Free vibration of non-uniform column using DQM

Most of engineering problems are governed by a set of partial differential equations with proper boundary conditions. The present work is concerned with free vibration analysis of non-uniform column resting on elastic foundation and subjected to follower force. The used method of solution is the differential quadrature method (DQM). Formulation of the problem is introduced. The results obtained and compared with the exact solution and traditional numerical techniques such as finite element method. The parametric study is used to investigate the effect of column geometry on the natural frequencies, the mode shapes and the critical load.     

Elastic waves against a corrugated boundary

A train of plane waves travels in an elastic semi-infinite medium bounded by a corrugated line having a sinusoidal shape. When the primary waves impinge against the surface, a new train of reflected waves is generated, and the question arises of determining the effect of roughnesses of the boundary on the shape and amplitude of the reflected waves.The case of perpendicular incidence may be treated without difficulty by extending a solution found by Rayleigh [2, Art. 272] for reflection of sound waves from a corrugated surface.

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Sommario Un treno d'onde piane viaggia in un mezzo elastico semi-indefinito limitato da una linea corrugata di forma sinusoidale. Quando l'onda primaria urta contro la frontiera, si genera un nuovo treno d'onde, e si pone la questione di determinare l'effetto della rugosità del contorno sulla forma e l'ampiezza delle onde rillesse.Il caso di incidenza perpendicolare si può trattare senza difficoltà estendendo una soluzione trovata da Rayleigh [2, Art. 272] sulla riflessione delle onde sonore da parte di una superficie corrugata.

     

Torsion and bending periodic boundary conditions for modeling the intrinsic strength of nanowires

We present a unified approach for atomistic modeling of torsion and bending of nanowires that is free from artificial end effects. Torsional and bending periodic boundary conditions (t-PBC and b-PBC) are formulated by generalizing the conventional periodic boundary conditions (PBC) to cylindrical coordinates. The approach is simpler than the more general objective molecular dynamics formulation because we focus on the special cases of torsion and bending. A simple implementation of these boundary conditions is presented and correctly conserves linear and angular momenta. We also derive the virial expressions for the average torque and bending moment under these boundary conditions that are analogous to the virial expression for the average stress in PBC. The method is demonstrated by molecular dynamics simulation of Si nanowires under torsion and bending, which exhibit several modes of failure depending on their diameters.     

Interface damage modeled by spring boundary conditions for in-plane elastic waves

In-plane elastic wave propagation in the presence of a damaged interface is investigated. The damage is modeled as a distribution of small cracks and this is transformed into a spring boundary condition. First the scattering by a single interface crack is determined explicitly in the low frequency limit for the case of a plane wave normally incident to the interface. The transmission at an interface with a random distribution of small cracks is then determined and is compared to periodically distributed cracks. The cracked interface is then described by a distributed spring boundary condition. As an illustration the dispersion relation of the first modes in a thick plate with a damaged interface in the middle is given.     

Vibrations of polygonal plates with various boundary conditions

The bending vibrations of polygonal (L-shaped) plates with different shapes and boundary conditions are studied. The natural frequencies are calculated using the inverse-iteration and Kantorovich-Vlasov methods. To take the configuration of the domain into account, the fictitious domain method and an analog of the force method of structural mechanics are used. Different trends in the dependence of the lowest natural frequency of an L-shaped plate on its geometry are illustrated for different boundary conditions.Acorrelation between the extreme values of the bending frequency and some relations for the energy characteristics of the plate is established __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 43, No. 5, pp. 63–72, May 2007.     

Free vibration analysis of functionally graded panels and shells of revolution

The aim of this paper is to study the dynamic behaviour of functionally graded parabolic and circular panels and shells of revolution. The First-order Shear Deformation Theory (FSDT) is used to study these moderately thick structural elements. The treatment is developed within the theory of linear elasticity, when the materials are assumed to be isotropic and inhomogeneous through the thickness direction. The two-constituent functionally graded shell consists of ceramic and metal that are graded through the thickness, from one surface of the shell to the other. Two different power-law distributions are considered for the ceramic volume fraction. For the first power-law distribution, the bottom surface of the structure is ceramic rich, whereas the top surface is metal rich and on the contrary for the second one. The governing equations of motion are expressed as functions of five kinematic parameters, by using the constitutive and kinematic relationships. The solution is given in terms of generalized displacement components of the points lying on the middle surface of the shell. The discretization of the system equations by means of the Generalized Differential Quadrature (GDQ) method leads to a standard linear eigenvalue problem, where two independent variables are involved without using the Fourier modal expansion methodology. Numerical results concerning eight types of shell structures illustrate the influence of the power-law exponent and of the power-law distribution choice on the mechanical behaviour of parabolic and circular shell structures. Preliminary results were presented by the authors at the XVIII° National Conference of Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (AIMETA 2007) (Tornabene and Viola 27).     

Analysis of free non-linear vibrations of a viscoelastic plate under the conditions of different internal resonances

Non-linear free damped vibrations of a rectangular plate described by three non-linear differential equations are considered when the plate is being under the conditions of the internal resonance one-to-one, and the internal additive or difference combinational resonances. Viscous properties of the system are described by the Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative of the order smaller than unit. The functions of the in-plane and out-of-plane displacements are determined in terms of eigenfunctions of linear vibrations with the further utilization of the method of multiple scales, in so doing the amplitude functions are expanded into power series in terms of the small parameter and depend on different time scales, but the fractional derivative is represented as a fractional power of the differentiation operator. It is assumed that the order of the damping coefficient depends on the character of the vibratory process and takes on the magnitude of the amplitudes’ order. The time-dependence of the amplitudes in the form of incomplete integrals of the first kind is obtained. Using the constructed solutions, the influence of viscosity on the energy exchange mechanism is analyzed which is intrinsic to free vibrations of different structures being under the conditions of the internal resonance. It is shown that each mode is characterized by its damping coefficient which is connected with the natural frequency of this mode by the exponential relationship with a negative fractional exponent. It is shown that viscosity may have a twofold effect on the system: a destabilizing influence producing unsteady energy exchange, and a stabilizing influence resulting in damping of the energy exchange mechanism.     

Mechanical quadrature methods and extrapolation for solving nonlinear boundary Helmholtz integral equations

This paper presents mechanical quadrature methods (MQMs) for solving nonlinear boundary Helmholtz integral equations. The methods have high accuracy of order O(h ³) and low computation complexity. Moreover, the mechanical quadrature methods are simple without computing any singular integration. A nonlinear system is constructed by discretizing the nonlinear boundary integral equations. The stability and convergence of the system are proved based on an asymptotical compact theory and the Stepleman theorem. Using the h ³-Richardson extrapolation algorithms (EAs), the accuracy to the order of O(h ⁵) is improved. To slove the nonlinear system, the Newton iteration is discussed extensively by using the Ostrowski fixed point theorem. The efficiency of the algorithms is illustrated by numerical examples.     

Motion of a spherical particle in a fluid forced vortex by DO M and DTM

In this study, coupled equations of the motion of a particle in a fluid forced vortex were investigated using the differential transformation method （DTM） with the Pad6 approximation and the differential quadrature method （DO_M）. The significant contribution of the work is the introduction of two new, fast and efficient solutions for a spherical particle in a forced vortex that are improvements over the previous numerical results in the literature. These methods represent approximations with a high degree of accuracy and minimal computational effort for studying the particle motion in a fluid forced vortex. In addition, the velocity profiles （angular and radial） and the position trajectory of a particle in a fluid forced vortex are described in the current study.     

On the efficacy of pseudo-coordinates—Part 2: moving boundary constraints

In this paper an argument is presented in favor of utilizing felicitous or natural coordinates in the model formulation of complex hybrid parameter multiple body mechanical systems (HPMBS). Specifically for this paper, HPMBS that consist of continuua that are subjected to spatially and temporally varying non-holonomic boundary conditions. This is the second paper of a two part series of papers that is presented to clarify the novelty and usefulness of a recently developed Gibbs-Appell type projection based HPMBS modeling tool. The purpose of the paper is to show that with the novel use of pseudo-coordinates and speeds (as defined by the author) it is completely natural to provide minimal configuration space dimensionality yet still retain rigorous analytical formulation tractability.Presented in this work, as a demonstrative arguing point, is the development of the hybrid parameter motion equations for a rolling flexible-disk material cutting device. This device consists of a circular flexible continuum (the cutter) along with the requisite mounting rigid hub and handle. This non-holonomically constrained device is modeled executing spatial motion constrained to the plane via moving constraints applied to the boundary of the planar continuum. Also included in this work are numerical results bolstering the claims made herein. These numerical results demonstrate that the methodology elucidated provides low-order models suitable for modeling complicated devices. These low-order models are in contrast to the current modeling trend of ever-increasing degrees of freedom.     

A boundary element method for small-amplitude viscous fluid sloshing in couple with structural vibration

A boundary element method is presented for the coupled motion analysis of structural vibration with small-amplitude fluid sloshing in two-dimensional space. The linearized Navier-Stokes equations are considered in frequency domain and transformed into boundary integral equations. An appropriate fundamental solution for the Helmholtz equation with pure imaginary constant is found. The condition of zero-stress is imposed on the free surface, and non-slip condition of fluid particles is imposed on the walls of the container. For rigid motion models, the expressions for added mass and added damping to the structural motion equations are obtained. Some typical numerical examples are presented.     

Effects of boundary conditions and anisotropy on elastically bent silicon

In four-point bending, the rollers that are used for load application impose additional constraints on the specimen that affect the anticlastic specimen curvature and cause the specimen displacement and stress profiles to deviate from the pure beam bending case. In this study, x-ray microdiffraction is used to map both the principal and anticlastic curvatures of elastically bent, rectangular (100)-type Si strips possessing width:thickness ratios of 40:1. We quantify the amount of roller constraint and show that the region over which the anticlastic specimen curvature is affected away from the roller is approximately five times the roller diameter. Consequently, for bending tests used to determine Poisson's ratio, if a region on the sample that is free from roller effects is not chosen, measurement errors as high as 46% can occur. Furthermore, we show that, due to the anisotropy of single crystal Si, this roller-constraining effect depends on crystallographic orientation and is more pronounced when the principal bending axis lies along the <100> direction as compared with the <100> direction.     

On pressure boundary conditions for thermoconvective problems

Solving numerically hydrodynamical problems of incompressible fluids raises the question of handling first order derivatives (those of pressure) in a closed container and determining its boundary conditions. A way to avoid the first point is to derive a Poisson equation for pressure, although the problem of taking the right boundary conditions still remains. To remove this problem another formulation of the problem has been used consisting of projecting the master equations into the space of divergence‐free velocity fields, so pressure is eliminated from the equations. This technique raises the order of the differential equations and additional boundary conditions may be required. High‐order derivatives are sometimes troublesome, specially in cylindrical coordinates due to the singularity at the origin, so for these problems a low order formulation is very convenient. We research several pressure boundary conditions for the primitive variables formulation of thermoconvective problems. In particular we study the Marangoni instability of an infinite fluid layer and we show that the numerical results with a Chebyshev collocation method are highly correspondent to the exact ones. These ideas have been applied to linear stability analysis of the Bénard–Marangoni (BM) problem in cylindrical geometry and the results obtained have been very accurate. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Variational formulation of three-dimensional viscous free-surface flows: Natural imposition of surface tension boundary conditions

We present a new surface-intrinsic linear form for the treatment of normal and tangential surface tension boundary conditions in C⁰-geometry variational discretizations of viscous incompressible free-surface flows in three space dimensions. The new approach is illustrated by a finite (spectral) element unsteady Navier-Stokes analysis of the stability of a falling liquid film.     

On the implementation of symmetric and antisymmetric periodic boundary conditions for incompressible flow

In this paper we consider symmetric and antisymmetric periodic boundary conditions for flows governed by the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. Classical periodic boundary conditions are studied as well as symmetric and antisymmetric periodic boundary conditions in which there is a pressure difference between inlet and outlet. The implementation of this type of boundary conditions in a finite element code using the penalty function formulation is treated and also the implementation in a finite volume code based on pressure correction. The methods are demonstrated by computation of a flow through a staggered tube bundle.     

Three-dimensional exact solutions for the free vibration of laminated transversely isotropic circular,annular and sectorial plates with unusual boundary conditions

New state space formulations for the free vibration of circular, annular and sectorial plates are established by introducing two displacement functions and two stress functions. The state variables can be separated into two independent catalogues and two kinds of vibrations can be readily found. Expanding the displacements and stresses in terms of Bessel functions in the radial direction and trigonometric functions in the circumferential direction, we obtained the exact frequency equation for the free vibration for some uncommon boundary conditions. Numerical results are presented and compared with those of FEM to demonstrate the reliability of the proposed method. A parametric investigation is also performed.     

Multi-periodic boundary conditions and the Contact Dynamics method

For investigating the mechanical behavior of granular materials by means of the discrete element approach, it is desirable to be able to simulate representative volume elements with macroscopically homogeneous deformations. This can be achieved by means of fully periodic boundary conditions such that stresses or displacements can be applied in all space directions. We present a general framework for periodic boundary conditions in granular materials and its implementation more specifically in the Contact Dynamics method.