Torsional vibrations and dispersion of torsional waves in orthotropic composite rods

The Barr’s refined theory of torsional vibrations of isotropic rods of noncircular cross section is generalized for an orthotropic material. An analysis of natural frequencies of torsional vibration of free-free orthotropic prismatic rods of rectangular cross section is carried out with the help of an exact solution of the frequency equation. For orthotropic CFRP and GFRP rods, the improved theory, which takes into account the normal stresses and inertia forces in the axial direction, in some cases, predicts a noticeable raise in the natural frequencies compared with those following from the Saint-Venant classical theory. A good agreement is obtained between the experimental and calculated values of natural frequencies of torsional vibrations of rectangular quartz and fiber glass rods. The dispersion of torsional waves in an orthotropic quasi-homogeneous rod is considered. __________ Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 165–182, March–April, 2008.     

Various methods of determining the natural frequencies and damping of composite cantilever plates. 3. The Ritz method

The Ritz method was used to determine the frequencies and forms of free vibrations of rectangular cantilever plates made of anisotropic laminated composites. Orthogonal Jacobi and Legendre polynomials were used as coordinate functions. The results of the calculations are in good agreement with the published experimental and calculated data of other authors for plates made of boron and carbon fiber reinforced plastics with different angles of reinforcement of unidirectional layers and different sequence of placing the layers, and also of isotropic plates. The dissipative characteristics in vibrations were determined on the basis of the concept of complex moduli. The solution of the frequency equation with complex coefficients yields a complex frequency; the loss factors are determined from the ratio of the imaginary component of the complex frequency to the real component. For plates of unidirectionally reinforced carbon fiber plastic with different relative length a detailed analysis of the influence of the angle of reinforcement on the interaction and frequency transformation and on the loss factor was carried out. The article shows that the loss factor of a plate depends substantially on the type of vibration mode: bending or torsional. It also examines the asymptotics of the loss factors of plates when their length is increased, and it notes that the binomial model of deformation leads to a noticeable error in the calculation of the loss factor of long plates when the angle of reinforcement lies in the range 20°<<70°.For Communication 2, see [1].Institute of Engineering Science of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia. St. Petersburg State University, Russia. Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 215–225, March–April, 1997.     

Various methods of determining the natural frequencies and damping of composite cantilever plates. 2. Approximate solution by Galerkin's method for the trinomial model of damping

The application of Kantorovich's method to a trinomial model of deformation taking into account transverse bending of a plate leads to a connected system of three ordinary differential equations of fourth order with respect to three unknown functions of the longitudinal coordinate and to the coresponding boundary conditions for them at the fixed end and on the free edge. For the approximate calculation of the frequencies and forms of natural vibrations Galerkin's method is used, and as coordinate functions we chose orthogonal Jacobi polynomials with weight function. The dimensionless frequencies depend on the magnitude of the four dimensionless complexes, three of which characterize the anisotropy of the elastic properties of the composite. For the fibrous composites used at present we determined the possible range of change of the dimensionless complexes d₁₆ and d₂₆ attained by oblique placement. The article examines the influence of the angle of reinforcement on some first dimensionless frequencies of a plate made of unidirectional carbon reinforced plastic. It also analyzes the asymptotics of the frequencies when the length of the plate is increased, and it shows that for strongly anisotropic material with the structure []_T the frequencies of the flexural as well as of the torsional vibrations may be substantially lower when flexural-torsional interaction is taken into account.For Communication 1 see [4].Institute of Engineering Science of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia. St. Petersburg State University, Russia. Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, No. 1. pp. 23–33, January–February, 1997.     

On the theory of orthotropic porous elastic rods

We employ the theory of elastic materials with voids to describe the mechanical behavior of porous rods. In this purpose, we consider the direct approach to the theory of rods, in which the thin body is modeled as a deformable curve with a triad of rigidly rotating orthonormal vectors attached to every material point. For orthotropic and homogeneous rods, we determine the constitutive coefficients in terms of the three-dimensional elasticity constants by solving several problems in the two different approaches (directed curves and three-dimensional rods). (© 2010 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Various methods of determining the natural frequencies and damping of composite cantilever plates. 1. Exact solution for the binomial model of deformation

On the basis of the classical theory of thin anisotropic laminated plates the article analyzes the free vibrations of rectangular cantilever plates made of fibrous composites. The application of Kantorovich's method for the binomial representation of the shape of the elastic surface of a plate yielded for two unknown functions a system of two connected differential equations and the corresponding boundary conditions at the place of constraint and at the free edge. The exact solution for the frequencies and forms of the free vibrations was found with the use of Laplace transformation with respect to the space variable. The magnitudes of several first dimensionless frequencies of the bending and torsional vibrations of the plate were calculated for a wide range of change of two dimensionless complexes, with the dimensions of the plate and the anisotropy of the elastic properties of the material taken into account. The article shows that with torsional vibrations the warping constraint at the fixed end explains the apparent dependence of the shear modulus of the composite on the length of the specimen that had been discovered earlier on in experiments with a torsional pendulum. It examines the interaction and transformation of the second bending mode and of the first torsional mode of the vibrations. It analyzes the asymptotics of the dimensionless frequencies when the length of the plate is increased, and it shows that taking into account the bending-torsion interaction in strongly anisotropic materials type unidirectional carbon reinforced plastic can reduce substantially the frequencies of the bending vibrations but has no effect (within the framework of the binomial model) on the frequencies of the torsional vibrations.Institute of Engineering Science Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia. St. Petersburg State University, Russia. Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 32, No. 6, pp. 759–769, November–December, 1996.     

Some estimates for the torsional rigidity of composite rods

A well‐known problem in elasticity consists in placing two linearly elastic materials (of different shear moduli) in a given plane domain Ω, so as to maximize the torsional rigidity of the resulting rod; moreover, the proportion of these materials is prescribed. Such a problem may not have a classical solution as the optimal design may contain homogenization regions, where the two materials are mixed in a microscopic scale. Then, the optimal torsional rigidity becomes difficult to compute. In this paper we give some different theoretical upper and lower bounds for the optimal torsional rigidity, and we compare them on some significant domains. (© 2007 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

On the theory of the flexural vibrations of a rotating viscoelastic cantilever

A new solution is worked out for the problem of the flexural vibrations of a viscoelastic cantilever. The method is based on the use of Laplace contour integrals for integration in a complex domain. The dependence of the solutions of the problem on the parameters introduced is investigated. Asymptotic expansions of the integrals at large and small values of the argument are constructed for numerical calculations. Solutions in the form of polynomials are found for particular values of the elastic vibration frequencies and the properties of these solutions are established.Institute of Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, Kiev. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 2, pp. 305–311, March–April, 1973.     

Application of a revised cable theory to Rain-Wind-induced vibrations

Simultaneous occurrence of rain and wind can lead to vibrations with large amplitudes of inclined cables and hangers of arch bridges. These motion-induced vibrations are usually described with models based on the strip theory, or on the cable theory which is the best developed model [1]. The own solution concept derives complete nonlinear cable equations being mechanical equal to those known in literature but with a significant more simple structure by using longitudinal Green's strains and non-physical cable forces. The nonlinear effects of wind and rain forces are included. As an example of application a cable of the Erasmus bridge in Rotterdam (NL) will be analyzed. The own results are compared with the vibration amplitudes in the literature and with observations. (© 2009 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Asymptotic solutions of non-classical boundary-value problems of the natural vibrations of orthotropic shells

The natural vibrations of orthotropic shells are considered in a three-dimensional formulation for different versions of the boundary conditions on the faces: rigid clamping rigid clamping, rigid clamping free surface, and mixed conditions. Asymptotic solutions of the corresponding dynamic equations of the three-dimensional problem of the theory of elasticity are obtained. The principal values of the frequencies of natural vibrations are determined. It is shown that three types of natural vibrations occur in the shell: two shear vibrations and a longitudinal vibration, which are due solely to the boundary conditions on the faces. It is proved that each boundary layer has its own natural frequency. The boundary-layer functions are determined and the rates at which they decrease with distance from the faces inside the shell are established.     

Investigation of frequencies of natural vibrations of a transversally isotropic cylindrical panel with a circular hole

We consider the problem of natural vibrations of a hingedly supported transversally isotropic cylindrical panel with a circular hole. The deformation of the shell is described by modified equations of the Timoshenko theory of shells. The numerical solution of the problem is constructed by the indirect method of boundary integral equations based on the sequential representation of Green functions.     

Computation of added mass and damping coefficients due to a heaving cylinder

We present the boundary value problem (BVP) for the heave motion due to a vertical circular cylinder in water of finite depth. The BVP is presented in terms of velocity potential function. The velocity potential is obtained by considering two regions, namely, interior region and exterior region. The solutions for these two regions are obtained by the method of separation of variables. The analytical expressions for the hydrodynamic coefficients are derived. Computational results are presented for various depth to radius and draft to radius ratios.     

Determination of the parameters of a rigid body clamped at an end of a beam from the natural frequencies of vibrations

The unique reconstruction is proven of the parameters of a rigid body (mass, moment of inertia, and static moment of inertia) clamped at one of the ends of the Timoshenko beam from the natural frequencies of its vibrations. We suggest a new method of reconstruction and exhibit an example.     

Optimal control of longitudinal vibrations of composite rods with the same wave propagation time in each part

We consider longitudinal elastic vibrations of a composite rod and find closedform expressions that describe optimal boundary controls bringing the rod from the quiescent state into a state with given displacement function φ(t) and velocity function ψ(t) in time T. We assume that the wave propagation time through each part of the rod is the same and T is a multiple of that time.     

Determination of the physicomechanical characteristics of viscoelastic materials in orthotropic and isotropic layers from the propagation velocities and damping constants of longitudinal and shear vibrations

The author examines the propagation of longitudinal and shear waves in viscoelastic orthotropic and isotropic layers. Relations are obtained for determining the elastic constants and the real and imaginary parts of the complex moduli and Poisson's ratios in orthotropic and isotropic layers from the propagation velocities and damping constants of longitudinal and shear vibrations.Mekhanika Polimerov, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 161–166, 1967