Wave propagation in a generalized thermoelastic solid cylinder of arbitrary cross-section

In this article, the wave propagation in a generalized thermoelastic solid cylinder of arbitrary cross-section is discussed, using the Fourier expansion collocation method. The solid medium is assumed to be linear, isotropic, and dependent on the rate of temperature. Three displacement potential functions are introduced, to uncouple the equations of motion and the heat conduction. By imposing the continuity conditions the frequency equation corresponding to the problem is obtained using the Fourier expansion collocation method based on Suhubi’s generalized theory [Suhubi, E.S., 1975. Thermoelastic Solids. In: Eringen, A.C. (Ed.), Continuum Physics, vol. 2. Academic, New York, Chapter 2]. To compare the model with the existing literature, the results of a generalized thermoelastic solid cylinder are obtained and they are compared with the results of Erbay and Suhubi [Erbay, E.S., Suhubi, E.S., 1986. Longitudinal wavepropagationed thermoelastic cylinder. J. Thermal Stresses 9, 279–295]. It shows very good degree of agreement. The computed non-dimensional wavenumbers are presented in figures for various values of the material parameters. The general theory can be used to study any kind of cylinders with proper geometrical relations.     

Wave propagation in transversely isotropic cylinders

Various approaches have been used for model1ing problems dealing with interaction of acoustic/elastic waves with transversely isotropic cylinders. The authors developed the first mathematical model for the scattering of acoustic waves from transversely isotropic cylinders [Honarvar, F., Sinclair, A.N., 1996. Acoustic wave scattering from transversely isotropic cylinders. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 100, 57–63.]. In the current paper, this model is used for derivation of the frequency equations of longitudinal and flexural wave propagation in free transversely isotropic cylinders. Consistency of this model with the physics of the problem is demonstrated and a systematic solution to the corresponding equations is developed. Numerical results obtained for a number of transversely isotopic cylinders are used for verification of the mathematical model.     

Analysis of non-axisymmetric wave propagation in a homogeneous piezoelectric solid circular cylinder of transversely isotropic material

A study concerning the propagation of free non-axisymmetric waves in a homogeneous piezoelectric cylinder of transversely isotropic material with axial polarization is carried out on the basis of the linear theory of elasticity and linear electro-mechanical coupling. The solution of the three dimensional equations of motion and quasi-electrostatic equation is given in terms of seven mechanical and three electric potentials. The characteristic equations are obtained by the application of the mechanical and two types of electric boundary conditions at the surface of the piezoelectric cylinder. A novel method of displaying dispersion curves is described in the paper and the resulting dispersion curves are presented for propagating and evanescent waves for PZT-4 and PZT-7A piezoelectric ceramics for circumferential wave numbers m = 1, 2, and 3. It is observed that the dispersion curves are sensitive to the type of the imposed boundary conditions as well as to the measure of the electro-mechanical coupling of the material.     

Wave propagation in transversely isotropic porous piezoelectric materials

Wave propagation in porous piezoelectric material (PPM), having crystal symmetry 6 mm, is studied analytically. Christoffel equation is derived for the propagation of plane harmonic waves in such a medium. The roots of this equation give four complex wave velocities which can propagate in such materials. The phase velocities of propagation and the attenuation quality factors of all these waves are described in terms of complex wave velocities. Phase velocities and attenuation of the waves in PPM depend on the phase direction. Numerical results are computed for the PPM BaTiO₃. The variation of phase velocity and attenuation quality factor with phase direction, porosity and the wave frequency is studied. The effects of anisotropy and piezoelectric coupling are also studied. The phase velocities of two quasi dilatational waves and one quasi shear waves get affected due to piezoelectric coupling while that of type 2 quasi shear wave remain unaffected. The phase velocities of all the four waves show non-dispersive behavior after certain critical high frequency. The phase velocity of all waves decreases with porosity while attenuation of respective waves increases with porosity of the medium. The characteristic curves, including slowness curves, velocity curves, and the attenuation curves, are also studied in this paper.     

A crack of arbitrary shape inside an infinite transversely isotropic cylinder under arbitrary load

Summary  In the first part of the article an infinite circular cylinder is considered, made of transversely isotropic elastic material and weakened by a plane crack perpendicular to its axis O z. The crack is opened by an arbitrary normal stress. The second part is devoted to the same crack loaded by an arbitrary tangential stress. The complete solution in both cases is presented as a sum of the solution of a similar problem of a crack in an infinite space and an integral transform term, the parameters of which are determined from a set of linear algebraic equations derived from the boundary conditions. Governing integral equations with respect to the yet unknown crack displacement discontinuities are obtained. In the case of a circular crack, these equations can be inverted and solved by the method of consecutive interations. Received 30 November 2000; accepted for publication 3 May 2001     

A numerical solution of transient torsional wave propagation in a transversely isotropic cylinder

Summary A numerical technique is proposed to obtain the solution for the transient torsional wave propagation in a transversely isotropic cylinder when a torque is suddenly applied to its end surface. The dynamic behavior in the vicinity of the impact end of the transversely isotropic cylinder is studied. The stability and convergence of the present numerical technique and the validity of the numerical solution are examined.     

Wave propagation in an incompressible transversely isotropic fibre-reinforced elastic media

The boundary conditions at free surface of an incompressible, transversely isotropic elastic half-space are satisfied to obtain the reflection coefficients for the case when outer slowness section is re-entrant. Two quasi-shear waves will be reflected for an angular range of direction of incident wave. The numerical illustrations of reflection coefficients are presented graphically for three arbitrary materials.     

Penny-shaped and half-plane cracks in a transversely isotropic piezoelectric solid under arbitrary loading

Summary The problem of a penny-shaped crack in a transversely isotropic piezoelectric material loaded by both normal and tangential tractions and by electric charges is analyzed. Closed-form solutions are obtained for the full electroelastic fields as well as for the stress and electric displacement intensity factors. Solutions are also obtained for the (non-trivial) limiting case of a half-plane crack. The results are illustrated on the example of piezoceramics PZT-6B. Received 12 July 1999; accepted for publication 20 July 1999     

Thermoelastic deformation of a transversely isotropic parabolic cylinder

Institute of Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, Kiev. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 25, No. 7, pp. 3–9, July, 1989.     

Transient thermoelastic contact problem of a transversely isotropic cylinder

Summary This paper concerns a transient thermoelastic contact problem in a transversely isotropic infinite cylinder inserted into a heated rigid ring. It is assumed that the heat transfer coefficient at the bonded surface is different from the coefficient at the traction-free boundary surface. A finite difference formulation with respect only to time is used to solve the three-dimensional transient heat conduction equation for the temperature field. The thermal stress field is analyzed by means of the transversely isotropic potential function method. The radial, hoop and axial stresses have singularities at the end of the contact surface. The concentration factors that may be used to evaluate the strength of the stress singularities are introduced.

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Ein transientes thermoelastisches Kontaktproblem eines transversal-isotropen Zylinders

Übersicht Behandelt wird ein transientes thermoelastisches Kontaktproblem eines transversal-isotropen unendlichen Zylinders, der in einen geheizten starren Ring eingesetzt wird. Der Wärmeübergang in der Kontaktfläche und der freien Oberfläche seien verschieden. Bei der Lösung der instationären dreidimensionalen Wärmeleitungsgleichung wird bezüglich der Zeit eine Finite-Differenzen-Formulierung benutzt. Die Wärmespannungen werden nach der Potentialfunktionen-Methode im transversalisotropen Fall ermittelt. Radial-, Umfangs- und Axialspannung weisen am Ende der Kontaktzone Singularitäten auf, die durch eingeführte Spannungskonzentrationsfaktoren beschrieben werden.

     

Axisymmetric wave propagation in a layered transversely isotropic medium

Summary In this paper, the method of numerical integration along bicharacteristics is generalized to the case of layered transversely isotropic medium for analysing the axisymmetric stress wave propagation. The stability of the present scheme is studied. The advantages and limitations of the method are discussed. Received 12 June 1996; accepted for publication 6 May 1997     

Transient torsional wave propagation in a transversely isotropic tube

Summary By use of the separation of variables method and the Laplace transformation, the two-dimensional transient torsional wave propagation problem in a transversely isotropic tube is studied when a torque is suddenly applied to its end surface. The results show that, for the discontinuous distribution of the impact shear stress, the region of the 2D stress distribution in a transversely isotropic tube becomes large with the increase of the anisotropy of the material. Received 13 June 1997; accepted for publication 17 June 1998     

Wave propagation in alternating solid and fluid layers

The exact solution for harmonic plane wave propagation through periodically stratified media composed of alternating elastic solid and ideal fluid layers is derived for all frequencies and wavenumbers. The modal structure and the structure of the pass and stop bands is shown in the plane of slowness parallel to the stratification, s₁, and frequency, ω. In the low frequency limit, the slowness component perpendicular to the stratification, s₃, is found as a function of s₁, defining slowness surfaces in the s₁ and s₃ plane. At any angle of phase propagation through the medium (except perpendicular) there are two modes, a fast wave for which the motion in the solid and fluid layers is in phase and a slow wave for which the motion is 180° out of phase. An equivalent acoustic medium is found which has an anisotropic density tensor and a nonlocal constitutive relation between pressure and dilatation whose terms are fourth derivatives in time and in the space coordinate parallel to the stratification. This equivalent homogeneous anisotropic medium exhibits the indentical wave behavior as the layered solid fluid medium in the long wavelength limit as it has the same slowness surfaces.     

Wave propagation in an inhomogeneous transversely isotropic material obeying the generalized power law model

The analytical solutions for body-wave velocity in a continuously inhomogeneous transversely isotropic material, in which Young’s moduli (E, E′), shear modulus (G′), and material density (ρ) change according to the generalized power law model, (a+b z) ^c , are set down. The remaining elastic constants of transversely isotropic media, ν, and ν′ are assumed to be constants throughout the depth. The planes of transversely isotropy are selected to be parallel to the horizontal surface. The generalized Hooke’s law, strain-displacement relationships, and equilibrium equations are integrated to constitute the governing equations. In these equations, utilizing the displacement components as fundamental variables, the solutions of three quasi-wave velocities (V _SV , V _P ,?V _SH ) are generated for the present inhomogeneous transversely isotropic materials. The proposed solutions are compared with those of Daley and Hron (Bull Seismol Soc Am 67:661–675, (1977)), and Levin (Geophysics 44:918–936, (1979)) when the inhomogeneity parameter c?=?0. The agreement between the present results and previously published ones is excellent. In addition, the parametric study results reveal that the magnitudes of wave velocity are remarkably affected by (1) the inhomogeneity parameters (a, b, c); (2) the type and degree of material anisotropy (E/E′, ν/ν′, G/G′); (3) the phase angle (θ); and (4) the depth of the medium (z). Consequently, it is imperative to consider the effects of inhomogeneity when investigating wave propagation in transversely isotropic media.