Buckling of thin-walled columns accounting for initial geometrical imperfections

The paper is devoted to the effect of some geometrical imperfections on the critical buckling load of axially compressed thin-walled I-columns. The analytical formulas for the critical torsional and flexural buckling loads accounting for the initial curvature of the column axis or the twist angle respectively are derived. The classical assumptions of theory of thin-walled beams with non-deformable cross-sections are adopted. The non-linear differential equations are derived and the critical buckling loads are approximated by means of the Galerkin’s method. Comparison of analytical results to numerical analysis of simply supported I-columns by means of finite element method (FEM) is provided. Moreover the analytical formulas is adapted to I-columns with lipped flanges and satisfactory agreement of analytical and numerical results of stability analysis is observed.     

倒三角形截面板管连接式钢圆弧拱在平面内的稳定承载力研究

采用理论推导与数值模拟相结合的方法,对倒三角形截面板管连接式钢圆弧拱在平面内的弹性屈曲和弹塑性屈曲进行了深入研究.首先,理论推导了拱的截面剪切刚度,并提出了拱在全跨均布径向荷载作用下的弹性屈曲公式.此外,还提出了避免连接板和弦杆在拱发生整体弹性失稳之前发生局部失稳的限制条件.然后,分别研究了在全跨均布径向荷载和全跨均布...     

腹板V形加劲冷弯薄壁卷边槽钢柱试验研究

为了解腹板V形加劲冷弯薄壁卷边槽钢构件的受压性能,对8根短柱和中长柱进行了轴心受压试验研究。在试验之前首先用有限条和有限元方法对柱试件进行了详细的设计,以确保发生畸变屈曲失效。柱受压试验结果发现：所有试件均发生畸变屈曲失效破坏,同时在峰值荷载时中长柱试件有绕弱轴的弯曲产生,畸变屈曲和局部屈曲一样也有一定的屈曲后强度。在总结分析现有国内外规范计算理论的基础上,提出了基于直接强度法设计腹板V形加劲冷弯薄壁卷边槽钢轴压构件畸变屈曲承载力的计算方法。采用该建议方法计算所得结果与试验值和参数分析值吻合较好,其设计过程简便且安全可靠。     

Analytical,numerical and experimental investigations of architectural sandwich panels

Architectural sandwich panels with thin-walled cold-formed steel facings and rigid foamed insulating core are becoming more and more popular as enclosures for system buildings. In this paper, the structural behavior, including flexural stresses/deflections, flexural wrinkling, axial stability, thermal stresses and vibration, is presented, summarizing more than a decade of research. Methods used are analytical (boundaryvalued approaches), numerical (finite-strip, finite-layer, finite prism approaches) and experimental (full-scale testings). Key equations are formulated, and results by different methods are compared.     

横向约束槽钢截面柱畸变屈曲分析

提出了用于计算冷弯薄壁槽钢柱畸变屈曲临界应力的加劲板模型。在加劲板模型中,腹板视为板单元,而翼缘和卷边则假设为在腹板两端施加的角加劲肋,因此槽钢截面构件可视为腹板(板)与翼缘-卷边(角加劲)组成的加劲板。通过加劲板模型,可以考虑腹板与翼缘-卷边之间相互约束效应,并基于最小势能原理,推导出构件畸变屈曲临界应力计算公式。为了验证加劲板模型的正确性,以槽钢柱为例,对选用的构件进行畸变屈曲临界应力计算,并与有限条程序计算结果进行比较,平均误差为4.0%,从而验证了本文模型的正确性。     

电子封装元件的高阶层离散均匀化分析

将均匀化理论应用于具有非完全(单层内)周期性微结构的倒装焊底充胶电子封装元件,建立了高阶逐层离散层板模型,用解析法分析热载荷下结构的温度应力. 计算结果与有限元解的比较表明,该分析模型和方法是有效的,而且比较简便. 算例分析结果显示,胶层厚度、焊点密度、胶与焊点材料的模量比和体积比,对于焊点温度应力有明显影响.     

Thermoelastic buckling of steel columns with load-dependent supports

The in-plane elastic buckling of a steel column with load-dependent supports under thermal loading is investigated. Two elastic rotational springs at the column ends are used to model the restraints which are provided by adjacent structural members or elastic foundations. The temperature is assumed to be linearly distributed across the section. Based on a nonlinear strain–displacement relationship, both the equilibrium and buckling equations are obtained by using the energy method. Then the limits for different buckling modes and the critical temperature of columns with different cases are studied. The results show that the proposed analytical solution can be used to predict the critical temperature for elastic buckling. The effect of thermal loading on the buckling of steel columns is significant. Furthermore, the thermal gradient plays a positive role in improving the stability of columns, and the effect of thermal gradients decreases while decreasing the modified slenderness ratios of columns. It can also be found that rotational restraints can significantly affect the column elastic buckling loads. Increasing the initial stiffness coefficient α or the stiffening rate β of thermal restraints will increase the critical temperature.     

A double-superposition global–local theory for vibration and dynamic buckling analyses of viscoelastic composite/sandwich plates: a complex modulus approach

A higher-order global–local theory is proposed based on the double-superposition concept for free vibration and dynamic buckling analyses of viscoelastic composite/sandwich plates subjected to thermomechanical loads. In contrast to all theories proposed so far for analysis of the viscoelastic plates, the continuity conditions of the transverse shear and normal stresses at the layer interfaces and the nonzero traction conditions at the top and bottom surfaces of the sandwich plates are satisfied. Another novelty is that these conditions may be satisfied for viscoelastic plates with temperature-dependent material properties and nonlinear behaviors subjected to thermomechanical loads. Furthermore, transverse flexibility is also taken into account. Some dynamic buckling/wrinkling analyses of the viscoelastic plates are performed in the present paper, for the first time. Comparisons made between results of the paper and results reported by well-known references confirm the accuracy and the efficiency of the proposed theory and the relevant solution algorithm.     

全螺栓装配式钢框架外挂轻质墙板有限元分析

基于一体化轻质保温装饰墙板全螺栓装配式钢框架的抗震性能试验研究,本文采用商业有限元软件ABAQUS对结构进行了精细化非线性有限元分析。研究了结构的滞回性能、结构能力、应力分布以及失效模式等,提出了在柱脚和龙骨间设置加劲肋的改进设计方案,并对诸如顶底L型件水平板和竖向板螺栓数量、加劲肋形式、结构高跨比以及轴压比等关键设计参数进行了拓展分析。结果表明,采用本文有限元建模方法能够精准地模拟试验的滞回性能,极限承载力与试验最大差值为8.86%,模型失效模式及应力分布与试验现象高度吻合;柱脚和龙骨间加劲肋使柱脚内外翼缘协同变形,减小翼缘局部屈曲,避免龙骨连接处焊缝的应力集中,显著提升了结构承载力;通过优化顶底L型件的螺栓数量和加劲肋形式等设计参数,可进一步提升结构能力;实际工程中应合理控制结构高跨比和轴压比,以满足抗震设防要求。     

Interactive buckling in long thin-walled rectangular hollow section struts

An analytical model describing the nonlinear interaction between global and local buckling modes in long thin-walled rectangular hollow section struts under pure compression founded on variational principles is presented. A system of nonlinear differential and integral equations subject to boundary conditions is formulated and solved using numerical continuation techniques. For the first time, the equilibrium behaviour of such struts with different cross-section joint rigidities is highlighted with characteristically unstable interactive buckling paths and a progressive change in the local buckling wavelength. With increasing joint rigidity within the cross-section, the severity of the unstable post-buckling behaviour is shown to be mollified. The results from the analytical model are validated using a nonlinear finite element model developed within the commercial package Abaqus and show excellent comparisons. A simplified method to calculate the local buckling load of the more compressed web undergoing global buckling and the corresponding global mode amplitude at the secondary bifurcation is also developed. Parametric studies on the effect of varying the length and cross-section aspect ratio are also presented that demonstrate the effectiveness of the currently developed models.     

Inhomogeneous large deformation study of temperature-sensitive hydrogel

In this paper, inhomogeneous deformation of a temperature-sensitive hydrogel has been studied and analyzed under arbitrary geometric and boundary conditions. We present the governing equations and equilibrium conditions of an isothermal process based on the monophase gel field theory of hydrogel via a variational approach. We have adopted and implemented an explicit form of energy for temperature-sensitive hydrogel in a three-dimensional finite element method (FEM) using a user-supply subroutine in ABAQUS. For verification purpose, a few numerical results obtained by the proposed approach are compared with existing experimental data and analytical solutions. They are all in good agreement. We also provide several examples to show the possible applications of the proposed method to explain various complex phenomena, including the bifurcation, buckling of membrane, buckling of thin film on compliant substrate and the opening and closure of flowers.     

Extended Kantorovich method for local stresses in composite laminates upon polynomial stress functions

The extended Kantorovich method is employed to study the local stress concentrations at the vicinity of free edges in symmetrically layered composite laminates subjected to uniaxial tensile load upon polynomial stress functions. The stress fields are initially assumed by means of the Lekhnitskii stress functions under the plane strain state. Applying the principle of complementary virtual work, the coupled ordinary differential equations are obtained in which the solutions can be obtained by solving a generalized eigenvalue problem. Then an iterative procedure is estab-lished to achieve convergent stress distributions. It should be noted that the stress function based extended Kantorovich method can satisfy both the traction-free and free edge stress boundary conditions during the iterative processes. The stress components near the free edges and in the interior regions are calculated and compared with those obtained results by finite element method (FEM). The convergent stresses have good agreements with those results obtained by three dimensional (3D) FEM. For generality, various layup configurations are considered for the numerical analysis. The results show that the proposed polynomial stress function based extended Kan-torovich method is accurate and efficient in predicting the local stresses in composite laminates and computationally much more efficient than the 3D FEM.     

功能梯度材料矩形中厚板的受压/热致屈曲

考虑材料组份沿板厚度方向按幂律变化的情形,研究了温度均匀变化时固支功能梯度材料(FGM)矩形中厚板的受压屈曲、热致屈曲和考虑热／机械预应力时的屈曲问题,给出了基于Reddy高阶剪切理论研究板屈曲荷载和屈曲临界温度的半解析数值方法．并以Si3N4／SUS304板为例考虑了材料组份、预加应力、横向剪切变形及面内位移约束条件等对FGM板屈曲承载能力的影响．     

Geometric and Material Nonlinear Static and Dynamic Analysis of Space Truss Structures

A formulation of the nonlinear FEM truss element that takes into account both the geometric nonlinearity and material nonlinearity of the structure is derived. The associated iterative algorithm for the application is described. Based on two inelastic material models (isotropic hardening and dynamic hardening), three space truss structures are subjected to static and to dynamic loads in order to illustrate the application of nonlinear FEM. The nonlinear FEM described can accurately trace the complex structural behavior of space truss structures, including snap-through, and buckling. The FEM results match well with the theoretical results.     

Thermoelastic characteristics of a composite solid with initial stresses

Thermoelastic problem for a composite solid with initial stresses is considered on the basis of the asymptotic homogenization method. The homogenized model is constructed by means of the two-scale asymptotic homogenization techniques. The major result of a present paper is that the effective (homogenized) thermoelastic characteristics of the composite material depend not only on local distributions of all types of material characteristics: local elastic properties, local thermoelastic properties, but also on local initial stresses. Therefore it is shown that for the inhomogeneous (composite) material local initial stresses contribute towards values of the effective characteristics of the material. This kind of interaction is not possible for the homogeneous materials. From the mathematical viewpoint, the asymptotic homogenization procedure is equivalent to the computation of G-limit of the corresponding operator. And the above noted phenomenon is based on the fact that in the considering case the G-limit of a sum is not equal to the sum of G-limits. The developed general homogenized model is illustrated in the particular case of the small initial stresses, which is common for the practical mechanical problems. The explicit formulas for the effective thermoelastic characteristics and numerical results are obtained for a laminated composite solid with the initial stresses.     

Prediction of buckling characteristics of carbon nanotubes

In this paper, to investigate the buckling characteristics of carbon nanotubes, an equivalent beam model is first constructed. The molecular mechanics potentials in a C–C covalent bond are transformed into the form of equivalent strain energy stored in a three dimensional (3D) virtual beam element connecting two carbon atoms. Then, the equivalent stiffness parameters of the beam element can be estimated from the force field constants of the molecular mechanics theory. To evaluate the buckling loads of multi-walled carbon nanotubes, the effects of van-der Waals forces are further modeled using a newly proposed rod element. Then, the buckling characteristics of nanotubes can be easily obtained using a 3D beam and rod model of the traditional finite element method (FEM). The results of this numerical model are in good agreement with some previous results, such as those obtained from molecular dynamics computations. This method, designated as molecular structural mechanics approach, is thus proved to be an efficient means to predict the buckling characteristics of carbon nanotubes. Moreover, in the case of nanotubes with large length/diameter, the validity of Euler’s beam buckling theory and a shell model with the proper material properties defined from the results of present 3D FEM beam model is investigated to reduce the computational cost. The results of these simple theoretical models are found to agree well with the existing experimental results.     

Effect of Discrete Rib Arrangement on the Stability of Rectangular Plates Reinforced by Orthogonal Ribs

Two variants (basic and approximate) of the stability analysis of hinged rectangular plates reinforced by orthogonal ribs are proposed. The necessity of allowing for the discreteness in the arrangement of the ribs is revealed with the help of numerical examples in determining both the parameters of critical stresses and buckling wave mode. The approximate procedure is constructed on the assumption that the tangent components of the displacement components may not be taken into account in the stability analysis of plates. This procedure permits us to accurately determine the parameter of critical stresses in a wide range of parameters of the ribs     

Buckling of a sandwich symmetrical circular plate with varying mechanical properties of the core

This paper is devoted to analytical and numerical studies of global buckling of a sandwich circular plate. The mechanical properties of the plate core vary along its thickness, remaining constant in the facings. The middle surface of the plate is its symmetrical plane. The mathematical model of the plate is presented. The field of displacements is formulated using the proposed nonlinear hypothesis that generalizes the classical hypotheses. The equations of equilibrium are formulated based on the principle of stationary total potential energy. The proposed mathematical model of the displacements considers the shear effect. The numerical model of the plate is also formulated with a view to verify the analytical one. Numerical calculations are carried out for the chosen family of plates. The values of the critical load obtained by the analytical and numerical methods are compared. The effects of the material properties of the core and the change of the plate radius on the critical load intensity are presented.     

型钢轻骨料混凝土粘结滑移本构关系研究

本文研究了型钢与轻骨料混凝土的局部粘结滑移本构关系. 在型钢表面刻槽贴应变片,并在与型钢应变片对应位置的混凝土表面贴应变片,由试验结果和分析：得到了型钢表面粘结应力沿锚固长度的负指数分布函数;绘制了局部滑移分布曲线;给出了加载端局部粘结滑移本构关系. 局部最大粘结应力主要与混凝土强度、配箍率、混凝土相对保护层厚度有关. 引入粘结滑移本构关系的型钢轻骨料混凝土梁有限元分析结果和试验结果吻合较好.     

Postbuckling behaviors of open section composite struts with edge delamination using a layerwise theory

We investigate the mechanical stability of L-section and T-section composite struts with single edge delamination. We propose a solution procedure based on a layerwise theory and the first order shear deformation theory by taking into consideration of the von Karman geometrical nonlinearity. We derive the nonlinear equilibrium equations according to the minimum total potential energy principle, and solve them using Rayleigh–Ritz method and Newton–Raphson method. In modeling the delaminated L-section and T-section struts, we divide the structures into regions, and exert continuity conditions between different regions. The proposed model is capable of analyzing both local buckling of the base laminate and sublaminate as well as the global buckling of the whole structure. We present numerical results to provide an insight into effects of size of delamination on buckling mode and post-buckling behaviors of the struts. We perform the three-dimensional finite element analysis using the ABAQUS commercial software. The results show a very good agreement with those obtained by the analytical method. The results indicate that the presence of delaminations not only reduces the load-carrying capacity of open section struts remarkably, but also plays a pivotal role in the critical buckling load and buckling mode shape of the struts.