Wave Propagation in Buildings as Periodic Structures: Timoshenko Beam with Rigid Floor Slabs Model

2018 ◽  
Vol 144 (4) ◽  
pp. 04018010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aydin Ozmutlu ◽  
Mahdi Ebrahimian ◽  
Maria I. Todorovska
Keyword(s):  
Wave Propagation ◽  
Timoshenko Beam ◽  
Periodic Structures ◽  
Floor Slabs ◽  
Wave Propagation In Buildings

Computation of the Eigenvalues of Wave Propagation in Periodic Substructural Systems

1993 ◽  
Vol 115 (4) ◽  
pp. 422-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. W. Williams ◽  
Zhong Wanxie ◽  
P. N. Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Wave Propagation ◽  
Timoshenko Beam ◽  
Natural Vibration ◽  
Natural Frequencies ◽  
Periodic Structures ◽  
Dynamic Stiffness ◽  
Finite Element Program ◽  
Element Program ◽  
Simple Supports ◽  
Phase Propagation

The wave propagation constants of periodic structures are computed using the exact dynamic stiffness matrix of a typical substructure. The approach used is to show that wave propagation and the natural vibration eigenproblem are similar to such an extent that methods used to find the natural frequencies of a structure can be applied to find its wave propagation constants. The Wittrick-Williams algorithm has been incorporated into a finite element program, JIGFEX, in conjunction with exact dynamic member stiffnesses, to ensure that no phase propagation eigenvalues are missed during computation. The accuracy of the present approach is then demonstrated by comparing the results that it gives to analytically determined wave propagation curves for a Timoshenko beam on periodic simple supports. Finally, phase propagation curves are given for a complex Timoshenko beam structure of a type that would be very difficult to analyze analytically.

Wave Propagation in Two-Dimensional Nonlinear Periodic Lattices

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raj K. Narisetti ◽  
Massimo Ruzzene ◽  
Michael J. Leamy
Keyword(s):  
Wave Propagation ◽  
Linear Models ◽  
Periodic Structures ◽  
Harmonic Wave ◽  
Excitation Amplitude ◽  
Pass Band ◽  
Perturbation Approach ◽  
Nonlinear Stiffness ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Low Amplitude

This paper investigates wave propagation in two-dimensional nonlinear periodic structures subject to point harmonic forcing. The infinite lattice is modeled as a springmass system consisting of linear and cubic-nonlinear stiffness. The effects of nonlinearity on harmonic wave propagation are analytically predicted using a novel perturbation approach. Response is characterized by group velocity contours (derived from phase-constant contours) functionally dependent on excitation amplitude and the nonlinear stiffness coefficients. Within the pass band there is a frequency band termed the “caustic band” where the response is characterized by the appearance of low amplitude regions or “dead zones.” For a two-dimensional lattice having asymmetric nonlinearity, it is shown that these caustic bands are dependent on the excitation amplitude, unlike in corresponding linear models. The analytical predictions obtained are verified via comparisons to responses generated using a time-domain simulation of a finite two-dimensional nonlinear lattice. Lastly, the study demonstrates amplitude-dependent wave beaming in two-dimensional nonlinear periodic structures.

scholarly journals Micro-Vibrations and Wave Propagation in Biperiodic Cylindrical Shells

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 789-808
Author(s):  
Barbara Tomczyk ◽  
Anna Litawska
Keyword(s):  
Wave Propagation ◽  
Periodic Structures ◽  
Cylindrical Shells ◽  
Combined Model ◽  
Asymptotic Models ◽  
Wave Propagation Problem ◽  
Modelling Procedure ◽  
Constant Coefficients ◽  
A Cell ◽  
Averaged Model

AbstractThe objects of consideration are thin linearly elastic Kirchhoff-Love-type circular cylindrical shells having a periodically microheterogeneous structure in circumferential and axial directions (biperiodic shells). The aim of this contribution is to study a certain long wave propagation problem related to micro-fluctuations of displacement field caused by a periodic structure of the shells. This micro-dynamic problem will be analysed in the framework of a certain mathematical averaged model derived by means of the combined modelling procedure. The combined modelling applied here includes two techniques: the asymptotic modelling procedure and a certain extended version of the known tolerance non-asymptotic modelling technique based on a new notion of weakly slowly-varying function. Both these procedures are conjugated with themselves under special conditions. Contrary to the starting exact shell equations with highly oscillating, non-continuous and periodic coefficients, governing equations of the averaged combined model have constant coefficients depending also on a cell size. It will be shown that the micro-periodic heterogeneity of the shells leads to exponential micro-vibrations and to exponential waves as well as to dispersion effects, which cannot be analysed in the framework of the asymptotic models commonly used for investigations of vibrations and wave propagation in the periodic structures.

Elastic wave propagation in metamaterial rods with periodic shunted piezo-patches

2021 ◽  
Vol 263 (2) ◽  
pp. 4303-4311
Author(s):  
Edson J.P. de Miranda ◽  
Edilson D. Nobrega ◽  
Leopoldo P.R. de Oliveira ◽  
José M.C. Dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Wave Propagation ◽  
Elastic Wave ◽  
Wave Attenuation ◽  
Periodic Structures ◽  
Band Gaps ◽  
Low Frequencies ◽  
Periodic Arrays ◽  
Extended Plane ◽  
Elastic Metamaterials ◽  
Piezoelectric Structures

The wave propagation attenuation in low frequencies by using piezoelectric elastic metamaterials has been developed in recent years. These piezoelectric structures exhibit abnormal properties, different from those found in nature, through the artificial design of the topology or exploring the shunt circuit parameters. In this study, the wave propagation in a 1-D elastic metamaterial rod with periodic arrays of shunted piezo-patches is investigated. This piezoelectric metamaterial rod is capable of filtering the propagation of longitudinal elastic waves over a specified range of frequency, called band gaps. The complex dispersion diagrams are obtained by the extended plane wave expansion (EPWE) and wave finite element (WFE) approaches. The comparison between these methods shows good agreement. The Bragg-type and locally resonant band gaps are opened up. The shunt circuits influence significantly the propagating and the evanescent modes. The results can be used for elastic wave attenuation using piezoelectric periodic structures.

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