A nth-order shear deformation theory for the free vibration analysis on the isotropic plates

In the present paper, a nth-order shear deformation theory is used to perform the free vibration analysis of the isotropic plates. The present nth-order shear deformation theory satisfies the zero transverse shear stress boundary conditions on the top and bottom surface of the plate. Reddy??s third order theory can be considered as a special case of present nth-order theory (n=3). The governing equations and boundary conditions are derived by the principle of virtual work. The governing differential equations of the isotropic plates are solved by the meshless radial point collocation method based on the thin plate spline radial basis function. The effectiveness of the present theory is demonstrated by applying it to free vibration problem of the square and circular isotropic plate.     

A hybrid energy approach for vibrational modelling of laminated trapezoidal plates with point supports

An investigation on the free flexural vibration of symmetric angle-ply thin trapezoidal plates continuous over arbitrarily distributed point supports is reported. A hybrid energy approach which combines the pb-2 Rayleigh-Ritz method with the Lagrangian multiplier method is proposed for the modelling of the aforementioned plate problem. The pb-2 Rayleigh-Ritz method uses a set of Ritz functions generated from the product of a two-dimensional polynomial and the equations of boundaries each raised to the power of 0, 1 or 2 corresponding to a free, simply-supported or clamped edge, respectively. The geometric boundary conditions associated with the point supports are satisfied through the use of Lagrangian multipliers. In this paper, some new solutions for the natural frequencies of several laminated trapezoidal plates with different stacking sequences and location of point supports are presented. The first known mode shapes by means of contour plots for such laminated plates are also included.     

THE MESHLESS SOLUTION FOR BENDING ANALYSIS OF FUNCTIONALLY GRADED BEAMS

利用全局薄板样条径向基配点法分析了功能梯度梁的弯曲问题,径向基函数的形状参数对近似精度有很大的影响,而薄板样条径向基函数的形状参数选取比其他径向基函数要容易. 利用高阶剪切变形理论推导了控制微分方程,将该文的计算结果与已有参考文献中的结果进行了对比,以验证该文方法的精度.     

基于逆复合二次径向基函数的对称复合材料层合板自由振动分析

利用逆复合二次径向基函数无网格配点法对Reddy的高阶剪切变形理论进行离散,预测了对称复合材料层合板的自由振动特性.将不同材料参数、几何尺寸和边界条件的层合板固有频率计算结果与相关文献中的结果进行对比,结果表明:逆复合二次径向基函数在对称复合材料层合板自由振动分析方面具有收敛性好及精度高等一系列优点.     

Vibration analysis of plates using the multivariable spline element method

The vibration analysis of plates using the multivariable spline element method is presented in this paper. The spline functions are applied to construct bending moments, twisting moments and transverse displacement field functions. The spline equations of eigenvalue problems with multiple variables of vibration of plates are derived based on the Hellinger-Reissner mixed variational principle. For simplicity, the boundary conditions which consist of three local spline points are amended to fit any specified boundary conditions. Several numerical solutions of plate vibration analysis are presented which illustrate the accuracy and convergence of the method.     

Solution of sector plate by Fourier-Bessel series

In this paper a solution of deflection in the form of Fourier-Bessel double series with supplementary terms is proposed to analyse bending and vibration problems of thin elastic sector plate with various edge conditions. This solution is suitable to a wider range, convenient for calculation and it is in an analytical form. As computational examples, the distribution curves of deflection and bending moment of plates with various sector angles, simply supported or clamped along the radial edges under uniform or concentrated load are obtained and the result are compared with the numerical results of related references. Thus the range of application of the Fourier series method with supplementary terms is extended. Frequencies and nodal lines in free vibration of plates with various sector angles simply supported along the radial edges are also given in this paper.Communicated by Hsueh Dai-wei.     

Large amplitude free vibration of shear deformable laminated composite annular sector plates by a sector p-element

A sector p-element is presented for the large amplitude free vibration analysis of laminated composite annular sector plates. The effects of out-of-plane shear deformations, rotary inertia, and geometric non-linearity are taken into account. The shape functions are derived from the shifted Legendre orthogonal polynomials. The element stiffness and mass matrices are integrated analytically with the aid of symbolic computing. The method consists of modeling the annular sector plate as one element. The accuracy of the solution is improved simply by increasing the polynomial order. The time-dependent coefficients are described by a truncated Fourier series. The equations of free motion are obtained using the harmonic balance method and solved by the linearized updated mode method. Results for the linear and non-linear frequencies of clamped laminated composite annular sector plates are obtained. The case of a clamped isotropic annular sector plate is also shown. The linear frequencies are found to converge rapidly downwards as the polynomial order is increased. Comparisons of the linear frequencies with published results show excellent agreement. The effects of sector angle, inner-to-outer radius ratio, thickness-to-outer radius ratio, moduli ratio, number of plies, and layup sequence on the backbone curves are also investigated. It is shown that the hardening behavior increases or decreases depending on geometric and lamination parameters.     

复合材料层合板自由振动分析的无网格自然邻接点Petrov-Galerkin法

基于一阶剪切变形理论,提出了复合材料层合板自由振动分析的无网格自然邻接点Petrov-Galerkin法。计算时在复合材料层合板中面上仅需要布置一系列的离散节点,并利用这些节点构建插值函数。在板中面上的局部多边形子域上,采用加权余量法建立复合材料层合板自由振动分析的离散化控制方程,并且这些子域可由Delaunay三角形方便创建。自然邻接点插值形函数具有Kronecker delta函数性质,因而无需经过特别处理就能准确地施加本质边界条件。对不同边界条件、不同跨厚比、不同材料参数和不同铺设角度的复合材料层合板,由本文提出的无网格自然邻接点Petrov-Galerkin法进行自由振动分析时均可得到满意的结果。数值算例结果表明,本文方法求解复合材料层合板的自由振动问题是行之有效的。     

局部损伤复合材料层合板的振动分析

本文采用了一种改进方法对局部损伤复合材料层合板进行了振动分析,将复合材料板中的损伤模拟为局部刚度的削减,并取三个损伤因子来刻画损伤的特性．利用高阶摄动法对其自由振动方程进行求解,主要计算了损伤板的自然振动频率和振动模态．相较于一阶摄动展开法,该方法在计算局部较大损伤问题中具有更高的准确度和敏感度．最后对损伤问题进行了参数研究,分析了不同的损伤因子（包括局部损伤程度、方向、面积大小）对板自由振动频率的影响．该方法为二维板局部损伤检测提供了有效精确的理论依据,并为损伤的定量评价提供了一种思路．     

Three-dimensional vibrations of annular thick plates with linearly varying thickness

The free vibration of annular thick plates with linearly varying thickness along the radial direction is studied, based on the linear, small strain, three-dimensional (3-D) elasticity theory. Various boundary conditions, symmetrically and asymmetrically linear variations of upper and lower surfaces are considered in the analysis. The well-known Ritz method is used to derive the eigen-value equation. The trigonometric functions in the circumferential direction, the Chebyshev polynomials in the thickness direction, and the Chebyshev polynomials multiplied by the boundary functions in the radial direction are chosen as the trial functions. The present analysis includes full vibration modes, e.g., flexural, thickness-shear, extensive, and torsional. The first eight frequency parameters accurate to at least four significant figures for five vibration categories are obtained. Comparisons of present results for plates having symmetrically linearly varying thickness are made with others based on 2-D classical thin plate theory, 2-D moderate thickness plate theory, and 3-D elasticity theory. The first 35 natural frequencies for plates with asymmetrically linearly varying thickness are compared to the finite element solutions; excellent agreement has been achieved. The asymmetry effect of upper and lower surface variations on the frequency parameters of annular plates is discussed in detail. The first four modes of axisymmetric vibration for completely free circular plates with symmetrically and asymmetrically linearly varying thickness are plotted. The present results for 3-D vibration of annular plates with linearly varying thickness can be taken as benchmark data for validating results from various plate theories and numerical methods.     

Closed-form solutions for free vibration of rectangular FGM thin plates resting on elastic foundation

This article presents closed-form solutions for the frequency analysis of rectangular functionally graded material(FGM) thin plates subjected to initially in-plane loads and with an elastic foundation. Based on classical thin plate theory, the governing differential equations are derived using Hamilton's principle. A neutral surface is used to eliminate stretching–bending coupling in FGM plates on the basis of the assumption of constant Poisson's ratio. The resulting governing equation of FGM thin plates has the same form as homogeneous thin plates. The separation-ofvariables method is adopted to obtain solutions for the free vibration problems of rectangular FGM thin plates with separable boundary conditions, including, for example, clamped plates. The obtained normal modes and frequencies are in elegant closed forms, and present formulations and solutions are validated by comparing present results with those in the literature and finite element method results obtained by the authors. A parameter study reveals the effects of the power law index n and aspect ratio a/b on frequencies.     

FREE VIBRATION OF ANISOTROPIC RECTANGULAR PLATES BY GENERAL ANALYTICAL METHOD

According to the differential equation for transverse displacement function of anisotropic rectangular thin plates in free vibration, a general analytical solution is established. This general solution, composed of the composite solutions of trigonometric function and hyperbolic function, can satisfy the problem of arbitrary boundary conditions along four edges. The algebraic polynomial with double sine series solutions can also satisfy the problem of boundary conditions at four corners. Consequently, this general solution can be used to solve the vibration problem of anisotropic rectangular plates with arbitrary boundaries accurately. The integral constants can be determined by boundary conditions of four edges and four corners. Each natural frequency and vibration mode can be solved by the determinate of coefficient matrix from the homogeneous linear algebraic equations equal to zero. For example, a composite symmetric angle ply laminated plate with four edges clamped has been calculated and discussed.     

考虑径向惯性力时圆柱的非线性强迫振动

研究了考虑径向惯性力时弹性圆薄板大挠度非线性强迫振动问题，提出了一个类似修正迭代法的求解方法，并以固支圆板为例作了具体的求解     

Maximum frequency design of laminated plates with mixed boundary conditions

A layerwise optimization (LO) approach is extended to accommodate the finite element analysis for optimizing the free vibration behavior of laminated composite plates with discontinuities along the boundaries. The classical non-conforming finite element is modified to fit into the LO procedure and is used to calculate natural frequencies of symmetrically laminated plates. This combined LO-FEM approach is applied to laminated rectangular plates with combinations of free, simply supported and clamped edges along parts of the plate boundary. The fundamental frequency, an object function for the present study, is maximized by optimizing design variables that are a set of fiber orientation angles in the layers. For illustrative purpose nine examples of square and rectangular plates with various types of mixed boundary conditions are considered, and a comprehensive set of results are presented for the optimum fiber orientation angles and the maximum fundamental frequencies of the 8-layer and 24-layer plates.     

NONLINEAR DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF A LAMINATED HYBRID COMPOSITE PLATE SUBJECTED TO TIME-DEPENDENT EXTERNAL PULSES

Nonlinear dynamic responses of a laminated hybrid composite plate subjected to time-dependent pulses are investigated. Dynamic equations of the plate are derived by the use of the virtual work principle. The geometric nonlinearity effects are taken into account with the von Kármán large deflection theory of thin plates. Approximate solutions for a clamped plate are assumed for the space domain. The single term approximation functions are selected by considering the nonlinear static deformation of plate obtained using the finite element method. The Galerkin Method is used to obtain the nonlinear differential equations in the time domain and a MATLAB software code is written to solve nonlinear coupled equations by using the Newmark Method. The results of approximate-numerical analysis are obtained and compared with the finite element results. Transient loading conditions considered include blast, sine, rectangular, and triangular pulses. A parametric study is conducted considering the effects of peak pressure, aspect ratio, fiber orientation and thicknesses.     

中厚板的耦合多项式基径向点插值无网格法

采用Mindlin平板理论,通过最小位能原理建立了各向同性中厚板的伽辽金整体弱式方 程,形函数采用耦合多项式基的径向点插值法构造,可以直接施加本质边界条件. 算例表明, 用耦合多项式基的径向点插值无网格法分析中厚板问题,具有效率高、精度高和易于实现等 优点,可以避免薄板弯曲时的剪切自锁现象.     

Closed-form solution of an arbitrarily laminated,anisotropic, elliptic plate under uniform pressure

A closed-form solution for an arbitrarily laminated, anisotropic plate subjected to uniform loading is presented here for the first time. The theory used is the well-established theory of thin, heterogeneous, anisotropic plates due to Reissner and Stavsky. All components of the stretching, bending-stretching coupling, and bending stiffness matrices are included. The specific geometry considered is an elliptic plate clamped both flexurally and in-plane at its edge.     

Large amplitude vibration of circular sandwich plates

In this paper, fundamental equations of the axisymmetric large amplitude free vibration for circular sandwich plates are derived by means of Hamilton principle. In most cases, the sandwich plates are composed of very thin faces, then the preceding fundamental equations are simplified considerably. For an illustrative example, a circular sandwich plate with edge clamped but free to slip is considered, and then we got a pure analytic solution of the axisymmetric large amplitude free vibration with the aid of the modified iteration method, and derived an analytic relation for the amplitude-frequency response.     

新修正偶应力层合板理论中的几个基本假设对自由振动计算的影响

基于新修正偶应力理论,在对微细观尺度的复合材料层合梁/板进行力学响应计算时,往往采用一系列假设来简化模型。现有文献都全部或部分应用了这些假设,但对这些假设是否会对计算结果造成影响尚未进行充分讨论分析。本文建立了未经简化的新修正偶应力Reddy层合板模型,并对其自由振动进行了分析。通过数值算例的对比,讨论了常用的几个简化假设对微细观复合材料四边简支方板自振频率的影响以及适用范围。算例结果表明,常用的几个简化假设对于微尺度层合薄板自由振动的影响很小,对于厚板的低阶频率影响也很小,但对厚板的高阶频率影响显著。     

四边固支矩形薄板自由振动的哈密顿解析解

在哈密顿体系中利用辛几何方法求解了四边固支矩形薄板自由振动问题的解析解。首先,从基本方程出发,将问题表示成Hamilton正则方程,然后利用辛几何方法导出本征值问题,从而得到本征函数解,使之满足边界条件;再由方程组有非零解的条件,最终推导出四边固支矩形薄板的自振频率方程,得到频率的解析解。计算了不同长宽比情况下四边固支矩形薄板的频率,结果与已有文献完全一致。该解法有望推广至更多尚未得到解析解的矩形板的振动问题。