A sector finite element for dynamic analysis of thick plates

A 24 degree of freedom sector finite element is developed for the static and dynamic analysis of thick circular plates. The element formulation is based on Reissner's thick plate theory. The convergence characteristic of the elements is first studied in a static example of an unsymmetrically loaded annular plate. The obvious advantageous effect of including the twist derivatives of deflection as degrees of freedom is shown. The elements are then used to analyze the natural frequencies of an annular plate with various ratios of inner to outer radius. The results are in good agreement with an alternative solution in which thick plate theory is used. The versatility of this finite element is finally demonstrated by performing free vibration analysis of an example of clamped sector plates with various thicknesses and different sectorial angles.     

Axisymmetric non-linear oscillations of isotropic layered circular plates

Non-linear equations of motion for isotropic layered circular plates are presented for axisymmetric motion. Further simplification is made by ignoring the in-plane and rotatory inertia terms. Explicit solutions are obtained for the forced and free oscillations. In this case it is found that the non-linearity is of hardening type. Numerical results are presented for the case of a two layered plate of aluminium and steel.     

金属－压电陶瓷中厚度层合环板的动力分析

本文分析了电策动下,由半径不同的压电陶瓷和金属构成的中厚度层合环板的振动问题.在考虑中厚度层合环板变形特征的基础上,得到了其动力学基本方程.利用半解析单元法,得到了中厚度层合环板在各种边界条件下的振型和固有频率.此外本文还讨论了环板的振动转化为紧贴其上的转子的连续转动的现象.     

Accurate free vibration analysis of thick laminated circular plates with attached rigid core

This paper deals with the free vibration behavior of laminated transversely isotropic circular plates with axisymmetric rigid core attached at the center. The governing equations of motion are obtained based on Mindlin's first-order shear deformation plate theory. Two possible categories of vibration modes related to up-down translation of the core and wobbly rotation of the core about a diameter are studied. Accurate natural frequencies hitherto not reported in the literature are presented for a wide range of thickness-to-radius ratio, inner-to-outer radius ratio, mass and moment of inertia ratios of the core and various boundary conditions at the outer edge of the plate. Numerical results are compared with those of a three-dimensional finite element method (3-D FEM) to demonstrate the high accuracy and reliability of the current analysis.     

Accurate vibration analysis of thick, cracked rectangular plates

This work applies the Ritz method to accurately determine the frequencies and nodal patterns of thick, cracked rectangular plates analyzed using Mindlin plate theory. Two types of cracked configuration are considered, namely, side crack and internal crack. To enhance the capabilities of the Ritz method in dealing with cracked plates, new sets of admissible functions are proposed to represent the behaviors of true solutions along the crack. The proposed admissible functions appropriately describe the stress singularity behaviors around a crack tip and the discontinuities of transverse displacement and bending rotations across the crack. The present solutions monotonically converge to the exact frequencies as upper bounds when the number of admissible functions increases. The validity and accuracy of the present solutions are confirmed through comprehensive convergence studies and comparison with the published results based on the classical thin plate theory. The proposed approach is further employed to investigate the effects of the length, location, and orientation of crack on frequencies and nodal patterns of simply supported and cantilevered cracked rectangular plates. The results shown are the first ones available in the published literature.     

Vibration analysis of circular segment shaped plates

Circular segment shaped plates are analyzed to determine their natural frequencies and mode shapes of vibration. The analysis is based on the finite element approach. The curved sided triangular plate bending element is used for solving the problem. The effect of variation of the size of the plate on the vibrational characteristics is studied and several important conclusions are made.     

Exact closed-form frequency equations for thick circular plates using a third-order shear deformation theory

This paper presents, for the first time, exact closed-form frequency equations and transverse displacement for thick circular plates with free, soft simply supported, hard simply supported and clamped boundary conditions based on Reddy's third-order shear deformation theory. Hamiltonian and minimum potential energy principles are used to extract the equations of dynamic equilibrium and natural boundary conditions of the plate. The new formulation is verified by comparing the results with their counterparts reported in open literature. Natural frequencies of circular plates with different boundary conditions are tabulated in dimensionless form for various values of thickness-radius ratios. The results presented on the basis of exact, closed-form frequency equations are expected to serve as reliable benchmarks.     

The dynamic analysis of circular plates and shallow spherical shells

In the investigation reported here an attempt has been made to study the influence of Berger's approximation on the non-linear transient response of circular plates and shallow spherical shells. The governing equations of motion obtained from Berger's approximation are solved by using the rapidly converging Chebyshev series spacewise and the Houbolt scheme for integration in the time domain. Results calculated when using Berger's approximation are compared with exact results. It is shown that Berger's method yields very accurate values for plates and shells under transient loading, in the case of immovable edge conditions.     

Vibrations of initially stressed thick,rectangular, orthotropic plates

Equations of motion for antisymmetric cross-ply laminates in a general state of non-uniform initial stress, where the effects of transverse shear and rotary inertia are included, are derived by the virtual work theorem. The equations are adjusted to a generic expression by using proper transformations. Then, the vibrational behaviors of the laminates subjected to a state of uniform tensile or compressive stress plus a uniform bening stress are examined. By considering the transformations, introducing the generalized parameters, and employing a similarity parameter, comprehensive solutions are found to this problem; hence, the curves presented in the text are generic rather than specific. The frequency behavior prior to buckling, undergoes a transition for various mode shape numbers is also investigated.     

Forced axisymmetric motion of circular,viscoelastic plates

Williams' method for forced motion of elastic systems is applied to circular, viscoelastic plates where the effects of rotatory inertia, transverse shear and time-dependent boundary conditions are included. The viscoelastic material is assumed to have a constant Poisson's ratio. A particular problem is solved for a symmetrically loaded, completely free plate. The material used is vulcanized rubber where the viscoelastic behavior in shear is used in specifying the material parameters of a three-element solid.     

Dynamic analysis of ring-stiffened circular cylindrical shells

A numerical method is developed for the dynamic analysis of ring-stiffened circular cylindrical thin elastic shells. Only circular symmetric vibrations of the shell segments and radial and torsional vibrations of the rings are considered. The geometric and material properties of the shell segments and the rings may vary from segment to segment. Free vibrations or forced vibrations due to harmonic pressure loading are treated with the aid of dynamic stiffness influence coefficients for shell segments and rings. Forced vibrations due to transient pressure loading are treated with the aid of dynamic stiffness influence coefficients for shell segments and rings defined in the Laplace transform domain. The time domain response is then obtained by a numerical inversion of the transformed solution. The effect of external viscous or internal viscoelastic damping is also investigated by the proposed method. In all the cases, the dynamic problem is reduced to a static-like form and the “exact” solution of the problem is numerically obtained.