On the instability of an axially moving elastic plate

Problems of stability of an axially moving elastic band travelling at constant velocity between two supports and experiencing small transverse vibrations are considered in a 2D formulation. The model of a thin elastic plate subjected to bending and tension is used to describe the bending moment and the distribution of membrane forces. The stability of the plate is investigated with the help of an analytical approach. In the frame of a general dynamic analysis, it is shown that the onset of instability takes place in the form of divergence (buckling). Then the static forms of instability are investigated, and critical regimes are studied as functions of geometric and mechanical problem parameters. It is shown that in the limit of a narrow strip, the 2D formulation reduces to the classical 1D model. In the limit of a wide band, there is a small but finite discrepancy between the results given by the 1D model and the full 2D formulation, where the discrepancy depends on the Poisson ratio of the material. Finally, the results are illustrated via numerical examples, and it is observed that the transverse displacement becomes localised in the vicinity of free boundaries.     

Behavior of a Semi-Infinite Ice Cover Under a Uniformly Moving Load

This paper consideres the behavior of a semi-infinite ice cover on the surface of an ideal incompressible fluid of finite depth under the action of a load moving with constant velocity along the edge of the cover at some distance from it. The ice cover is modeled by a thin elastic plate of constant thickness. In a moving coordinate system, the deflection of the plate is assumed to be steady. An analytic solution of the problem is obtained using the Wiener–Hopf technique. The wave forces, the deflection of the plate, and the elevation of the free surface of the fluid at different velocities of the load are investigated.     

Analytical study of the dynamic response of an embedded railway track to a moving load

Summary In this paper, the steady-state dynamic response of an embedded railway track to a moving train is investigated theoretically. The model for the track consists of a flexible plate performing vertical vibrations, two beams that are connected to the plate by continuous visco-elastic elements and an elastic foundation that supports the plate. Two harmonic loads that move uniformly along the beams describe the train load. The plate, the beams and the elastic foundation are employed to model a concrete slab of an embedded track, the rails and the ground reaction, respectively. The problem is studied by employing the Fourier integral transforms in the following way. Firstly, the dispersion analysis of waves that may propagate along the system is accomplished in the frequency-wavenumber domain. On the basis of this analysis, critical velocities of the loads are found both for the in-phase and anti-phase vibrations of the loads. Secondly, the vertical displacement of the rails and the slab, along with the stresses in the slab, are investigated as functions of the velocity and frequency of the loads. Finally, the response of the two-dimensional model is compared to that of a simplified one-dimensional model.     

Dynamical analysis of axially moving plate by finite difference method

The complex natural frequencies for linear free vibrations and bifurcation and chaos for forced nonlinear vibration of axially moving viscoelastic plate are investigated in this paper. The governing partial differential equation of out-of-plane motion of the plate is derived by Newton’s second law. The finite difference method in spatial field is applied to the differential equation to study the instability due to flutter and divergence. The finite difference method in both spatial and temporal field is used in the analysis of a nonlinear partial differential equation to detect bifurcations and chaos of a nonlinear forced vibration of the system. Numerical results show that, with the increasing axially moving speed, the increasing excitation amplitude, and the decreasing viscosity coefficient, the equilibrium loses its stability and bifurcates into periodic motion, and then the periodic motion becomes chaotic motion by period-doubling bifurcation.     

Analytical analysis for vibration of longitudinally moving plate submerged in infinite liquid domain

The vibration of a longitudinally moving rectangular plate submersed in an infinite liquid domain is studied analytically with the Rayleigh-Ritz method. The liquid is assumed to be incompressible, inviscid, and irrotational, and the velocity potential is used to describe the fluid velocity in the whole liquid field. The classical thin plate theory is used to derive mechanical energies of the traveling plate. As derivative of transverse displacement with respect to time in the compatibility condition equation exists, an exponential function is introduced to depict the dynamic deformation of the moving plate. It is shown that this exponential function works well with the RayleighRitz method. A convergence study shows a quick convergence speed for the immersed moving plate. Furthermore, the parametric study is carried out to demonstrate the effect of system parameters including the moving speed, the plate location, the liquid depth,the plate-liquid ratio, and the boundary condition. Results show that the above system parameters have significant influence on the vibration characteristics of the immersed moving plate. To extend the study, the method of added virtual mass incremental(AVMI)factor is used. The results show good agreement with those from the Rayleigh-Ritz method.     

Generation of Transient Waves by Impulsive Disturbances in an Inviscid Fluid with an Ice-Cover

The dynamic responses of an ice-covered fluid to impulsive disturbances are analytically investigated for two- and three-dimensional cases. The initially quiescent fluid of infinite depth is assumed to be inviscid, incompressible and homogenous. The thin ice-cover is modelled as a homogenous elastic plate with negligible inertia. Four types of impulsive concentrated disturbances are considered, namely an instantaneous mass source immersed in the fluid, an instantaneously dynamic load on the plate, an initial impulse on the surface of the fluid, and an initial displacement of the ice plate. The linearized initial-boundary-value problem is formulated within the framework of potential flow. The solutions in integral form for the vertical deflexions at the ice-water interface are obtained by means of a joint Laplace-Fourier transform. The asymptotic representations of the wave motions for large time with a fixed distance-to-time ratio are derived by making use of the method of stationary phase. It is found that there exists a minimal group velocity and the wave system observed depends on the moving speed of the observer. For an observer moving with the speed larger than the minimal group velocity, there exist two trains of waves, namely the long gravity waves and the short flexural waves, the latter riding on the former. Moreover, the deflexions of the ice-plate for an observer moving with a speed near the minimal group velocity are expressed in terms of the Airy functions. The effects of the presence of an ice-cover on the resultant wave amplitudes, the wavelengths and periods are discussed in detail. The explicit expressions for the free-surface gravity waves can readily be recovered by the present results as the thickness of ice-plate tends to zero.     

Finite Oscillations of a Cylinder in a Coaxial Duct Subjected to Annular Compressible Flow

As a generalization considering small fluid-structural vibrations, the present paper examines the finite magnitude oscillatory motion of an elastically supported rigid cylinder in a cylindrical rigid duct conveying a compressible flow. The fluid is assumed to be inviscid and irrotational and free purely transverse vibrations of the body are dealt with. The governing equations of motion are the fully nonlinear Euler equations together with the continuity equation and a state equation (here for an ideal gas), the ordinary differential equation for the vibrating cylinder, and the kinematical transition and boundary conditions at the moving contact interface between fluid and body and the outside fluid border, respectively. A pertubation analysis is performed to calculate not only the dynamic characteristics for small coupled oscillations but also the corrections due to the inherent nonlinearities of the vibroacoustic problem. To make the calculation steps more transparent, the simpler problem of a two-dimensional channel flow between a rigid wall and an elastically supported rigid plate is also included in the present study. As an outlook, the influence of flexibility of the cylinder (or the plate) is addressed and the problem of forced vibrations is touched. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Resonant many-mode periodic and chaotic self-sustained aeroelastic vibrations of cantilever plates with geometrical non-linearities in incompressible flow

The plates interacting with inviscid, incompressible, potential gas flow are analyzed. Many modes interaction is considered to describe self-sustained vibrations of plates. The singular integral equation is solved to obtain gas pressures acting on the plate. The Von Karman equations with respect to three displacements are used to describe the plate geometrical non-linear vibrations. The Galerkin method is applied to each partial differential equation to obtain the finite-degree-of-freedom model of the plate vibrations. Self-sustained vibrations, which take place due to the Hopf bifurcation, are investigated. These vibrations undergo the Naimark?CSacker bifurcation and the periodic motions are transformed into the almost periodic ones. If the stream velocity is increased, almost periodic motions are transformed into chaotic ones. As a result of the internal resonance, the saturation of the vibration mode is observed. The non-linear dynamics of low- and high-aspect-ratio plates is analyzed.     

Generalized Plain Couette Flow and Heat Transfer in a Composite Channel

An analytical study of fluid flow and heat transfer in a composite channel is presented. The channel walls are maintained at different constant temperatures in such a way that the temperatures do not allow for free convection. The upper plate is considered to be moving and the lower plate is fixed. The flow is modeled using Darcy–Lapwood–Brinkman equation. The viscous and Darcy dissipation terms are included in the energy equation. By applying suitable matching and boundary conditions, an exact solution has been obtained for the velocity and temperature distributions in the two regions of the composite channel. The effects of various parameters such as the porous medium parameter, viscosity ratio, height ratio, conductivity ratio, Eckert number, and Prandtl number on the velocity and temperature fields are presented graphically and discussed.     

Radiation effects on the thermal boundary layer flow over a moving plate with convective boundary condition

The steady laminar boundary layer flow over a moving plate in a moving fluid with convective surface boundary condition and in the presence of thermal radiation is investigated in this paper. Under certain conditions, the present problem reduces to the classical Blasius and Sakiadis problems. The effects of radiation and convective parameters on the thermal field are thoroughly examined and discussed. Dual solutions are found to exist when the plate and the fluid move in the opposite directions.     

Two modes nonresonant interaction for rectangular plate with geometrical nonlinearity

The vibrations of thin rectangular plate with geometrical nonlinearity are analyzed. The models of plate vibrations with different numbers of degrees-of-freedom are derived. It is deduced that two degrees-of-freedoms are enough to describe low-frequency nonlinear dynamics of plates. Nonlinear normal modes are used to analyze the system dynamics. If vibrations amplitudes are increased, single-mode plate vibrations are transformed into two mode ones. In this case, internal resonance conditions are not observed. Such transformation of vibration is described using Kauderer?CRosenberg nonlinear normal modes.     

Hydroelastic stability of a rectangular plate interacting with a layer of ideal flowing fluid

The three-dimensional formulation of the problem on the natural vibrations and stability of an elastic plate which interacts with a quiescent or flowing fluid is represented and a finite element algorithm of its numerical implementation is proposed. The governing equations, which describe vortex-free ideal fluid dynamics in the case of small perturbations, are written in terms of the perturbation velocity potential and transformed using the Bubnov–Galerkin method. The plate strains are determined on the basis of the Timoshenko theory. The variational principle of virtual displacements which takes into account the work done by inertial forces and the hydrodynamic pressure is used for the mathematical formulation of the dynamic problem of elastic structure. The solution of the problem is reduced to calculations and an analysis of complex eigenvalues of a coupled system of two equations. The effect of the fluid layer height on the eigenfrequencies and the critical velocities of the loss of stability is estimated numerically. It is shown that there exist different types of instability determined by combinations of the kinematic boundary conditions prescribed at the plate edges.     

Free vibration of membrane/bounded incompressible fluid

Vibration of a circular membrane in contact with a fluid has extensive applications in industry.The natural vibration frequencies for the asymmetric free vibration of a circular membrane in contact with a bounded incompressible fluid are derived in this paper.Considering small oscillations induced by the membrane vibration in an incompressible and inviscid fluid,the velocity potential function is used to describe the fluid field.Two approaches are used to derive the free vibration frequencies of the system,which include a variational formulation and an approximate solution employing the Rayleigh quotient method.A good correlation is found between free vibration frequencies evaluated by these methods.Finally,the effects of the fluid depth,the mass density,and the radial tension on the free vibration frequencies of the coupled system are investigated.     

Two-dimensional rheological element in modelling of axially moving viscoelastic web

To model the axially moving viscoelastic web material a two-dimensional rheological element is used in this paper. This model is formed by elastic region and viscoelastic region. Using two-dimensional rheological model and the plate theory the differential equation of motion in the form of the eighth-order linear partial differential equation that governs the transverse vibrations of the system is derived. The Galerkin method is applied to simplify the governing equation into two-order truncated system defined by the set of ordinary differential equations. Numerical investigations of dynamic stability of the paper web were carried out. The effects of the transport speed and the internal damping on the dynamic behaviour of the axially moving web are presented in this paper.     

Hall and Porous Boundaries Effects on Peristaltic Transport Through Porous Medium of a Maxwell Model

Peristaltic motion induced by sinusoidal traveling wave of incompressible, electrically conducting Maxwell fluid in the porous walls of a two-dimensional channel through a porous medium has been investigated in the presence of a constant magnetic field. The Hall effect has been taken into account. Modified Darcy??s law has been used in the flow modeling. The fluid entering the flow region through one plate is considered at the same rate as it is leaving through the other plate. The problem is formulated using a perturbation expansion in terms of small amplitude ratio. We have discussed the problem only for free pumping case. This work can be considered as mathematical modeling to the case of gall bladder with stones. Finally, the effects of various parameters of interest are discussed and shown graphically.     

Zener internal damping in modelling of axially moving viscoelastic beam with time-dependent tension

Non-linear vibrations of axially moving beam with time-dependent tension are investigated in this paper. The beam material is modelled as three-parameter Zener element. The Galerkin method and the fourth order Runge-Kutta method are used to solve the governing non-linear partial-differential equation. The effects of the transport speed, the tension perturbation amplitude and the internal damping on the dynamic behaviour of the system are numerically investigated. The Poincare maps and bifurcation diagrams are constructed to classify the vibrations. For small values of the transport speed and the amplitude of periodic perturbation the system is asymptotically stable with its response tending to zero. With the increase of parameters one can observe the coexistence of attractors. Regular and chaotic motion occur when the internal damping increases.     

Coupled free vibration analysis of a fluid-filled rectangular container with a sagged bottom membrane

In the present paper, two-dimensional coupled free vibrations of a fluid-filled rectangular container with a sagged bottom membrane are investigated. This system consists of two rigid walls and a membrane anchored along two rigid vertical walls. It is filled with incompressible and inviscid fluid. The membrane material is assumed to act like an inextensible material with no bending resistance. First, the nonlinear equilibrium equation is solved and the equilibrium shape of the membrane is obtained using an analytical formulation neglecting the membrane weight. The small vibrations about the equilibrium configuration are then investigated. Along the contact surface between the bottom membrane and the fluid, the compatibility requirement is applied for the fluid–structure interactions and the finite element method is used to calculate the natural frequencies and mode shapes of the fluid–membrane system. The vibration analysis of the coupled system is accomplished by using the displacement finite element for the membrane and the pressure fluid-finite element for the fluid domain. The variations of natural frequencies with the pressure head, the membrane length, the membrane weight and the distance between two rigid walls are examined. Moreover, the mode shapes of system are investigated.     

Streamwise vibrations of a plate in a viscous fluid flow in a channel,induced by forced transverse vibrations of the plate

Aeroelastic vibrations of a plate aligned at a zero angle of attack in a viscous incompressible fluid flow in a channel with parallel walls are considered within the framework of a plane model. Forced vibrations of the plate in the transverse direction give rise an unsteady component of the flow friction force, induced by the perturbation of the fluid flow velocity by the vibrating plate. Under the assumption of the laminar character of the fluid flow, it is demonstrated that this force can excite streamwise vibrations of the plate if the channel width is small as compared with the plate length; these streamwise vibrations have the same order as the transverse vibrations of the plate excited by external forces.     

Action of periodic surface pressure on an ice cover in the vicinity of a vertical wall

This paper presents the solution of the linear hydroelastic problem for steady forced vibrations of a semi-infinite ice cover under the effect of localized external load. The ice cover is simulated by a viscoelastic thin plate, the thickness of the fluid layer is assumed to be small, and the shallow water theory is used. The fluid is limited by a solid vertical wall, and the rectilinear edge of the elastic plate adjacent to the wall can be both free and clamped. The solution is obtained with the help of the Fourier integral transform. The behavior of the ice cover is studied depending on the frequency of the external load and boundary conditions on the edge of the plate. It is shown that, in the case of a free edge of the plate, there are considerable deflections on the edge, which could be comparable with deflections at the center of the pressure impact region. It is established that, due to the existence of wave movements of the type of edge waves, the external load energy is transferred to larger distances along the free edge, and there are significant bending moments on the edge of the clamped plate, which can lead to fracture of the ice cover with sufficiently great intensity of the external load.