剪切载荷下肋板的屈曲分析与优化

利用ANSYS有限元方法分析了一系列的肋板,研究了加强肋的作用,提出了 优化肋设计的限制条件. 结果表明,由横向肋板产生的栅格数目不能小于肋板的长宽比. 换 句话说,横向加强肋必须把平板的长度划分为小于等于宽度的段. 结果还显示,加强肋的优 化几何特性与板的屈曲从整体模态到局部模态转变点相应. 而且,所有具有相似长宽比和肋 数的肋板,具有一个特定的比值$EI_{s}/aD$, 此时抗剪应力最佳.     

薄板结构加筋布局优化设计方法研究

提出一种两步优化策略,以加筋板结构的固有频率最大化为目标函数,以结构所受外载荷作用的最大静变形为约束条件,开展薄板结构加筋构件的布局优化设计研究。为了降低加筋布局优化的难度,提高优化设计的效率,将加筋等效为一系列弹性铰（点）支撑,以便快速获得加筋横向移动的灵敏度信息。在基本不改变结构重量的情形下,通过合理布局加筋位置,能显著改善结构的刚度分布,提高结构的整体承载能力。随后,小幅调整加筋的截面尺寸,以满足对结构最大变形的设计要求。最后,用两个算例验证了所提优化方法的可行性和有效性。     

VIBRATION AND STABILITY OF RING-STIFFENED THIN-WALLED CYLINDRICAL SHELLS CONVEYING FLUID

Based on the Flügge shell theory,equations of motion of ring-stiffened thin-walled cylindrical shells conveying fluid are developed with the aid of the Hamilton's principle.Analysis is carried out on t...     

Analytical and experimental modal analysis of nonuniformly ring-stiffened cylindrical shells

In this research, the free vibration analysis of cylindrical shells with circumferential stiffeners, i.e., rings with nonuniform stiffener eccentricity and unequal stiffener spacing, is investigated using analytical and experimental methods. The Ritz method is applied in analytical solution, while stiffeners are treated as discrete elements. The polynomial functions are used for Ritz functions. The effects of nonuniformity of stiffener distribution on natural frequencies are considered for free–free boundary conditions. Results show that, at constant stiffener mass, significant increments in natural frequencies can be achieved using nonuniform stiffener distribution. In experimental method, modal testing is performed to obtain modal parameters, including natural frequencies, mode shapes, and damping in each mode. Analytical results are compared with experimental ones, showing good agreement. Because of insufficient experimental modal data for nonuniform stiffener distribution, the results of modal testing obtained in this study could be a useful reference for validating the accuracy of other analytical and numerical methods for free vibration analysis.     

面向增材制造的双蒙皮夹层结构加筋拓扑优化方法

双蒙皮夹层结构是航空航天装备中的特殊承力结构,其典型代表为发动机尾喷管中的同步环构件。近年来,增材制造技术为该类薄壁结构的创新型设计提供了有利条件。但增材制造有其特殊的工艺要求,基于传统拓扑优化得到的设计结果往往存在大量的悬空区域,无法直接应用于增材制造工艺。因此,需要在优化设计阶段统筹考虑结构的力学性能和自支撑工艺约束。针对上述问题,本文提出了一种面向增材制造的双蒙皮夹层薄壁结构加筋拓扑优化方法,可在一次优化中同时得到优化的加筋布局和非均匀点阵分布,从而解决悬空结构的支撑问题,确保优化结果的工艺可达性。为了平衡计算成本和分析精度,本文采用渐进均匀化方法来求解不同类型单胞等效弹性性能,以适应不同复杂单胞构型。基于上述方法,本文给出了某发动机同步环结构的拓扑优化算例,结果表明,本文优化设计方法可以实现双蒙皮夹层结构中夹层加筋和点阵的共同优化,为航空航天装备中发动机同步环结构轻量化设计提供了思路。     

THE LAYOUT OPTIMIZATION OF STIFFENERS FOR PLATE-SHELL STRUCTURES

The plate-shell structures with stiffeners are widely used in a broad range of engineering structures. This study presents the layout optimization of stiffeners. The minimum weight of stiffeners is taken as the objective function with the global stiffness constraint. In the layout optimization, the stiffeners should be placed at the locations with high strain energy/or stress. Conversely, elements of stiffeners with a small strain energy/or stress are considered to be used inefficiently and can be removed. Thus, to identify the element efficiency so that most inefficiently used elements of stiffeners can be removed, the element sensitivity of the strain energy of stiffeners is introduced, and a search criterion for locations of stiffeners is presented. The layout optimization approach is given for determining which elements of the stiffeners need to be kept or removed. In each iterative design, a high efficiency reanalysis approach is used to reduce the computational effort. The present approach is implemented for the layout optimization of stiffeners for a bunker loaded by the hydrostatic pressure. The numerical results show that the present approach is effective for dealing with layout optimization of stiffeners for plate-shell structures.     

Thermal buckling and free vibration of FG truncated conical shells with stringer and ring stiffeners using differential quadrature method

In this paper, thermal buckling and free vibration of orthogonally stiffened functionally graded truncated conical shells in thermal environment is investigated. Conical shell has been stiffened by rings and stringers, and the influences of the stiffeners are evaluated by the aid of smearing method. The material properties of the structure are assumed to be changed continuously in the thickness direction. First, the initial thermal stresses are obtained accurately by solving the thermoelastic equilibrium equations. Then, by taking into account the initial thermal stresses, equations of motion as well as boundary conditions are obtained, applying the Hamilton’s principle and the first-order shear deformation theory. The natural frequencies of the system have been achieved, solving these governing equations with considering Differential Quadrature Method (DQM). In addition to Eigen frequency analysis, the critical buckling-temperature of the conical shell has been computed. Moreover, the effects of geometrical parameters, number of stiffeners, thermal environment and various boundary conditions on natural frequency of the system have been investigated. Finally, in order to validate the present work, the results are compared with those of other researches available in literature.     

A genetic algorithm optimization of ring-stiffened cylindrical shells for axial and radial buckling loads

In this research, the general axial and radial buckling optimization of ring-stiffened cylindrical shells is implemented by the genetic algorithm (GA). The stiffened shell is subjected to four constraints including the fundamental frequency, the structural weight, the axial buckling load, and the radial buckling load. In addition, six design variables including shell thickness, number of stiffeners, stiffeners width and height, stiffeners eccentricity distribution order, and stiffeners spacing distribution order are considered. In analytical solution, the Ritz method is applied and stiffeners are treated as discrete elements. The effect of the weighting coefficients of the objective functions on the optimum solution is studied. The results show that optimized stiffening a cylindrical shell leads to a lower structural weight, higher natural frequencies, and larger axial and radial buckling loads, simultaneously. In addition, the upper and lower bounds of the design variables influence the optimum results considerably. It is also found that the distributions of eccentricity and spacing of the stiffeners influence the magnitudes of the axial and radial buckling loads considerably.     

空间可展机构非光滑力学模型和动力学研究

空间可展机构广泛应用于展开和支撑柔性太阳能帆板和航天工程领域中的有效载荷, 包括抛物面天线、平面相控阵雷达和合成孔径雷达等. 非光滑特性及其相应的动力学现象在空间可展机构的设计中有着非常重要的作用. 该文系统地综述了空间可展机构非光滑力学建模与非线性动力学的研究进展. 首先详细描述了含间隙铰链的接触碰撞力和摩擦力等非光滑特点;然后系统地介绍了含间隙机构的动力学建模方法、分析方法和参数设计;进一步简单介绍了含间隙铰链空间可展机构的非线性动力学特性, 如谐波共振、周期运动的稳定性和各类分岔等;最后提出了空间可展机构非光滑动力系统动力学、稳定性与控制中亟待解决的若干问题.     

Natural frequencies of composite plates with tailored thermal residual-stresses

Thermal residual-stresses introduced during manufacture and their effect on the natural frequencies and vibration modes of stringer stiffened composite plates is investigated. The principal idea in the work is to include stiffeners on the perimeter of a composite plate in which the laminate design of the stiffeners and plate are different. Such an arrangement yields manufacturing induced thermal residual-stresses; these stresses result from the difference in manufacturing and operating temperatures as well as the difference in thermal expansion coefficients and elastic properties of the plate and the stiffeners. The analysis is based on an enhanced Reissner–Mindlin plate theory and involves two separate calculations. In the first, the thermal residual-stress state is determined for an unconstrained plate. In the second, the free vibration problem is solved; thermal effects from the first calculation are included by way of nonlinear membrane-bending coupling which in turn defines the free vibration reference state. The problem is solved using a 16-node bi-cubic Lagrange element in a finite element formulation. Three different plate-stiffener geometries are used to illustrate the effects of stringer size, stringer placement and temperature difference. Two principal results are obtained: first, it is shown that thermal residual-stresses can have a significant effect on the natural frequencies; secondly, thermal residual-stresses can be tailored to increase natural frequencies. Therefore it is concluded that an evaluation of these stresses and a judicious analysis of their effects must be included in the design of this class of composite structures.     

弹性体的正则方程和加筋板的固有频率分析

应用弹性力学的Hamilton正则方程理论和其半解析法，为整体加筋板的固有频率分析提出了一种新颖的数学模型. 采用同一种平面元素离散板和加强筋，并分别建立板和加强筋的线性方程组. 考虑到板和加强筋连接界面上应力和位移的连续性，联立板和加强筋的方程得到全结构的方程组和求解固有频率的特征方程. 主要优越性表现为：结构的旋转惯性、剪切变形等都得到了考虑，且不限制结构的板厚度和加强筋的高度. 多个数值实例的收敛分析和结果证明了方法是可靠的. 该方法很容易被修改用来分析加筋壳、加筋压电材料层合板或带有压电材料传感器和驱动器块的板壳问题.     

Influence of post-buckling behaviour on optimum design of stiffened panels

For an eccentrically stiffened wide panel under compression the optimality of a design with simultaneous occurrence of buckling as a wide Euler column and local buckling of the plate between the stiffeners is investigated. The total amount of material per unit width of the panel is prescribed. As a function of the distribution of this material in the plate and the stiffeners the maximum carrying capacities are calculated approximately by application of Galerkin's method. The design with the highest carrying capacity and the design with the best ability to retain axial stiffness, corresponding to given imperfections, are determined. It is shown that imperfections move the optimum away from the coincident buckling mode design.     

绳驱桁架结构伸展臂的主动振动控制

伸展臂由于受到空间温度变化和卫星机动动作的影响,不可避免地会产生振动。在阻尼较低的空间环境中,这种振动衰减较慢,影响伸展臂的正常工作。因此,合适的振动控制方法对于伸展臂的正常工作至关重要。本文采用拉绳作为作动器的空间桁架结构伸展臂,研究其作动绳上铰链串联顺序的优化和模型预测控制律的设计,这两部分内容均考虑了作动绳的单边约束和饱和约束。首先,通过ANSYS软件获取结构的模态信息;然后结合系统可控性原理和遗传算法计算出作动绳上铰链串联最优顺序;最后,在数值仿真中,通过设计的控制率对一个由四个单元组成的桁架结构伸展臂的振动控制过程进行仿真分析。结果表明,提出的作动绳串联铰链的方式能够有效抑制伸展臂的振动。     

曲线加筋Kirchhoff-Mindlin板自由振动分析

相比传统加筋板,曲线加筋板能够更充分地发挥材料力学性能.在加筋板力学分析中,厚板通常采用Reissner-Mindlin理论,然而当板厚较薄时易出现剪切自锁,离散的Kirchhoff-Mindlin理论采用假设剪切应变场可避免该问题.针对曲线加筋Kirchhoff-Mindlin板自由振动分析,采用离散的Kirchhoff-Mindlin三角形单元和Timoshenko曲梁单元分别模拟板和加强筋,根据板的位移插值函数及筋板交界面的位移协调条件,建立基于板单元位移自由度的有限元方程.为了验证方法的有效性和准确性,采用直线加筋薄板、曲线加筋薄板和厚板3种模型进行算例研究,通过收敛性和精度分析来选择合理的有限元网格密度.直线加筋薄板前20阶固有频率均与文献结果吻合良好;曲线加筋板算例中,本文方法满足收敛条件的板单元数目为2469,Nastran模型板单元数目为6243;本文所得曲线加筋板固有频率与Nastran计算结果最大误差为3.4%.研究结果表明,本文方法无需筋板单元共节点,可使用较少的有限元网格数量,并能够保证计算精度;在离散Kirchhoff-Mindlin三角形板单元基础上构造Timoshenko梁单元可同时适用于曲线加筋薄板与厚板自由振动分析.     

Buckling analysis of functionally graded material (FGM) sandwich truncated conical shells reinforced by FGM stiffeners filled inside by elastic foundations

An analytical solution for buckling of an eccentrically stiffened sandwich truncated conical shell is investigated. The shell consists of two functionally graded material (FGM) coating layers and a core layer which are metal or ceramic subjected to an axial compressive load and an external uniform pressure. Shells are reinforced by stringers and rings, in which the material properties of shells and stiffeners are graded in the thickness direction following a general sigmoid law distribution. Two models of coated shell-stiffener arrangements are investigated. The change of the spacing between stringers in the meridional direction is taken into account. A couple set of three-variable-coefficient partial differential equations in terms of displacement components are solved by the Galerkin method. A closed-form expression for determining the buckling load is obtained. The numerical examples are presented and compared with previous works.     

Constructal design method dealing with stiffened plates and symmetry boundaries

A new computational procedure for modelling the structural behavior of stiffened plates with symmetry boundary conditions is here presented. It uses two-dimensional finite elements as a way to decrease computational time without losing precision thanks to a relatively small number of elements applied for analyzing out-of-plane displacements (deflections) and stresses. Adding, the constructal design method was included in the procedure, together with the exhaustive search technique, with the scope to optimize the stress/strain status of stiffened plates by design changes. For the purpose, a reference plate without stiffeners was initially design and used as starting point. Part of the volume was reshaped into stiffeners: thickness was reduced maintaining unchanged weight, length and width. The main goal was to minimize strains and stresses by geometric changes. Results demonstrated that, thanks to this design procedure, it is always possible to find an adequate geometry transformation from reference plate into stiffeners, allowing significant improvements in mechanical behavior.     

Numerical approach for detecting bifurcation points of the compatibility paths of symmetric deployable structures

New internal mechanisms of a deployable structure could be generated, when the structure undergoes significant transformations along its compatibility path. Because of such kind of kinematic bifurcation, the structure might not transform into the desired configuration. To design novel deployable structures, it is necessary to detect all possible bifurcation points of the compatibility paths and study the bifurcation behavior. Here, on the basis of the nonlinear prediction–correction algorithm with variable increment size, we will propose an efficient approach to detect all the possible bifurcation points of the compatibility path for a symmetric deployable structure. Null space of the Jacobian matrix is studied iteratively, to follow the complete compatibility path. The variable increment size at each step is determined by evaluating whether the configuration is close to the singular configuration. Numerical examples of several 2D and 3D symmetric deployable structures are presented, to verify the feasibility and computational complexity of the proposed approach. The results show that the proposed method is computationally efficient, and could detect different bifurcation points of the compatibility path. Further, it turns out that all the analyzed symmetric structures experience kinematic bifurcation on certain conditions.     

Optimum design of hierarchical stiffened shells for low imperfection sensitivity

A concept of hierarchical stiffened shell is proposed in this study, aiming at reducing the imperfection sen- sitivity without adding additional weight. Hierarchical stiffened shell is composed of major stiffeners and minor stiff- eners, and the minor stiffeners are generally distributed between adjacent major stiffeners. For various types of geo- metric imperfections, e.g., eigenmode-shape imperfections, hierarchical stiffened shell shows significantly low imper- fection sensitivity compared to traditional stiffened shell. Furthermore, a surrogate-based optimization framework is proposed to search for the hierarchical optimum design. Then, two optimum designs based on two different opti- mization objectives （including the critical buckling load and the weighted sum of collapse loads of geometrically imperfect shells with small- and large-amplitude imperfections） are compared and discussed in detail. The illustrative example demonstrates the inherent superiority of hierarchical stiffened shells in resisting imperfections and the effectiveness of the proposed framework. Moreover, the decrease of imperfection sensitivity can finally be converted into a decrease of structural weight, which is particularly important in the development of large-diameter launch vehicles.     

Design of a Structure Composed of a Plate Strengthened by Equidistant Stiffeners

ABSTRACT

An alternative method to the orthotropic plate analogy for analysis of plates strengthened by longitudinal equidistant stiffeners is introduced and is shown to give accurate results, compared with the finite element method. The alternative method uses the concept of undetermined multipliers. Its capabilities in the study of plates strengthened by stiffeners is demonstrated, and design criteria are obtained.     

在均布外压作用下复合材料三角形网格加筋圆锥壳体总体稳定性分析

本文在文献[1]的基础上加以推广,分析了在均布外压作用下复合材料三角形网格加筋圆锥壳体总体稳定性,考虑了蒙皮的正交拉弯耦合效应和加筋筋条的偏心效应.基于外压实验观察结果,通过选择恰当的位移分量表达式,本文利用Galerkin法获得了临界外压的近似表达式,并对某一C/E复合材料三角形内网格加筋圆锥壳体的临界外压值进行了理论计算,所得结果与实验值相当吻合.文中所得结果可供工程应用参考.