A continuum theory for fibre-reinforced composites

The effective stiffness theory for fibre reinforced materials with a hexagonal layout of fibres is presented. The theory is illustrated by the dispersion curves of plane steadystate time-harmonic waves. The limiting phase velocities at vanishing wave numbers serve in the determination of the elastic moduli of the equivalent homogeneous transversely isotropic medium.     

A two-dimensional continuum theory for angle-ply laminates

A two-dimensional continuum theory of microstructure is developed for stress analysis of angle-ply laminates under in-plane loading. An example problem is used to evaluate the results of the theory against a reference solution obtained by the finite element method. The results are in satisfactory agreement; they also show that the in-plane stresses reach somewhat higher peak values than reported in previous literature.The theory is also presented in a simplified version, which is found to be adequate for predicting interlaminar stresses and in-plane stress resultants, but does not give acceptable results for the variation of in-plane stresses through the thickness of the laminations.     

Linear viscoelastic analysis of straight and curved thin-walled laminated composite beams

This paper is devoted to study the behavior, in the range of linear viscoelasticity, of shear flexible thin-walled beam members constructed with composite laminated fiber-reinforced plastics. This work appeals to the correspondence principle in order to incorporate in unified model the motion equations of a curved or straight shear-flexible thin-walled beam member developed by the authors, together with the micromechanics and macromechanics of the reinforced plastic panels. Then, the analysis is performed in the Laplace or Carson domains. That is, the expressions describing the micromechanics and macromechanics of a plastic laminated composites and motion equations of the structural member are transformed into the Laplace or Carson domains where the relaxation components of the beam structure (straight or curved) are obtained. The resulting equations are numerically solved by means of finite element approaches defined in the Laplace or Carson domains. The finite element results are adjusted with a polynomial fitting. Then the creep behavior is obtained by means of a numerical technique for the inverse Laplace transform. Predictions of the present methodology are compared with experimental data and other approaches. New studies are performed focusing attention in the flexural–torsional behavior of shear flexible thin-walled straight composite beams as well as for thin-walled curved beams and frames.     

A generalized continuum theory for granular materials

A generalized continuum theory for granular media is formulated by allowing for the possibility of rotation of granules. The basic balance laws are presented and based on thermodynamical consideration a set of constitutive equations are derived. The theory naturally gives rise to the generation of antisymmetric stress tensor and existence of couple stresses. The basic equations of motion are derived and it is shown that the theory contains Mohr-Coulomb criterion of limiting equilibrium as a special case. The problem of coupled porosity and microrotational wave propagation is investigated and the rectilinear shear flow of granular materials is discussed.     

复合材料厚梁精化锯齿理论及有限元分析

由于具有预先满足层间应力连续的优点,锯齿理论被广泛研究和应用.然而,至今锯齿理论仍然存在如下难题:基于锯齿理论构造单元时,需使用满足单元间C1连续的插值函数,难于构造多节点高阶单元,而且精度较低.如果这些问题不被重视和解决,应用此类理论分析复合材料力学问题可能得出不恰当的结论.通过发展高精度的考虑横法向应变的C0型锯齿理论,论文将克服已有锯齿理论遇到的上述难题.基于发展的锯齿理论,构造三节点梁单元验证发展理论模型的性能.     

A continuum theory for isotropic two-phase elastic composites

The paper presents the effective stiffness theory for isotropie two-phase elastic composites. The theory predicts dispersion of longitudinal and transverse plane time-harmonic travelling waves. The limiting phase velocities at vanishing wave numbers serve in the determination of the elastic moduli of the equivalent homogeneous isotropic medium. These elastic moduli are compared with the effective moduli defined statically.     

A non-singular continuum theory of dislocations

We develop a non-singular, self-consistent framework for computing the stress field and the total elastic energy of a general dislocation microstructure. The expressions are self-consistent in that the driving force defined as the negative derivative of the total energy with respect to the dislocation position, is equal to the force produced by stress, through the Peach-Koehler formula. The singularity intrinsic to the classical continuum theory is removed here by spreading the Burgers vector isotropically about every point on the dislocation line using a spreading function characterized by a single parameter a, the spreading radius. A particular form of the spreading function chosen here leads to simple analytic formulations for stress produced by straight dislocation segments, segment self and interaction energies, and forces on the segments. For any value a>0, the total energy and the stress remain finite everywhere, including on the dislocation lines themselves. Furthermore, the well-known singular expressions are recovered for a=0. The value of the spreading radius a can be selected for numerical convenience, to reduce the stiffness of the dislocation equations of motion. Alternatively, a can be chosen to match the atomistic and continuum energies of dislocation configurations.     

A continuum theory of structural change

Summary A comprehensive treatment of structural change (excluding the effects of induced anisotropy) is given which admits changes, and the associated variation of mechanical properties, from a variety of different influences. The treatment can accommodate the simultaneous effect of various influences and gives wider meaning and scope to the commonly used term thixotropy. A specific example of thixo-viscoelasticity is described in some detail. Most non dilute polymeric and solid-liquid systems can be expected to show some degree of thixotropy.     

Laminated beams with viscoelastic interlayer

We analytically solve the time-dependent problem of a simply-supported laminated beam, composed of two elastic layers connected by a viscoelastic interlayer, whose response is modeled by a Prony’s series of Maxwell elements. This case applies in particular to laminated glass, a composite made of glass plies bonded together by polymeric films. A practical way to calculate the response of such a package is to consider also the interlayer to be linear elastic, assuming its equivalent elastic moduli to be the relaxed moduli under constant strain, after a time equal to the duration of the design action. The obtained results, that are confirmed by a full 3-D viscoelastic finite-element numerical analysis, emphasize that there is a noteworthy difference between the state of strain and stress calculated in the full-viscoelastic case or in the aforementioned “equivalent” elastic problem.     

QUASI-STATIC ANALYSIS FOR VISCOELASTIC TIMOSHENKO BEAMS WITH DAMAGE

Based on convolution-type constitutive equations for linear viscoelastic materials with damage and the hypotheses of Timoshenko beams, the equations governing quasi-static and dynamical behavior of Timoshenko beams with damage were first derived. The quasi-static behavior of the viscoelastic Timoshenko beam under step loading was analyzed and the analytical solution was obtained in the Laplace transformation domain. The deflection and damage curves at different time were obtained by using the numerical inverse transform and the influences of material parameters on the quasi-static behavior of the beam were investigated in detail.     

An efficient algorithm for elasto-viscoplastic vibrations of multi-layered composite beams using second-order theory

An efficient time-domain algorithm for plane non-linear flexural vibrations of multi-layered composite beams, which are driven into the inelastic range by severe transverse loadings, is presented. The influence of an axial static preload is considered in the sense of the quasi-linear second-order theory of structures. The inelastic parts of strain are treated as additional sources of selfstress in the linear elastic background-structure, driving the elastic response into the inelastic one. The efficiency of this exact formulation lies in the fact that linear solution techniques can be used in their most powerful form: Rubin's useful formulation for the quasi-static second-order transfer-matrix of linear elastic structures is applied in combination with modal analysis. Having in mind multi-metal beams, the classical lamination theory is assumed to be valid. Beams with overhang composed of ideal elastic-plastic and viscoplastic layers are studied as example structures. The fictitious sources of selfstress are calculated from the different material laws of the layers in a numerical time-stepping procedure, where a generalized midpoint-rule in combination with Crisfield's secant-Newton procedure is used.     

A generalized Adadorov theory for anisotropic thin-walled beams

This paper presents a generalized Adadorov theory for anisotropic thin—walled beams. The theory takes account of the shear strain of the middle surface, which exerts a significant influence on the anisotropic thin-walled beams. A new approach is established to solve the governing equations, which have the same form for both open and closed section beams. The numerical examples show that the effects of the shear strain cannot be neglected for this class of beams.This work was part of research project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China     

A continuum theory of time-dependent inelastic flow

Summary The simplest form of integral equations for describing time-dependent inelastic flow are derived. The nonlinear stress-strain rate relations introduce harmonics into the stress wave in oscillatory motion and if either the viscosity or yield criterion are time-dependent the stress harmonics will, in general, have a frequency dependent phase-angle relative to the strain rate. There is therefore the possibility of finite rotational or translational diffusion coefficients (which are not mentioned explicitly in the text) producing pseudo elastic effects in the non-linear region of response to oscillatory motion, even though there may be no deformable particles present.The rheological classes termed pseudoplastic, dilatant, thixotropic and rheopectic (antithixotropic) all fall within the scope of the treatment, depending upon the nature of the relaxation spectrum.     

A continuum theory of elastic material surfaces

A mathematical framework is developed to study the mechanical behavior of material surfaces. The tensorial nature of surface stress is established using the force and moment balance laws. Bodies whose boundaries are material surfaces are discussed and the relation between surface and body stress examined. Elastic surfaces are defined and a linear theory with non-vanishing residual stress derived. The free-surface problem is posed within the linear theory and uniqueness of solution demonstrated. Predictions of the linear theory are noted and compared with the corresponding classical results. A note on frame-indifference and symmetry for material surfaces is appended.     

Dynamical behavior of nonlinear viscoelastic beams

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A thermo-mechanical continuum theory with internal length for cohesionless granular materials

This article continues Part I. Here the non-equilibrium responses of the constitutive variables t (Cauchy stress tensor), q (heat flux vector), h (equilibrated stress vector), Γ (flux term associated with the internal length ℓ), Π (production term associated with ℓ) and f (equilibrated intrinsic body force) as well as the Helmholtz free energy Ψ are postulated by use of a quasi-linear theory for three of four models deduced in Part I. In so doing, together with the equilibrium responses gained in Part I, a complete set of constitutive equations for the constitutive quantities for each model is obtained. The implemented models are applied to investigate typical isothermal steady granular shearing flows with incompressible grains, namely, simple plane shear flow, inclined gravity-driven flow and vertical channel-flow. The emphasis is on the models in which ℓ is considered a material constant (Model I) and an independent dynamic field quantity (Model III). Numerical results show that Model III is more appropriate than Model I since in the former model the effect of the motion of an individual grain can better be taken into account. Such a result is in particular significant for avalanches, since it verifies the existence of a thin layer immediately above the base of an avalanche, in which the grains are colliding strongly with one another, and provides a quantitative means to measure such a thin layer.