Linear water wave propagation through multiple floating elastic plates of variable properties

We investigate the problem of linear water wave propagation under a set of elastic plates of variable properties. The problem is two-dimensional, but we allow the waves to be incident from an angle. Since the properties of the elastic plates can be set arbitrarily, the solution method can also be applied to model regions of open water as well as elastic plates. We assume that the boundary conditions at the plate edges are the free boundary conditions, although the method could be extended straightforwardly to cover other possible boundary conditions. The solution method is based on an eigenfunction expansion under each elastic plate and on matching these expansions at each plate boundary. We choose the number of matching conditions so that we have fewer equations than unknowns. The extra equations are found by applying the free-edge boundary conditions. We show that our results agree with previous work and that they satisfy the energy balance condition. We also compare our results with a series of experiments using floating elastic plates, which were performed in a two-dimensional wave tank.     

On bending of strain gradient elastic micro-plates

Bending of strain gradient elastic thin plates is studied, adopting Kirchhoff’s theory of plates. Simple linear strain gradient elastic theory with surface energy is employed. The governing plate equation with its boundary conditions are derived through a variational method. It turns out that new terms are introduced, indicating the importance of the cross-section area in bending of thin plates. Those terms are missing from the existing strain gradient plate theories; however, they strongly increase the stiffness of the thin plate.     

Problem of a crack on the boundary of a rigid inclusion in an elastic plate

The problem of equilibrium of a thin elastic plate containing a rigid inclusion is considered. On part of the interface between the elastic plate and the rigid inclusion, there is a vertical crack. It is assumed that, on both crack edges, the boundary conditions are given as inequalities describing the mutual impenetrability of the edges. The solvability of the problem is proven and the character of satisfaction of the boundary conditions is described. It is also shown that the problem is the limit problem for a family of other problems posed for a wider region and describing equilibrium of elastic plates with a vertical crack as the rigidity parameter tends to infinity.     

THE FIRST ORDER APPROXIMATION OF NON-KIRCHHOFF-LOVE THEORY FOR ELASTIC CIRCULAR PLATE WITH FIXED BOUNDARY UNDER UNIFORM SURFACE LOADING (Ⅰ)

Based on the approximation theory adopting non-kirchhoff-Love assumption for three dimensional elastic plates with arbitrary shapes^[1],[2], the author derives a functional of generalized variation for three dimensional elastic circular plates, thereby obtains a set of differential equations and the relate boundary conditions to establish a first order approximation theory for elastic circular plate with fixed boundary and under uniform loading on one of its surface. The analytical solution of this problem will present in another paper.     

Boundary element analysis for bending elastic plates with three generalized displacements

In this paper, the two fundamental differential equations for bending elastic plates with three generalized displacements are transformed into a set of boundary integral equations by Green formula. Three kinds of boundary conditions on edges have been strictly derived. So this paper gives a satisfactory method of boundary element analysis for solving the problem of bending elastic plates.     

A free rectangular plate on elastic foundation

In the theory of elastic thin plates, the bending of a rectangular plate on the elastic foundation is also a difficult problem. This paper provides a rigorous solution by the method of superposition. It satisfies the differential equation, the boundary conditions of the edges and the free corners. Thus we are led to a system of infinite simultaneous equations. The problem solved is for a plate with a concentrated load at its center. The reactive forces from the foundation should be made to be in equilibrium with the concentrated force to see whether our calculation is correct or not.     

Free vibration analysis of moderately thick functionally graded plates on elastic foundation using the extended Kantorovich method

Free vibration analysis of moderately thick rectangular FG plates on elastic foundation with various combinations of simply supported and clamped boundary conditions are studied. Winkler model is considered to describe the reaction of elastic foundation on the plate. Governing equations of motion are obtained based on the Mindlin plate theory. A semi-analytical solution is presented for the governing equations using the extended Kantorovich method together with infinite power series solution. Results are compared and validated with available results in the literature. Effects of elastic foundation, boundary conditions, material, and geometrical parameters on natural frequencies of the FG plates are investigated.     

Perturbation analysis for the postbuckling of rectangular orthotropic plates

In this paper, applying perturbation method to von Kármán-type nonlinear large deflection equations of orthotropic plates by taking deflection as perturbation parameter, thé postbuckling behavior of simply supported rectangular orthotropic plates under inplane compression is investigated. Two types of in-plane boundary conditions are now considered and the effects of initial imperfections are also studied. Numerical results are presented for various cases of orthotropic composite plates having different elastic properties. It is found that the results obtained are in good agreement with those of experiments.     

AN ACCURATE TWO-DIMENSIONAL THEORY OF VIBRATIONS OF ISOTROPIC,ELASTIC PLATES

An infinite system of two-dimensional equations of motion of isotropic elastic plates with edge and corner conditions are deduced from the three-dimensional equations of elasticity by expansion of displacements in a series of trigonometrical functions and a linear function of the thickness coordinate of the plate. The linear term in the expansion is to accommodate the in-plane displacements induced by the rotation of the plate normal in low-frequency flexural motions. A system of first-order equations of flexural motions and accompanying boundary conditions are extracted from the infinite system. It is shown that the present system of equations is equivalent to the Mindlin’s first-order equations, and the dispersion relation of straight-crested waves of the present theory is identical to that of the Mindlin’s without introducing any corrections. Reduction of present equations and boundary conditions to those of classical plate theories of flexural motions is also presented.     

Nonlinear equations of elastic deformation of plates

A method for constructing nonlinear equations of elastic deformation of plates with boundary conditions for stresses and displacements at the face surfaces in an arbitrary coordinate system is proposed. The initial three–dimensional problem of the nonlinear theory of elasticity is reduced to a one–parameter sequence of two–dimensional problems by approximating the unknown functions by truncated series in Legendre polynomials. The same unknowns are approximated by different truncated series. In each approximation, a linearized system of equations whose differential order does not depend on the boundary conditions at the face surfaces which can be formulated in terms of stresses or displacements is obtained.     

On the Mathematical Structure of Eigen-deformations in a Föppl-von Kármán Bifurcation System

Bifurcations of thin circular elastic plates subjected to uniform normal pressure are explored by taking into account the flexural compliance of the edge restraint. This effect is accounted for by formally reinforcing the outer rim of the plate with a curved beam element, whose net effect is akin to a Hookean spring relating the inclination of the median surface of the plate (with respect to a horizontal plane) and the radial edge moment. The new added feature reflects the imperfect nature of the boundary restraints achieved under realistic physical conditions, and includes as particular cases the usual boundary conditions associated with flexurally simply-supported and clamped plates. It is shown here that in the limit of eigen-deformations with very short wavelengths in the azimuthal direction the two equations in the Föppl-von Kármán bifurcation system remain coupled. However, for edge restraints close to the former type the asymptotic limit of the bifurcation system is described by an Airy-like equation, whereas when the outer rim of the plate is flexurally clamped the Airy-like structure morphs into a standard equation for parabolic cylinder functions. Our singular perturbation arguments are complemented by direct numerical simulations that shed further light on the aforementioned results.     

非均匀Winkler弹性地基上变厚度矩形板自由振动的DTM求解

针对非均匀Winkler弹性地基上变厚度矩形板的自由振动问题,通过一种有效的数值求解方法——微分变换法（DTM）,研究其无量纲固有频率特性。已知变厚度矩形板对边为简支边界条件,其他两边的边界条件为简支、固定或自由任意组合。采用DTM将非均匀Winkler弹性地基上变厚度矩形板无量纲化的自由振动控制微分方程及其边界条件变换为等价的代数方程,得到含有无量纲固有频率的特征方程。数值结果退化为均匀Winker弹性地基上矩形板以及变厚度矩形板的情形,并与已有文献采用的不同求解方法进行比较,结果表明,DTM具有非常高的精度和很强的适用性。最后,在不同边界条件下分析地基变化参数、厚度变化参数和长宽比对矩形板无量纲固有频率的影响,并给出了非均匀Winkler弹性地基上对边简支对边固定变厚度矩形板的前六阶振型。     

THE FIRST ORDER APPROXIMATION OF NON-KIRCHHOFF-LOVE THEORYFOR ELASTIC CIRCULAR PLATE WITH FIXED BOUNDARY UNDERUNIFORM SURFACE LOADING (Ⅰ)

I.1ntroductionTheaxisymmetricproblemofthreedimensionalelasticcircularplatecanbetreatedasthreedimensionalaxisymmetricproblemofelasticity.Weconsideracircularplatewithauniformthicknessh,andsetupacircumferentialcoordinates(r,o)onitsmidd1esurfacewithabscissazp…     

The validity range of CPT and Mindlin plate theory in comparison with 3-D vibrational analysis of circular plates on the elastic foundation

The validity and the range of applicability of the classical plate theory (CPT) and the first-order shear deformation plate theory, also called Mindlin plate theory (MPT), in comparison with three-dimensional (3-D) p-Ritz solution are presented for freely vibrating circular plates on the elastic foundation with different boundary conditions. In order to achieve this purpose, a study of the 3-D elasticity solution is carried out to determine the free vibration frequencies of clamped, simply supported and free circular plates resting on an elastic foundation. The Pasternak model with adding a shear layer to the Winkler model is used for describing the elastic foundation. In addition to being employed the p-Ritz algorithm, the analysis is based on the linear, small strain and 3-D elasticity theory. In this analysis method, a set of orthogonal polynomial series in a cylindrical polar coordinate system is used to arrive eigenvalue equation yielding the natural frequencies for the circular plates. The accuracy of these results is verified by appropriate convergence studies and checked with the available literature and the MPT. Furthermore, the effect of the foundation stiffness parameters, thickness-radius ratio, and different boundary conditions on the ill-conditioning of the mass matrix as well as on the vibration behavior of the circular plates is investigated. Afterwards, the validity and the range of applicability of the results obtained on the basis of the CPT and MPT for a thin and moderately thick circular plate with different values of the foundation stiffness parameters are graphically presented through comparing them with those obtained by the present 3-D p-Ritz solution. Finally, the phenomenon of mode shape switching is investigated in graphical forms for a wide range of the Winkler foundation stiffness parameters.     

Boundary Conditions for Plate Bending in One-dimensional Hexagonal Quasicrystals

For plate bending in one-dimensional (1D) hexagonal quasicrystals (QCs), the reciprocal theorem and the general solution for QCs media are applied in a novel way to obtain the appropriate stress and mixed boundary conditions accurate to all order for plates of general edge geometry and loadings. Through generalizing the method developed by Gregory and Wan, a set of necessary conditions on the edge-data for the existence of a rapidly decaying solution is established. The prescribed data must satisfy these conditions in order that they should generate a decaying state. When a set of stress edge-data or mixed edge-data is imposed on the plate edge, these decaying state conditions for the case of axisymmetric deformation of 1D hexagonal QC plates are derived explicitly. They are then used for the correct formulation of boundary conditions for the plate theory solution (or the interior solution). Furthermore, in the absence of phonon–phason fields coupling effect, corresponding necessary conditions for the case of transversely isotropic elastic plates are derived subsequently, and their isotropic elastic counterparts are also obtained.      

Mechanical buckling and free vibration of thick functionally graded plates resting on elastic foundation using the higher order B-spline finite strip method

In this study, the mechanical buckling and free vibration of thick rectangular plates made of functionally graded materials (FGMs) resting on elastic foundation subjected to in-plane loading is considered. The third order shear deformation theory (TSDT) is employed to derive the governing equations. It is assumed that the material properties of FGM plates vary smoothly by distribution of power law across the plate thickness. The elastic foundation is modeled by the Winkler and two-parameter Pasternak type of elastic foundation. Based on the spline finite strip method, the fundamental equations for functionally graded plates are obtained by discretizing the plate into some finite strips. The results are achieved by the minimization of the total potential energy and solving the corresponding eigenvalue problem. The governing equations are solved for FGM plates buckling analysis and free vibration, separately. In addition, numerical results for FGM plates with different boundary conditions have been verified by comparing to the analytical solutions in the literature. Furthermore, the effects of different values of the foundation stiffness parameters on the response of the FGM plates are determined and discussed.     

损伤弹性薄板的弯曲

通过损伤弹性薄板的变分方法,推导了损伤弹性薄板弯曲的运动控制方程．选取满足边界条件的挠度函数,采用Ritz法和 Galerkin法,将原问题转化为线性方程组的求解．通过算例分析,得到y=b/2处挠度和损伤随x的变化曲线,结果表明损伤薄板中任一点的位移总是大于无损薄板中的位移．     

Large amplitude free vibrations of irregular plates placed on an elastic foundation

A unified method for determining the lowest natural frequency of large amplitude free vibrations of thin elastic plates of any shape and placed on elastic foundation is given. The conformal mapping technique is introduced and Galerkin's method is used to calculate approximate values of the lowest natural frequency. Time periods for circular, square and cornered plates placed on elastic foundation have been determined for simply supported and clamped edge boundary conditions. Practical values have also been determined experimentally. The results are presented in the form of graphs and they are compared with other known results.     

Numerical investigation of the effect of boundary conditions on hydroelastic stability of two parallel plates interacting with a layer of ideal flowing fluid

The paper studies the hydroelastic stability of two parallel identical rectangular plates interacting with a flowing fluid confined between them. General equations describing the behavior of ideal compressible liquid in the case of small perturbations are written in terms of the perturbation velocity potential and transformed using the Bubnov–Galerkin method. The small deformations of elastic plates are defined using the first-order shear deformation plate theory. A mathematical formulation of the dynamic problem for elastic structures is developed using the variational principle of virtual displacements, which takes into account the work done by the inertial forces and hydrodynamic pressure. The numerical solution of the problem is carried out in three-dimensional formulation by means of the finite element method. A stability criterion is based on the analysis of complex eigenvalues of the coupled system of equations obtained for different values of flow velocity. The existence of different types of instability has been shown depending on the combinations of the kinematic boundary conditions defined at the edges of both plates. We considered both the symmetric and asymmetric types of clamping. It has been found that the dependence of the lowest eigenfrequency of two parallel plates on the height of quiescent fluid is nonmonotonic with a pronounced peak. At the same time, critical velocities of instability change insignificantly if the distance between plates is greater than half of the maximum linear dimensions of the structure. It should be noted that the critical velocities of divergence increase monotonically with growth of the height of the fluid layer, but critical velocities for the onset of flutter instability have sharp jumps. The cause of these jumps is a change in the mode shapes at which the system loses stability.     

FLEXURAL WAVE PROPAGATION IN NARROW MINDLIN''''S PLATE

Appling Mindlin's theory of thick plates and Hamilton system to propagation of elastic waves under free boundary condition, a solution of the problem was given. Dispersion equations of propagation mode of strip plates were deduced from eigenfunction expansion method. It was compared with the dispersion relation that was gained through solution of thick plate theory proposed by Mindlin. Based on the two kinds of theories, the dispersion curves show great difference in the region of short waves, and the cutoff frequencies are higher in Hamiltonian systems. However, the dispersion curves are almost the same in the region of long waves.