Asymptotic Analysis of a Mode III Stationary Crack in a Ductile Functionally Graded Material

2004 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 461-467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dhirendra V. Kubair ◽  
Philippe H. Geubelle ◽  
John Lambros

The dominant and higher-order asymptotic stress and displacement fields surrounding a stationary crack embedded in a ductile functionally graded material subjected to antiplane shear loading are derived. The plastic material gradient is assumed to be in the radial direction only and elastic effects are neglected. As in the elastic case, the leading (most singular) term in the asymptotic expansion is the same in the graded material as in the homogeneous one with the properties evaluated at the crack tip location. Assuming a power law for the plastic strains and another power law for the material spatial gradient, we derive the next term in the asymptotic expansion for the near-tip fields. The second term in the series may or may not differ from that of the homogeneous case depending on the particular material property variation. This result is a consequence of the interaction between the plasticity effects associated with a loading dependent length scale (the plastic zone size) and the inhomogeneity effects, which are also characterized by a separate length scale (the property gradient variation).

Author(s):  
Md. Imran Ali ◽  
Mohammad Sikandar Azam

This paper presents the formulation of dynamic stiffness matrix for the natural vibration analysis of porous power-law functionally graded Levy-type plate. In the process of formulating the dynamic stiffness matrix, Kirchhoff-Love plate theory in tandem with the notion of neutral surface has been taken on board. The developed dynamic stiffness matrix, a transcendental function of frequency, has been solved through the Wittrick–Williams algorithm. Hamilton’s principle is used to obtain the equation of motion and associated natural boundary conditions of porous power-law functionally graded plate. The variation across the thickness of the functionally graded plate’s material properties follows the power-law function. During the fabrication process, the microvoids and pores develop in functionally graded material plates. Three types of porosity distributions are considered in this article: even, uneven, and logarithmic. The eigenvalues computed by the dynamic stiffness matrix using Wittrick–Williams algorithm for isotropic, power-law functionally graded, and porous power-law functionally graded plate are juxtaposed with previously referred results, and good agreement is found. The significance of various parameters of plate vis-à-vis aspect ratio ( L/b), boundary conditions, volume fraction index ( p), porosity parameter ( e), and porosity distribution on the eigenvalues of the porous power-law functionally graded plate is examined. The effect of material density ratio and Young’s modulus ratio on the natural vibration of porous power-law functionally graded plate is also explained in this article. The results also prove that the method provided in the present work is highly accurate and computationally efficient and could be confidently used as a reference for further study of porous functionally graded material plate.


Author(s):  
Piyush Pratap Singh ◽  
Mohammad Sikandar Azam ◽  
Vinayak Ranjan

In the present research article, classical plate theory has been adopted to analyze functionally graded material plate, having out of plane material inhomogeneity, resting on Winkler–Pasternak foundation under different combinations of boundary conditions. The material properties of the functionally graded material plate vary according to power law in the thickness direction. Rayleigh–Ritz method in conjugation with polynomial displacement functions has been used to develop a computationally efficient mathematical model to study free vibration characteristics of the plate. Convergence of frequency parameters (nondimensional natural frequencies) has been attained by increasing the number of polynomials of displacement function. The frequency parameters of the functionally graded material plate obtained by proposed method are compared with the open literature to validate the present model. Firstly, the present model is used to calculate first six natural frequencies of the functionally graded plate under all possible combinations of boundary conditions for the constant value of stiffness of Winkler and Pasternak foundation moduli. Further, the effects of density, aspect ratio, power law exponent, Young’s modulus on frequency parameters of the functionally graded plate resting on Winkler–Pasternak foundation under specific boundary conditions viz. CCCC (all edges clamped), SSSS (all edges simply supported), CFFF (cantilever), SCSF (simply supported-clamped-free) are studied extensively. Furthermore, effect of stiffness of elastic foundation moduli (kp and kw) on frequency parameters are analyzed. It has been observed that effects of aspect ratios, boundary conditions, Young’s modulus and density on frequency parameters are significant at lower value of the power law exponent. It has also been noted from present investigation that Pasternak foundation modulus has greater effect on frequency parameters as compared to the Winkler foundation modulus. Most of the results presented in this paper are novel and may be used for the validation purpose by researchers. Three dimensional mode shapes for the functionally graded plate resting on elastic foundation have also been presented in this article.


2010 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Linhui Zhang ◽  
Jeong-Ho Kim

This paper provides full asymptotic crack-tip field solutions for an antiplane (mode-III) stationary crack in a functionally graded material. We use the complex variable approach and an asymptotic scaling factor to provide an efficient procedure for solving standard and perturbed Laplace equations associated with antiplane fracture in a graded material. We present the out-of-plane displacement and the shear stress solutions for a crack in exponentially and linearly graded materials by considering the gradation of the shear modulus either parallel or perpendicular to the crack. We discuss the characteristics of the asymptotic solutions for a graded material in comparison with the homogeneous solutions. We address the effects of the mode-III stress intensity factor and the antiplane T-stress onto crack-tip field solutions. Finally, engineering significance of the present work is discussed.


2006 ◽  
Vol 324-325 ◽  
pp. 287-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng Jin ◽  
Xin Gang Li ◽  
Nian Chun Lü

A moving crack in an infinite strip of orthotropic anisotropy functionally graded material (FGM) with free boundary subjected to anti-plane shear loading is considered. The shear moduli in two directions of FGM are assumed to be of exponential form. The dynamic stress intensity factor is obtained by utilizing integral transforms and dual-integral equations. The numerical results show the relationships among the dynamic stress intensity factor and crack velocity, the height of the strip, gradient parameters and nonhomogeneous coefficients.


2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (02) ◽  
pp. 311-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Q. HE ◽  
L. LI ◽  
S. KITIPORNCHAI ◽  
C. M. WANG ◽  
H. P. ZHU

Based on an inextensional two-parameter analytical model for cylindrical shells, bi-stable analyses were carried out on laminated functionally graded material (FGM) shells with various layups of fibers. Properties of FGM shells are functionally graded in the thickness direction according to a volume fraction power law distribution. The effects of constituent volume fractions of FGM matrix are examined on the curvature and twist of laminated FGM shells. The results reveal that the optimum combination of constituents of FGM matrix can be obtained for the maximum twist of FGM shells with antisymmetric layups, which helps the design of deployable structures. The effects of Young's modulus of fibers and the symmetry of layups on bi-stable behaviors are also discussed in detail.


2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 938-972 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dao Van Dung ◽  
Nguyen Thi Nga ◽  
Pham Minh Vuong

This paper investigates analytically nonlinear buckling and postbuckling of functionally graded sandwich circular thick cylindrical shells filled inside by Pasternak two-parameter elastic foundations under thermal loads and axial compression loads. Shells are reinforced by closely spaced functionally graded material (FGM) rings and stringers. The temperature field is taken into account. Two general Sigmoid law and general power law, with four models of stiffened FGM sandwich cylindrical shell, are proposed. Using the Reddy’s third-order shear deformation shell theory (TSDT), stress function, and Lekhnitsky’s smeared stiffeners technique, the governing equations are derived. The closed form to determine critical axial load and postbuckling load-deflection curves are obtained by the Galerkin method. The effects of the face sheet thickness to total thickness ratio, stiffener, foundation, material, and dimensional parameters on critical thermal loads, critical mechanical loads and postbuckling behavior of shells are analyzed. In addition, this paper shows that for thin shells we can use the classical shell theory to investigate stability behavior of shell, but for thicker shells the use of TSDT for analyzing nonlinear stability of shell is necessary and suitable.


2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vlado Lubarda

A pressurized functionally-graded cylinder is considered made of the material whose elastic moduli vary with the radial distance according to the power-law relation. Some peculiar features of the mechanical response are noted for an incompressible functionally-graded material with the power of radial inhomogeneity equal to two. In particular, it is shown that the maximum shear stress is constant throughout the cylinder, while the displacement changes proportional to 1/r along the radial distance. No displacement takes place at all under equal pressures applied at both boundaries.


2000 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 284-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. H. Paulino ◽  
Z.-H. Jin

In this paper, a crack in a strip of a viscoelastic functionally graded material is studied under antiplane shear conditions. The shear relaxation function of the material is assumed as μ=μ0 expβy/hft, where h is a length scale and f(t) is a nondimensional function of time t having either the form ft=μ∞/μ0+1−μ∞/μ0exp−t/t0 for a linear standard solid, or ft=t0/tq for a power-law material model. We also consider the shear relaxation function μ=μ0 expβy/h[t0 expδy/h/t]q in which the relaxation time depends on the Cartesian coordinate y exponentially. Thus this latter model represents a power-law material with position-dependent relaxation time. In the above expressions, the parameters β, μ0,μ∞,t0; δ, q are material constants. An elastic crack problem is first solved and the correspondence principle (revisited) is used to obtain stress intensity factors for the viscoelastic functionally graded material. Formulas for stress intensity factors and crack displacement profiles are derived. Results for these quantities are discussed considering various material models and loading conditions.


Author(s):  
LV Kurpa ◽  
TV Shmatko

The purpose of the paper is to study stability and free vibrations of laminated plates and shallow shells composed of functionally graded materials. The approach proposed incorporates the Ritz method and the R-functions theory. It is assumed that the shell consists of three layers and is loaded in the middle plane. The both cases of uniform as well as non-uniform load are possible. The power-law distribution in terms of volume fractions is applied to get effective material properties for the layers. These properties are calculated for different arrangements and thicknesses of the layers by the analytical formulae obtained in the paper. The mathematical formulation is carried out in framework of the first-order shear deformation theory. The proposed approach consists of two steps. The first step is to define the pre-buckling state by solving the respective elasticity problem. The critical buckling load and frequencies of functionally graded material shallow shells are determined in the second step. The highlight of the method proposed is that it can be used for vibration and buckling analysis of plates and shallow shells of complex shape. The numerical results for frequencies and buckling load of plates and shallow shells of complex shape and different curvatures are presented to demonstrate the potential of the method developed. Different functionally graded material plates and shallow shells composed of a mixture of metal and ceramics are studied. The effects of the power law index, boundary conditions, thickness of the core, and face sheet layers on the fundamental frequencies and critical loads are discussed in this paper. The main advantage of the method is that it provides an analytical representation of the unknown solution, which is important when solving nonlinear problems.


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