周期性正弦凸起凹凸板等效刚度的研究

针对构造正交各向异性周期性正弦凸起结构凹凸板的等效刚度问题，根据经典弹性薄板理论，基于对单胞结构力学特性分析和单胞结构在板宏观结构上周期性均匀化分布的特点，推导了正弦凸起凹凸板的等效刚度解析公式.以四边简支周期性正弦凸起结构凹凸板为例，将该文计算结果与有限元模拟结果进行对比，验证了该文等效刚度的合理性和精确性.最后，分析了正弦凸起凹凸板几何参数对等效刚度特性的影响，给出了结构几何参数与等效刚度之间的关系.结果表明:应用该文方法可以有效计算周期性正弦凸起凹凸板的等效刚度；由于凹凸板在构造上的几何结构变化，与基础平板相比其弯曲刚度和抗扭刚度都有明显的提升.该研究结果对凹凸板静力学和动力学的进一步研究以及实际工程应用具有指导意义.     

Effect of bottom topography on the unsteady behaviour of an elastic plate floating on shallow water

The unsteady behaviour of a thin elastic plate in the form of a strip of constant width and infinite length, floating on the surface of an ideal and incompressible liquid, is investigated within the limits of the linear shallow-water theory. The unsteady behaviour of the plate is caused by initial disturbances or an external load. The depth of the liquid under the plate is variable. It is assumed that all the flow characteristics are independent of the coordinate along the plate. The deflection of the plate is sought in the form of an expansion in eigenfunctions of the oscillations in a vacuum with time-varying amplitudes. The problem reduces to solving an infinite system of ordinary differential equations for the unknown amplitudes. The behaviour of the plate is investigated for different actions and shapes of bottom irregularities. It is shown that the bottom topography can have a considerable effect on the deformation of the plate.     

不同理论下圆板特征值之间的解析关系

基于经典板理论(CPT)、一阶剪切变形板理论(FPT)以及Reddy三阶剪切变形板理论(RPT)之间,圆板轴对称特征值问题在数学上的相似性,研究了不同理论之间圆板特征值间的解析关系．将特征值问题的求解转化为代数方程的求解,并导出了不同理论之间圆板特征值的显式精确解析关系．从而,只要已知圆板特征值（临界屈曲载荷和固有频率）的经典结果,便很容易从这些解析关系中得到一阶和三阶理论下圆板特征值的相应结果,这便于工程应用,同时也可检验一阶和三阶理论下板特征值的数值结果的有效性、收敛性以及精确性等问题．     

Development of a higher order finite element on a Winkler foundation

Analyzing thick plates as a construction component has been of interest to structural engineering research for several decades. In particular, thick plates resting on elastic foundations are more specific. Mindlin's plate theory for thick plate analysis and the Winkler theory for elastic foundation analyses have wide applications. The current research considers analysis of isotropic plates on a Winkler foundation according to Mindlin's plate theory. The analysis uses a higher order plate element to avoid shear locking phenomena in the plate. The main features of this element are representation of real displacement functions of the plate perfect and shear locking do not occur at the plates modeled with this element. Derivation of the equations for finite element formulation for thick plate theory uses fourth-order displacement shape functions. A computer program using the finite element method, coded in C++, analyzes the plates resting on an elastic foundation. The analysis involves a 17-noded finite element. The study's graphs and tables assist engineers' designs of thick plates resting on elastic foundations. The study concludes with the computer-coded program, which allows effective use for the shear locking-free analysis of thick Mindlin plates resting on elastic foundations.     

Simulating thin plate bending problems by a family of two-parameter homogenization functions

This study develops a simple and effective numerical technique, which aims to accurately and quickly address thin plate bending problems. Based on the given boundary conditions, the thin plate homogenization function is constructed and a family of two-parameter homogenization functions are derived. Then, the superposition of homogenization functions method for the thin plate, the clamped plate, and the simply supported plate is obtained, which is meshless without numerical integration and iteration with the merits of easy-to-program and easy-to-implement. Six numerical experiments are employed to verify the effectiveness, accuracy and convergence of the proposed novel strategy. The proposed method is evaluated by the comparisons with the analytical solutions and the referenced solutions. It can be observed that the proposed method is quite accurate for the thin plate, the clamped plate, and the simply supported plate problems.     

Vibration of a pre-stressed plate on a transversely isotropic multilayered half-plane due to a moving load

This paper presents an analytical research on the dynamic interaction problem between a pre-stressed plate and a transversely isotropic multilayered half-plane subjected to a moving load. The pre-stressed plate is governed by the Kirchhoff plate theory, and the transversely isotropic multilayered half-plane is solved by the analytical layer-element method. Combining the frictionless contact and displacement compatibility conditions between the plate and the soil, the contact stress and the deflection of plate in the Fourier transform domain are derived. With the aid of the inverse Fourier transform, the actual solutions can be further achieved. Numerical examples are given to illustrate the influence of load speed, the rigidity of plate, the axial force applied on the plate and the stratified character of the soil.     

The problem of an interface crack with a rigid patch plate on part of its edge

A mixed boundary-value problem is solved for a piecewise-homogeneous elastic body with a rectilinear semi-infinite crack on the line where the materials are joined. A rigid patch plate (a reinforcing plate) of specified shape is attached to the upper edge of the crack on a finite interval adjacent to the crack tip. The edges of the crack are loaded with specified stresses. The body is stretched at infinity by a specified longitudinal stress. External forces with a given principal vector and moment act on the patch plate. The problem reduces to a Riemann-Hilbert boundary-value matrix problem with a piecewise-constant coefficient, the solution of which is explicitly constructed using a Gaussian hypergeometric function. The angle of rotation of the patch plate and the complex potentials describing the stress state of the body are found and the stress state of the body close to the ends of the patch plate, one of which is also simultaneously the crack tip, is investigated. Numerical examples are presented that illustrate the effect of the initial force parameters, the length of the patch plate and other parameters of the body on the angle of rotation of the patch plate and the stress state of the body.     

The effect of periodic surface pressure on a rectangular elastic plate floating on shallow water

The steady-state behaviour of a floating elastic plate of bounded dimensions acted upon by a localized external load is investigated using linear shallow water theory. In the case of a plate of arbitrary shape, the problem reduces to solving a system of boundary-value integral equations supplemented with differential relations for the free edge of the plate. Using a rectangular plate as the example, the effect of the frequency of the periodic actions and the positions at which they are applied on the amplitudes of the normal flexures of the plate and of the directional pattern of surface waves far from the plate is investigated. It is shown that waveguide properties occur for an elongated plate.     

关于简支厚板与薄板的关系

厚板的数学理论是建立在与薄板不同的力学假定的基础上的。本文分析了厚板与薄板之间静力学方面的关系。对于任意的简支多边形板,得到了厚板解通过薄板解的显式表达式,从而证明了:Reissner模型的厚板解与薄板解具有相同的剪力,但弯矩、转角、挠度有差别;而washizu模型的厚板解则与薄板解不仅剪力相同,连弯矩与转角亦相同,只是挠度有差别。     

The action of an unsteady external load on a circular elastic plate floating on shallow water

A solution of the transient problem of the behaviour of a circular elastic plate floating on the free surface of a liquid under the action of an external load is constructed. It is assumed that the liquid is ideal and incompressible and that its depth is small compared with the radius of the plate. The compatible motion of the plate and the liquid is treated within the framework of linear theory. The flow of the liquid is assumed to be irrotational. The behaviour of the plate under different loads is investigated and it is shown that the bounded dimensions of the elastic plate have a substantial effect on its unsteady behaviour.     

Thermoacoustic response of a simply supported isotropic rectangular plate in graded thermal environments

A theoretical model is developed to investigate the thermoacoustic response of a simply supported plate subjected to combined thermal and acoustic excitations, with two typical graded thermal environments considered. The thermoacoustic governing equation derived by incorporating the thermal moments, membrane forces and acoustic loads into the plate vibration equation is solved using the modal decomposition approach. In combination with the thermal boundary conditions, the Fourier heat conduction equation is solved for the graded temperature distribution in the plate. Fluid-structure coupling between acoustic excitation and the plate is ensured by adopting the velocity continuity condition at the fluid–plate interface. With focus placed on the effect of graded thermal environments on plate vibroacoustic response, numerical investigations reveal the necessity for considering thermal moments in theoretical modeling, particularly when graded thermal environments are of common concern for aircraft structures.     

Interaction of surface water waves with a vertical elastic plate: a hypersingular integral equation approach

In this paper, we present an alternative method to investigate scattering of water waves by a submerged thin vertical elastic plate in the context of linear theory. The plate is submerged either in deep water or in the water of uniform finite depth. Using the condition on the plate, together with the end conditions, the derivative of the velocity potential in the direction of normal to the plate is expressed in terms of a Green’s function. This expression is compared with that obtained by employing Green’s integral theorem to the scattered velocity potential and the Green’s function for the fluid region. This produces a hypersingular integral equation of the first kind in the difference in potential across the plate. The reflection coefficients are computed using the solution of the hypersingular integral equation. We find good agreement when the results for these quantities are compared with those for a vertical elastic plate and submerged and partially immersed rigid plates. New results for the hydrodynamic force on the plate, the shear stress and the shear strain of the vertical elastic plate are also evaluated and represented graphically.     

Compressive and thermal postbuckling behaviors of laminated plates with piezoelectric fiber reinforced composite actuators

This paper studied compressive postbuckling under thermal environments and thermal postbuckling due to a uniform temperature rise for a shear deformable laminated plate with piezoelectric fiber reinforced composite (PFRC) actuators based on a higher order shear deformation plate theory that includes thermo-piezoelectric effects. The material properties are assumed to be temperature-dependent and the initial geometric imperfection of the plate is considered. The compressive and thermal postbuckling behaviors of perfect, imperfect, symmetric cross-ply and antisymmetric angle-ply laminated plates with fully covered or embedded PFRC actuators are conducted under different sets of thermal and electric loading conditions. The results reveal that, the applied voltage usually has a small effect on the postbuckling load–deflection relationship of the plate with PFRC actuators in the compressive buckling case, whereas the effect of applied voltage is more pronounced for the plate with PFRC actuators, compared to the results of the same plate with monolithic piezoelectric actuators.     

轴向运动粘弹性板的横向振动特性

研究了轴向运动粘弹性矩形薄板的动力特性和稳定性问题．从二维粘弹性微分型本构关系出发,建立了轴向运动粘弹性板的运动微分方程．采用微分求积法,对四边简支、一对边简支一对边固支两种边界条件下粘弹性板的无量纲复频率进行了数值计算．分析了薄板的长宽比、无量纲运动速度及材料的无量纲延滞时间对其横向振动及稳定性的影响．     

The transmission of a flexural-gravitational wave through several straight obstacles in a floating plate

Periodic wave processes in a thin elastic plate floating on the surface of an incompressible fluid of finite depth are studied. The plate completely covers the fluid surface and executes flexural oscillations under the action of gravitational waves in the fluid. The system of free oscillations in the plate is disrupted along a set of parallel lines. Rigid clamping of the plate, a sliding fastening and an infinitesimally narrow slit are considered as such disruptions. The apparatus used to construct the solution is quite general, and other disruptions in the elastic properties of a plate or its reinforcement, that are realized with linear boundary-contact conditions, can be treated in a similar way. The transmission and reflection of a harmonic flexural-gravitational wave, that is orthogonally incident on the inhomogeneities in the plate, are studied. Exact analytical representations of the wave fields in the plate and in fluid are obtained and the transmission and reflection coefficients for the incident flexural-gravitational wave are determined. The forces developed in the fastenings are found.     

The uniform heating and bending of a two-layer plate

The problem of the uniform heating of a two-layer plate is solved. The transversely isotropic layer considered (a soft plate) is in ideal contact with a rigid isotropic thin elastically deformed layer. The ends of the plate are load-free. A boundary layer of the soft plate (a thin contact layer) is introduced, which enables the boundary conditions on the ends of the plate to be formulated in such a way that the problem has a bounded smooth solution [1]. The two-layer plate, generally speaking, is bounded along the axis perpendicular to the axes directed along the length and thickness of the plate. The resultant force and the resultant moment, applied to the end transverse sections, are equal to zero. The exact solution of the temperature problem is sought using the equations of the theory of elasticity. The plane problem of the bending of a two-layer plate acted upon by a uniformly distributed pressure applied to the side surface of an anisotropic layer is solved by a similar method. The ends of the rigid isotropic layer are clamped.     

Nonlinear modulation of SH waves in an incompressible hyperelastic plate

Propagation of nonlinear shear horizontal (SH) waves in a homogeneous, isotropic and incompressible elastic plate of uniform thickness is considered. The constituent material of the plate is assumed to be generalized neo-Hookean. By employing a perturbation method and balancing the weak nonlinearity and dispersion in the analysis, it is shown that the nonlinear modulation of waves is governed asymptotically by a nonlinear Schr?dinger (NLS) equation. Then the effect of nonlinearity on the propagation characteristics of asymptotic waves is discussed on the basis of this equation. It is found that, irrespective of the plate thickness, the wave number and the mode number, when the plate material is softening in shear then the nonlinear plane periodic waves are unstable under infinitesimal perturbations and therefore the bright (envelope) solitary SH waves will exist and propagate in such a plate. But if the plate material is hardening in shear in this case nonlinear plane periodic waves are stable and only the dark solitary SH waves may exist.     

Nonlinear vibration of hybrid laminated plates resting on elastic foundations in thermal environments

This paper deals with large amplitude vibration of hybrid laminated plates containing piezoelectric layers resting on an elastic foundation in thermal environments. The motion equation of the plate that includes plate-foundation interaction is based on a higher order shear deformation plate theory and solved by a two-step perturbation technique. The thermo-piezoelectric effects are also included and the material properties of both orthotropic layers and piezoelectric layers are assumed to be temperature-dependent. The numerical illustrations concern nonlinear vibration characteristics of unsymmetric cross-ply and antisymmetric angle-ply laminated plates with fully covered or embedded piezoelectric actuators under different sets of thermal and electrical loading conditions. The results show that the foundation stiffness and stacking sequence have a significant effect on the nonlinear vibration characteristics of the hybrid laminated plate. The results also reveal that the temperature rise reduces the natural frequency, but it only has a small effect on the nonlinear to linear frequency ratios of the hybrid laminated plate. The results confirm that the effect of the applied voltage on the natural frequency and the nonlinear to linear frequency ratios of the hybrid laminated plate is marginal except the plate is sufficiently thin.     

On hydromagnetic rotating flow of an Oldroyd-B fluid near an oscillating plate

An initial value investigation is made of the motion of an incompressible, viscoelastic, conducting Oldroyd-B fluid bounded by an infinite rigid non-conducting plate. Both the plate and the fluid are in a state of solid body rotation with a constant angular velocity about an axis normal to the plate. The flow is generated from rest in the rotating viscoelastic system due to harmonic oscillations of a given frequency superimposed on the plate in presence of a transverse magnetic field. The exact solutions for the velocity field and the wall shear stress are obtained. The results are examined quantitatively for a particular case of an impulsively moved plate and the effects of various flow parameters on them are discussed. Many known results are found to emerge as limiting cases of the present analysis.     

Penny-shaped crack in a plate of finite thickness subjected to a uniform shearing stress

This paper contains an analysis of the stress distribution in a plate of finite thickness of an elastic material containing a penny-shaped crack when it is deformed by the application of a uniform shearing stress on the surface of the plate. The crack lies on the central plane of the plate with its surface parallel to those of the plate and is stress-free. By making a suitable representation of the stress function for the problem, the problem is reduced to the solution of a pair of Fredholm integral equations of the second kind. This pair of Fredholm integral equations of the second kind is solved numerically, and the increase in the stress intensity magnification factor due to the effect of the finite thickness of the plate is presented for various values of the thickness.