Global Dynamics of a Parametrically and Externally Excited Thin Plate

Both the local and global bifurcations of a parametrically andexternally excited simply supported rectangular thin plate are analyzed.The formulas of the thin plate are derived from the vonKármán equation and Galerkin's method. The method ofmultiple scales is used to find the averaged equations. The numericalsimulation of local bifurcation is given. The theory of normal form,based on the averaged equations, is used to obtain the explicitexpressions of normal form associated with a double zero and a pair ofpurely imaginary eigenvalues from the Maple program. On the basis of thenormal form, global bifurcation analysis of a parametrically andexternally excited rectangular thin plate is given by the globalperturbation method developed by Kovacic and Wiggins. The chaotic motionof the thin plate is found by numerical simulation.     

MULTI-PULSE ORBITS AND CHAOTIC DYNAMICS OF A COMPOSITE LAMINATED RECTANGULAR PLATE

This paper presents an analysis on the nonlinear dynamics and multi-pulse chaotic motions of a simply-supported symmetric cross-ply composite laminated rectangular thin plate with the parametric and forcing excitations. Firstly, based on the Reddy’s third-order shear deformation plate theory and the model of the von Karman type geometric nonlinearity, the nonlinear governing partial difirential equations of motion for the composite laminated rectangular thin plate are derived by using the Hamilton’s principle. Then, using the second-order Galerkin discretization, the partial differential governing equations of motion are transformed to nonlinear ordinary differential equations. The case of the primary parametric resonance and 1:1 internal resonance is considered. Four-dimensional averaged equation is obtained by using the method of multiple scales. From the averaged equation obtained here, the theory of normal form is used to give the explicit expressions of normal form. Based on normal form, the energy phase method is utilized to analyze the global bifurcations and multi-pulse chaotic dynamics of the composite laminated rectangular thin plate. The theoretic results obtained above illustrate the existence of the chaos for the Smale horseshoe sense in a parametrical and forcing excited composite laminated thin plate. The chaotic motions of the composite laminated rectangular thin plate are also found by using numerical simulation, which also indicate that there exist different shapes of the multi-pulse chaotic motions for the composite laminated rectangular thin plate.     

A variational principle of perturbed motion on viscoelastic thin plates with applications

In this paper, in the light of the Boltzmann superposition principle in linear viscoelasticity, a mathematical model of perturbed motion on viscoelastic thin plates is established. The corresponding variational principle is obtained in a convolution bilinear form. For application the problems of free vibration, forced vibration and stability of a viscoelastic simply-supported rectangular thin plate are considered. The results show that numerical solutions agree well with analytical solutions. The project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 19772027) and the Shanghai Municipal Development Foundation of Science and Technology (No. 98JC14032).     

Global bifurcations and multi-pulse chaotic dynamics of rectangular thin plate with one-to-one internal resonance

Global bifurcations and multi-pulse chaotic dynamics for a simply supported rectangular thin plate are studied by the extended Melnikov method.The rectangular thin plate is subject to transversal and in-plane excitation.A two-degree-of-freedom nonlinear nonautonomous system governing equations of motion for the rectangular thin plate is derived by the von Karman type equation and the Galerkin approach.A one-toone internal resonance is considered.An averaged equation is obtained with a multi-scale method.After transforming the averaged equation into a standard form,the extended Melnikov method is used to show the existence of multi-pulse chaotic dynamics,which can be used to explain the mechanism of modal interactions of thin plates.A method for calculating the Melnikov function is given without an explicit analytical expression of homoclinic orbits.Furthermore,restrictions on the damping,excitation,and detuning parameters are obtained,under which the multi-pulse chaotic dynamics is expected.The results of numerical simulations are also given to indicate the existence of small amplitude multi-pulse chaotic responses for the rectangular thin plate.     

Construction of rectangular displacement-based element for thick/thin plates

In this paper, a method of constructing displacement-based element for thick/thin plates is developed by using the technique of generalized compatibility, and a rectangular displacement based element with 12 degrees of freedom for thick/thin plates is presented. This method enjoys a good accuracy with simple formulation and is free of shear locking as the thickness of the plate approaches zero. The project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China through Grant No. 59208075     

Multi-pulse chaotic motions of high-dimension nonlinear system for a laminated composite piezoelectric rectangular plate

This paper investigates the multi-pulse global bifurcations and chaotic dynamics of the high-dimension nonlinear system for a laminated composite piezoelectric rectangular plate by using an extended Melnikov method in the resonant case. Using the von Karman type equations, Reddy’s third-order shear deformation plate theory and Hamilton’s principle, the equations of motion are derived for the laminated composite piezoelectric rectangular plate with combined parametric excitations and transverse excitation. Applying the method of multiple scales and Galerkin’s approach to the partial differential governing equation, the four-dimensional averaged equation is obtained for the case of 1:2 internal resonance and primary parametric resonance. From the averaged equations obtained, the theory of normal form is used to derive the explicit expressions of normal form with a double zero and a pair of pure imaginary eigenvalues. Based on the explicit expressions of normal form, the extended Melnikov method is used for the first time to investigate the Shilnikov type multi-pulse homoclinic bifurcations and chaotic dynamics of the laminated composite piezoelectric rectangular plate. The necessary conditions of the existence for the Shilnikov type multi-pulse chaotic dynamics of the laminated composite piezoelectric rectangular plate are analytically obtained. Numerical simulations also illustrate that the Shilnikov type multi-pulse chaotic motions can also occur in the laminated composite piezoelectric rectangular plate. Overall, both theoretical and numerical studies demonstrate that the chaos in the Smale horseshoe sense exists for the laminated composite piezoelectric rectangular plate.     

The global bifurcation and chaos for the coupling between longitudinal and transverse vibration of a thin elastic plate in large overall motion

This paper presents the global bifurcation and chaotic behavior for the coupling of longitudinal and transverse vibration of a thin elastic plate in large overall motion. First the parametric equations of the homoclinic orbits of such a system is obtained. Then, by using the Melnikov method and digital computer simulation. the behavior of bifurcation and chaos of this vibration system is investigated in the cases of different resonances. The obvious difference between the transverse vibration and the coupling of transverse and longitudinal vibration is also shown.The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.     

Nonlinear flutter of a two-dimension thin plate subjected to aerodynamic heating by differential quadrature method

The problem of nonlinear aerothermoelasticity of a two-dimension thin plate in supersonic airflow is examined. The strain-displacement relation of the von Karman＇s large deflection theory is employed to describe the geometric non-linearity and the aerodynamic piston theory is employed to account for the effects of the aerodynamic force. A new method, the differential quadrature method （DQM）, is used to obtain the discrete form of the motion equations. Then the Runge-Kutta numerical method is applied to solve the nonlinear equations and the nonlinear response of the plate is obtained numerically. The results indicate that due to the aerodynamic heating, the plate stability is degenerated, and in a specific region of system parameters the chaos motion occurs, and the route to chaos motion is via doubling-period bifurcations.     

Analysis of interlaminar stress and nonlinear dynamic response for composite laminated plates with interfacial damage

By considering the effect of interfacial damage and using the variation principle, three-dimensional nonlinear dynamic governing equations of the laminated plates with interfacial damage are derived based on the general sixdegrees-of-freedom plate theory towards the accurate stress analysis. The solutions of interlaminar stress and nonlinear dynamic response for a simply supported laminated plate with interfacial damage are obtained by using the finite difference method, and the results are validated by comparison with the solution of nonlinear finite element method. In numerical calculations, the effects of interfacial damage on the stress in the interface and the nonlinear dynamic response of laminated plates are discussed.     

NONLINEAR VIBRATION FOR MODERATE THICKNESS RECTANGULAR CRACKED PLATES INCLUDING COUPLED EFFECT OF ELASTIC FOUNDATION

IntroductionThe moderate thickness plates on elastic foundation are a kind of important structure instructural engineering. The mechanic characters of the plates on elastic foundation withdifferent boundary conditions have been received considerable atten…     

The hybrid control of vibration of thin plate with active constrained damping layer

This paper concerns in the active and passive hybrid control of vibration of the thin plate with Local Active Constrained damping Layer (LACL). The governing equations of system are formulated based on the constitutive equations of elastic, viscoelastic, piezoelectric materials. Galerkin method and GHM method are employed to transform partial differential equations into ordinary ones with a lower dimension. LQR method of classical control theory is used in simulating calculation. Numeral results show that the active and passive hybrid control manner obtained in this paper is a better one for vibration control of the plate. Project supported by the National Science Foundation of China (19632001) and the Research Foundation of Xian Jiaotong University     

Triangular grid method for stress-wave propagation in 2-D orthotropic materials

A triangular grid method is presented to calculate propagation problems of elastic stress waves in 2-D orthotropic materials. This method is based on the dynamic equilibrium equations of the computational cells formed among the auxiliary triangular grids. The solution is obtained by calculating alternately the nodal displacements and the central point stresses of the spatial grids. The numerical results are compared with the corresponding solutions of the finite element method. Comparisons show that the triangular grid method yields a higher calculational speed than the finite element method. The stress concentrations are investigated from wave-field analyses when the stress wave propagates within an orthotropic plate with a hole. Finally, the presented numerical method is used to study the features of wave propagation and diffraction in a square orthotropic plate with a hole when an impact load is applied to the top of the plate.This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 10025212 and 10232040) and Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning province (No. 20021070).     

New solution system for circular sector plate bending and its application

Instead of the biharmonic type equation, a set of new governing equations and solving method for circular sector plate bending is presented based on the analogy between plate bending and plane elasticity problems. So the Hamiltonian system can also be applied to plate bending problems by introducing bending moment functions. The new method presents the analytical solutions for the circular sector plate. The results show that the new method is effective. Project supported by National Natural Science Foundation (No. 19732020) and the Doctoral Research Foundation of China.     

AN ANALYSIS OF 3D FINITE CRACKED BODIES

The new-type traction boundary integral equations developed by Hu and with no hypersingular integral are applied to analysis of 3D finite cracked bodies. A numerical algorithm for general 3D problems and a semi-analytical one for axisymmetric problems are presented. Some examples of thick plates and cylindrical columns including penny-shaped crack(s), and rectangular plates including an elliptical crack normal to the surface are analyzed. The comparison between present results and those in literature shows the high accuracy and effectiveness of the present method. Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 19972060) and the Foundation of Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, Tongji University.     

New exact solutions for free vibrations of rectangular thin plates by symplectic dual method

The separation of variables is employed to solve Hamiltonian dual form of eigenvalue problem for transverse free vibrations of thin plates, and formulation of the natural mode in closed form is performed. The closed-form natural mode satisfies the governing equation of the eigenvalue problem of thin plate exactly and is applicable for any types of boundary conditions. With all combinations of simplysupported （S） and clamped （C） boundary conditions applied to the natural mode, the mode shapes are obtained uniquely and two eigenvalue equations are derived with respect to two spatial coordinates, with the aid of which the normal modes and frequencies are solved exactly. It was believed that the exact eigensolutions for cases SSCC, SCCC and CCCC were unable to be obtained, however, they are successfully found in this paper. Comparisons between the present results and the FEM results validate the present exact solutions, which can thus be taken as the benchmark for verifying different approximate approaches.     

The scattering of harmonic elastic anti-plane shear waves by two collinear cracks in the piezoelectric plate by using the non-local theory

In this paper, the dynamic interaction between two collinear cracks in a piezoelectric material plate under anti-plane shear waves is investigated by using the non-local theory for impermeable crack surface conditions. By using the Fourier transform, the problem can be solved with the help of two pairs of triple integral equations. These equations are solved using the Schmidt method. This method is more reasonable and more appropriate. Unlike the classical elasticity solution, it is found that no stress and electric displacement singularity is present at the crack tip. The non-local dynamic elastic solutions yield a finite hoop stress at the crack tip, thus allowing for a fracture criterion based on the maximum dynamic stress hypothesis. The project supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province and the National Natural Science Foundation of China(10172030, 50232030)     

Secondary buckled states of rectangular sandwich plates

In this paper, for a rectangular sandwich plate with edges simply supported and subjected to a constant compressive thrust λ along two opposite edges; the secondary bifurcation points and the secondary buckled states that bifurcate from the primary buckled states are determined by a perturbation method. These results are useful for their numerical calculation and can be used to explain the phenomenon of “mode-jumping”. Project Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China.     

粘弹性矩形板的混沌和超混沌行为

从薄板Karman理论的基本假设出发；利用线性粘弹性理论中的Boltzman叠加原理，建立了粘弹性薄板非线性动力学分析的初边值问题，其运动方程是一组非线性积分──微分方程．在空间域上利用Galerkin平均化法之后，得到了变型的非线性积分──微分型的Duffing方程．综合利用动力系统中的多种方法，揭示了粘弹性矩形板在横向周期激励下的丰富的动力学行为，如不动点、极限环、混沌、奇怪吸引子、超混沌等，其中，混沌和超混沌是交替出现的．     

Multi-pulse chaotic dynamics of six-dimensional non-autonomous nonlinear system for a composite laminated piezoelectric rectangular plate

Global bifurcations and multi-pulse chaotic dynamics are studied for a four-edge simply supported composite laminated piezoelectric rectangular plate under combined in-plane, transverse, and dynamic electrical excitations. Based on the von Karman type equations for the geometric nonlinearity and Reddy’s third-order shear deformation theory, the governing equations of motion for a composite laminated piezoelectric rectangular plate are derived. The Galerkin method is employed to discretize the partial differential equations of motion to a three-degree-of-freedom nonlinear system. The six-dimensional non-autonomous nonlinear system is simplified to a three-order standard form by using the method of normal form. The extended Melnikov method is improved to investigate the six-dimensional non-autonomous nonlinear dynamical system in mixed coordinate. The global bifurcations and multi-pulse chaotic dynamics of the composite laminated piezoelectric rectangular plate are studied by using the improved extended Melnikov method. The multi-pulse chaotic motions of the system are found by using numerical simulation, which further verifies the result of theoretical analysis.