Thermoelectroelastic state of a multiply connected anisotropic plate

Generalized complex potentials in a plane problem of thermoelectroelasticity are introduced. Expressions for the basic characteristics of the thermoelectroelastic state are derived. Boundary conditions for determining the complex potentials and the general form of these functions for a multiply connected plate are obtained. The potentials are used to solve a specific problem __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 41, No. 11, pp. 116–126, November 2005.     

A Comment on Governing Equations of Envelope Surface Created by a Two-Dimensional Directional Wavepacket Centered around a Propagation Direction on an Elastic Plate

Plates are common structural elements of most engineering structures, including aerospace, automotive, and civil engineering structures. The study of plates from theoretical perspective as well as experimental viewpoint is fundamental to understanding of the behavior of such structures. The dynamic characteristics of plates, such as natural vibrations, transient responses for the external forces and so on, are especially of importance in actual environments. In this paper, we consider natural vibrations of an elastic plate and the propagation of a wavepacket on it. We derive the two-dimensional equations that govern the spatial and temporal evolution of the amplitude of a wavepacket and discuss its features. We especially consider a directional wavepacket on an elastic plate, which propagation direction is centered around a main direction, but which wavenumber and frequency are fixed by a certain value. The fact that its envelope becomes time-invariant and is governed by the Schrödinger–Nohara type equation is shown.     

ADHESIVE CONTACT PROBLEM OF AXISYMMETRIC MINIATURE CIRCULAR PLATES WITH CENTRAL RIGID BUMP

Considering the adhesive effect and geometric nonlinearity, the adhesive contactbetween an elastic substrate and a clamped miniature circular plate with two different centralrigid bumps under the action of uniform transverse pressure and in-plane tensile force in theradial direction was analyzed. And an analytical solution is presented by using the perturbationmethod. The relation of surface adhesive energies with critical load to detach the contacted surfacesis obtained. In the numerical results, the effects of adhesive energy, in-plane tensile force, rigidbump size and contact radius on the critical load are discussed, and the relation of critical contactradius with the gap between the central rigid bump and the substrate for different adhesive energiesis investigated.     

Inverse doubly periodic problem of the theory of bending of a plate with elastic inclusions

Based on the balanced strength principle, a problem of determining the optimal interference for fitting elastic inclusions into holes of an isotropic elastic plate weakened by a doubly periodic system of circular holes is solved. A closed system of algebraic equations is derived, which allows solving this problem. The resultant interference increases the load-carrying capacity of the composite plate being bent. __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 153–161, July–August, 2006.     

Unsteady Free Convection along an Infinite Vertical Flat Plate Embedded in a Stably Stratified Fluid-Saturated Porous Medium

The problem of unsteady free convection heat transfer from a one-dimensional (parallel) flow along an infinite vertical flat plate embedded in a thermally stratified fluid-saturated porous medium is considered. Flows are induced by a sudden change in the arbitrary temporal plate temperature. By a formal reduction of the corresponding boundary value problems to well-known Fourier heat conduction problems, analytical solutions of the Darcy and energy equations are obtained. Several special cases are discussed in detail.     

Design optimization of truss-cored sandwiches with homogenization

Lightweight metallic sandwich plates comprising periodic truss cores and solid facesheets are optimally designed against minimum weights. Constitutive models of the truss core are developed using homogenization techniques which, together with effective single-layer sandwich approaches, form the basis of a two-dimensional (2D) single-layer sandwich model. The 2D model is employed to simulate the mechanical behaviors of truss-cored sandwich panels having a variety of core topologies. The types of loading considered include bending, transverse shear and in-plane compression. The validities of the 2D model predictions are checked against direct FE simulations on three-dimensional (3D) truss core sandwich structures. Optimizations using the 2D sandwich model are subsequently performed to determine the minimum weights of truss-cored sandwiches subjected to various failure constraints: overall and local buckling, yielding and facesheet wrinkling. The performances of the optimized truss core sandwiches with 4-rod unit cell and solid truss members and pyramidal unit cell with hollow truss members are compared with benchmark lightweight structures such as honeycomb-cored sandwiches, tetrahedral core sandwiches and hat-stiffened single layer plates.     

Numerical Analysis of the Nonlinear Flutter of Viscoelastic Plates

The flutter velocities of viscoelastic plates are determined. It is shown that the viscoelastic characteristics reduce them__________Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 41, No. 5, pp. 91–96, May 2005.     

Uniformly convergent difference schemes for first boundary value problem for elliptic differential equations with a small parameter at the highest detivative

In this paper we consider the Dirichlet problem for elliptic differential equations. A special difference scheme is constructed from the necessary condition of uniform convergence. We also prove the uniform convergence and the asymptotic behavior of the solution of the difference problem, and give the error estimate.     

Calculation of stresses in a multiply-connected anisotropic plate using stress functions of multiple complex variables

On the basis of anisotropic mathematical elasticity, using multiple conformal representations, the stress functions of multiple complex variables for an infinite multiply-connected anisotropic plate are derived. The functions are developed in Fourier series on unit circles, and the unknown coefficients of the functions are determined by undetermined coefficients method. Then the stresses in the plate can be calculated. A plate containing multiple elliptical holes or cracks is discussed, and the corresponding FORTRAN77 program is developed. Five examples are given. The results show that this method is very effective and convenient. The project supported by Aeronautical Science Foundation of China     

Transversely isotropic hyper-elastic material rectangular plate with voids under a uniaxial extension

IntroductionHyper_elasticmaterials ,suchasrubberandpolyurethane ,havemanyexcellentpropertiesandhavebeenusedwidelyinalmostallregionsofevery_daylifeandindustrialmanufacturing .Thevoidformationandgrowthinhyper_elasticmaterialsduetotheinstabilityofmaterialsplayafundamentalroleinthemechanismsofmaterialfractureandfailure.SotheproblemhasgotacertaindevelopmentinthepasttwentyyearsandtherecentreviewisthatofHorgan[1] .Chou_WangandHorgan[2 ] ,RenandCheng[3 ,4] studiedthegrowthofacentervoidinthecylindero…