弹性地基上Euler-Bernoulli梁的热屈曲模态跃迁特性

采用解析方法研究了置于线性弹性地基上的Euler-Bernoulli梁在均匀升温载荷作用下的临界屈曲模态跃迁特性;分别在两端不可移简支和夹紧边界条件下,给出了弹性梁屈曲模态跃迁点的地基刚度值以及屈曲载荷值的精确表达式,并分析了模态跃迁特点.结果表明:随着地基刚度参数值的增大临界屈曲模态通过跃迁点从低阶次向高阶次跃迁;两端简支梁的模态跃迁具有突变特性,而两端夹紧梁的模态跃迁则是一个缓慢变化过程,它是通过端截面的弯矩或曲率的正负号改变实现的.     

黏弹性层合圆柱壳的临界轴压分析

基于经典屈曲理论,研究了轴向受压黏弹性复合材料层合圆柱壳的临界屈曲载荷. 利用Boltzmann线性积分型本构关系描述铺设单层的各向异性黏弹性行为. 结合解析与数值 方法,由Donnell型屈曲控制方程以及边界条件的Laplace变换导出相空间的特征方程,根 据Laplace逆变换的极值定理,获得层合圆柱壳的瞬时弹性临界载荷与持久临界载荷. 针对 多组铺设方式,通过数值算例重点分析了临界载荷随铺设角的变化特征,两种临界载荷的峰 值点差异程度与铺设方式、几何参数以及材料类型的关系,得到了一些对黏弹性层合圆柱壳 的优化设计有参考价值的结论.     

Vibration and dynamic buckling of shear beam-columns on elastic foundation under moving harmonic loads

The vibration and buckling of an infinite shear beam-column, which considers the effects of shear and the axial compressive force, resting on an elastic foundation have been investigated when the system is subjected to moving loads of either constant amplitude or harmonic amplitude variation with a constant advance velocity. Damping of a linear hysteretic nature for the foundation was considered. Formulations in the transformed field domains of time and moving space were developed, and the response to moving loads of constant amplitude and the steady-state response to moving harmonic loads were obtained using a Fourier transform. Analyses were performed to examine how the shear deformation of the beam and the axial compression affect the stability and vibration of the system, and to investigate the effects of various parameters, such as the load velocity, load frequency, shear rigidity, and damping, on the deflected shape, maximum displacement, and critical values of the velocity, frequency, and axial compression. Expressions to predict the critical (resonance) velocity, critical frequency, and axial buckling force were proposed.     

弹性基础上的杆在轴压下的二次屈曲

本文研究弹性基础上受轴向加载的两端铰支杆当其最低两屈曲荷载很近时的后屈曲行为。首先,使用Liapunov-Schmidt约化并借助稳定性分析,揭示了杆的二次屈曲现象;基于分叉方程给出了原始后屈曲分支及二次分支的渐近展开。其次,我们使用作者建立的二次分叉的计算方法对杆的二次屈曲做了数值计算,数值结果与渐近展开符合得很好     

两端固支复合材料浅拱的动力屈曲分析

本文研究两端固支层合复合材料浅拱在阶跃载荷作用下的动力稳定性问题。通过对浅拱动力响应的数值计算结果,然后利用B-R动力屈曲准则,着重分析了集中阶跃载荷作用下几种铺层顺序及铺层数对浅拱动力临界载荷的影响,并给出了能够产生‘跳跃失稳’的最小的结构参数γ0。此外,在利用伽辽金法求解浅拱动力学控制方程时,通过取梁的自由振动模态和柱的静力屈曲模态作为浅拱的动力屈曲模态,分别进行计算并比较了二者的结果,进而讨论了二级数解的收敛性。     

Surface effect on the biaxial buckling and free vibration of FGM nanoplate embedded in visco-Pasternak standard linear solid-type of foundation

In this study, nonlocal elasticity theory in conjunction with Gurtin–Murdoch elasticity theory is employed to investigate biaxial buckling and free vibration behavior of nanoplate made of functionally graded material (FGM) and resting on a visco-Pasternak standard linear solid-type of the foundation. The material characteristics of simply supported FGM nanoplates are assumed to be varied continuously as a power law function of the plate thickness. Hamilton’s principle is implemented to derive the non-classical governing equations of motion and related boundary conditions, which analytically solved to obtain the explicit closed-form expression for complex natural frequencies and buckling loads. Finally, attention is focused on considering the influences of various parameters on variation of damped natural frequency and buckling load ratio such as nonlocal parameter, surface effects, geometric parameters, power law index and properties of visco-Pasternak foundation and it is clearly demonstrated that these factors highly affect on vibration and buckling behavior.     

Postbuckling and imperfection sensitivity of fixed-end and free-end struts on elastic foundation

Summary A study of the postbuckling and imperfection sensitivity of fixed-end and free-end struts on a Winkler elastic foundation is carried out. The configuration and stability of the postbuckling paths bifurcating from the critical points are analysed. For the most part of foundation stiffness, the corresponding postbuckling paths are shown to be falling with respect to load and be unstable. This indicates that, for almost all values of foundation stiffness, the buckling loads of the struts will be sensitive to imperfections. We also obtain imperfection sensitivity of the struts with respect to geometric imperfections having the shape of buckling modes. Received 30 October 1998, accepted for publication 30 March 1999     

JUMPING INSTABILITIES IN THE POST-BUCKLING OF A BEAM ON A PARTIAL NONLINEAR FOUNDATION

Mode jumping is an instability phenomenon in the post-buckling region, which causes a sudden change in the equilibrium configuration and is thus harmful to structure. The con- figuration of a partial elastic foundation can directly induce mode coupling from the buckling stage and through the whole post-buckling region. The mode coupling effect due to the configuration of partial foundation on mode jumping is investigated and demonstrated to be an important factor of determining mode jumping. By properly choosing the partial elastic foundation configuration, mode jumping can be avoided.     

弹性圆柱壳在轴向冲击载荷和温度耦合作用下的屈曲

通过引入哈密顿体系,将临界载荷和临界温度及它们所对应的屈曲模态归结为辛体系下的广义本征值和本征解问题。根据辛本征解的正交性和完备性,给出了全部的且独立存在的屈曲模态。数值结果表明,在轴向冲击载荷和温度耦合作用下,弹性圆柱壳的屈曲呈现出复杂的模式,温度直接影响冲击临界载荷的大小。随着温度的增加,冲击临界荷载降低,最后,文中给出各种条件下的屈曲模态。     

Size-dependent axial buckling analysis of functionally graded circular cylindrical microshells based on the modified strain gradient elasticity theory

In this paper, a size-dependent first-order shear deformable shell model is developed based upon the modified strain gradient theory (MSGT) for the axial buckling analysis of functionally graded (FG) circular cylindrical microshells. It is assumed that the material properties of FG materials, which obey a simple power-law distribution, vary through the thickness direction. The principle of virtual work is utilized to formulate the governing equations and corresponding boundary conditions. Numerical results are presented for the axial buckling of FG circular cylindrical microshells subject to simply-supported end conditions and the effects of material length scale parameter, material property gradient index, length-to-radius ratio and circumferential mode number on the size-dependent critical buckling load are extensively studied. For comparison purpose, the critical buckling loads predicted by modified couple stress theory (MCST) and classical theory (CT) are also presented. Results show that the size effect plays an important role for lower values of dimensionless length scale parameter. Moreover, it is observed that the critical buckling loads obtained based on MSGT are greater than those obtained based on MCST and CT.     

Dynamic buckling of discrete structural systems under combined step and static loads

The dynamic instability of discrete, elastic, multiple degree of freedom (d.o.f.) systems under a combination of static and step loads is studied. Conservative, autonomous and holonomic systems are considered, in which the associated static response is a bifurcation under one load parameter, and a limit point under the second parameter. A review of different criteria and algorithms obtained from them for the computation of dynamic buckling loads is first presented, followed by a procedure derived from previous investigations on one d.o.f. systems. The different procedures are applied to a two d.o.f. problem under axial and lateral load, with quadratic and cubic non-linearities. The response in time shows that the system oscillates about the static equilibrium position before dynamic buckling is reached, with the kinetic energy tending to zero as assumed in the static (energy) procedures of stability.     

Long-term non-linear behaviour and buckling of shallow concrete-filled steel tubular arches

This paper presents a theoretical analysis for the long-term non-linear elastic in-plane behaviour and buckling of shallow concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) arches. It is known that an elastic shallow arch does not buckle under a load that is lower than the critical loads for its bifurcation or limit point buckling because its buckling equilibrium configuration cannot be achieved, and the arch is in a stable equilibrium state although its structural response may be quite non-linear under the load. However, for a CFST arch under a sustained load, the visco-elastic effects of creep and shrinkage of the concrete core produce significant long-term increases in the deformations and bending moments and subsequently lead to a time-dependent change of its equilibrium configuration. Accordingly, the bifurcation point and limit point of the time-dependent equilibrium path and the corresponding buckling loads of CFST arches also change with time. When the changing time-dependent bifurcation or limit point buckling load of a CFST arch becomes equal to the sustained load, the arch may buckle in a bifurcation mode or in a limit point mode in the time domain. A virtual work method is used in the paper to investigate bifurcation and limit point buckling of shallow circular CFST arches that are subjected to a sustained uniform radial load. The algebraically tractable age-adjusted effective modulus method is used to model the time-dependent behaviour of the concrete core, based on which solutions for the prebuckling structural life time corresponding to non-linear bifurcation and limit point buckling are derived.     

Elastic continua in high frequency excitation field

The response of an elastic continua to high frequency excitations is decomposed in two parts: “slow” motion which practically remains unchanged during the vanishingly small period of time τ, and “fast” motions whose mean value during this period is negligible, but the energy contribution is essential. After such a decomposition the “slow” and “fast” motions become nonlinearly coupled by the corresponding governing equations. This coupling leads to an additional “effective” potential energy which changes the “mean” stiffness characteristics. The results can be used for dynamical stiffening of flexible structural elements for a temporary increase of their stiffness in the course of occasional loads to prevent buckling or wrinkling.     

轴向冲击载荷作用下弹性圆柱壳横向弯曲动态屈曲

研究在轴向冲击载荷下弹性圆柱壳动态屈曲问题.通过构造哈密顿体系,在辛空间中将临界载荷和动态屈曲模态归结为辛本征值和本征解问题.辛本征解反映了局部的压缩屈曲模态和整体的弯曲屈曲模态,特别是在冲击端为自由支承边界时的特殊屈曲方式.数值结果给出了具体的临界载荷和屈曲模态规律.     

Shell Buckling of Imperfect Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes—Experiments and Analysis

Experiments were conducted in which multiwalled carbon nanotubes were subjected to uniaxial compression and shell-buckling loads were measured. A comparison with existing theoretical models shows that the predictions are about 40–50% smaller than the experimentally measured buckling loads. This is in contrast to the classical elastic shell studies in which the experimental values were always substantially lower than the predicted values due to imperfection sensitivity. It is proposed that the discrepancy between the predicted and measured value might be due to imperfections in the multiwalled nanotubes in the form of sp ³ bonds between the tube walls, which introduce shear coupling between them. An analytical model is presented to estimate the effect of the shear coupling on the critical buckling strain, which shows that the contribution from shear coupling increases linearly with the effective shear modulus between the walls. Further, this contribution increases with the number of walls; the increment from each additional wall progressively decreases.     

Mechanical buckling and free vibration of thick functionally graded plates resting on elastic foundation using the higher order B-spline finite strip method

In this study, the mechanical buckling and free vibration of thick rectangular plates made of functionally graded materials (FGMs) resting on elastic foundation subjected to in-plane loading is considered. The third order shear deformation theory (TSDT) is employed to derive the governing equations. It is assumed that the material properties of FGM plates vary smoothly by distribution of power law across the plate thickness. The elastic foundation is modeled by the Winkler and two-parameter Pasternak type of elastic foundation. Based on the spline finite strip method, the fundamental equations for functionally graded plates are obtained by discretizing the plate into some finite strips. The results are achieved by the minimization of the total potential energy and solving the corresponding eigenvalue problem. The governing equations are solved for FGM plates buckling analysis and free vibration, separately. In addition, numerical results for FGM plates with different boundary conditions have been verified by comparing to the analytical solutions in the literature. Furthermore, the effects of different values of the foundation stiffness parameters on the response of the FGM plates are determined and discussed.     

Shear buckling of infinite plates resting on tensionless elastic foundations

The buckling problem of an infinite thin plate resting on a tensionless Winkler foundation and subjected to shearing loads is investigated. The infinite plate is simplified to a one-dimensional mechanical model by assuming a lateral buckling mode function and a borderline function between contact and non-contact regions. After the governing differential equations for the plate sections in the contact and non-contact regions have been solved, the problem reduces to two nonlinear algebraic equations. Buckling coefficients for plates with simply supported edges and clamped edges are determined for a range of relative foundation stiffness factors. Comparison of the results with existing theory and finite element analyses shows good agreement.     

A new technique for the prediction of buckling loads from nondestructive vibration tests

The paper presents a new technique for the prediction of buckling loads of structural elements with postbuckling unstable characteristics such as cylindrical shells. The technique introduced is based on the cubic parametric curve defined by the Hermite form,¹ which is described in the paper. The technique requires as input the data obtained from vibration tests carried out on structural elements under compressive loading, specifically, the values of the applied load and the square of the measured corresponding natural frequency of vibration. The proposed technique is applied to a simplified cylindrical shell model² and two cylindrical shells.³ A comparison between the predicted and the exact values of the buckling loads is presented for each case discussed in the paper, highlighting the accuracy of the proposed technique.     

Dynamic torsional buckling of multi-walled carbon nanotubes embedded in an elastic medium

In this paper the dynamic torsional buckling of multi-walled carbon nanotubes （MWNTs） embedded in an elastic medium is studied by using a continuum mechanics model. By introducing initial imperfections for MWNTs and applying the preferred mode analytical method, a buckling condition is derived for the buckling load and associated buckling mode. In particular, explicit expressions are obtained for embedded double-walled carbon nanotubes （DWNTs）. Numerical results show that, for both the DWNTs and embedded DWNTs, the buckling form shifts from the lower buckling mode to the higher buckling mode with increasing the buckling load, but the buckling mode is invari- able for a certain domain of the buckling load. It is also indicated that, the surrounding elastic medium generally has effect on the lower buckling mode of DWNTs only when compared with the corresponding one for individual DWNTs.     

Erosion of optimum designs by compound branching phenomena

It is well-known that a straightforward process of structural optimization often demands the simultaneity of two or more failure modes. It has, however, been emphasized by Koiter and others that this can lead to a dangerous situation in which the nonlinear coupling of two quite stable post-buckling modes can generate highly unstable behaviour and associated imperfection-sensitivity. The question then arises as to how the imperfection-sensitivity might invalidate the apparent optimum, and it is a study of the mechanics of this that is presented here.A two-degree-of-freedom buckling model which exhibits this unexpected coupling action is introduced and its primary and secondary branching characteristics are derived analytically and numerically. The simultaneity of the primary buckling loads is shown to arise as the solution of a simple but realistic optimization scheme, and the subsequent erosion of this optimum is observed. It is seen that the compound imperfection-sensitivity can quite seriously modify and perhaps destroy the apparent optimum solution, and the key role of secondary bifurcations is delineated.