Shear wave dispersion and attenuation in periodic systems of alternating solid and viscous fluid layers

The attenuation and dispersion of elastic waves in fluid-saturated rocks due to the viscosity of the pore fluid is investigated using an idealized exactly solvable example of a system of alternating solid and viscous fluid layers. Waves in periodic layered systems at low frequencies are studied using an asymptotic analysis of Rytov’s exact dispersion equations. Since the wavelength of shear waves in fluids (viscous skin depth) is much smaller than the wavelength of shear or compressional waves in solids, the presence of viscous fluid layers necessitates the inclusion of higher terms in the long-wavelength asymptotic expansion. This expansion allows for the derivation of explicit analytical expressions for the attenuation and dispersion of shear waves, with the directions of propagation and of particle motion being in the bedding plane. The attenuation (dispersion) is controlled by the parameter which represents the ratio of Biot’s characteristic frequency to the viscoelastic characteristic frequency. If Biot’s characteristic frequency is small compared with the viscoelastic characteristic frequency, the solution is identical to that derived from an anisotropic version of the Frenkel–Biot theory of poroelasticity. In the opposite case when Biot’s characteristic frequency is greater than the viscoelastic characteristic frequency, the attenuation/dispersion is dominated by the classical viscoelastic absorption due to the shear stiffening effect of the viscous fluid layers. The product of these two characteristic frequencies is equal to the squared resonant frequency of the layered system, times a dimensionless proportionality constant of the order 1. This explains why the visco-elastic and poroelastic mechanisms are usually treated separately in the context of macroscopic (effective medium) theories, as these theories imply that frequency is small compared to the resonant (scattering) frequency of individual pores.     

FLEXURAL WAVE DISPERSION IN MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES CONVEYING FLUIDS

Motivated by the great potential of carbon nanotubes for developing nanofluidic devices, this paper presents a nonlocal elastic, Timoshenko multi-beam model with the second order of strain gradient taken into consideration and derives the corresponding dispersion relation of flexural wave in multi-walled carbon nanotubes conveying fuids. The study shows that the moving flow reduces the phase velocity of flexural wave of the lowest branch in carbon nanotubes. The phase velocity of flexural wave of the lowest branch decreases with an increase of flow velocity. However, the effects of flow velocity on the other branches of the wave dispersion are not obvious. The effect of microstructure characterized by nonlocal elasticity on the dispersion of flexural wave becomes more and more remarkable with an increase in wave number.     

Flexural gravity wave motion over poroelastic bed

Using Biot’s consolidation theory, effect of poroelastic bed on flexural gravity wave motion is analyzed in both the cases of single-layer and two-layer fluids. The model for the flexural gravity waves is developed using linear water wave theory and small amplitude structural response in finite water depth. The effects of permeability and shear modulus of poroelastic bed and time period on flexural gravity wave motion are studied by analyzing the dispersion relation, phase speed, plate deflection, interface elevation and pressure distribution along water depth. Various results for surface gravity waves are analyzed as special cases. The study reveals that bed permeability retards the hydrodynamic pressure distribution along the water depth significantly compared to shear modulus whilst, floating plate deflection decreases significantly with change in shear modulus compared to permeability of the poroelastic bed. The present study can be generalized to analyze various wave–structure interaction problems over poroelastic bed.     

弯曲波彩虹捕获效应及其在能量俘获中的应用

弹性波在色散关系经过设计的梯度结构中传播时会产生空间分频现象和波场能量增强现象,即不同频率的弹性波会在结构的不同位置停止向前传播并发生能量聚集,这就是弹性波彩虹捕获效应.其相关研究成果可以促进结构健康监测、振动控制以及能量俘获等领域的发展.本文通过所设计的梯度结构梁,系统地研究了弯曲波彩虹捕获效应及其在压电能量俘获中的应用.首先,利用传递矩阵法获得了梯度结构梁元胞能带结构的解析解,进而分析了弯曲波彩虹捕获效应的产生机理:不同频率的弯曲波会在不同元胞附近群速度减小到零,从而停止向前传播并发生反射;入射波和反射波的叠加,以及群速度减小带来的能量聚集,会显著增强反射处的波场能量.其次,通过有限元仿真和实验验证了弯曲波彩虹捕获效应的空间分频现象和波场能量增强现象.最后,通过有限元多物理场耦合仿真和实验,研究了粘贴PVDF压电薄膜的梯度结构梁相对于均匀梁的弯曲波能量俘获效果及其随入射波频率的变化规律.结果表明,在弯曲波彩虹捕获效应发生频带内,粘贴在梯度结构梁上的PVDF压电薄膜的输出电压约为粘贴在均匀梁相应位置处的PVDF压电薄膜的输出电压的2倍.     

Harmonic waves in elastic sandwich plates

Motions of a sandwich plate with symmetric facings are studied in the framework of the three-dimensional equations of elasticity. Both the core and facings are assumed to be isotropic and linearly elastic.Harmonic wave solutions, which satisfy traction-free face conditions and continuity conditions of tractions and displacements at the interfaces, are obtained for four cases: symmetric plane strain solutions for extensional motion, antisymmetric plane strain solutions for flexural motion, and solutions for the symmetric and antisymmetric SH-waves. The dispersion relation for each of these cases is obtained and computed. In order to exhibit the effect of the ratios of facing to core thicknesses, elastic stiffnesses and densities, on the dynamic behavior of sandwich plates, dispersion curves are computed and compared for plates with thick, light, and soft facings as well as for plates with thin, heavy, and stiff facings. Asymptotic expressions of dispersion relations for extensional, flexural, and symmetric SH-waves are obtained in explicit form, as the frequencies and wave numbers approach zero.The thickness vibrations in sandwich plates are studied in detail. The resonance frequencies and modal functions of the thickness-shear and thickness-stretch motions are obtained. Simple algebraic formulas for predicting the lowest thickness-shear and the lowest thickness-stretch frequencies are deduced. The orthogonality of the thickness modal functions is established.     

Wave propagation in a pre-strained compressible elastic sandwich plate

The extensional and flexural Lamb waves in a sandwich plate with finite initial strains made from compressible highly elastic materials is investigated. It is assumed that the initial strains are caused by the uniformly distributed normal compression forces acting on the face planes of the plate. The cases where the compression forces are “dead” (Case 1) and “follower” (Case 2) are considered. The investigations are carried out within the scope of the piecewise homogeneous body model with the use of the 3D linearized theory of elastic waves in initially stressed bodies. Numerical results for the dispersion of the extensional and flexural Lamb waves on the influence of the initial strains and on the influence of the character of the external compression forces are presented and discussed.     

Long-wavelength dispersion of acoustic waves in transversely inhomogeneous anisotropic plates

Long-wavelength onset of the fundamental branches is described for a free anisotropic plate with arbitrary through-plate variation of material properties. Main attention is given to the flexural branch. Closed-form expressions for the leading-order dispersion coefficient of the velocity and displacement are derived for a generic case and exemplified for the various types of either continuous, or discrete, or periodic inhomogeneity and for the monoclinic symmetry. The relevance of the static averaging is examined in detail. The bounds for the slope of the flexural velocity branch are established. The upper fundamental branches are considered for the case when these are uncoupled inplane and shear horizontal ones.     

Floquet–Bloch Waves in Periodic Networks of Rayleigh Beams: Cellular System,Dispersion Degenerations,and Structured Connection Regions

The paper is dedicated to Professor N. F. Morozov on the occasion of his 85th birthday. In the paper, we consider new dispersive properties of elastic flexural waves in periodic structures with rotational inertia. The structure is represented as a lattice with elementary bonds of Rayleightype beams. Although such beams in the semiclassical regime react as the classical Euler–Bernoulli beams, they exhibit new interesting characteristics as the dispersion frequency of flexural waves increases. Special attention is paid to degenerate cases related to the so-called Dirac cones on dispersion surfaces and to the directed anisotropy for the doubly periodic lattice. A comparative analysis accompanied by numerical simulation is carried out for the Floquet–Bloch waves propagating in periodic flexible lattices of different geometry.     

Experimental wavelet analysis of flexural waves in beams

The wavelet transform (WT) is applied to the time-frequency analysis of flexural waves in beams. The WT with the Gabor wavelet decomposes a dispersive wave into each frequency component in the time domain, which enables one to determine the traveling time of a wave along the beam at each frequency. By utilizing this fact, a method is developed to identify the dispersion relation and impact site of beams.     

Wave propagation in quasiperiodic structures: stop/pass band distribution and prestress effects

The band structure of dispersion diagrams for axial and flexural waves of quasiperiodic infinite beams is investigated. Every structure is composed of a repeated elementary cell generated adopting the Fibonacci sequence (different terms of this sequence are investigated); the problem is then solved evaluating the transmission matrix of the cell and applying the Floquet–Bloch technique. In the case of axial vibrations, a homogeneous rod where the quasiperiodicity is given by the particular distribution of external springs is considered, while for the flexural problem the quasiperiodicity is defined in terms of relative distance between the simple supports that sustain the beam. In both cases it is shown that, for different Fibonacci sequences, the number of stop/pass bands within a defined range of frequencies changes and follows the Fibonacci recursion rule showing a self-similar pattern. In addition, the overall dispersion characteristic can be interpreted in terms of an invariant function of the circular frequency, independent of the sequence generating the elementary cell. For flexural waves, the effects of the axial prestress on dispersion diagrams is highlighted and the frequency-shift of the stop/pass band positions is quantified. It is noted that a tensile axial prestress promotes length reduction of pass bands while leaves almost unchanged the length of stop-band intervals.     

Dispersion Equation for Water Waves with Vorticity and Stokes Waves on Flows with Counter-Currents

The two-dimensional free-boundary problem of steady periodic waves with vorticity is considered for water of finite depth. We investigate how flows with small-amplitude Stokes waves on the free surface bifurcate from a horizontal parallel shear flow in which counter-currents may be present. Two bifurcation mechanisms are described: one for waves with fixed Bernoulli’s constant, and the other for waves with fixed wavelength. In both cases the corresponding dispersion equations serve for defining wavelengths from which Stokes waves bifurcate. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of roots of these equations are obtained. Two particular vorticity distributions are considered in order to illustrate the general results.     

Dispersion effects of extensional waves in pre-stressed imperfectly bonded incompressible elastic layered composites

The effect of an imperfect interface, on time-harmonic extensional wave propagation in a pre-stressed symmetric layered composite is considered. The bimaterial composite consists of incompressible isotropic elastic materials. The shear spring type resistance model employed to simulate the imperfect interface can accommodate the extreme cases of perfect bonding and a fully slipping interface. The dispersion relation obtained by formulating the incremental boundary-value problem and the use of the propagator matrix technique, is analyzed at the low and high wavenumber limits. For the perfectly bonded and imperfect interface cases in the low wavenumber region, only the fundamental mode has a finite phase speed, while other higher modes have an infinite phase speed when the dimensionless wavenumber approaches zero. However, for the fully slipping interface in the low wavenumber region, both the fundamental mode and the next lowest mode have finite phase speeds. In the high wavenumber region, when the dimensionless wavenumber tends to infinity, the phase speeds of the fundamental mode and the higher modes depend on the phase speeds of the surface and interfacial waves and on the limiting phase speed of the composite. An expression to determine the cut-off frequencies is obtained from the dispersion relation. Numerical examples of dispersion curves are presented, where when the material has to be prescribed either Mooney–Rivlin material or Varga material is assumed. The effect of the imperfect interface is clearly evident in the numerical results.     

Anti-symmetric waves in pre-stressed imperfectly bonded incompressible elastic layered composites

The effect of an imperfect interface on the dispersive behavior of in-plane time-harmonic symmetric waves in a pre-stressed incompressible symmetric layered composite, was analyzed recently by Leungvichcharoen and Wijeyewickrema (2003). In the present paper the corresponding case for time harmonic anti-symmetric waves is considered. The bi-material composite consists of incompressible isotropic elastic materials. The imperfect interface is simulated by a shear-spring type resistance model, which can also accommodate the extreme cases of perfectly bonded and fully slipping interfaces. The dispersion relation is obtained by formulating the incremental boundary-value problem and using the propagator matrix technique. The dispersion relations for anti-symmetric and symmetric waves differ from each other only through the elements of the propagator matrix associated with the inner layer. The behavior of the dispersion curves for anti-symmetric waves is for the most part similar to that of symmetric waves at the low and high wavenumber limits. At the low wavenumber limit, depending on the pre-stress for perfectly bonded and imperfect interface cases, a finite phase speed may exist only for the fundamental mode while other higher modes have an infinite phase speed. However, for a fully slipping interface in the low wavenumber region it may be possible for both the fundamental mode and the next lowest mode to have finite phase speeds. For the higher modes which have infinite phase speeds in the low wavenumber region an expression to determine the cut-off frequencies is obtained. At the high wavenumber limit, the phase speeds of the fundamental mode and the higher modes tend to the phase speeds of the surface wave or the interfacial wave or the limiting phase speed of the composite. The bifurcation equation obtained from the dispersion relation yields neutral curves that separate the stable and unstable regions associated with the fundamental mode or the next lowest mode. Numerical examples of dispersion curves are presented, where when the material has to be prescribed either Mooney–Rivlin material or Varga material is assumed. The effect of imperfect interfaces on anti-symmetric waves is clearly evident in the numerical results.     

复合材料面层夹层扁壳非线性精化理论及应用

考虑面层横向剪切变形以及横向剪应力在面层和芯层粘结处连续,应用Hamilton原理建立了正交铺设复合材料面层夹层扁壳新的非线性精化理论。在静力问题情形,控制方程和边界条件化简为用四个基本未知函数表述。作为理论的应用,分析了简支边界条件下正交铺设复合材料面层夹层圆柱壳和夹层球壳的非线性弯曲,得到了其挠度响应和层间应力响应。     

Propagation of flexural waves and localized vibrations in the strip plate with a layer using Hamilton system

Based on the theory of laminated plates and applying the method in Hamiltonian state space, the propagation of flexural waves and vibrations in the strip plate covered with a layer are investigated. The boundaries at the two lateral sides are free of traction. According to the character of solar panel, the existence of all kinds of localized vibration modes and wave propagation modes is analyzed. By using eigenfunction expansion method, the dispersion relations of waveguide modes in the strip plate covered with a layer are derived. Through the numerical examples of solar panel, the existence of all kinds of vibration modes and propagating modes is analyzed. The dispersion curves of the strip plate covered with a layer under different parameters are presented and analyzed. The effects of the properties of the covering layer on the propagation of flexural waves are also examined.     

考虑阻尼的无限长小垂度缆索弹性波的传播

缆索结构被广泛应用于电气、土木、海洋和航空工程等领域,随着缆索在工程中的应用长度越来越长,高阶振动越来越明显,研究时应该考虑扰动沿着缆索的传播.现有对缆索弹性波传播的研究中,通常不考虑阻尼项,然而阻尼对于波的传播有着重要影响.文章考虑阻尼的影响,发展了包含阻尼项的三维弹性缆索运动方程.通过求解上述含阻尼项的运动方程,分别考察了面内面外弹性波的频率关系、相速度和群速度等自由传播特性,进而通过计算无限长弹性缆索在初始余弦型脉冲作用下的位移响应,分析扰动沿着该缆索的传播规律,考察波的色散现象以及阻尼对于缆索弹性波传播的影响.结果表明,考虑阻尼后,面内波和面外波均为色散波,面内波在曲率的作用下,为高度色散波.此外,在阻尼的影响下,波的峰值在传播过程不断减小,且波的后缘端点响应总是高于前缘端点响应.     

Wave dispersion in gradient elastic solids and structures: A unified treatment

Analytical wave propagation studies in gradient elastic solids and structures are presented. These solids and structures involve an infinite space, a simple axial bar, a Bernoulli–Euler flexural beam and a Kirchhoff flexural plate. In all cases wave dispersion is observed as a result of introducing microstructural effects into the classical elastic material behavior through a simple gradient elasticity theory involving both micro-elastic and micro-inertia characteristics. It is observed that the micro-elastic characteristics are not enough for resulting in realistic dispersion curves and that the micro-inertia characteristics are needed in addition for that purpose for all the cases of solids and structures considered here. It is further observed that there exist similarities between the shear and rotary inertia corrections in the governing equations of motion for bars, beams and plates and the additions of micro-elastic (gradient elastic) and micro-inertia terms in the classical elastic material behavior in order to have wave dispersion in the above structures.     

Acoustoelastic effects on mode waves in a fluid-filled pressurized borehole in triaxially stressed formations

Based on the nonlinear theory of acoustoelasticity, considering the triaxial terrestrial stress, the fluid static pressure in the borehole and the fluid nonlinear effect jointly, the dispersion curves of the monopole Stoneley wave and dipole flexural wave propagating along the borehole axis in a homogeneous isotropic formation are investigated by using the perturbation method. The relation of the sensitivity coefficient and the velocity-stress coefficient to frequency are also analyzed. The results show that variations of the phase velocity dispersion curve are mainly affected by three sensitivity coefficients related to third-order elastic constant. The borehole stress concentration causes a split of the flexural waves and an intersection of the dispersion curves of the flexural waves polarized in directions parallel and normal to the uniaxial horizontal stress direction. The stress-induced formation anisotropy is only dependent on the horizontal deviatoric terrestrial stress and independent of the horizontal mean terrestrial stress, the superimposed stress and the fluid static pressure. The horizontal terrestrial stress ratio ranging from 0 to 1 reduces the stress-induced formation anisotropy. This makes the intersection of flexural wave dispersion curves not distinguishable. The effect of the fluid nonlinearity on the dispersion curve of the mode wave is small and can be ignored.The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (10272004) and The Special Science Foundation of the Doctoral Discipline of the Ministry of Education of China(20050001016) The English text was polished by Keren Wang.     

Lamb波理论及层合板冲击损伤的实验研究

从理论上分析了板中Lamb波信号的传播特性,并给出Lamb波在板中传播的频散方程。理论分析及实验均表明,Lamb波的频散特性与复合材料结构损伤有着直接的联系,而且最低阶的对称和反对称Lamb波模态对层合板的损伤比较敏感,但应用Lamb波的频散效应监测结构的损伤在检测技术上还难以实现。根据板中导波形成Lamb波的共振原理,板中应力波的幅频特性很大程度上反映了Lamb波的谐振特征。因此,利用压电元件的压电阻抗谱分析应力波的各阶模态频率及振幅对结构损伤的变化,能够反映材料内部损伤与Lamb波的频散特性。文中针对表面粘贴压电元件的层合板智能结构,建立了包含Lamb波谐振模式的压电阻抗计算模型。冲击损伤试件的实验表明,由于结构损伤的出现压电阻抗谱中的模态频率及其阻抗幅值等特征信息将发生变化。因此,引入应力波损伤因子可以对结构冲击损伤的存在和程度进行初步评价。该方法基于结构的机-电动态阻抗特性,不受结构的几何形状限制,测试用的压电元件成本低,方法简单可行,有望在智能结构的健康诊断方面获得应用。     

Dispersion characteristics of wave propagation in layered piezoelectric structures: Exact and simplified models

This article presents a study of the dispersion characteristics of wave propagation in layered piezoelectric structures under plane strain and open-loop conditions. The exact dispersion relation is first determined based on an electro-elastodynamic analysis. The dispersion equation is complicated and can be solved only by numerical methods. Since the piezoelectric layer is very thin and can be modeled as an electro-elastic film, a simplified model of the piezoelectric layer reduces this complex problem to a non-trivial solution of a series of quadratic equations of wave numbers. The model is simple, yet captures the main phenomena of wave propagation. This model determines the dispersion curves of PZT4-Aluminum layered structures and identifies the two lowest modes of waves: the generalized longitudinal mode and the generalized Rayleigh mode. The model is validated by comparing with exact solutions, indicating that the results are accurate when the thickness of the layer is smaller or comparable to the typical wavelength. The effect of the piezoelectricity is examined, showing a significant influence on the generalized longitudinal wave but a very limited effect on the generalized Rayleigh wave. Typical examples are provided to illustrate the wave modes and the effects of layer thickness in the simplified model and the effects of the material combinations.