A new method for the non-linear deflection analysis of an infinite beam resting on a non-linear elastic foundation

The aim of this paper is to develop a new method of analyzing the non-linear deflection behavior of an infinite beam on a non-linear elastic foundation. Non-linear beam problems have traditionally been dealt with by semi-analytical approaches that involve small perturbations or by numerical methods, such as the non-linear finite element method. In this paper, in contrast, a transformed non-linear integral equation that governs non-linear beam deflection behavior is formulated to develop a new method for non-linear solutions. The proposed method requires an iteration to solve non-linear problems, but is fairly simple and straightforward to apply. It also converges quickly, whereas traditional non-linear solution procedures are generally quite complex in application. Mathematical analysis of the proposed method is performed. In addition, illustrative examples are presented to demonstrate the validity of the method developed in the present study.     

Natural vibration of a sandwich beam on an elastic foundation

The natural vibration of an elastic sandwich beam on an elastic foundation is studied. Bernoulli’s hypotheses are used to describe the kinematics of the face layers. The core layer is assumed to be stiff and compressible. The foundation reaction is described by Winkler’s model. The system of equilibrium equations is derived, and its exact solution for displacements is found. Numerical results are presented for a sandwich beam on an elastic foundation of low, medium, or high stiffness __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 42, No. 5, pp. 57–63, May 2006.     

弹性地基上Euler-Bernoulli梁的热屈曲模态跃迁特性

采用解析方法研究了置于线性弹性地基上的Euler-Bernoulli梁在均匀升温载荷作用下的临界屈曲模态跃迁特性;分别在两端不可移简支和夹紧边界条件下,给出了弹性梁屈曲模态跃迁点的地基刚度值以及屈曲载荷值的精确表达式,并分析了模态跃迁特点.结果表明:随着地基刚度参数值的增大临界屈曲模态通过跃迁点从低阶次向高阶次跃迁;两端简支梁的模态跃迁具有突变特性,而两端夹紧梁的模态跃迁则是一个缓慢变化过程,它是通过端截面的弯矩或曲率的正负号改变实现的.     

Elastoplastic bending of a sandwich bar on an elastic foundation

The elastoplastic bending of a sandwich bar with a stiff compressible core on an elastic foundation is studied. The kinematics of the bar, which is asymmetric across the thickness, is described adopting Bernoulli’s hypotheses for the face layers. The displacements of the core are assumed to vary linearly across the thickness. The foundation is described by the Winkler model. A system of equilibrium equations for displacements is derived and solved. Numerical results for a metal-polymer sandwich bar are presented __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 43, No. 4, pp. 110–120, April 2007.     

Thermoelastic bending of a sandwich ring plate on an elastic foundation

The thermomechanical bending of an elastic sandwich ring plate with light core on an elastic foundation is considered. To describe the kinematics of the plate that is asymmetric across the thickness, broken-normal hypotheses are accepted. The foundation reaction is described by Winkler's model. A system of equilibrium equations is derived and solved for displacements. Numerical results for a sandwich ring plate in a temperature field are presented Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 44, No. 9, pp. 94–103, September 2008.     

Thermoelastic bending of a sandwich plate on a deformable foundation

The thermoelastic bending of a circular light-core sandwich plate on a deformable foundation is examined. To describe the kinematics of the plate with asymmetric thickness, the hypothesis of broken normal is adopted. The reaction of the foundation is described by Winkler’s model. The thermomechanical load is local and symmetric. The system of equilibrium equations is derived and solved exactly. Numerical results for three-layer metal-polymer plate are presented __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 96–103, February 2006.     

Analytical solution of cracked shell resting on elastic foundation

The elastostatic problem for cracked shallow spherical shell resting on linear elastic foundation is considered. The problem is formulated for a homogeneous isotropic material within the confines of a linearized shallow shell theory. By making use of integral transforms and asymptotic analysis, the problem is reduced to the solution of a pair of singular integral equations. The stress distribution obtained, around the crack tip, is similar to that of the elasticity solutions. The numerical results obtained agree well with those of previous work, where the elastic supports were neglected. The influences of the shell curvature and the modulus of subgrade reaction on the stress intensity factor are given.     

Response of an infinite beam resting on a tensionless elastic foundation subjected to arbitrarily complex transverse loads

This paper presents an investigation into the static response of an infinite beam supported on a unilateral (tensionless) elastic foundation and subjected to arbitrary complex loading, including self-weight. A new numerical method is developed to determine the initially unknown lengths that remain in contact. Based on the continuity conditions at the junctions of contact and non-contact segments, the response of the whole beam may be expressed through the displacement constants of the initial segment, reducing the contact problem to two nonlinear algebraic equations with two unknowns. The technique has been named the transfer displacement function method (TDFM). Comparison with the exact results of a particular limiting case shows the expected complete agreement. Finally, an example of a beam with several contact segments is presented and verified by the application of equilibrium conditions.     

General solution for dynamical problem of infinite beam on an elastic foundation

Based on the theory of Euler-Bernoulli beam and Winkler assumption for elasticfoundation,a mathematical model is presented.By using Fourier transformation for spacevariable,Laplace transformation for time variable and convolution theorem for theirinverse transformations,a general solution for dynamical problem of infinite beam on anelastic foundation is obtained.Finally,the cases of free vibration,impulsive response andmoving load are also discussed.     

Limit point buckling of a finite beam on a nonlinear foundation

In this paper, we consider an imperfect finite beam lying on a nonlinear foundation, whose dimensionless stiffness is reduced from 1 to k as the beam deflection increases. Periodic equilibrium solutions are found analytically and are in good agreement with a numerical resolution, suggesting that localized buckling does not appear for a finite beam. The equilibrium paths may exhibit a limit point whose existence is related to the imperfection size and the stiffness parameter k through an explicit condition. The limit point decreases with the imperfection size while it increases with the stiffness parameter. We show that the decay/growth rate is sensitive to the restoring force model. The analytical results on the limit load may be of particular interest for engineers in structural mechanics.     

Vertical vibrations of elastic foundation resting on saturated half-space

This paper is mainly concerned with the dynamic response of an elastic foun- dation of finite height bounded to the surface of a saturated half-space.The foundation is subjected to time-harmonic vertical loadings.First,the transform solutions for the governing equations of the saturated media are obtained.Then,based on the assumption that the contact between the foundation and the half-space is fully relaxed and the half- space is completely pervious or impervious,this dynamic mixed boundary-value problem can lead to dual integral equations,which can be further reduced to the Fredholm integral equations of the second kind and solved by numerical procedures.In the numerical exam- ples,the dynamic compliances,displacements and pore pressure are developed for a wide range of frequencies and material/geometrical properties of the saturated soil-foundation system.In most of the cases,the dynamic behavior of an elastic foundation resting on the saturated media significantly differs from that of a rigid disc on the saturated half-space. The solutions obtained can be used to study a variety of wave propagation problems and dynamic soil-structure interactions.     

Derivation of conditions of complete contact for a beam on a tensionless Winkler elastic foundation with Mathematica

The classical problem of a beam on a tensionless Winkler elastic foundation is reconsidered for the derivation of the conditions of complete contact between the beam and the foundation. This is achieved through the application of modern quantifier elimination software included in the computer algebra system Mathematica together with Taylor–Maclaurin series approximations to the deflection of the beam. Four particular beam problems have been considered in detail and the related QFFs (quantifier-free formulae) have been obtained for several values of the order in the series approximations. Additional approximation possibilities have also been investigated with an emphasis put on the use of the Galerkin method based on weighted residuals. The present results seem to constitute one more interesting application of modern quantifier elimination algorithms and the related software (here in Mathematica) to applied and engineering mechanics.     

基于弹性地基梁计算的Daubechies条件小波Ritz法研究

在现有的Daubechies小波Ritz法中,为方便边界条件的引入,借助于位移转换矩阵将Daubechies小波待定系数转换为节点位移。但该方法会降低计算精度,并且计算结果是多个离散的单点位移,不利于进一步解得弯矩、剪力、荷载集度。为寻求更为高效精确的弹性地基梁计算方法,对现有的Daubechies小波Ritz法进行改进,以避免位移转换矩阵的出现,从而提高了计算精度。结合广义变分原理,采用Lagrange乘子法,将边界条件作为附加条件引入自然变分条件下的泛函表达式,构造新的修正泛函。以该修正泛函的驻值条件建立求解矩阵方程组,进而解得未知场函数。此法称为Daubechies条件小波Ritz法。该法计算结果直接是小波基函数待定系数,单元内部任意点的位移均可通过小波基函数得到,也可进一步解得弯矩、剪力、荷载集度,因此比原有方法更为有效。最后,采用受均布荷载的两端铰支弹性地基梁算例,将Daubechies条件小波Ritz法计算结果与基于弹性地基梁理论的解析解进行比较,挠度值（保留小数点后6位小数）与解析解完全一致,弯矩值的相对误差为0.03%,说明Daubechies条件小波Ritz法具有较高计算精度。     

Dynamic response to a moving load of a Timoshenko beam resting on a nonlinear viscoelastic foundation

The present paper investigates the dynamic response of finite Timoshenko beams resting on a sixparameter foundation subjected to a moving load. It is for the first time that the Galerkin method and its convergence are studied for the response of a Timoshenko beam supported by a nonlinear foundation. The nonlinear Pasternak foundation is assumed to be cubic. Therefore, the efects of the shear deformable beams and the shear deformation of foundations are considered at the same time. The Galerkin method is utilized for discretizing the nonlinear partial differential governing equations of the forced vibration. The dynamic responses of Timoshenko beams are determined via the fourth-order Runge–Kutta method. Moreover, the efects of diferent truncation terms on the dynamic responses of a Timoshenko beam resting on a complex foundation are discussed. The numerical investigations shows that the dynamic response of Timoshenko beams supported by elastic foundations needs super high-order modes. Furthermore, the system parameters are compared to determine the dependence of the convergences of the Galerkin method.     

Vibration suppression of magnetostrictive laminated beams resting on viscoelastic foundation

The vibration suppression analysis of a simply-supported laminated composite beam with magnetostrictive layers resting on visco-Pasternak’s foundation is presented.The constant gain distributed controller of the velocity feedback is utilized for the purpose of vibration damping.The formulation of displacement field is proposed according to Euler-Bernoulli’s classical beam theory(ECBT),Timoshenko’s first-order beam theory(TFBT),Reddy’s third-order shear deformation beam theory,and the simple sinu...     

Steady state and stability of a beam on a damped tensionless foundation under a moving load

In the first part of this paper we study the effect of damping on the multiple steady state deformations of an infinite beam resting on a tensionless foundation and under a point load moving with a sub-critical speed. Due to the non-linear characteristics of the problem, a guess on the deformed shape has to be made before a numerical search can be initiated. It is found that when the damping is present, all the steady state solutions are asymmetric. As the damping approaches zero, some of the steady state solutions become symmetric, while some others remain asymmetric. In the second part of the paper we propose to test the stability of these steady state deformations by a transient analysis on a long finite beam. Our numerical experiment indicates that among all these multiple steady state solutions only one of them is stable. This stable steady state deformation reduces to a symmetric solution when the damping approaches zero. Furthermore, it is found that this stable solution is also the one among all steady state solutions closest in shape to the linear solution based on a bilateral foundation model.     

Stability and optimization of a clamped beam elastically restrained against translation on one end resting on Winkler foundation

In this study, stability and bimodal optimization of clamped beam elastically restrained against translation on one end subjected to a constant axially load are analyzed. The beam is positioned on elastic Winkler type foundation. The Euler method of adjacent equilibrium configuration is used in deriving the nonlinear governing equations. The critical load parameters, axial force and stiffness of foundation, are obtained for beam with the unit cross-sectional area.The shape of the beam stable against buckling that has minimal volume is determined by using Pontryagin’s maximum principle. The optimality conditions for the case of bimodal optimization are derived. The cross-sectional area for optimally designed beam is found from the solution of a nonlinear boundary value problem. New numerical results are obtained. A first integral (Hamiltonian) is used to monitor accuracy of integration. It is shown that there is the saving in material for the same buckling force.     

Transversely isotropic damage around conducting crack-tip in four-point bending piezoelectric beam

Introduction Brittlenessmightresultinmicro_crackordamageinthepiezoelectricmediasubjectedto variousexternalmechanicalandelectricalloads.Thesedefectswilldevelopgraduallyand eventuallyemergeintomacrocracksandevenleadtothefailureofpiezoelectricdevices. Therefore,itisimportantthatthefracturemechanismofpiezoelectricceramicsisinvestigatedin detailfirstsothatthereliabilitypredictionandlifetimeestimationofpiezoelectricdevicescanbe made.Ithasbeenconfirmedthatthereexistsanunexplaineddiscrepancybetweensom…     

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.     

Free rigid/plastic plane bending of a slender beam

Summary Large rigid/plastic plane bending of a slender structural element as e.g., a beam or a sheet metal strip is examined, in view of its applications to metal forming. Loads, i.e. forces and moments, are admitted only at the ends of the element; the loads or the corresponding displacements and rotations may be prescribed. Using the normal force, the transversal force and the bending moment as generalized stresses acting at the cross sections the differential equations of the problem are set up for an arbitrary, strain-hardening and/or rate-sensitive material. As an example a homogeneous, ideally plastic beam is considered to be plastified by means of the bending moment only. It is shown that it can be brought into any shape provided the end conditions are adequately controlled. Circular bending as a special case becomes possible in two different ways i.e., by pure bending (without end forces) or by localized bending (generated by a moving yield hinge).

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Ebenes, freies biegen von schlanken, starrplastischen trägern

Übersicht Es wird die große, ebene, starrplastische Biegung schlanker Träger, also beispielsweise von Balken oder Blechen, im Hinblick auf Anwendungen in der Umformtechnik von Metallen untersucht. Lediglich an den Enden der Träger greifen Lasten (Kräfte, Momente) an; diese Lasten oder die entsprechenden Verschiebungen und Neigungen kann man vorgeben. Mit der Normalkraft, der Querkraft und dem Biegemoment als generalisierte Spannungen in den Querschnitten werden die Differentialgleichungen des Problems für ein beliebig verfestigendes und/oder geschwindigkeitsabhängiges Material formuliert und speziell auf einen homogenen, idealplastischen Träger angewendet, dessen Plastifizierung nur vom Biegemoment abhängt. Es wird gezeigt, daß man ihn in jede beliebige Gestalt bringen kann, vorausgesetzt, die Bedingungen an den Enden werden angemessen gesteuert. Eine kreisförmige Biegung erreicht man zum Beispiel auf zwei verschiedenen Wegen: Durch reine Biegung (ohne Kräfte an den Enden) oder durch lokalisierte Biegung infolge eines wandernden Fließgelenkes).

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Herrn Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. H.-P. Stüwe, Montan-Universität Leoben, zum 60. Geburtstag am 14. Sept. 1990 gewidmet.