Nonlinear free vibration of a beam on Winkler foundation with consideration of soil mass motion of finite depth

Nonlinear Dynamics - Nonlinear free vibration characteristics of a beam on elastic foundation are investigated. Considering the effect of soil–structure interaction on the nonlinear dynamic...     

Dynamics analysis of slender vehicle influenced by random factors

In this paper, the aeroelastic problems of slender vehicles under the influence of random factors and thrust are studied. An aeroelastic dynamic model of a free-free Euler–Bernoulli beam considering thrust and aerodynamic forces is established based on Hamilton’s principle of nonconservative systems. On this basis, considering the influence of random factors, the elastic modulus and viscous drag are regarded as one-dimensional continuous stationary random fields and discretized. The stochastic finite element method is used to solve the dynamic model, and the results are compared with the Monte Carlo simulation results. Then, the influence of the correlation of the random field on the elastic displacement is further analyzed. The following simulation results are obtained: (1) the stochastic factor analysis model established in this paper can reflect the statistical characteristics of aeroelastic response well; (2) the stronger the correlation of the random field is, the greater the expectation of elastic displacement, but as the correlation increases, the expectation tends to be constant; and (3) it is necessary to choose the discrete length of the random field reasonably, and the discrete length depends on the correlation characteristics of the random field studied.     

车辆制动作用下的车辆-路面-桥梁系统随机振动分析

视车辆、路面体系和桥梁为整个系统,将车辆模拟成弹簧和阻尼器连接的多刚体,沥青路面层模拟成Kelvin模型支承的无限长梁,混凝土路面和主梁一起模拟成Euler-Bernoulli梁。应用弹性系统动力学总势能不变值原理和形成矩阵的"对号入座"法则,建立了系统的竖向运动方程;并运用协方差等效方法模拟了车轮随机输入非平稳时域模型。研究了车辆制动作用下的车辆-路面-桥梁耦合系统的振动特性。计算表明:在其他条件相同时,刹车时,混凝土路面层对应的冲击系数为沥青路面层所对应系数的1.31倍;刹车时间为0.3 s时对应的冲击系数为刹车时间0.6 s所对应的1.29倍;路面的不平状况加剧了车辆制动作用时对桥梁冲击系数的影响。     

Nonlinear vibration of functionally graded graphene-reinforced composite laminated beams resting on elastic foundations in thermal environments

Modeling and nonlinear vibration analysis of graphene-reinforced composite (GRC) laminated beams resting on elastic foundations in thermal environments are presented. The graphene reinforcements are assumed to be aligned and are distributed either uniformly or functionally graded of piece-wise type along the thickness of the beam. The motion equations of the beams are based on a higher-order shear deformation beam theory and von Kármán strain displacement relationships. The beam–foundation interaction and thermal effects are also included. The temperature-dependent material properties of GRCs are estimated through a micromechanical model. A two-step perturbation approach is employed to determine the nonlinear-to-linear frequency ratios of GRC laminated beams. Detailed parametric studies are carried out to investigate the effects of material property gradient, temperature variation, stacking sequence as well as the foundation stiffness on the linear and nonlinear vibration characteristics of the GRC laminated beams.     

弹性地基梁振动特性的近似分析方法

文中介绍了用模态摄动法分析复杂情况下弹性地基梁动力特性的近似方法。这一方法中可考虑纵向钢筋以及变地基弹性系数对弹性地基梁振动特性的影响，通过算例说明了这一方法的有效性。     

带集中质量的旋转柔性曲梁动力学特性分析

本文对带集中质量的平面内旋转柔性曲梁动力学特性进行了研究.基于绝对节点坐标法推导出曲梁单元,其中该曲梁单元采用Green-Lagrangian应变,并根据曲梁变形前后的曲率变化和曲率的精确表达式计算了曲梁单元弹性力所作的虚功.通过虚功原理,利用$\delta$函数和中心刚体与悬臂曲梁之间的固支边界条件,建立了带集中质量的旋转柔性曲梁非线性动力学模型.基于该模型,本文仿真计算了悬臂曲梁的纯弯曲问题和带有刚柔耦合效应的旋转柔性曲梁动力学响应问题,以此分别讨论了所提出曲梁单元的收敛性和动力学模型的正确性.进一步应用D'Alembert原理,将旋转曲梁等效为带离心力的无旋转曲梁,通过线性摄动处理得到系统的特征方程,以此分别研究了旋转角速度、初始曲率和集中质量对曲梁动力学特性的影响.最后重点分析了旋转曲梁的频率转向和振型切换问题,并阐述了两者之间的相互关系.研究结果表明:随着旋转角速度的增大,曲梁的频率特性与直梁的频率特性相近,以及曲梁拉伸变形占主导的模态振型会提前.      

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.     

Parametric resonances in the two-to-one resonant beams on elastic foundation

The nonlinear vibration of the inextensional beam on the elastic foundation under parametric resonance and two-to-one internal resonance is investigated. Considering the inextensional condition and the second-order moment of the subgrade reaction, the extended Hamilton principle is applied to derive the motion equation of the beam on elastic foundation. Then the multimodal discretization and the method of multiple scales are used to obtain the modulation equations. The nonlinear response is examined by means of the frequency- and force–response curves. It is shown that the two-mode solution is born when the single-mode solution undergoes the pitchfork bifurcation. The shooting method and numerical simulations are applied to investigate the dynamic solutions. Particular attention is placed on the effects of the cut-off frequency on the nonlinear response.     

Vibration of beams with general boundary conditions due to a moving random load

Summary  The transverse vibrations of elastic homogeneous isotropic beams with general boundary conditions due to a moving random force with constant mean value are analyzed. The boundary conditions considered are: pinned–pinned, fixed–fixed, pinned–fixed, and fixed–free. Based on the Bernoulli beam theory, the problem is described by means of a partial differential equation. Closed-form solutions for the variance and the coefficient of variation of the beam deflection are obtained and compared for three types of force motion: accelerated, decelerated and uniform. The effects of beam damping and speed of the moving force on the dynamic response of beams are studied in detail. Received 3 December 2001; accepted for publication 30 April 2002     

横向荷载作用下弹性地基上梁的主共振分析

基于Winkler地基模型及Euler-Bernoulli梁理论,建立了弹性地基上有限长梁的非线性运动方程.运用Galerkin方法对运动方程进行一阶模态截断,并利用多尺度法求得该系统主共振的一阶近似解.分析了长细比、地基刚度、外激励幅值和阻尼系数等参数对系统主共振幅频响应的影响,然后通过与非共振硬激励情况对比分析主共振对其动力响应的影响.结果表明:主共振幅频响应存在跳跃和滞后现象;阻尼对主共振响应有抑制作用;主共振显著增大系统稳态动力响应位移.     

梁中复合应力波的传播

采用有限差分法讨论了梁中复合应力波的传播．给出了粘塑性悬臂梁当自由端受突加弯矩载荷作用时梁内复合应力波传播的基本图象。指出，在冲击早期响应阶段．截面横向转动惯性效应起着重要作用，是不可忽视的。标志弹塑性边界的塑性效，一开始由自由端向固定端运动，但在反射卸载波的迎面作用下，会出现回退现象。在波动早期阶段，固定端主要处于弹性变形状态。此外，还对弹塑性梁中复合应力波的控制方程进行了必要的讨论。     

Reliability analysis for the uncertainties in vehicle and high-speed railway bridge system based on an improved response surface method for nonlinear limit states

The paper deals with the reliability analysis for the high-speed railway bridge systems. Although the bridge–vehicle interactive system has much more uncertainties in the resistance and loads of trains moving at very high speed compared with static structural analysis, little concern has been engaged to identify which random variable has to be considered in the probabilistic analysis, or what criteria should be selected to determine the probabilistic safety or serviceability. The considered design parameters thus involve uncertainties in stiffness, moment of inertia, damping ratio of primary suspension in terms of load, geometry of girders and slabs, and the mechanical properties of girders in terms of resistance. The considered limit states embrace the safety of trains and comfort of passengers, and the acceptability criteria are based on UIC code. For evaluating the reliability of the time-dependent nonlinear behavior of complex structures, an improved Response Surface Method (RSM) is developed. An adaptive technique and a weight matrix are utilized as an optimizing technique that accelerates the convergence in the reliability analysis. The results of improved RSM, compared with the basic and adaptive RSM, are verified with the improved convergence to the exact solution. The bridge response is analyzed using a new three-dimensional finite element model of high-speed train–bridge interactions. The track structures are idealized using beam elements with the offset of beam nodes and beams on a two-parameter elastic foundation. The vehicle model developed for a 300 km/h train is employed. The calculated reliabilities for performance of the considered bridges and the passenger comfort on board of high-speed trains are compared to the conventional safety indices. The results of this study allow identifying the quantification of uncertainties that can control quality of the high-speed train service.     

双参数地基上环板的非线性动力响应

研究双参数地基上环板的大挠度动力响应问题，给出了求解该问题的一种有效方法，即在空间域上运用摄动微分求积法处理非线性边值问题，在时间域上则以三点递推格式的Ｎｅｗｍａｒｋ－β法计算其动力响应。文中同时讨论了不同形式地基对环板在均布阶跃载荷作用下动力响应的影响。     

考虑胎路多点接触的电动汽车?路面耦合系统振动分析

轮毂电机驱动电动汽车的簧下质量大, 使得轮胎动载荷增加, 且电机激励进一步加剧车轮振动. 同时, 轮胎与路面单点接触的简化模型, 其动力学计算结果与实际存在差别. 鉴于此, 考虑电机的电磁激励、胎路多点接触和非线性地基, 建立了电动汽车?路面系统机电耦合动力学模型, 通过Galerkin法推导了非线性地基梁的垂向振动, 利用积化和公式推导了非线性地基梁中非线性项积分的精确表达式, 提出了路面截断阶数选取的简易方法, 并通过路面位移响应的收敛性进行了验证. 在此基础上, 研究了胎路多点接触、非线性地基、电机激励、车速、路面不平顺幅值等对路面及车辆响应的影响. 结果表明, 非线性地基及多点接触对车辆响应的影响中, 轮胎动载荷的影响最大, 车身加速度和悬架动挠度的影响较小, 且考虑电机激励时, 二者对车辆响应的影响显著增大. 从对路面响应的影响看, 电机激励的影响最大, 非线性地基的影响次之, 多点接触的影响较小. 所建模型及研究方法可为电动汽车的垂向动力学分析提供一种新思路.      

Analysis of nonlinear stability and post-buckling for Euler-type beam-column structure

Based on the assumption of finite deformation, the Hamilton variational principle is extended to a nonlinear elastic Euler-type beam-column structure located on a nonlinear elastic foundation. The corresponding three-dimensional (3D) mathematical model for anaiyzing the nonlinear mechanical behaviors of structures is established, in which the effects of the rotation inertia and the nonlinearity of material and geometry are considered. As an application, the nonlinear stability and the post-buckling for a linear elastic beam with the equal cross-section located on an elastic foundation are analyzed.One end of the beam is fully fixed, and the other end is partially fixed and subjected to an axial force. A new numerical technique is proposed to calculate the trivial solution,bifurcation points, and bifurcation solutions by the shooting method and the Newton-Raphson iterative method. The first and second bifurcation points and the corresponding bifurcation solutions are calculated successfully. The effects of the foundation resistances and the inertia moments on the bifurcation points are considered.     

弹性地基上四边自由矩形厚板非线性大挠度弯曲

基于Ｒｅｉｓｓｎｅｒ－Ｍｉｎｄｌｉｎ一阶剪切变形板理论,采用摄动－Ｇａｌｅｒｋｉｎ混合法,给出双参数弹性地基上四边自由矩形中厚板在对称分布局部荷载作用下的大挠度弯曲渐近解,满足全部自由边界条件和控制方程,同时讨论弹性地基刚度系数对自由矩形厚板大挠度弯曲的影响。     

Postbuckling of internal pressure loaded FGM cylindrical shells surrounded by an elastic medium

This paper presents a study on the postbuckling response of a functionally graded cylindrical shell of finite length embedded in a large outer elastic medium and subjected to internal pressure in thermal environments. The surrounding elastic medium is modeled as a tensionless Pasternak foundation that reacts in compression only. The postbuckling analysis is based on a higher order shear deformation shell theory with von Kármán–Donnell-type of kinematic nonlinearity. The thermal effects due to heat conduction are also included and the material properties of functionally graded materials (FGMs) are assumed to be temperature-dependent. The nonlinear prebuckling deformations and the initial geometric imperfections of the shell are both taken into account. A singular perturbation technique is employed to determine the postbuckling response of the shells and an iterative scheme is developed to obtain numerical results without using any assumption on the shape of the contact region between the shell and the elastic medium. Numerical solutions are presented in tabular and graphical forms to study the postbuckling behavior of FGM shells surrounded by an elastic medium of tensionless elastic foundation of the Pasternak-type, from which results for conventional elastic foundations are obtained as comparators. The results reveal that the unilateral constraint has a significant effect on the postbuckling response of shells subjected to internal pressure in thermal environments when the foundation stiffness is sufficiently large.     

CRACK PROPAGATION IN STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO PERIODIC EXCITATION

In the present paper,a simple mechanical model is developed to predict the dynamic response of a cracked structure subjected to periodic excitation,which has been used to identify the physical mechanisms in leading the growth or arrest of cracking.The structure under consideration consists of a beam with a crack along the axis,and thus,the crack may open in Mode I and in the axial direction propagate when the beam vibrates.In this paper,the system is modeled as a cantilever beam lying on a partial elastic foundation,where the portion of the beam on the foundation represents the intact portion of the beam.Modal analysis is employed to obtain a closed form solution for the structural response.Crack propagation is studied by allowing the elastic foundation to shorten(mimicking crack growth)if a displacement criterion,based on the material toughness,is met.As the crack propagates,the structural model is updated using the new foundation length and the response continues.From this work,two mechanisms for crack arrest are identified.It is also shown that the crack propagation is strongly influenced by the transient response of the structure.     

Dynamic stability of pre-twisted beams with non-constant spin rates under axial random forces

This paper investigates the dynamic stability of a pre-twisted cantilever beam spinning along its longitudinal axis with a periodically varying speed and acted upon by an axial random force at the free end. The spin rate of the beam is characterized as a small periodic perturbation superimposed on a constant speed, and the axial force is assumed as the sum of a static force and a weakly stationary random process with a zero mean. Both the periodically varying spin rate and the axial random force may lead to parametric instability of the beam. In this work, the finite element method is applied first to get rid of the dependence on the spatial coordinate. The method of stochastic averaging is then adopted to obtain Ito’s equations for the system response under different resonant frequency combinations. Finally, the first-moment and the second-moment stability conditions of the beam are derived explicitly. Numerical results are presented for a simple harmonic speed perturbation and a Gaussian white noise axial force.     

An efficient solution methodology to study the response of a beam on viscoelastic and nonlinear unilateral foundation: Static response

Many engineering materials and foundations such as soils demonstrate nonlinear and viscoelastic behaviour. Yet, it is challenging to develop static and dynamic models of systems that include these materials and are able to predict the behaviour over a wide range of loading conditions. This research is focused on a specific example: a pinned–pinned beam interacting with polyurethane foam foundation. Two cases, when the foundation can react in tension and compression as well as only in compression, are considered. The model developed here is capable of predicting the response to static as well as dynamic forces, whether concentrated or distributed. Galerkin’s method is used to derive modal amplitude equations. In the tensionless foundation case, the contact region changes with beam motion and the estimation of the co-ordinates of the lift-off points is embedded into the solution procedure. An efficient solution technique is proposed that is capable of handling cases where there are multiple contact and non-contact regions. Depending on the loading profiles a high number of modes may need to be included in the solution and to speed up computation time, a convolution method is used to evaluate the integral terms in the model. The adaptability of the solution scheme to complicated loading patterns is demonstrated via examples. The solution approach proposed is applicable to dynamic loadings as well and in these cases the automated treatment of complicated response patterns makes the convolution approach particularly attractive. The influence of various parameters on the static response is discussed.