Dynamic stability of a viscoelastic plate with concentrated masses

The paper addresses the geometrically nonlinear problem of dynamic stability of a viscoelastic plate with concentrated masses. The Bubnov-Galerkin method based on polynomial approximation is used to reduce the problem to a system of nonlinear Volterra-type integro-differential equations with singular relaxation kernels. This system is solved by numerical method based on quadrature formulas. The critical loads are found and their dependence on the arrangement and number of concentrated masses is studied for a wide range of mechanical and geometrical parameters of the plate. The choice of a relaxation kernel for dynamic problems for viscoelastic thin-walled plate-like structures is justified. Results produced by different theories are compared __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 109–118, February 2008.     

Nonlinear vibration analysis of viscoelastic plates based on a refined Timoshenko theory

Nonlinear vibrations of viscoelastic orthotropic and isotropic shells are mathematically modeled using a geometrically nonlinear Timoshenko theory. Nonlinear problems are solved by using the Bubnov-Galerkin method and a numerical method based on quadrature formulas. Results obtained from different theories are compared and analyzed. For each problem, the Bubnov-Galerkin method is tested for convergence. The influence of the viscoelasticity and inhomogeneity of materials on the vibrations of plates is demonstrated __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 42, No. 5, pp. 120–131, May 2006.     

Nonlinear high-frequency flutter of a plate

In recent studies of the problem of linear stability of a plate in a supersonic gas flow a new (“high-frequency”) type of flutter, which cannot be obtained by means of the piston theory usually employed in these problems, was found to exist together with the classical (“low-frequency”) type. In the present study a new method of calculating the pressure acting on a high-frequency vibrating plate is proposed and, using this method, high-frequency flutter is investigated in the nonlinear formulation and the flutter vibration amplitudes are determined.     

Nonlinear transverse vibrations of a slightly curved beam carrying a concentrated mass

In this study, a slightly curved Euler Bernoulli beam carrying a concentrated mass was handled. The beam was resting on an elastic foundation and simply supported at both ends. Effects of the concentrated mass on nonlin- ear vibrations were investigated. Sinusoidal and parabolic type functions were used as curvature functions. Equations of motion have cubic nonlinearities because of elongations during vibrations. Damping and harmonic excitation terms were added to the equations of motion. Method of mul- tiple scales, a perturbation technique, was used for solving integro-differential equation analytically. Natural frequen- cies were calculated exactly for different mass ratios, mass locations, curvature functions, and linear elastic foundation coefficients. Amplitude-phase modulation equations were found by considering primary resonance case. Effects of nonlinear terms on natural frequencies were calculated. Frequency-amplitude and frequency-response graphs were plotted. Finally effects of concentrated mass and chosen curvature function on nonlinear vibrations were investigated.     

Analysis of free non-linear vibrations of a viscoelastic plate under the conditions of different internal resonances

Non-linear free damped vibrations of a rectangular plate described by three non-linear differential equations are considered when the plate is being under the conditions of the internal resonance one-to-one, and the internal additive or difference combinational resonances. Viscous properties of the system are described by the Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative of the order smaller than unit. The functions of the in-plane and out-of-plane displacements are determined in terms of eigenfunctions of linear vibrations with the further utilization of the method of multiple scales, in so doing the amplitude functions are expanded into power series in terms of the small parameter and depend on different time scales, but the fractional derivative is represented as a fractional power of the differentiation operator. It is assumed that the order of the damping coefficient depends on the character of the vibratory process and takes on the magnitude of the amplitudes’ order. The time-dependence of the amplitudes in the form of incomplete integrals of the first kind is obtained. Using the constructed solutions, the influence of viscosity on the energy exchange mechanism is analyzed which is intrinsic to free vibrations of different structures being under the conditions of the internal resonance. It is shown that each mode is characterized by its damping coefficient which is connected with the natural frequency of this mode by the exponential relationship with a negative fractional exponent. It is shown that viscosity may have a twofold effect on the system: a destabilizing influence producing unsteady energy exchange, and a stabilizing influence resulting in damping of the energy exchange mechanism.     

Transverse vibration characteristics of axially moving viscoelastic plate

The dynamic characteristics and stability of axially moving viscoelastic rect- angular thin plate are investigated.Based on the two dimensional viscoelastic differential constitutive relation,the differential equations of motion of the axially moving viscoelastic plate are established.Dimensionless complex frequencies of an axially moving viscoelastic plate with four edges simply supported,two opposite edges simply supported and other two edges clamped are calculated by the differential quadrature method.The effects of the aspect ratio,moving speed and dimensionless delay time of the material on the trans- verse vibration and stability of the axially moving viscoelastic plate are analyzed.     

An equation of motion for a thick viscoelastic plate

In this paper an equation of motion is presented for a general thick viscoelastic plate, including the effects of shear deformation, extrusion deformation and rotatory inertia. This equation is the generalization of equations of motion for the corresponding thick elastic plate, and it can be degenerated into several types of equations for various special cases.     

黏弹夹芯板的有限元建模及实验研究

从有限元分析和数值模拟及实验验证的角度研究了黏弹夹芯板的频率依赖振动特性。夹芯板中间层为黏弹性材料,其刚度和阻尼的频率依赖性行为直接影响系统的模态频率和阻尼,并导致振动模式求解的复杂化。采用三阶七参数Biot模型描述黏弹性材料频率相关的黏弹性行为。开发了三层四节点28自由度的夹芯板单元,基于经典板理论和哈密顿原理建立了黏弹夹芯板的有限元动力学方程。通过引入辅助耗散坐标,将Biot模型和黏弹夹芯板的有限元动力学模型结合起来,并将其转化为常规二阶线性系统形式,极大简化了求解非线性振动特性的过程。对一边固定、另三边自由的黏弹夹芯板进行了前三阶固有频率和损耗因子的预测,并与实验结果对比。数值模拟结果和实验结果吻合良好,说明所提有限元方法是正确有效的。     

Nonlinear vibration analysis of isotropic cantilever plate with viscoelastic laminate

The nonlinear vibration of an isotropic cantilever plate with viscoelastic laminate is investigated in this article. Based on the Von Karman’s nonlinear geometry and using the methods of multiple scales and finite difference, the dimensionless nonlinear equations of motion are analyzed and solved. The solvability condition of nonlinear equations is obtained by eliminating secular terms and, finally, nonlinear natural frequencies and mode-shapes are obtained. Knowing that the linear vibration of this type of plate does not have exact solution, Ritz method is employed to obtain semi-analytical nonlinear mode-shapes of transverse vibration of this plate. Airy stress function and Galerkin method are employed to reduce nonlinear PDEs into an ODE of duffing type. Stability of plate and chaotic behavior are investigated by Runge–Kutta method. Poincare section diagrams are in good agreement with results of Lyapunov criteria.     

Stability of a viscoelastic plate in fluid flow

The stability of an infinite viscoelastic plate on an elastic foundation in a viscous incompressible flow is studied. The Navier-Stokes system is linearized for an exponential velocity profile. The problem is reduced by a Fourier-Laplace transform to a system of ordinary differential equations, whose solution is found in the form of convergent series. The roots of the dispersion relation that characterize the stability of the system are found numerically. The effect of the viscosities of the fluid and the plate on the stability of the waves propagating upstream and downstream is studied. The results are compared with available data on the stability of a viscoelastic plate in an ideal fluid flow. __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 66–74, July–August, 2006.     

Nonlinear dynamic buckling of a viscoelastic model under impact loading

A simple nonlinear buckling analysis is applied to a one-degree-of-freedom arch under impact loading in which viscous damping may also be included. Such a loading consists of a falling body striking centrally the joint mass of the arch in such a way that a completely plastic impact can be postulated. When there is no damping the exact dynamic buckling load for such a kind of loading-associated with an unbounded motion can be established by using a static criterion (approach). More specifically, it was shown that the dynamic buckling load corresponds to that unstable equilibrium state where the total potential energy of the system is zero. Furthermore, it was proved that the second variation of the total potential energy at the foregoing unstable equilibrium state is negative definite. This implies that the curve loading versus displacement resulting by the vanishing of the total potential energy has always a maximum on the afore mentioned unstable state. It was also found that the system may become sensitive to initial conditions. If damping is included the foregoing static criterion yields lower bound buckling estimates. These findings were verified by employing a highly efficient approximate technique as well as the numerical scheme of Runge-Kutta for solving any nonlinear initial-value problem.     

Nonlinear convection of a viscoelastic fluid with inclined temperature gradient

The energy method is used to analyze the viscoelastic fluid convection problem in a thin horizontal layer, subjected to an applied inclined temperature gradient. The boundaries are considered to be rigid and perfectly conducting. Both linear and nonlinear stability analyses are carried out. The eigenvalue problem is solved by the Chebyshev Tau-QZ method and comparisons are reported between the results of the linear theory and energy stability theory.Received: 12 March 2004, Accepted: 19 April 2004, Published online: 17 September 2004PACS: 47.20 Ky, 47-27 Te, 83.60 Wc Correspondence to: P.N. Kaloni     

Laminated viscoelastic plate with inclusions for passive underwater acoustic control

The effectiveness of a fluid-loaded sandwiched viscoelastic layer in suppressing acoustic scattering and radiation has been estimated using the Thomson-Haskell matrix method. The GU (Gaunaurd and Uberall) resonance theory has been adopted to handle three types of viscoelastic substrates with air-filled inclusions. The effects of the varying thickness of the substrates, the volume fractions of the inclusions and frequencies of incident waves have been studied to determine the optimal strategies of signal reduction. In the investigation, the monopole resonance phenomena of the inclusions have been taken into account. Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 10172039).     

非线性粘弹性板的失稳条件

研究了给定面内周期激励作用下简支各向同性均匀粘弹性板平衡失稀问题,板的材料特性由Leaderman非线性本构关系描述,将板的动力学方程进行（Galerkin截断得到简化数学模型为弱非线性系统,采用平均法得到系统的平均化方程,对平均化方程进行稳定性分析得到了板平衡失稳的解析条件,对原系统用数值仿真进行研究,数值结果表明,随着激励幅值的增加或粘弹性材料系数的减少,系统平衡点推失稳,激励幅值和粘弹性材料系数的临界值均与解析结果接近。     

Large deflection of a rectangular magnetoelectroelastic thin plate

Based on the von Karman plate theory of large deflection, we derive the nonlinear partial differential equation for a rectangular magnetoelectroelastic thin plate under the action of a transverse static mechanical load. By employing the Bubnov-Galerkin method, the nonlinear partial differential equation is transformed to a third-order nonlinear algebraic equation for the maximum deflection where a coupling factor is introduced for determining the coupling effect on the deflection. Numerical results are carried out for the thin plate made of piezoelectric BaTiO₃ and piezomagnetic CoFe₂O₄ materials. Some interesting results are obtained which could be useful to future analysis and design of multiphase composite plates.     

Nonlinear vibrations of viscoelastic cylindrical shells taking into account shear deformation and rotatory inertia

The vibration problem of a viscoelastic cylindrical shell is studied in a geometrically nonlinear formulation using the refined Timoshenko theory. The problem is solved by the Bubnov–Galerkin procedure combined with a numerical method based on quadrature formulas. The choice of relaxation kernels is substantiated for solving dynamic problems of viscoelastic systems. The numerical convergence of the Bubnov–Galerkin procedure is examined. The effect of viscoelastic properties of the material on the response of the cylindrical shell is discussed. The results obtained by various theories are compared.     

Nonlinear flutter of viscoelastic rectangular plates and cylindrical panels of a composite with a concentrated masses

The problem of flutter of viscoelastic rectangular plates and cylindrical panels with concentrated masses is studied in a geometrically nonlinear formulation. In the equation of motion of the plate and panel, the effect of concentrated masses is accounted for using the δ-Dirac function. The problem is reduced to a system of nonlinear ordinary integrodifferential equations by using the Bubnov-Galerkin method. The resulting system with a weakly singular Koltunov-Rzhanitsyn kernel is solved by employing a numerical method based on quadrature formulas. The behavior of viscoelastic rectangular plates and cylindrical panels is studied and the critical flow velocities are determined for real composite materials over wide ranges of physicomechanical and geometrical parameters.     

Axisymmetric bending for thick laminated circular plate under a concentrated load

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Vibrations and self-heating of a viscoelastic prism with a cylindrical inclusion

The vibrations and self-heating of a viscoelastic prism with a cylindrical inclusion under harmonic loading are studied through numerical simulation. The effects of the stiffness of the inclusion and the mechanical and kinematic types of loading on kinetics, spatial temperature distribution, and thermal instability parameters are examined __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 43, No. 6, pp. 73–81, June 2007.