Stability analysis of gradient elastic beams by the method of initial value

The buckling of a bar is studied analytically on the basis of a simple linear theory of gradient elasticity in the frame of the method of initial values. The method of initial values provides the values of the displacements and stress resultants throughout the bar once the initial displacements and initial stress resultants are known. We use probably for the first time the method of initial values to get critical loads of a strain gradient beam under completely different boundary conditions at the two end faces of the beam. Exact carryover matrix is presented for the classical beam and gradient beam analytically. The first mode shapes of classical beam and gradient beam are plotted. The method of initial values is also applied to the beams with variable cross-section. The priorities of the method of initial values are depicted. The variational approach gives a sixth-order ordinary differential equation for a beam in buckling. The additional boundary conditions are used to obtain critical loads. It is observed that critical loads increase dramatically for increasing values of the gradient coefficient.     

An approximate method of response analysis of vibrations for cracked beams

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纤维增强聚合物布加固裂纹木梁的稳定性

梁中横向裂纹等效为无质量内部转动弹簧，假定纤维增强聚合物(FRP)布与梁表面紧密粘贴，建立了考虑轴向压力二阶效应FRP 布加固裂纹梁线性弯曲的控制方程，并得到其显式解析通解．在此基础上，研究了FRP加固简支裂纹木梁的稳定性，通过数值求解方程，分析了纤维增强聚合物(CFRP)布含量、裂纹深度和位置以及数量等因素对CFRP 布加固简支裂纹杉木梁临界载荷的影响，结果表明：CFRP 加固可明显减小裂纹深度和数量等对裂纹杉木梁临界载荷的影响，且裂纹处弯矩较大或裂纹较深时加固效应愈加显著；CFRP 加固裂纹木梁临界载荷随CFRP 布加固层含量的增加而增加，但当CFRP 布含量达到一定值后，进一步增加CFRP 含量对CFRP加固裂纹梁临界载荷提高并不明显．     

含裂纹梁刚塑性动态断裂的非线性线弹簧模型分析

用非线性线弹簧模型分析了带裂纹梁的刚塑性动态断裂问题.在塑性势理论基础上,建立了全塑性状态下的弹簧本构关系,并用此关系导出带裂纹梁刚塑性动态断裂分析的基本方程,计算了在冲击载荷作用下,裂纹梁的动态断裂响应.     

FREE VIBRATION ANALYSIS OF SIMPLY SUPPORTED BEAM WITH BREATHING CRACK USING PERTURBATION METHOD

In this paper, a new analytical method for vibration analysis of a cracked simply supported beam is investigated. By considering a nonlinear model for the fatigue crack, the governing equation of motion of the cracked beam is solved using perturbation method. The solution of the governing equation reveals the superhaxmonics of the fundamental frequency due to the nonlinear effects in the dynamic response of the cracked beam. Furthermore, considering such a solution, an explicit expression is also derived for the system damping changes due to the changes in the crack parameters, geometric dimensions and mechanical properties of the cracked beam. The results show that an increase in the crack severity and approaching the crack location to the middle of the beam increase the system damping. In order to validate the results, changes in the fundamental frequency ratios against the fatigue crack severities are compared with those of experimental results available in the literature. Also, a comparison is made between the free response of the cracked beam with a given crack depth and location obtained by the proposed analytical solution and that of the numerical method. The results of the proposed method agree with the experimental and numerical results.     

基于等效黏性弹簧的黏弹性Timoshenko裂纹梁弯曲解析解

考虑裂纹的缝隙和黏性效应,将梁中横向裂纹等效为黏弹性扭转弹簧,利用广义Delta函数,给出了Laplace变换域内裂纹梁的等效抗弯刚度,得到了具有任意开闭裂纹数目且满足标准线性固体黏弹性本构的Timoshenko梁在时间域内的弯曲变形显式解析通解．在此基础上,通过两个数值算例,分析了时间、梁跨高比和裂纹深度等参数对黏弹性Timoshenko开裂纹梁弯曲变形的影响．结果表明：裂纹黏性对Timoshenko裂纹梁的弯曲具有显著的影响．相比于裂纹的弹性扭转弹簧模型,考虑裂纹黏性效应的黏弹性Timoshenko裂纹梁在裂纹处挠度尖点和转角跳跃现象十分明显．另外,由于横向剪切引起的附加变形,Timoshenko裂纹梁的稳态挠度与Euler-Bernoulli梁挠度的差值为常数,其大小与裂纹模型、梁跨高比或裂纹深度无关,这些结果对梁裂纹无损检测具有指导意义．     

Stress gradient versus strain gradient constitutive models within elasticity

A stress gradient elasticity theory is developed which is based on the Eringen method to address nonlocal elasticity by means of differential equations. By suitable thermodynamics arguments (involving the free enthalpy instead of the free internal energy), the restrictions on the related constitutive equations are determined, which include the well-known Eringen stress gradient constitutive equations, as well as the associated (so far uncertain) boundary conditions. The proposed theory exhibits complementary characters with respect to the analogous strain gradient elasticity theory. The associated boundary-value problem is shown to admit a unique solution characterized by a Hellinger–Reissner type variational principle. The main differences between the Eringen stress gradient model and the concomitant Aifantis strain gradient model are pointed out. A rigorous formulation of the stress gradient Euler–Bernoulli beam is provided; the response of this beam model is discussed as for its sensitivity to the stress gradient effects and compared with the analogous strain gradient beam model.     

基于压电导率特性识别结构裂纹方法的研究

基于粘贴于外部主体裂纹在压电陶瓷片导率的变化,实验提取出梁系统的变民模态频率。建立了考虑压电陶瓷片影响的裂纹梁的特性方程,根据裂纹梁的固有频率的变化,采用剪切弹簧模拟裂纹的方法,进行了裂纹的识别,结果表明满足一定的识别精度。     

AN APPROXIMATE ANALYSIS OF FREQUENCY RESPONSE OF A CRACKED HINGEDHINGED BEAM

A new method based on a modified line-spring model is developed forevaluating the natural frequencies of vibration of a cracked beam.This model inconjunction with the Euler-Bernoulli beam theory,modal analysis and linear elasticfracture mechanics is applied to obtain an approximate characteristic equation of acracked hinged-hinged beam.By solving this equation the natural frequencies aredetermined for different crack lengths in different positions.The results show goodagreement with the solutions through finite element analysis.The present method maybe extended to analyze other cracked complicated structures with various boundaryconditions.     

Bending of Timoshenko beam with effect of crack gap based on equivalent spring model

Considering the effect of crack gap,the bending deformation of the Timoshenko beam with switching cracks is studied.To represent a crack with gap as a nonlinear unidirectional rotational spring,the equivalent flexural rigidity of the cracked beam is derived with the generalized Dirac delta function.A closed-form general solution is obtained for bending of a Timoshenko beam with an arbitrary number of switching cracks.Three examples of bending of the Timoshenko beam are presented.The influence of the beam’s slenderness ratio,the crack’s depth,and the external load on the crack state and bending performances of the cracked beam is analyzed.It is revealed that a cusp exists on the deflection curve,and a jump on the rotation angle curve occurs at a crack location.The relation between the beam’s deflection and load is bilinear,each part corresponding to an open or closed state of crack,respectively.When the crack is open,flexibility of the cracked beam decreases with the increase of the beam’s slenderness ratio and the decrease of the crack depth.The results are useful in identifying non-destructive cracks on a beam.     

Exact closed-form solutions for the static analysis of multi-cracked gradient-elastic beams in bending

Cracks and other forms of concentrated damage can significantly affect the performance of slender beams under static and dynamic loads. The computational model for such defects often consists of a localised reduction in the flexural stiffness, which is macroscopically equivalent to a beam where the undamaged parts are hinged at the position of the crack, with a rotational spring taking into account the residual stiffness (“discrete spring” model). It has been recently demonstrated that this model is equivalent to an inhomogeneous Euler–Bernoulli beam in which a Dirac’s delta is added to the bending flexibility at the position of each damage (“flexibility crack” model). Since these models concentrate the increased curvature at a single abscissa, a jump discontinuity appears in the field of rotations. This study presents an improved representation of cracked slender beams, based on a general class of gradient elasticity with both stress and strain gradient, which allows smoothing the singularities in the flexibility crack model. Exact closed-form solutions are derived for the static response of slender gradient-elastic beams in flexure with multiple cracks, and the numerical examples demonstrate the effects of the nonlocal mechanical parameters (i.e. length scales of the gradient elasticity) in this context.     

Bending of inhomogeneous curved bars

The stress distribution across an inhomogeneous circular beam subjected to pure bending is considered. In previous treatments the spatial variation of the elastic stiffness has been modeled by a power law and here a slight generalization for the form of the elastic stiffness is given. It is shown that the standard curved beam approximation exhibits excellent agreement with the exact results. A method of engineering the stiffness gradient to produce a specified stress profile is presented.     

含初缺陷裂纹损伤梁的冲击动力屈曲

由Hamilton原理导出考虑初始缺陷及横向剪切变形时裂纹梁的动力屈曲控制方程;应用断裂力学中常用的线弹簧模型将裂纹引入到屈曲控制方程中;基于B-R动力屈曲判断准则,采用数值方法求解了受轴向冲击载荷作用时裂纹梁的动力屈曲;对比讨论了不同冲击速度、初始几何缺陷大小以及分布形式等因素对梁冲击动力屈曲的影响。     

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.     

Shearing effects on the breathing mechanism of a cracked beam section in bi-axial flexure

The main purpose of this paper is to complete the works presented by Andrieux and Varé (2002) and El Arem et al. (2003) by taking into account the effects of shearing in the constitutive equations of a beam cracked section in bi-axial flexure. The paper describes the derivation of a lumped cracked beam model from the three-dimensional formulation of the general problem of elasticity with unilateral contact conditions on the crack lips. Properties of the potential energy and convex analysis are used to reduce the three-dimensional computations needed for the model identification, and to derive the final form of the elastic energy that determines the nonlinear constitutive equations of the cracked transverse section. We aim to establish a relation of behavior between the applied forces and the resulting displacements field vectors, which is compatible with the beams theory in order to allow the model exploitation for shafts dynamics analysis. The approach has been applied to the case of a cracked beam with a single crack covering the half of its circular cross section.     

考虑界面滑移效应的组合裂纹梁弯曲解析解

将上部子梁的裂纹等效为线性扭转弹簧,考虑组合梁连接面的滑移位移,建立了以组合裂纹梁挠度和滑移位移为基本未知量的组合裂纹梁弯曲变形一维数学模型．利用Laplace变换及其逆变换,给出了组合裂纹梁弯曲变形一维数学模型的解析通解．在此基础上,研究了均布载荷作用下简支组合裂纹梁的弯曲变形问题,数值分析了连接面剪切刚度、裂纹深度、数目和位置等参数对组合裂纹梁弯曲变形的影响,结果表明：在裂纹处,组合裂纹梁挠度曲线存在尖点,而横截面转角曲线存在跳跃,且随着裂纹数目和深度的增加,挠度和横截面转角跳跃值增大;随着连接面剪切刚度的增加,挠度和横截面转角减小,并最终趋于定值．并且,随着组合梁跨高比的增加,连接面剪切刚度对梁挠度影响逐渐减弱．     

含裂纹梁参数的谐响应识别

主要研究含裂纹梁在简谐激励作用下的动力特性,提出一种依据幅值变化对裂纹参数进行识别的新方法。首先,在振动过程中考虑裂纹的呼吸特性,以悬臂梁为例建立含裂纹梁的二维有限元模型,指出在一般激励频率下,其对应的幅值均是明显信号,可用来描述裂纹梁的动力特性。其次,当激励频率分别取无裂纹梁一阶频率的1/4和二阶频率的1/4时,幅值随裂纹参数的变化明显不同,可依据响应幅值的变化对裂纹参数进行识别。然后,利用曲面拟合技术绘出幅值变化曲面,对未知参数的裂纹进行识别,验证了该方法的有效性,并归纳出利用幅值变化对任意裂纹参数进行识别的基本步骤。最后,针对无裂纹梁频率计算可能存在误差的情况,分析识别方法的鲁棒性,结果显示即使最大误差为10%,该方法也能对裂纹参数进行准确识别。     

Bending of functionally graded cantilever beam with power-law non-linearity subjected to an end force

A realistic beam structure often exhibits material and geometrical non-linearity, in particular for those made of metals. The mechanical behaviors of a non-linear functionally graded-material (FGM) cantilever beam subjected to an end force are investigated by using large and small deformation theories. Young's modulus is assumed to be depth-dependent. For an FGM beam of power-law hardening, the location of the neutral axis is determined. The effects of depth-dependent Young's modulus and non-linearity parameter on the deflections and rotations of the FGM beams are analyzed. Our results show that different gradient indexes may change the bending stiffness of the beam so that an FGM beam may bear larger applied load than a homogeneous beam when choosing appropriate gradients. Moreover, the bending stress distribution in an FGM beam is completely different from that in a homogeneous beam. The bending stress arrives at the maximum tensile stress at an internal position rather than at the surface. Obtained results are useful in safety design of linear and non-linear beams.     

辅助质量块—单裂纹悬臂梁耦合系统固有频率的理论研究及其应用

论文研究了辅助质量块—单裂纹悬臂梁耦合系统的固有频率,用无缺陷悬臂梁固有振型叠加一个多项式来近似拟合含单裂纹悬臂梁的振型,由动力学方法推导了辅助质量块—单裂纹悬臂梁系统的固有频率方程的解析形式,系统频率随着质量块在梁上位置改变而改变,即可得到固有频率曲线,此频率曲线包含了缺陷信息,因此可对固有频率曲线进行平稳小波变换来识别梁上的缺陷.同时用有限元计算结果对上述固有频率理论推导进行验证,有限元结果与论文理论推导结果相一致.最后论文数值计算了质量块大小、缺陷深度、位置等因素对系统固有频率的影响,也探讨了平稳小波变换用于识别损伤,结果验证了该理论推导的可靠性和损伤识别的准确性.     

The dynamic behaviour of slender structures with cross-sectional cracks

A dynamic model for beams with cross-sectional cracks is discussed. It is shown that a crack can be represented by a consistent, static flexibility matrix. Two different methods for the determination of the flexibility matrix are discussed. If the static stress intensity factors are known, the flexibility matrix can be determined from an integration of these stress intensity factors. Alternatively, static finite element calculations can be used for the determination of the flexibility matrix. Both methods are demonstrated in the present paper. The mathematical model was applied to an edge-cracked cantilevered beam and the eigenfrequencies were determined for different crack lengths and crack positions. These results were compared to experimentally obtained eigenfrequencies. In the experiments, the cracks were modelled by sawing cuts. The theoretical results were, for all crack lengths, in excellent agreement with the experimental data. The dynamic stress intensity factor for a longitudinally vibrating, centrally cracked bar was determined as well. The results compared very well with dynamic finite element calculations. The crack closure effect was experimentally investigated for an edge-cracked beam with a fatigue crack. It was found that the eigenfrequencies decreased, as functions of crack length, at a much slower rate than in the case of an open crack.