Higher-order theories for symmetric and unsymmetric fiber reinforced composite beams with C finite elements

A simple C⁰ isoparametric finite element formulation based on a set of higher-order displacement models for the analysis of symmetric and asymmetric multilayered composite and sandwich beams subjected to sinusoidal loading is presented. These theories do not require the usual shear correction coefficients which are generally associated with the Timoshenko theory. The four-noded Lagrangian cubic element with kinematic models having four, five and six degrees of freedom per node is used. A computer algorithm is developed which incorporates realistic prediction of transverse interlaminar stresses from equilibrium equations. By comparing the results obtained with the elasticity solution and the CPT (classical laminated plate theory) it is shown that the present higher-order theories give a much better approximation to the behaviour of laminated composite beams, both thick and thin. In addition numerical results for unsymmetric sandwich beams are presented which may serve as benchmark for future investigations.     

Numerical solution of differential equations using Sinc method based on the interpolation of the highest derivatives

In general, we will use the numerical differentiation when dealing with the differential equations. Thus the differential equations can be transformed into algebraic equations and then we can get the numerical solutions. But as we all have known, the numerical differentiation process is very sensitive to even a small level of errors. In contrast it is expected that on average the numerical integration process is much less sensitive to errors. In this paper, based on the Sinc method we provide a new method using Sinc method incorporated with the double exponential transformation based on the interpolation of the highest derivatives (SIHD) for the differential equations. The error in the approximation of the solution is shown to converge at an exponential rate. The numerical results show that compared with the exiting results, our method is of high accuracy, of good convergence with little computational efforts. It is easy to treat nonhomogeneous mixed boundary condition for our method, which is unlike the traditional Sinc method.     

Free-edge stress analysis of general composite laminates under extension, torsion and bending

In this study, based on the reduced form of elasticity displacement field for a long laminate, an analytical method is established to exactly obtain the interlaminar stresses near the free edges of generally laminated composite plates subjects to extension, torsion, and bending. The constant parameters being in the displacement field, which describe the global deformation of a laminate, are appropriately calculated by using the improved first-order shear deformation theory. Reddy’s layerwise theory is subsequently employed for analytical and numerical examinations of the boundary layer stresses within arbitrary laminated composite plates. Various numerical results are developed for the interlaminar normal and shear stresses along the interfaces and through the thickness of laminates near the free edges. Finally the effects of end conditions of laminates and geometric parameters on the boundary-layer stress are studied.     

正交异性悬臂柱壳轴对称问题的弱形式解

导出层合柱壳轴对称问题的平衡方程和边界条件的弱形式,提供了方程和边界条件放在一起的算子形式,建立了悬臂柱壳轴对称问题的热应力混合方程,给出了正交异性层合悬臂柱壳在热荷载和机械荷载作用下的弱形式解。本文提出的方法弱化了求解方程和边界条件,化解了问题,具有一般性并便于推广。     

复合材料层合板的三维非线性分析

本文提出了一种研究复合材料层合板壳三维问题的解析方法．该方法采用摄动方法和变分原理来满足三维弹性理论基本微分方程及限制条件，分析了受横向载荷作用的复合材料各向异性单层圆板及层合圆板的三维非线性问题．得到了高精确度的摄动级数解答．大量结果表明横向剪应力和横向正应力在层合板的三维非线性分析中是很重要的．     

3D stress analysis of generally laminated piezoelectric plates with electromechanical coupling effects

In this paper, the interlaminar stresses of generally laminated piezoelectric (PZT) plates are presented. The electromechanical coupling effect of the piezoelectric plate is considered and the governing equations and boundary conditions are derived using the principle of minimum total potential energy. The solution procedure is a three-dimensional multi-term extended Kantorovich method (3DMTEKM). The objective of this paper is to study coupling influence on the edge effects of piezolaminated plates with finite dimensions and arbitrary lay-ups under uniform axial strain. These results can provide a benchmark for checking the accuracy of the other numerical methods or two-dimensional laminate theories. To verify the accuracy of the 3DMTEKM, special cases such as cross-ply or symmetric laminates are investigated and the results are compared with other analytical solutions available in the literature. Excellent agreement is achieved and then other numerical results are presented for general cases. Numerical examples imply on the singular behavior of interlaminar normal/shear stresses and electric field strength components near the edges of the piezolaminated plates. The coupling influence on the free edge effect with respect to the lay-ups of piezoelectric plate is studied in several examples.     

Stress state of freely supported multilayered elliptical plates of anisotropic materials

The problem of a stressed state in elliptic plates has been considered in general for a rigid contour fixation. It is much more difficult to obtain a solution for the freely supported plates, even for isotropic materials. In this paper we suggest an approach for defining the stressed state of thin elliptic plates with layered structure under the condition of a freely supported contour. The solution is obtained in a rectangular cartesian coordinate system. The displacements, which are the fundamental unknowns, are given in the form of polynomials with unknown coefficients defined by a system of algebraic equations. The resolving equations and three out of the four boundary conditions are satisfied precisely. One boundary condition, is satisfied by means of collocation method of separate points of the contour. Estimation of the accuracy of the suggested approach is carried out by comparing the obtained results with the known ones. The problem of deformation of a twolayered plate has been discussed, in which the principal direction of elasticity does not coincide with the coordinate directions.S. P. Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics, National Academy of Science of the Ukraine, Kiev. Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 496–504, July–August, 1997. Original article submitted March 19     

Delamination growth of laminated circular plates under in-plane loads and movable boundary conditions

An investigation is made on interlaminar delamination growth of composite laminated circular plates under in-plane loads and movable delamination boundary conditions. A four-dissociated-region model is developed on the basis of von-Karman plate theory. The model is geometrically nonlinear and the laminated circular plate considered is subjected to axisymmetrical delamination. The effects of transverse shear deformation and contact effect of the delamination on the laminated plates are taking into account in the development of the governing equations of the laminated circular pates with random axisymmetrical delamination. The formulas for describing the total energy release rate and its individual mode components along the delamination front are also derived with considerations of Griffith criterion for fracture. Based on the model established, the delamination growth is numerically studied; and the influences of the parameters such as delamination radii and depths, together with material properties of the plates on the energy release rate are analyzed in detail.     

On an Approach to the Solution of the Bending Problem for Laminated Plates

The paper presents a method for determining the three-dimensional state of stresses and strains in a moderately thick rectangular plate composed of isotropic layers unlimited in number and arranged symmetrically about the midplane of the plate. The method is based on a variant of Timoshenko theory [1, 2] and allows one to calculate the stresses and displacements in a shear-compliant plate for various types of boundary conditions and various external loads. According to it, the displacement field in the plate is represented as a sum of products of two unknown functions one of which is defined on the midplane and the second one depends on the thickness coordinate and satisfies the layer contact conditions. As an example, a rectangular laminated plate clamped at all its edges and loaded on the upper surface by a sinusoidal load is considered.     

Stability of Timoshenko systems with thermal coupling on the bending moment

The Timoshenko system is a distinguished coupled pair of differential equations arising in mathematical elasticity. In the case of constant coefficients, if a damping is added in only one of its equations, it is well‐known that exponential stability holds if and only if the wave speeds of both equations are equal. In the present paper we study both non‐homogeneous and homogeneous thermoelastic problems where the model's coefficients are non‐constant and constants, respectively. Our main stability results are proved by means of a unified approach that combines local estimates of the resolvent equation in the semigroup framework with a recent control‐observability analysis for static systems. Therefore, our results complement all those on the linear case provided in [22], by extending the methodology employed in [4] to the case of Timoshenko systems with thermal coupling on the bending moment.     

Small scale effect on vibrational response of single-walled carbon nanotubes with different boundary conditions based on nonlocal beam models

The free vibration response of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) is investigated in this work using various nonlocal beam theories. To this end, the nonlocal elasticity equations of Eringen are incorporated into the various classical beam theories namely as Euler-Bernoulli beam theory (EBT), Timoshenko beam theory (TBT), and Reddy beam theory (RBT) to consider the size-effects on the vibration analysis of SWCNTs. The generalized differential quadrature (GDQ) method is employed to discretize the governing differential equations of each nonlocal beam theory corresponding to four commonly used boundary conditions. Then molecular dynamics (MD) simulation is implemented to obtain fundamental frequencies of nanotubes with different chiralities and values of aspect ratio to compare them with the results obtained by the nonlocal beam models. Through the fitting of the two series of numerical results, appropriate values of nonlocal parameter are derived relevant to each type of chirality, nonlocal beam model, and boundary conditions. It is found that in contrast to the chirality, the type of nonlocal beam model and boundary conditions make difference between the calibrated values of nonlocal parameter corresponding to each one.     

On a structural acoustic model with interface a Reissner-Mindlin plate or a Timoshenko beam

This paper is concerned with a model which describes the interaction of sound and elastic waves in a structural acoustic chamber in which one “wall” is flexible and flat. The model is new in the sense that the composite dynamics of the three-dimensional structure is described by the linearized equations for a gas defined on the interior of the chamber and the Reissner-Mindlin plate equations on the two-dimensional flat wall of the chamber, while, if a two-dimensional acoustic chamber is considered, the Timoshenko beam equations describe the deflections of the one-dimensional “wall.” With a view to achieving uniform stabilization of the structure linear feedback boundary damping is incorporated in the model, viz. in the wave equation for the gas and in the system of equations for the vibrations of the elastic medium. We present the uniform stability result for the case of a two-dimensional chamber and outline the method for the three-dimensional model which shows strong resemblance with the system of dynamic plane elasticity.     

Asymptotic analysis of three-dimensional dynamic equations of a thin plate : PMM vol. 38, n 6, 1974, pp. 1072–1078

Two-dimensional dynamic equations of thin plate vibrations are obtained from the three-dimensional dynamic equations of elasticity theory on the basis of an asymptotic method [1 – 3], Such an approach permits establishing the limits of applicability of the two-dimensional dynamic equations and the corresponding boundary and initial conditions, and indicating the means of obtaining refined results.The question of the construction of an inner state of stress of a thin plate under dynamic conditions is examined herein. The possibility of considering states of stress with distinct variability in time and in the coordinates and with a distinct relationship between the displacement intensities, is taken into account.     

Analytical analysis of buckling and post-buckling of fluid conveying multi-walled carbon nanotubes

In this work, buckling and post-buckling analysis of fluid conveying multi-walled carbon nanotubes are investigated analytically. The nonlinear governing equations of motion and boundary conditions are derived based on Eringen nonlocal elasticity theory. The nanotube is modeled based on Euler–Bernoulli and Timoshenko beam theories. The Von Karman strain–displacement equation is used to model the structural nonlinearities. Furthermore, the Van der Waals interaction between adjacent layers is taken into account. An analytical approach is employed to determine the critical (buckling) fluid flow velocities and post-buckling deflection. The effects of the small-scale parameter, Van der Waals force, ends support, shear deformation and aspect ratio are carefully examined on the critical fluid velocities and post-buckling behavior.     

Thermal Effects in a Two-Dimensional Hybrid Elastic Structure

In this paper we consider a two-dimensional hybrid thermo-elastic structure consisting of a thermo-elastic plate which has a beam attached to its free end. We show that the initial-boundary-value problem for the interactive system of partial differential equations which take account of the mechanical strains/stresses and the thermal stresses in the plate and the beam, can be associated with a uniformly bounded evolution operator. It turns out that the interplay of parabolic dynamics due to the thermal effects in the hybrid structure and the hyperbolic dynamics associated with the elasticity of the structure yields analyticity for the entire system. This result yields solvability for the problem under optimal initial freedom of the displacement, velocity, and temperature in the plate and the beam, while uniform stability is readily available.     

Temperature stresses in plates made of reinforced laminated material

The heat conduction equations and the basic equations of the quasi-static axisymmetric problem of thermoelasticity are obtained for thin plates with heat transfer and cylindrical anisotropy. The nonsteady temperature stresses are determined for an infinite plate with a circular opening and an annular plate, both made of reinforced laminated material.Physicomechanical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, L'vov. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 4, pp. 721–726, July–August, 1970.     

Boundary and variational problems for a combined mathematical model of the theory of elasticity

We construct a combined mathematical model of the theory of elasticity that describes the stress-strain state of an elastic body using the equations of the theory of elasticity in one part of the body and the equations of the theory of shells of Timoshenko type in the other part. We write the resolvent equations and conditions for elastic coupling. We study the variational formulation of the boundary-value problems of the combined model.Translated fromMatematicheskie Metody i Fiziko-Mekhanicheskie Polya, Issue 32, 1990, pp. 92–95.     

Concentration of electroelastic fields in a composite piezoceramic plate with a hole intersecting the interface of materials

A plane problem of electroelasticity is considered for an infinite compound plate with a hole located in both constituents of the plate. The corresponding boundary value problems is reduced to a system of singular integral equations of second kind, which is solved in numerical quadratures. Calculation results are presented that describe the concentration of electroelastic fields near the hole upon action at infinity of the vectors of mechanical stresses and electric field strength.Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 359–366, May–June, 1999.     

Multi-scale modeling of beam-like structures: A new boundary condition concept for the RVE

In this work a coupled two-scale beam model using Timoshenko beam elements [1] with finite displacements on the macro scale and fully non-linear 3D brick elements on the micro scale is proposed. The calculation is carried out with the so-called FE² concept. To achieve the coupling between the beam and the brick elements, the algorithm from [2] is adapted. Within the degenerated concept of the Timoshenko beam, the introduction of a pure shear deformation leads to significant problems concerning the equilibrium condition on the micro scale. Applying this deformation mode on the RVE with periodic boundary conditions results in a rigid body rotation. Using linear displacement boundary conditions instead, the wrapping deformation is suppressed on the boundary, leading to a length dependency in the torsional deformation mode. In addition, the shear forces introduce a bending moment, which depends on the length of the RVE and adds spurious normal stresses and a length dependency of the shear stiffness. To overcome these problems, periodic boundary conditions are applied and the displacement assumptions are modified such that the shear deformation is achieved with force pairs on both ends of the RVE. The resulting model leads to length independent results in tension, bending and torsion and a domain which is able to produce a pure shear stress state. Consequently, only this domain of the model should be homogenized which can be accomplished by modifying the variations in the algorithm [2]. The concept is validated by simple linear and non-linear test problems. (© 2015 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Vibration of a Reissner–Mindlin–Timoshenko plate–beam system

In this paper, we consider a plate–beam system in which the Reissner–Mindlin plate model is combined with the Timoshenko beam model. Natural frequencies and vibration modes for the system are calculated using the finite element method. The interface conditions at the contact between the plate and beams are discussed in some detail. The impact of regularity on the enforcement of certain interface conditions is an important feature of the paper.