Vibrations of a Floating Elastic Plate Due to Periodic Displacements of a Bottom Segment

The problem of the behavior of a floating elastic thin plate under periodic vibrations of a bottom segment is solved using a numerical procedure based on the Wiener-Hopf technique. The effects of the vibration frequency, the position of the vibrating bottom segment, and the fluid depth on the vibration frequencies of the fluid and plate are studied numerically.__________Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 46, No. 5, pp. 166–179, September–October, 2005.     

Surface waves induced by external periodic pressure in a fluid with an uneven bottom

The behavior of waves generated by periodic pressure on the free surface is considered within the linear shallow-water theory. The fluid depth is a piecewise-constant function, which implies the presence of a finite-size bottom trench or elevation. For an arbitrary shape of bottom unevenness, the solution of the problem reduces to a system of integral boundary equations. Manifestation of wave-guiding properties of bottom unevenness is illustrated by an example of an extended rectangular elevation.Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 70–77, January–February, 2005.     

Hydroelastic vibrations of a beam floating on the surface of an incompressible liquid

The article considers the problem of determining the forms and the frequencies of the free vibrations of a floating beam of elliptical cross section, on the basis of simultaneous solution of the equations of mechanical bending vibrations and the equations of hydrodynamics. The difference between the forms of the vibrations of a beam in a liquid and in a void is evaluated.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 1, pp. 128–132, January–February, 1973.     

Study of the Resonant Vibrations and Dissipative Heating of Thin-Walled Elements Made of a Physically Nonlinear Material

An approximate formulation is given to a dynamic coupled thermomechanical problem for physically nonlinear inelastic thin-walled structural elements within the framework of a geometrically linear theory and the Kirchhoff–Love hypotheses. A simplified model is used to describe the vibrations and dissipative heating of inhomogeneous physically nonlinear bodies under harmonic loading. Nonstationary vibroheating problem is solved. The dissipative function obtained from the solution for steady-state vibrations is used to simulate internal heat sources. For the partial case of forced vibrations of a beam, the amplitude–frequency characteristics of the field quantities are studied within a wide frequency range. The temperature characteristics for the first and second resonance modes are compared.     

Plane Problem of Vibrations of an Elastic Floating Plate under Periodic External Loading

The Wiener–Hopf technique is used to construct an analytical solution of the problem of vibrations of a semiinfinite elastic floating plate under periodic external loading. The solution is obtained in explicit form ignoring draft. The dependences of the amplitudes of surface waves and iceplate deflection on the loading distribution and frequency, ice thickness, and liquid depth are studied numerically. It is established that for some types of acting load, no waves propagate in the plate and liquid and the plate vibrations are standing waves localized near the loading region. An example of such vibrations is given and a condition for the occurrence of localized vibrations is found.     

Impact of a circular disk and washer on a fluid in a cylindrical vessel

The solution of the problem of the axisymmetric motion of an ideal incompressible fluid in a cylindrical vessel of finite depth is obtained for small vibrations of a flexible circular disk and washer (disk with centered hole) on the surface of the fluid. On the basis of this solution the virtual mass is determined as a function of the dimensions of the vessel, disk and washer for the special case of a rigid nondeformable disk and washer.Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 1, pp. 103–111, January–February, 1995.     

Investigation of wave fields in a fluid layer and elastic half-space excited by a near-bottom source of vibrations

Questions of a study of acoustic and seismic wave propagation in the ocean and the underlying medium, associated with problems of marine hydrolocation (sonar) and the investigation of tsunami wave predecessors caused by underwater volcanic eruptions are of great interest at this time. The simplest model, a point source of vibrations located in a fluid layer at a certain range from the bottom, is used to describe the mentioned wave processes. Wave fields in a fluid and elastic base are investigated in this paper, analytical formulas are obtained, and results of a numerical analysis are presented.Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 4, pp. 49–51, July–August, 1984.     

Asymptotic form of the problem of nonsymmetrical proper vibrations of a circular-conic al shell

The problem concerning nonsymmetric proper vibrations of a circular-conical shell with a vertex is separated into two parts, one being the determination of an edge-effect type of solution, and the other being the determination of a more slowly varying solution. The ranges of wavelengths for which the separation in question becomes asymptotically accurate as the thickness of the shell tends to zero are indicated. The first solution is written down explicitly; the second is obtained for a free and for a swivel-supported boundary by numerical methods. The numerical solution indicates that the system of equations governing the slowly varying part of the solution has a winding point of a rather complicated structure.Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 2, pp. 135–142, March–April, 1973.     

Small vibrations of a sphere in a spherical volume of viscous fluid

Problems of the vibration of bodies in confined viscous fluids have been solved to determine the added masses and damping coefficients of rods [1–3] and floats [4–5]. The solutions of these problems, based on the use of simplifications of the boundary-layer method [4–6], are obtained analytically in general form and are in good agreement with the experimental data. However, in each specific case the possibility of using such solutions for given values of the fluid viscosity and vibration frequency must be justified either experimentally [2, 4, 5] or theoretically as, for example, in [1], where an analytic solution was obtained for concentric cylinders. The present paper offers a general solution of the problem of the small vibrations of a sphere in a spherical volume of fluid valid over a broad range of variation of the dimensionless kinematic viscosity. The limiting cases of this solution for both high and low viscosity are considered. The asymptotic expressions obtained are compared with calculations based on the analytic solution.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, pp. 29–34, March–April, 1986.     

Resonance Vibrations and Dissipative Heating of Thin-Walled Laminated Elements Made of Physically Nonlinear Materials

The dynamic thermomechanical problem for thin-walled laminated elements is formulated based on the geometrically linear theory and Kirchhoff–Love hypotheses. A simplified model of vibrations and dissipative heating of structurally inhomogeneous inelastic bodies under harmonic loading is used. The mechanical properties of materials are described using strain-dependent complex moduli. A nonstationary vibration-heating problem is solved. The dissipative function, derived from the stationary solution, is used to specify internal heat sources. The amplitude–frequency characteristics and spatial distributions of the main field variables are studied for a sandwich beam subjected to forced vibrations     

Action of a Periodic Load on an Elastic Floating Plate

The problem of the behavior of an elastic floating plate in the form of a strip under the action of a periodic surface load is solved using the Wiener-Hopf technique. The shortwave approximation is found in explicit form. The effect of the frequency and nature of the acting load on the vibration amplitudes of the fluid and the plate is investigated numerically. It is found that for certain loads no waves propagate in the fluid and the vibrations of the plate are localized in the neighborhood of the acting load. Conditions under which local vibration can be realized are found.__________Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Academii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, 2005, pp. 132–146.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Tkacheva.     

Vibrations and Dissipative Heating of a Cylindrical Panel under a Periodic Moving Load

An analytic solution is obtained to describe the vibrations and dissipative heating of a simply supported infinite cylindrical panel under periodic normal loads moving over its surface with a constant velocity. Special attention is focused on resonant vibrations, which result in the most intensive dissipative heating. It is additionally assumed that the material of the panel is viscoelastic, its properties are independent of temperature, and Poisson’s ratio is real. The influence of thickness, radius of curvature, load velocity, and viscoelastic properties on the thermal state of the panel is analysed against the thermal state of the plate__________Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 100–109, April 2005.     

Hydrodynamic characteristics of a wing in a stratified fluid near the bottom

The problem of the motion of a thin wing in a stratified fluid near the bottom is considered. A solution is found using the logarithmic dynamic potential. The dependence of the hydrodynamic force and moment on the input parameters, namely, the Strouhal and Froude numbers and the distance to the bottom, is studied. An important feature of the amplitudes of nonstationary loads on the wing is their nonmonotonic character in the case where the frequency of vibrations is lower than the Brunt-Väisälä frequency, which is explained by the interaction between the wing's vibrations and the internal waves reflected from the bottom.     

Transverse Elastic–Friction Vibrations of a Running Aircraft

An analytical model of the plane-parallel running of an aircraft under crosswind load is proposed. The compliance of the internal constraints of the aircraft and the nonlinearity of the side force on the landing gear wheels are taken into account. The model is intended to study the transverse elastic friction vibrations of the aircraft hull and landing gears. The steady motion of the aircraft is considered. The dependence of the lateral friction force on the slip angle is assumed to have the form of a sinusoidal segment. The Routh–Hurwitz instability conditions are derived in an explicit form     

Radial Vibrations and Heating of a Ring Piezoplate under Electric Excitation Applied to Nonuniformly Electroded Surfaces

Radial vibrations and dissipative heating of a polarized piezoceramic ring plate are studied. The plate is excited by a harmonic electric field applied to nonuniformly electroded surfaces of the plate. The viscoelastic behavior of piezoceramics is described in terms of complex quantities. An analytical solution is found in the case of quasistatic harmonic loading. The dynamic nonlinear problem of coupled thermoviscoelasticity is solved with regard for the temperature dependence of the properties of piezoceramics by step-by-step integration in time, using the numerical methods of discrete orthogonalization and finite differences. A numerical analysis is conducted for TsTStBS-2 piezoceramics to study the influence of partial electroding on the stress–strain distribution, natural frequency, and amplitude–frequency and temperature–frequency characteristics     

Axisymmetric Dynamic Problem of Coupled Thermoviscoplasticity

An axisymmetric dynamic thermoviscoelastic problem is formulated with allowance for the coupling of mechanical and thermal fields. The behavior of the material is described by the Bodner–Partom model. A technique for numerical solution of the problem is developed. The laws governing the stress–strain state and the temperature field of a circular disk under forced flexural vibrations are studied     

Methods for calculation of free vibrations of a cylindrical shell with attached rigid body

We consider a mechanical system consisting of a circular cylindrical shell and an absolutely rigid body attached to one of the ends of the shell. Using the principle of possible displacements, we construct a mathematical model for the equilibrium state of the considered system under loads of general form. Using this model, we formulate an eigenvalue boundary-value problem that describes the free vibrations of the shell-body system and propose its approximate solution. In the case where the shell is replaced by an equivalent Timoshenko beam, we construct an exact solution of the problem under consideration. We also give an estimate for the effect of the rigid body on the vibrations of the system and investigate the accuracy of the beam approximation of flexural vibrations of the shell.Translated from Neliniini Kolyvannya, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 263–285, April–June, 2004.     

Immersion of a floating deformed body

A study is made of the plane-eddyless motion of an ideal incompressible liquid with the vertical uniformly accelerated immersion of a body, whose bottom is deformed in accordance with a given law. The method of solution of [1] is used. Dependences are given for calculating the pressures, the forces of the resistance to the immersion, and the forms of the free surface.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, pp. 136–137, September–October, 1974.     

Electric effects of vibrations of capillaries filled with droplets of mercury and an electrolyte solution

The appearance of a time-dependent difference of the electric potentials due to mechanical vibrations of capillaries filled with droplets of mercury and an electrolyte solution was studied in [1–5]. The phenomenon is used in electrokinetic transducers [6, 7]. Equivalent electric and mechanical circuits of the transducers were proposed in [1–4]. The experimental dependences of the amplitude of the potential difference that arises between the mercury droplets on the vibration frequency (the amplitude-frequency characteristics of the transducers) were investigated in [2, 4]. In the present paper, expressions are obtained for the difference of the electric potentials between mercury droplets that arises in the case of harmonic vibrations of a capillary with small amplitudes. The theoretical and experimental amplitudefrequency characteristics of an electrocapillary transducer are constructed. Good agreement between the results of the calculations and the experimental data is obtained.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika-Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, pp. 131–136, March–April, 1988.     

Apparent masses of a lattice of plates in an incompressible fluid

The apparent masses of a plane lattice of plates in an incompressible fluid were determined by Gurevich (for the case of cophased translational vibrations [1]) and by Samoilovich (for cophased and antiphased translational and torsional vibrations of plates [2]). However, in a number of applications it is necessary to calculate apparent masses both for more complex forms of vibrations and also for different values of the phase shift between the vibrations of neighboring plates. In the present paper we present a calculation algorithm for the apparent masses of the lattice of plates that vibrate according to an arbitrary law with a constant phase shift between the vibrations of neighboring plates. The forms of the vibrations are approximated by trigonometric polynomials, which allows us to represent the apparent masses in the form of series in some standard coefficients. Results are given for the calculation of these coefficients over a wide range of variations of thickness, stagger, and phase shift.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, pp. 14–18, March–April, 1973.