Asymptotic frequencies of various damped nonlocal beams and plates

A striking difference between the conventional local and nonlocal dynamical systems is that the later possess finite asymptotic frequencies. The asymptotic frequencies of four kinds of nonlocal viscoelastic damped structures are derived, including an Euler–Bernoulli beam with rotary inertia, a Timoshenko beam, a Kirchhoff plate with rotary inertia and a Mindlin plate. For these undamped and damped nonlocal beam and plate models, the analytical expressions for the asymptotic frequencies, also called the maximum or escape frequencies, are obtained. For the damped nonlocal beams or plates, the asymptotic critical damping factors are also obtained. These quantities are independent of the boundary conditions and hence simply supported boundary conditions are used. Taking a carbon nanotube as a numerical example and using the Euler–Bernoulli beam model, the natural frequencies of the carbon nanotubes with typical boundary conditions are computed and the asymptotic characteristics of natural frequencies are shown.     

Vibration of a variable cross-section beam

Vibration of an isotropic beam which has a variable cross-section is investigated. Governing equation is reduced to an ordinary differential equation in spatial coordinate for a family of cross-section geometries with exponentially varying width. Analytical solutions of the vibration of the beam are obtained for three different types of boundary conditions associated with simply supported, clamped and free ends. Natural frequencies and mode shapes are determined for each set of boundary conditions. Results show that the non-uniformity in the cross-section influences the natural frequencies and the mode shapes. Amplitude of vibrations is increased for widening beams while it is decreased for narrowing beams.     

任意边界条件下Timoshenko梁及其修正理论的自振特性分析

提出一种求解任意边界条件下经典Timoshenko梁以及修正Timoshenko梁自振频率和振型的新方法。利用改进的傅立叶级数消除传统傅立叶级数的边界不收敛问题,然后通过Rayleigh-Ritz法导出Timoshenko梁的拉格朗日泛函,根据Hamilton原理将原问题转化为求解矩阵广义特征值问题。通过与解析解对比,本文采用的方法具有较好的收敛性以及较高的计算精度;通过数值计算发现,经典Timoshenko梁的自振频率略高于修正的Timoshenko梁,随着振型阶数的提高,经典Timoshenko梁的计算结果逐渐偏离文献解和有限元结果,而修正的Timoshenko梁能够保持较好的一致性;对于不同边界条件下修正Timoshenko梁的计算结果均能与有限元的计算结果吻合得很好。最后运用MATLAB编程软件将程序设计为App,对于不同情形的梁只需要修改参数即可,可为实际工程提供高效便捷的计算方案和可靠理论依据。     

Dynamic stiffness method for free vibration of an axially moving beam with generalized boundary conditions

Axially moving beams are often discussed with several classic boundary conditions, such as simply-supported ends, fixed ends, and free ends. Here, axially moving beams with generalized boundary conditions are discussed for the first time. The beam is supported by torsional springs and vertical springs at both ends. By modifying the stiffness of the springs, generalized boundaries can replace those classical boundaries.Dynamic stiffness matrices are, respectively, established for axially moving Timoshenko beams and Euler-Bernoulli(EB) beams with generalized boundaries. In order to verify the applicability of the EB model, the natural frequencies of the axially moving Timoshenko beam and EB beam are compared. Furthermore, the effects of constrained spring stiffness on the vibration frequencies of the axially moving beam are studied. Interestingly, it can be found that the critical speed of the axially moving beam does not change with the vertical spring stiffness. In addition, both the moving speed and elastic boundaries make the Timoshenko beam theory more needed. The validity of the dynamic stiffness method is demonstrated by using numerical simulation.     

Free vibration of functionally graded beams based on both classical and first-order shear deformation beam theories

The free vibration of functionally graded material （FGM） beams is studied based on both the classical and the first-order shear deformation beam theories. The equations of motion for the FGM beams are derived by considering the shear deforma- tion and the axial, transversal, rotational, and axial-rotational coupling inertia forces on the assumption that the material properties vary arbitrarily in the thickness direction. By using the numerical shooting method to solve the eigenvalue problem of the coupled ordinary differential equations with different boundary conditions, the natural frequen- cies of the FGM Timoshenko beams are obtained numerically. In a special case of the classical beam theory, a proportional transformation between the natural frequencies of the FGM and the reference homogenous beams is obtained by using the mathematical similarity between the mathematical formulations. This formula provides a simple and useful approach to evaluate the natural frequencies of the FGM beams without dealing with the tension-bending coupling problem. Approximately, this analogous transition can also be extended to predict the frequencies of the FGM Timoshenko beams. The numerical results obtained by the shooting method and those obtained by the analogous transformation are presented to show the effects of the material gradient, the slenderness ratio, and the boundary conditions on the natural frequencies in detail.     

Single beam analysis of damaged beams verified using a strain energy based damage measure

Analytical expression of a new damage measure which relates the strain energy, to the damage location and magnitude, is presented in this paper. The strain energy expression is calculated using modes and natural frequencies of damaged beams that are derived based on single beam analysis considering both decrease in mass and stiffness. Decrease in mass and stiffness are a fallout of geometric discontinuity and no assumptions regarding the physical behavior of damage are made. The method is applicable to beams, with notch like non-propagating cracks, with arbitrary boundary conditions. The analytical expressions derived for mode shapes, curvature shapes, natural frequencies and an improved strain energy based damage measure, are verified using experiments. The improvement in the damage measure is that it is not assumed that the bending stiffness of the damaged beam is constant, and, equal to that of undamaged beam when calculating the strain energy of the entire beam. It is also not assumed that the bending stiffness of the element in which the damage is located is constant.     

THE STABILITY OF AN AXIALLY ACCELERATING BEAM ON SIMPLE SUPPORTS WITH TORSION SPRINGS

The axially moving beams on simple supports with torsion springs are studied. The general modal functions of the axially moving beam with constant speed have been obtained from the supporting conditions. The contribution of the spring stiffness to the natural frequencies has been numerically investigated. Transverse stability is also studied for axially moving beams on simple supports with torsion springs. The method of multiple scales is applied to the partialdifferential equation governing the transverse parametric vibration. The stability boundary is derived from the solvability condition. Instability occurs if the axial speed fluctuation frequency is close to the sum of any two natural frequencies or is two fold natural frequency of the unperturbed system. It can be concluded that the spring stiffness makes both the natural frequencies and the instability regions smaller in the axial speed fluctuation frequency-amplitude plane for given mean axial speed and bending stiffness of the beam.     

黏弹性阻尼作用下轴向运动Timoshenko梁振动特性的研究

黏弹性阻尼一直是轴向运动系统的研究热点之一.以往研究轴向运动系统大都没有考虑黏弹性阻尼的影响.但在工程实际中, 存在黏弹性阻尼的轴向运动体系更为普遍.本文研究了黏弹性阻尼作用下轴向运动Timoshenko梁的振动特性.首先, 采用广义Hamilton原理给出了轴向运动黏弹性Timoshenko梁的动力学方程组和相应的简支边界条件.其次, 应用直接多尺度法得到了轴速和相关参数的对应关系, 给出了前两阶固有频率和衰减系数在黏弹性作用下的近似解析解.最后, 采用微分求积法分析了在有无黏弹性作用下前两阶固有频率和衰减系数随轴速的变化; 给出了前两阶固有频率和衰减系数在黏弹性作用下的近似数值解, 验证了近似解析解的有效性.结果表明: 随着轴速的增大, 梁的固有频率逐渐减小.梁的固有频率和衰减系数随着黏弹性系数的增大而逐渐减小, 其中衰减系数与黏弹性系数成正比关系, 黏弹性系数对第一阶衰减系数和固有频率的影响很小, 对第二阶衰减系数和固有频率的影响较大.      

Effect of magnetic field and non-homogeneity on the radial vibrations in hollow rotating elastic cylinder

In this paper, the natural frequencies of the radial vibrations of a hollow cylinder with different boundary conditions under influences of magnetic field, rotation and non-homogeneity have been studied. The solution of the problem is obtained by using technique of variables separation. In the present paper three different boundary conditions are considered, namely the free, fixed and mixed boundary conditions. The displacement and stresses components have been obtained in analytical form involving Bessel function of first and second kind and of order n. The determination is concerned with the eigenvalues of the natural frequencies of the radial vibrations for different boundary conditions in the case of harmonic vibrations. Numerical results are given and illustrated graphically for each case considered. Comparisons are made with the results in the absence of magnetic field, rotation and non-homogeneity. The results indicate that the effect of magnetic field, rotation and non-homogeneity are very pronounced.     

磁流变液在悬臂夹层梁振动抑制中的实验研究

磁流变液是智能材料系统中重要的作动器材料之一,在外加磁场作用下,其物理性能粘度、剪切模量会发生较大变化。本文实验研究了磁流变液夹层梁振动抑制效果。实验梁由MRF层和上下弹性层组成,悬臂支承,表面单点激励。通过改变外加磁场,梁的刚度、阻尼随之改变。利用这些变化可以调节梁的振动特性,如固有频率、振幅、损耗因子等。实验激励力频率为0~300Hz,外加磁场为0、8001、500 Oersted。实验结果表明:随着外加磁场强度的增加,梁的固有频率和损耗因子均显著增加,振动响应明显减小。     

一维六方准晶层合简支梁自由振动与屈曲的精确解

伪Stroh型公式能够将多场耦合材料的控制方程转化为线性特征系统来求解,从而获得多层结构简支边界条件的精确解.本文利用伪Stroh型公式,研究一维六方准晶层合简支梁的自由振动和屈曲问题,通过传递矩阵法,获得准晶层合梁自由振动固有频率与临界屈曲载荷的精确解.通过与已有梁的剪切变形理论结果比较,验证了本文伪Stroh型公式的正确性和有效性.通过数值算例,分析由两种不同准晶材料组成的三明治层合梁的叠层方式、高跨比、层厚比及层数对梁的固有频率、临界屈曲载荷及其模态的影响规律.结果表明,叠层顺序和梁的高跨比、层厚比对准晶层合梁的自由振动固有频率和临界屈曲载荷有很大影响,可通过调整梁的几何尺寸和叠层顺序得到准晶层合梁的最佳固有频率和临界屈曲载荷.本文给出的精确解可为工程上研究准晶梁的各种数值解法和实验方法提供理论参考.     

Natural frequencies of nonlinear vibration of axially moving beams

Axially moving beam-typed structures are of technical importance and present in a wide class of engineering problem. In the present paper, natural frequencies of nonlinear planar vibration of axially moving beams are numerically investigated via the fast Fourier transform (FFT). The FFT is a computational tool for efficiently calculating the discrete Fourier transform of a series of data samples by means of digital computers. The governing equations of coupled planar of an axially moving beam are reduced to two nonlinear models of transverse vibration. Numerical schemes are respectively presented for the governing equations via the finite difference method under the simple support boundary condition. In this paper, time series of the discrete Fourier transform is defined as numerically solutions of three nonlinear governing equations, respectively. The standard FFT scheme is used to investigate the natural frequencies of nonlinear free transverse vibration of axially moving beams. The numerical results are compared with the first two natural frequencies of linear free transverse vibration of an axially moving beam. And results indicate that the effect of the nonlinear coefficient on the first natural frequencies of nonlinear free transverse vibration of axially moving beams. The numerical results also illustrate the three models predict qualitatively the same tendencies of the natural frequencies with the changing parameters.     

高速颗粒流冲击下负泊松比力学超材料夹芯梁的动态响应及缓冲吸能机理

建立了颗粒流子弹发射有限元模型,利用离散元和有限元的联合模拟方法,研究了高速颗粒流冲击负泊松比内凹蜂窝夹芯梁的动态响应及缓冲吸能机理。分析了加载冲量、冲击角、芯材强度以及颗粒流子弹与面板间的摩擦力等因素对夹芯梁动态响应的影响。研究结果表明:夹芯梁在正向颗粒流子弹冲击载荷作用下表现为局部凹陷和整体弯曲的耦合变形模式,面内设计芯材因胞壁弯曲呈现局部内凹的变形模式,面外设计芯材因胞壁屈曲呈现局部褶皱的变形模式。在等面密度的条件下,采用面外设计的硬芯夹芯梁面板的跨中最大挠度比采用面内设计的软芯夹芯梁小,但初始冲击力峰值和冲击力整体水平较高,冲击力响应时间较短。夹芯梁前后面板的跨中最大挠度与冲击载荷近似呈对数线性递增关系。与正向冲击相比,斜冲击下夹芯梁的变形模式具有非对称性,局部凹陷程度减小;在颗粒流子弹不同冲击角度作用下,夹芯梁前后面板的跨中最大挠度、初始冲击力峰值以及传递到夹芯梁的动能和动量占比随冲击角度的增大而减小,而颗粒流子弹与夹芯梁面板间的摩擦因数对夹芯梁的动态响应无显著影响。     

Impulsive loading of clamped monolithic and sandwich beams over a central patch

An analytical model is developed for the response of clamped monolithic and sandwich beams subjected to impulse loading over a central loading patch. A number of topologies of sandwich core are investigated, including the honeycomb core, pyramidal core, prismatic diamond core and metal foam. The various cores are characterised by their dependencies of through-thickness compressive strength and longitudinal tensile strength upon relative density. Closed-form expressions are derived for the deflection of the beam when the ratio r of length of loading patch to the beam span exceeds 0.5. In contrast, an ordinary differential equation needs to be solved numerically for the choice r<0.5. Explicit finite element calculations show that most practical shock loadings can be treated as impulsive and the accuracy of the impulsive analytical predictions is confirmed. The analytical formulae are employed to determine optimal geometries of the sandwich beams that maximise the shock resistance of the beams for a given mass. The optimisation reveals that sandwich beams have a superior shock resistance relative to monolithic beams of the same mass, with the prismatic diamond core sandwich beam providing the best performance. Further, the optimal sandwich beam designs are only mildly sensitive to the length of the loading patch.     

An analytical approach for calculating natural frequencies of finite one-dimensional acoustic metamaterials

In this paper, an analytical matrix method is presented to drive closed-form characteristic equations for natural frequencies of finite monoatomic and diatomic metamaterials with various boundary conditions. Here, we extend the matrix method introduced by Louck for monoatomic lattice chains. The proposed method is used to calculate the vibration frequencies of the monoatomic metamaterials with fixed–fixed, fixed-free and free-free boundary conditions. In addition, the natural frequencies of fixed–fixed diatomic metamaterials are calculated. The existence of band gaps in the frequencies of the metamaterials is numerically shown.

     

Generalized variational principle of dynamic analysis on naturally curved and twisted box beams for anisotropic materials

An incomplete generalized variational functional for naturally curved and twisted composite box beams with complete constrained boundaries at two ends is established by means of Lagrange multiplier method. The equations of motion governing the dynamic behavior of the beams and corresponding boundary conditions are derived from the stationary condition of the functional. The non-classical influences relevant to the beams are those due to transverse shear deformations, torsion-related warping and several elastic couplings that can arise in composite beams. In order to demonstrate the correctness of the theory developed the natural frequencies and normal mode shapes of the beams under in-plane free vibration are evaluated and compared with the results using PATRAN’s beam elements.     

Effects of rotary inertia on sub- and super-critical free vibration of an axially moving beam

The most important issue in the vibration study of an engineering system is dynamics modeling. Axially moving continua is often discussed without the inertia produced by the rotation of the continua section. The main goal of this paper is to discover the effects of rotary inertia on the free vibration characteristics of an axially moving beam in the sub-critical and super-critical regime. Specifically, an integro-partial-differential nonlinear equation is modeled for the transverse vibration of the moving beam based on the generalized Hamilton principle. Then the effects of rotary inertia on the natural frequencies, the critical speed, post-buckling vibration frequencies are presented. Two kinds of boundary conditions are also compared. In super-critical speed range, the straight configuration of the axially moving beam loses its stability. The buckling configurations are derived from the corresponding nonlinear static equilibrium equation. Then the natural frequencies of the post-buckling vibration of the super-critical moving beam are calculated by using local linearization theory. By comparing the critical speed and the vibration frequencies in the sub-critical and super-critical regime, the effects of the inertia moment due to beam section rotation are investigated. Several interesting phenomena are disclosed. For examples, without rotary inertia, the study overestimates the stability of the axially moving beam. Moreover, the relative differences between the super-critical fundamental frequencies of the two theories may increase with an increasing beam length.     

Solution of free vibration equations of semi-rigid connected Reddy–Bickford beams resting on elastic soil using the differential transform method

The literature regarding the free vibration analysis of Bernoulli–Euler and Timoshenko beams under various supporting conditions is plenty, but the free vibration analysis of Reddy–Bickford beams with variable cross-section on elastic soil with/without axial force effect using the Differential Transform Method (DTM) has not been investigated by any of the studies in open literature so far. In this study, the free vibration analysis of axially loaded and semi-rigid connected Reddy–Bickford beam with variable cross-section on elastic soil is carried out by using DTM. The model has six degrees of freedom at the two ends, one transverse displacement and two rotations, and the end forces are a shear force and two end moments in this study. The governing differential equations of motion of the rectangular beam in free vibration are derived using Hamilton’s principle and considering rotatory inertia. Parameters for the relative stiffness, stiffness ratio and nondimensionalized multiplication factor for the axial compressive force are incorporated into the equations of motion in order to investigate their effects on the natural frequencies. At first, the terms are found directly from the analytical solutions of the differential equations that describe the deformations of the cross-section according to the high-order theory. After the analytical solution, an efficient and easy mathematical technique called DTM is used to solve the governing differential equations of the motion. The calculated natural frequencies of semi-rigid connected Reddy–Bickford beam with variable cross-section on elastic soil using DTM are tabulated in several tables and figures and are compared with the results of the analytical solution where a very good agreement is observed.     

旋转SMA纤维混杂复合材料薄壁梁的自由振动

研究具有SMA主动纤维的旋转复合材料单闭室薄壁截面梁的耦合自由振动问题.基于Hamilton原理并结合SMA纤维复合材料薄壁梁的二维截面内力(矩)与位移(转角)关系方程,导出旋转单闭室截面薄壁复合材料梁的1D耦合自由振动分析模型.该模型还考虑薄壁梁调矩角和预锥角的作用.采用Galerkin法求解振动模型,获得梁耦合振动...     

Effects of End Conditions of Cross-Ply Laminated Composite Beams on Their Dimensionless Natural Frequencies

The effects of the end conditions of cross-ply laminated composite beams on their dimensionless natural frequencies of free vibration is investigated. The problem is analyzed and solved by using the energy approach, which is formulated by a finite element model. Various end conditions of beams are used. Each beam has either movable ends or immovable ends. Numerical results are verified by comparisons with other relevant works. It is found that more constrained beams have higher values of natural frequencies of transverse vibration. The values of the natural frequencies of longitudinal modes are found to be the same for all beams with movable ends because they are generated by longitudinal movements only.