定变形模式的主要特征．斜撞击的轴向分量在撞击发生的瞬时主导了梁的变形,使梁呈现同承受横向冲击明显小同的变形规律．随着响应的深入,轴向分量迅速衰减,其对截面屈服的贡献非常微弱,由横向分量引起的弯曲挠动在大部分时间内主导和控制梁的变形．数值计算结果表明,斜撞击载荷的质量、撞击速度和角度是影响梁动力响应的重要因素．     

On the displacement potential solution of plane problems of structural mechanics with mixed boundary conditions

The present paper describes the advancement of displacement potential approach in relation to solution of plane problems of structural mechanics with mixed mode of boundary conditions. Both the conditions of the plane stress and the plane strain are considered for analyzing the displacement and stress fields of the structural problem. Using the finite difference technique based on the present displacement potential approach for the case of the plane stress and the plane strain conditions, firstly an elastic cantilever beam subjected to a pure shear at its tip is solved and these two solutions (plane stress and plane strain) are compared with Timoshenko and Goodier cantilever beam bending solutions (Theory of elasticity, 2nd edn. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1951); secondly the above-mentioned displacement potential approach for the case of the plane stress and the plane strain conditions are applied to solve a one-end fixed square plate subjected to a combined loading at its tip. Effects of plane stress and plane strain on the elastic field of the plate are discussed in a comparative fashion. Limitations of Timoshenko and Goodier cantilever beam bending solutions (Theory of elasticity, 2nd edn. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1951) over the displacement potential approach for the case of the plane stress and the plane strain conditions are not only discussed but also the superiority of the present displacement potential approach for the case of the plane stress and the plane strain conditions are reflected in the present research work.     

饱和多孔弹性Timoshenko悬臂梁的拟静力弯曲

在经典单相Timoshenko梁变形和孔隙流体仅沿多孔梁轴向运动的假定下,基于不可压饱和多孔介质的三维理论,本文首先建立了横观各向同性饱和多孔弹性Timoshenko悬臂梁拟静力弯曲的一维数学模型,并给出了相应的边界条件。其次,利用Laplace变换及其数值逆变换,分析了端部不同渗透条件下,饱和多孔弹性Timoshenko悬臂梁在端部梯载荷作用下的拟静力响应,给出了饱和多孔Timoshenko悬臂梁弯曲时挠度、弯矩以及孔隙流体压力等效力偶等随时间的响应曲线,并与饱和多孔Euler-Bernoulli悬臂梁的响应进行了比较,考察了梁长细比对弯曲的影响。数值结果表明：固相骨架与孔隙流体的相互作用具有粘性效应,梁弯曲的拟静态挠度具有蠕变行为,端部渗透条件对梁的弯曲响应有显著的影响,并且,饱和多孔弹性Timoshenko悬臂梁的拟静态响应亦存在Mandel-Cryer现象。     

Monitoring structural damage of components using an effective modulus approach

This paper describes a novel nondestructive damage detection method that was developed to study the influence of a crack on the dynamic properties of a cantilever beam subjected to bending. Experimental measurements of transfer functions for the cracked cantilever beam revealed a change in the natural frequency with increasing crack length. A finite element model of a cracked element was created to compute the influence of severity and location of damage on the structural stiffness. The proposed model is based on the response of the cracked beam element under a static load. The change in beam deflection as a result of the crack is used to calculate the reduction in the global component stiffness. The reduction of the beam stiffness is then used to determine its dynamic response employing a modal analysis computational model. Euler–Bernoulli and Timoshenko beam theories are used to quantify the elastic stiffness matrix of a finite element. The transfer functions from both theories compare well with the experimental results. The experimental and computational natural frequencies decreased with increasing crack length. Furthermore the Euler–Bernoulli and Timoshenko beam theories resulted in approximately the same decrease in the natural frequency with increasing crack length as experimentally measured.     

A nonlinear mathematical model for large deflection of incompressible saturated poroelastic beams

Nonlinear governing equations are established for large deflection of incom- pressible fluid saturated poroelastic beams under constraint that diffusion of the pore fluid is only in the axial direction of the deformed beams.Then,the nonlinear bend- ing of a saturated poroelastic cantilever beam with fixed end impermeable and free end permeable,subjected to a suddenly applied constant concentrated transverse load at its free end,is examined with the Gaierkin truncation method.The curves of deflections and bending moments of the beam skeleton and the equivalent couples of the pore fluid pressure are shown in figures.The results of the large deflection and the small deflection theories of the cantilever poroelastic beam are compared,and the differences between them are revealed.It is shown that the results of the large deflection theory are less than those of the corresponding small deflection theory,and the times needed to approach its stationary states for the large deflection theory are much less than those of the small deflection theory.     

Suppression of multiple modal resonances of a cantilever beam by an impact damper

Impact dampers are usually used to suppress single mode resonance. The goal of this paper is to clarify the difference when the impact damper suppresses the resonances of different modes. A cantilever beam equipped with the impact damper is modeled. The elastic contact of the ball and the cantilever beam is described by using the Hertz contact model. The viscous damper between the ball and the cantilever beam is modeled to consume the vibrational energy of the cantilever beam. A piecewise ordinary differential-partial differential equation of the cantilever beam is established, including equations with and without the impact damper. The vibration responses of the cantilever beam with and without the impact damper are numerically calculated. The effects of the impact absorber parameters on the vibration reduction are examined. The results show that multiple resonance peaks of the cantilever beam can be effectively suppressed by the impact damper. Specifically, all resonance amplitudes can be reduced by a larger weight ball. Moreover, the impacting gap is very effective in suppressing the vibration of the cantilever beam. More importantly, there is an optimal impacting gap for each resonance mode of the cantilever beam, but the optimal gap for each mode is different.