Nonlinear vibration analysis of isotropic plate with inclined part-through surface crack

The four modes of vibration of an isotropic rectangular plate with an inclined crack are investigated. It is assumed that the crack remains continuous and its center is located at the center of the plate. The governing nonlinear equation of the transverse vibration of the plate with the plate boundary conditions being simply-supported on all edges is developed. The multiple scale perturbation method is utilized as the solution procedure to find the steady-state frequency response equations for all the four modes of vibration. The equations for the free and forced vibrations are derived and their frequency responses are presented. A special case of large-scale excitation force has also been considered. The parameter sensitivity analysis for the angle of crack, length of crack and the position of the external applied excitation force is performed. It has been shown that according to the aspect ratio of the plate, the vibration modes can have either nonlinear hardening effect or nonlinear softening behavior.     

Primary and secondary resonance analyses of clamped–clamped micro-beams

Nonlinear harmonic vibration of a micro-electro-mechanical beam is investigated, and the micro-actuator, which is considered in this study, is a special kind of electrostatic symmetric actuators. A fully clamped micro-beam with a uniform thickness is modeled as an electrostatic micro-actuator with two symmetric potential walls. The nonlinear forced vibration of the micro-beam is analyzed, and the non-dimensional governing equation of motion, using the Galerkin method, is developed. Higher-order nonlinear terms in the equation of motion are taken into account for the first time, and the perturbation method is utilized regarding these terms and hence, all the resonant cases have been considered. The multiple scales method is employed to solve the nonlinear equations, and therefore, the problem does not deal with the large deformations. The primary and secondary resonance conditions are determined, and the corresponding secular terms in each case are recognized. Harmonic responses are obtained for different cases of resonance, and eventually, the stable and unstable portions of the responses are identified. A parametric sensitivity study is carried out to examine the effects of different parameters on the amplitude–frequency characteristic equations.     

Non-linear vibration of variable speed rotating viscoelastic beams

Non-linear vibration of a variable speed rotating beam is analyzed in this paper. The coupled longitudinal and bending vibration of a beam is studied and the governing equations of motion, using Hamilton’s principle, are derived. The solutions of the non-linear partial differential equations of motion are discretized to the time and position functions using the Galerkin method. The multiple scales method is then utilized to obtain the first-order approximate solution. The exact first-order solution is determined for both the stationary and non-stationary rotating speeds. A very close agreement is achieved between the simulation results obtained by the numerical integration method and the first-order exact solution one. The parameter sensitivity study is carried out and the effect of different parameters including the hub radius, structural damping, acceleration, and the deceleration rates on the vibration amplitude is investigated.     

Nonlinear dynamics of an inclined beam subjected to a moving load

In this paper, the nonlinear dynamic response of an inclined pinned-pinned beam with a constant cross section, finite length subjected to a concentrated vertical force traveling with a constant velocity is investigated. The study is focused on the mode summation method and also on frequency analysis of the governing PDEs equations of motion. Furthermore, the steady-state response is studied by applying the multiple scales method. The nonlinear response of the beam is obtained by solving two coupled nonlinear PDEs governing equations of planar motion for both longitudinal and transverse oscillations of the beam. The dynamic magnification factor and normalized time histories of mid-pint of the beam are obtained for various load velocity ratios and the outcome results have been illustrated and compared to the results with those obtained from traditional linear solution. The appropriate parametric study considering the effects of the linear viscous damping, the velocity of the traveling load, beam inclination angle under zero or nonzero axial load are carried out to capture the influence of the effect of large deflections caused by stretching effects due to the beam’s immovable ends. It was seen that quadratic nonlinearity renders the softening effect on the dynamic response of the beam under the act of traveling load. Also in the case where the object leaves the inclined beam, its planar motion path is derived and the targeting accuracy is investigated and compared with those from the rigid solution assumption. Moreover, the stability analysis of steady-state response for the modes equations having quadratic nonlinearity was carried out and it was observed from the frequency response curves that for the considered parameters in the case of internal-external primary resonance, both saturation phenomenon and jump phenomenon can be predicted for the longitudinal excitation.     

Parametrically Excited Vibration of a Timoshenko Beam on Random Viscoelastic Foundation jected to a Harmonic Moving Load

The vibration response of a Timoshenko beam supported by a viscoelastic foundation with randomly distributed parameters along the beam length and jected to a harmonic moving load, is studied. By means of the first-order two-dimensional regular perturbation method and employing appropriate Green's functions, the dynamic response of the beam consisting of the mean and variance of the deflection and of the bending moment are obtained analytically in integral forms. Results of a field measurement for a test track are utilized to model the uncertainty of the foundation parameters. A frequency analysis is carried out and the effect of the load speed on the response is studied. It is found that the covariance functions of the stiffness and the loss factor both have the shape of an exponential function multiplied by a cosine function. Furthermore, it is shown that in each frequency response there is a peak value for the frequency, which changes inversely with the load speed. It is also found that the peak value of the mean and also standard deviation of the deflection and bending moment can be a decreasing or increasing function of the load speed depending on its frequency. An erratum to this article is available at .     

Chaos control for the plates subjected to subsonic flow

The suppression of chaotic motion in viscoelastic plates driven by external subsonic air flow is studied. Nonlinear oscillation of the plate is modeled by the von-Kármán plate theory. The fluid-solid interaction is taken into account. Galerkin’s approach is employed to transform the partial differential equations of the system into the time domain. The corresponding homoclinic orbits of the unperturbed Hamiltonian system are obtained. In order to study the chaotic behavior of the plate, Melnikov’s integral is analytically applied and the threshold of the excitation amplitude and frequency for the occurrence of chaos is presented. It is found that adding a parametric perturbation to the system in terms of an excitation with the same frequency of the external force can lead to eliminate chaos. Variations of the Lyapunov exponent and bifurcation diagrams are provided to analyze the chaotic and periodic responses. Two perturbation-based control strategies are proposed. In the first scenario, the amplitude of control forces reads a constant value that should be precisely determined. In the second strategy, this amplitude can be proportional to the deflection of the plate. The performance of each controller is investigated and it is found that the second scenario would be more efficient.     

Multi-frequency excitation of stiffened triangular plates for large amplitude oscillations

Free and forced vibrations of triangular plate are investigated. Diverse types of stiffeners were attached onto the plate to suppress the undesirable large-amplitude oscillations. The governing equation of motion for a triangular plate, based on the von Kármán theory, is developed and the nonlinear ordinary differential equation of the system using Galerkin approach is obtained. Closed-form expressions for the free undamped and large-amplitude vibration of an orthotropic triangular elastic plate are presented using the two well-known analytical methods, namely, the energy balance method and the variational approach. The frequency responses in the closed-form are presented and their sensitivities with respect to the initial amplitudes are studied. An error analysis is performed and the vibration behavior, as well as the accuracy of the solution methods, is evaluated. Different types of the stiffened triangular plates are considered in order to cover a wide range of practical applications. Numerical simulations are carried out and the validity of the solution procedure is explored. It is demonstrated that the two methods of energy balance and variational approach have been quite straightforward and reliable techniques to solve those nonlinear differential equations. Subsequently, due to the importance of multiple resonant responses in engineering design, multi-frequency excitations are considered. It is assumed that three periodic forces are applied to the plate in three specific positions. The multiple time scaling method is utilized to obtain approximate solutions for the frequency resonance cases. Influences of different parameters, namely, the position of applied forces, geometry and the number of stiffeners on the frequency response of the triangular plates are examined.     

Nonlinear harmonic vibration analysis of a plate-cavity system

Nonlinear harmonic oscillation of a plate-cavity system is analytically studied in this paper. Von-Karman theory is used to model a rectangular plate backed by an air cavity. Coupled nonlinear differential equations of system are analytically derived using Galerkin’s approach. The Multiple Scales Method (MSM) is then employed to solve the corresponding nonlinear equations. Primary, secondary, and combinational resonance conditions are taken into account and the corresponding closed-form frequency-amplitude relationships are derived. A parametric study is carried out and effects of different parameters on the frequency responses are investigated.     

Vibration suppression of rotating beams using time-varying internal tensile force

A new strategy for vibration suppression of a rotating beam using a time-increasing internal tensile force is proposed in this paper. Nonlinear coupled longitudinal and bending equations of motion are derived in non-dimensional form using the Hamilton principle. The first-order analytical solution of the equations of motion is obtained using the Galerkin technique combined with the multiple scales method (MSM). Numerical simulations are then performed for various increasing rates of the internal tensile force and performance of the vibration suppression strategy is studied. A very close agreement between the simulation results obtained by the numerical integration and the first-order analytical solution is achieved. Forced vibrations of the system for input excitations of either a sinusoidal or a random function with white noise time history are considered. The simulation results and dynamic performance of the suppressed system for an externally excited rotating beam show an interesting phenomenon of the form of remarkable effectiveness of the proposed vibration reduction strategy.