State vector approach to analysis of multilayered magneto-electro-elastic plates

The state vector equations for three dimensional, orthotropic and linearly magneto-electro-elastic media are derived from the governing equations by eliminating σ_x, σ_y·τ_xy, B_x, B_y, D_x and D_y. An efficient method is presented for analysis of multilayered magneto-electro-elastic plates. The methodology is based on the mixed formulation, in which basic unknowns are formed by collecting not only displacements, electrical potential and magnetic potential but also some of stresses, electrical displacements, and magnetic induction. As special case, simply supported and multilayered rectangular plate is analyzed under the surface loading. Numerical results are presented graphically. The procedure of numerical calculation shows that the formulation presented here is simple and direct.     

Wave propagation in elastic plates

The problem of wave propagation within the framework of a complete linear theory of elastic plates is treated using the method of wave curves. A complete classification of the various extensional and bending waves is obtained, along with the corresponding speeds of propagation. These are shown to correspond to the phase velocities of harmonic waves for infinite wave number. The decay and coupling equations are found, and the problem of waves due to a punch applied to the plate surface is treated.

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Résumé On a étudié le problème de la propagation des ondes en utilisant la méthode des courbes ondiales et assumant la théorie linéaire et complète des plaques minces. On obtient une classification totale des ondes diverses, de l'extension et de la flexion, avec des vitesses de la propagation. On prouve aussi, que celles-ci correspondent avec des vitesses des phases de la propagation, en cas de nombre infinite des ondes. Les équations de la décadence et de l'accouplement sont derivées, et on a étudié le problème d'une onde, qui est produite par une emporte-pièce appliquée sur la surface d'une plaque.

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This work was supported in part by funds from the National Research Council of Canada, under Grant Number A3805.     

Wave propagation in linear viscoelastic plates of various thicknesses

Experiments were conducted to observe plate waves travelling in polymethylmethacrylate, polyethylene, and glass plates of various thicknesses at several distances of wave travel, when the plates have been subjected to a transverse surface impact by a steel ball. It has been shown that if Poisson's ratio is taken to be a real constant, the shapes of the plate waves can be calculated when the initial disturbance and the viscoelastic properties of the medium are known. It was found possible to predict quite well the shape of the plate waves observed in the experiments. The plate waves were shown, both theoretically and experimentally, to be of a different character than those observed on the free surfaces of large block materials. The effect of the height of ball drop and contacting ball radius on pulse shape was noted.     

Wave propagation analysis of a functionally graded magneto-electro-elastic nanobeam rest on Visco-Pasternak foundation

Wave propagation analysis of a nanobeam made of functionally graded magneto-electro-elastic materials with rectangular cross section rest on Visco-Pasternak foundation is studied in this paper. For modeling the axial, rotation and transverse deformations, Timoshenko beam model is used. Fundamental magneto-electro-elastic equations of the model are derived for a general functionally graded beam excited to electric and magnetic potentials. Surface elasticity is employed for more confident modeling the behavior of nanobeam. Using Hamilton principle and calculation of kinetic and strain energies, the equations of motion are derived. Considering the harmonic wave propagation of infinite domain yields characteristic equation of the system in terms of different parameters of model. The effects of different parameters such as non-homogeneous index, wave number and residual surface stress are investigated on the different phase velocities corresponding to modes of deformation. One can find that increasing the non-homogeneous index and wave number leads to decrease in wave propagation phase velocities.     

Wave propagation in heterogeneous anisotropic plates involving large deflection

Equations of motion for laminated plates of composite materials are derived for motions of large amplitudes as well as for incremental deformations superposed on large deflections. Free waves of large and small amplitudes propagating, respectively, in initially flat and deformed plates are investigated. By using a special substitution for the extensional displacement components the governing equations appear to be linear and consequently the analysis of free wave propagation greatly simplified. It is found that a train of free wave consists of a finite number of simple harmonic waves.     

Wave propagation responses of porous bi-directional functionally graded magneto-electro-elastic nanoshells via nonlocal strain gradient theory

This study examines the wave propagation characteristics for a bi-directional functional grading of barium titanate(BaTiO₃) and cobalt ferrite(CoFe₂O₄) porous nanoshells,the porosity distribution of which is simulated by the honeycomb-shaped symmetrical and asymmetrical distribution functions.The nonlocal strain gradient theory(NSGT) and first-order shear deformation theory are used to determine the size effect and shear deformation,respectively.Nonlocal governin...     

Circumferential wave in magneto-electro-elastic functionally graded cylindrical curved plates

Piezoelectric-piezomagnetic functionally graded materials (FGM), with a gradual change of the mechanical and electromagnetic properties, have greatly applying promises. Based on Legendre orthogonal polynomial series expansion approach, a dynamic solution is presented for the propagation of circumferential harmonic waves in piezoelectric-piezomagnetic FGM cylindrical curved plates. The materials properties are assumed to vary in the direction of the thickness according to a known variation law. The dispersion curves of the piezoelectric-piezomagnetic FGM cylindrical curved plate and the corresponding non-piezoelectric and non-piezomagnetic cylindrical curved plates are calculated to show the influences of the piezoelectricity and piezomagnetism. Electric potential and magnetic potential distributions are also obtained to illustrate the different influences of the piezoelectricity and piezomagnetism. Finally, a cylindrical curved plate at a different ratio of radius to thickness is calculated to show the influence of the ratio on the piezoelectric effect and piezomagnetic effect.     

Axisymmetric bending of functionally graded circular magneto-electro-elastic plates

Axisymmetric bending of functionally graded circular magneto-electro-elastic plates of transversely isotropic materials is analyzed based on linear three-dimensional theory of elasticity coupled with magnetic and electric fields. The transverse loads are expanded in Fourier-Bessel series and therefore can be arbitrarily distributed along the radial direction. The radial distributions of the displacements are assumed in combination of Fourier-Bessel series and polynomials as well as the electric potential and magnetic potential. If the material properties obey the exponential law along the thickness of the plate, two three-dimensional exact solutions for two unusual boundary conditions can be derived since they satisfy the governing equations and specified boundary conditions point by point. For simply supported or clamped boundary, the obtained solutions satisfy the governing equations exactly and the boundary conditions approximately. A layer wise model is also introduced to treat with the plates whose material property components vary independently and arbitrarily along the thickness of the plates. The numerical results are finally tabulated and plotted to demonstrate the presented method and agree well with those from finite element methods.     

Nonlinear three-dimension analysis for axially symmetrical circular plates and multilayered plates

Analytic nonlinear three-dimension solutions are presented for axially symmetrical homogeneous isotropic circular plates and multilayered plates with rigidly clamped boundary conditions and under transverse load.The geometric nonlinearily from a moderately large deflection is considered.A developmental perturbation method is used to solve the complicated nonlinear three-dimension differential equations of equilibrium.The basic idea of this perturbation method is using the two-dimension solutions as a basic form of the corresponding three-dimension solutions,and then processing the perturbation procedure to obtain the three-dimension perturbation solutions.The nonlinear three-dimension results in analytic expressions and in numerical forms for ordinary plates and multilayered plates are presented.All of the plate stresses are shown in figures.The results show that this perturbation method used to analyse nonlinear three-dimension problems of plates is effective.     

Static analysis of simply supported functionally graded and layered magneto-electro-elastic plates

In this article, static analysis of functionally graded, anisotropic and linear magneto-electro-elastic plates have been carried out by semi-analytical finite element method. A series solution is assumed in the plane of the plate and finite element procedure is adopted across the thickness of the plate such a way that the three-dimensional character of the solution is preserved. The finite element model is derived based on constitutive equation of piezomagnetic material accounting for coupling between elasticity, electric and magnetic effect. The present finite element is modeled with displacement components, electric potential and magnetic potential as nodal degree of freedom. The other fields are calculated by post-computation through constitutive equation. The functionally graded material is assumed to be exponential in the thickness direction. The numerical results obtained by the present model are in good agreement with available functionally graded three-dimensional exact benchmark solutions given by Pan and Han [Pan, E., Han, F., in press. Green’s function for transversely isotropic piezoelectric functionally graded multilayered half spaces. Int. J. Solids Struct.]. Numerical study includes the influence of the different exponential factor, magneto-electro-elastic properties and effect of mechanical and electric type of loading on induced magneto-electro-elastic fields. In addition further study has been carried out on non-homogeneous transversely isotropic FGM magneto-electro-elastic plate available in the literature [Chen, W.Q., Lee, K.Y., Ding, H.J., 2005. On free vibration of non-homogeneous transversely isotropic magneto-electro-elastic plates].     

Wave propagation in elastic shells

The problem of wave propagation in shells within the framework of a simplified linear shell theory is treated using the method of Hadamard. Speeds of propagation, wave shape and decay, as well as coupling effects, are obtained for longitudinal, transverse and bending waves. The theory is applied to wave propagation on a spherical shell.

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Résumé On traite la problème de la propagation des ondes dans les voiles minces en utilisant la méthode de Hadamard. Les vitesses de la propagation, la forme de l'onde, et aussi les effets d'accouplement sont obtenus pour les onides longitudinales, transversales et fléchissantes. On applique cette théorie à la propagation des ondes dans une coque sphérique.

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This work was supported in part by funds from the National Research Council of Canada, under Grant Number A 3805.     

Wave propagation in elastic membranes

The problem of wave propagation in linear elastic membranes is treated using the method of Hadamard. Speeds of propagation, wave shape and decay, as well as coupling effects, are obtained for longitudinal and transverse waves. Examples are considered which illustrate the features of the theory.

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Résumé On traite la problème de la propagation des ondes dans une membrane lineare et elastique, utilisant la mèthode de Hadamard. Les vitesses de la propagation, la forme del'onde, et les effets d'accouplement sont obtenus en cas des ondes longitudinales et transversales. Les exemples sont presentés qui demontrent les points essentiales de la theorie.

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This work was supported in part by funds from the National Research Council of Canada, under grant number A3805.     

Wave propagation in earth-ionosphere waveguide

Summary In this paper, wave propagation in a stratified medium which consists of earth, atmosphere and ionosphere, is studied. The ionosphere is described by a compressible plasma model where the earth magnetic field is neglected. The earth is considered as a highly conducting medium. The modal solutions due to the excitation of a vertical dipole have been obtained, where characteristic waves are analytically discussed and numerically determined.This work was supported by National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Grant NSG-395.