The construction of exact solutions in the floating-plate problem

It is shown that it is possible to construct, by an inverse method, exact solutions of the problem of the flexural-gravitational oscillations of a floating elastic plate. The results obtained are used to check the accuracy of numerical solutions of the problem. It is shown that the numerical algorithm given in Ref. [Khabakhpasheva TI. The plane problem of an elastic floating plate. In Continuum Dynamics. Inst. Gidrodinamiki SO Ross Akad Nauk 2000;16:166–9.], predicts, with high accuracy, the values of the amplitudes of the oscillations of the plate and the distributions of the bending moments and hydrodynamic pressure for a wide frequency range.     

Numerical analysis of a locking‐free mixed finite element method for a bending moment formulation of Reissner‐Mindlin plate model

This article deals with the approximation of the bending of a clamped plate, modeled by Reissner‐Mindlin equations. It is known that standard finite element methods applied to this model lead to wrong results when the thickness t is small. Here, we propose a mixed formulation based on the Hellinger‐Reissner principle which is written in terms of the bending moments, the shear stress, the rotations and the transverse displacement. To prove that the resulting variational formulation is well posed, we use the Babu?ka‐Brezzi theory with appropriate t ‐dependent norms. The problem is discretized by standard mixed finite elements without the need of any reduction operator. Error estimates are proved. These estimates have an optimal dependence on the mesh size h and a mild dependence on the plate thickness t. This allows us to conclude that the method is locking‐free. The proposed method yields direct approximation of the bending moments and the shear stress. A local postprocessing leading to H¹ ‐type approximations of transverse displacement and rotations is introduced. Moreover, we propose a hybridization procedure, which leads to solving a significantly smaller positive definite system. Finally, we report numerical experiments which allow us to assess the performance of the method. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2013     

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。     

Free Vibration Analysis of Laminated Composite Plates Resting on Elastic Foundations by Using a Refined Hyperbolic Shear Deformation Theory

The free vibration of laminated composite plates on elastic foundations is examined by using a refined hyperbolic shear deformation theory. This theory is based on the assumption that the transverse displacements consist of bending and shear components where the bending components do not contribute to shear forces, and likewise, the shear components do not contribute to bending moments. The most interesting feature of this theory is that it allows for parabolic distributions of transverse shear stresses across the plate thickness and satisfies the conditions of zero shear stresses at the top and bottom surfaces of the plate without using shear correction factors. The number of independent unknowns in the present theory is four, as against five in other shear deformation theories. In the analysis, the foundation is modeled as a two-parameter Pasternak-type foundation, or as a Winkler-type one if the second foundation parameter is zero. The equation of motion for simply supported thick laminated rectangular plates resting on an elastic foundation is obtained through the use of Hamilton’s principle. The numerical results found in the present analysis for free the vibration of cross-ply laminated plates on elastic foundations are presented and compared with those available in the literature. The theory proposed is not only accurate, but also efficient in predicting the natural frequencies of laminated composite plates.     

均布载荷下两邻边固定、一边简支、一边自由的矩形板的弯曲

用广义简支边概念和叠加法给出的均布载荷下两邻边固定、一边简支、一边自由矩形板的精确解。对正方形自由的挠度和回定边的弯矩进行了数学计算。     

A two-variable first-order shear deformation theory considering in-plane rotation for bending,buckling and free vibration analyses of isotropic plates

This paper presents a two-variable first-order shear deformation theory considering in-plane rotation for bending, buckling and free vibration analyses of isotropic plates. In recent studies, a simple first-order shear deformation theory (S-FSDT) was developed and extended. It has only two variables by separating the deflection into bending and shear parts while the conventional first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT) has three variables. However, the S-FSDT provides incorrect predictions for the transverse shear forces on the insides and the twisting moments at the boundaries except simply supported plates since it does not consider in-plane rotation. The present theory also has two variables but considers in-plane rotation such that it is able to correctly predict the responses of plates with any boundary conditions. Analytical solutions are obtained for rectangular plates with two opposite edges that are simply supported, with the other edges having arbitrary boundary conditions. Numerical results of deflections, stress resultants, buckling loads and natural frequencies are presented with the FSDT, the S-FSDT and the present theory. Comparative studies demonstrate the effects of in-plane rotation and the accuracy of the present theory in predicting the bending, buckling and free vibration responses of isotropic plates.     

Calculation of rigidly clamped circular plates in the statement of the problem on contact interaction in a two-layer package

The use of a mechanicomathematical model of bending of thick transversely isotropic plates is illustrated, where the plate is divided in an arbitrary number of equally thick conditional layers. This model allows one to approximately reduce the problem of determination of stresses and displacements in the thick plate to a corresponding contact problem for a bent pack age of layers. The axisymmetric bending of a rigidly clamped package consisting of two plates rigidly fastened together is considered. The results of numerical calculations are presented, which are compared with those obtained within the framework of a refined bending model of plates (with account of transverse compression and shear) and of the Timoshenko model, as well as in the statement of the three-dimensional theory of elasticity. The accuracy of satisfying the boundary conditions in each model is analyzed. __________ Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 93–108, January–February, 2007.     

Large deflection of a semi-circular plate on elastic foundation under a uniform load

Large deflection of a simply supported semi-circular plate placed on elastic foundation and subjected to a uniform load has been investigated following Berger’s approximate method. Expressions for the deflections and bending moments are obtained and the theoretical results have been presented in the form of graphs.     

Bending of plates made of oriented glass-reinforced plastics

A plate made of oriented glass-reinforced plastic (GRP) is treated as a regular medium with numerous anisotropic layers. The problem of bending is solved in the elastic formulation of the problem without the use of the hypothesis of undeformed normals and a preliminary specification of the law of distribution of shearing stresses in transverse planes. The important effect of shear strains on the deflections and stresses in plates of oriented GRP is illustrated in the example of a simply supported square plate with transverse isotropy. An estimate is given of the errors introduced by arbitrary specification of the law of distribution of shearing stresses.Mekhanika Polimerov, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 129–136, 1965     

Approximation of boundary values in the boundary element method

Various techniques may be applied to the approximation of the unknown boundary functions involved in the boundary element method (BEM). Several techniques have been examined numerically to find the most efficient. Techniques considered were: Lagrangian polynomials of the zeroth, first and second orders; spline functions; and the novel weighted minimization technique used successfully in the finite difference method (FDM) for arbitrarily irregular meshes. All these approaches have been used in the BEM for the numerical analysis of plates with various boundary conditions.Both coarse and fine grids on the boundary have been assumed. Maximal errors of the deflections of each plate and the bending moments have been found and the effective computer CPU times determined.Analysis of the results showed that, for the same computer time, the greatest accuracy was obtained by the weighted FDM approach. In the case of the Lagrange approximation, higher order polynomials have proved more efficient. The spline technique yielded more accurate results, but with a higher CPU time.Two discretization approaches have been investigated: the least-squares technique and the collocation method. Despite the fact that the simultaneous algebraic equations obtained were not symmetric, the collocation approach has been confirmed as clearly superior to the least-squares technique, because of the amount of computation time used.     

Closed-form solutions for stress singularities at bi-material wedges in Reissner-Mindlin plates

In this work, stress singularities in isotropic bi-material junctions are investigated using Reissner-Mindlin plate theory by means of a complex potential formalism. The governing system of partial differential equations is solved employing methods of asymptotic analysis. The resulting asymptotic near-fields including the singularity exponent λ are obtained in a closed-form analytical manner as solutions of a corresponding eigenvalue problem. The singular solution character is discussed for different geometrical configurations. In particular, the present study investigates the influence of the material constants on the singularity exponent. It is shown, that the Reissner-Mindlin theory allows for distinguishing between singularities of the bending moments and the transverse shear forces. Further, stronger singularities than the classical crack-tip singularity are observed. The results allow for further application such as a combination with numerical methods. (© 2016 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Gauss-Green cubature and moment computation over arbitrary geometries

We have implemented in Matlab a Gauss-like cubature formula over arbitrary bivariate domains with a piecewise regular boundary, which is tracked by splines of maximum degree p (spline curvilinear polygons). The formula is exact for polynomials of degree at most 2n−1 using N∼cmn² nodes, 1≤c≤p, m being the total number of points given on the boundary. It does not need any decomposition of the domain, but relies directly on univariate Gauss-Legendre quadrature via Green’s integral formula. Several numerical tests are presented, including computation of standard as well as orthogonal moments over a nonstandard planar region.     

Implicit formulation for advection–diffusion simulation based on particle distribution moments

This paper introduces an implicit method for advection–diffusion equations called Implicit DisPar, based on particle displacement moments applied to uniform grids. The present method tries to solve constraints associated with explicit methods also based on particle displacement methods, in which diffusivity-dominated situations can only be handled by considerably increasing the associated computational costs. In fact, a higher particle destination nodes number allows the use of higher diffusion coefficients for the transport simulation without instabilities. The average was evaluated by an analogy between the Fokker–Planck and the transport equations. The variance is considered to be Fickian. The particle displacement distribution is used to predict deterministic mass transfers between domain nodes. Mass conservation was guaranteed by the distribution concept. In the truncation error analysis, it was shown that the linear Implicit DisPar formulation does not have numerical error up to v − 1 order, if the first v particle moments are forced by the Gaussian moments. It was shown by theoretical tests for linear conditions that the model accuracy level is proportional to the number of particle destination nodes.     

FROM ENERGY IMPROVEMENT TO ACCURACYENHANCEMENT： IMPROVEMENT OF PLATE BENDING ELEMENTS BY THE COMBINED HYBRID METHOD

By following the geometric point of view in mechanics, a novel expression of the combined hybrid method for plate bending problems is introduced to clarify its intrinsic mechanism of enhancing coarse-mesh accuracy of conforming or nonconforming plate elements. By adjusting the combination parameter α∈(0, 1) and adopting appropriate bending moments modes, reduction of energy error for the discretized displacement model leads to enhanced numerical accuracy. As an application, improvement of Adini‘s rectangle is discussed. Numerical experiments show that the combined hybrid counterpart of Adini‘s element is capable of attaining high accuracy at coarse meshes.     

The Method of Three-Point Bending in Testing Thin High-Strength Reinforced Plastics at Large Deflections

A method is presented for determining the flexural strength of unidirectional composites from three-point bending tests at large deflections. An analytical model is proposed for calculating the flexural stress in testing thin bars in the case of large deflections. The model takes into account the changes in the support reactions at bar ends and in the span of the bar caused by its deflection. In the model offered, the influence of transverse shear and the friction at supports are neglected. The problem is solved in elliptic integrals of the first and second kind. The results obtained are compared with experimental tension data. The method elaborated for calculating flexural stresses has an obvious advantage over the conventional engineering procedure, because the calculation accuracy of the stresses increases considerably in the case of large deflections. __________ Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 41, No. 5, pp. 691–704, September–October, 2005.     

The eigenstructure of an arbitrary polynomial matrix: computational aspects

We give a new numerical method to compute the eigenstructure—i.e. the zero structure, the polar structure, and the left and right null space structure—of a polynomial matrix P(λ). These structural elements are of fundamental importance in several systems and control problems involving polynomial matrices. The approach is more general than previous numerical methods because it can be applied to an arbitrary m × n polynomial matrix P(λ) with normal rank r smaller than m and/or n. The algorithm is then shown to compute the structure of the left and right null spaces of P(λ) as well. The speed and accuracy of this new approach are also discussed.     

Deformation of a rib joined to a fiberglass casing when exposed to local stresses

The deformation of a rib joined to an orthotropic casing and exposed to a normal stress is investigated. The problem is solved by means of a semi-moment-free casing theory, taking into account shear deformation. Equations for bending moments and radial deflections in the rib are developed. Experimental verification of the functions obtained is in good agreement with the calculated results. The experiments were carried out on a casing with R/r=60.Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 5, pp. 854–860, September–October, 1972.     

板弯曲断裂计算的边界配置解法

采用复变函数理论和边界配置方法,分析计算了Kirchhoff板的弯曲断裂问题.假设了位移及内力的复变函数式,它们能满足一系列的基本方程和支配条件,例如域内的平衡方程、裂纹表面的边界条件、裂纹尖端的应力奇异性质.这样,仅板边界的边界条件需要考虑.它们可用边界配置法和最小二乘法近似满足.对不同边界条件和载荷情形进行了分析计算.数值算例表明,本文方法精度较高,计算量小,是一种有效的半解析、半数值计算方法.     

双模量复合材料正交迭层矩形厚板的热弯曲问题

本文给出了双模量复合材料迭层板热弯曲的加权残数解。各层都假定为弹性和热弹性的双模量各向异性材料。该模型是建立在Whitney-Pagano迭层板理论和热弹性模型基础上,考虑了沿板厚的剪切应变。所得挠度和中性面位置的结果和精确解非常吻合。