A Comparison of Computed Deflections of Symmetric Angle-Ply Laminate Plates by the Ritz Method and the Finite Element Method

Author(s):  
Kenneth Carroll ◽  
Ernesto Gutierrez-Miravete

When a simply supported composite plate is subjected to a lateral load, the presence of the twist coupling stiffnesses in the governing differential equations of equilibrium does not allow the determination of an exact solution for the deflection and numerical methods must be used. This paper describes a comparison of computed approximations to the deflection of composite laminates subjected to transverse loading obtained using the Ritz method and the finite element method. The Ritz method is implemented with the symbolic manipulation program Maple and ANSYS is used to perform the finite element calculations. Reliable results are obtained using both methods.

Author(s):  
А.И. Притыкин

В справочной литературе содержатся расчетные зависимости для частот свободных колебаний балок со сплошной стенкой, но отсутствуют данные по собственным колебаниям перфорированных балок. В то же время в судостроении и строительной практике широко распространены балки с перфорированной стенкой, содержащей вырезы круглой, овальной и прямоугольной формы. В статье проведен анализ влияния вырезов на частоту свободных колебаний перфорированных свободно опертых балок. При этом первоначально рассматривались балки со сплошной стенкой, а затем балки таких же размеров с вырезами. Для удобства практических вычислений известная зависимость была трансформирована к виду, позволяющему оценить частоту колебаний только по соотношению площадей полки и стенки и габаритным размерам балки без необходимости определения ее момента инерции и погонной массы. Аналогичные зависимости были получены и для перфорированных балок с круглыми и прямоугольными вырезами, в которых дополнительными факторами являлись параметры перфорации: относительная высота вырезов и относительная ширина перемычек. При отсутствии вырезов формулы для перфорированных балоксводятся к формуле для балки со сплошной стенкой.Сравнительный анализ частот проводился путем расчета по аналитическим зависимостям и методом конечных элементов с использованием программного комплекса ANSYS. На основе проведенного анализа сделан вывод, что наличие регулярно расположенных вырезов с высотой, не превышающей рекомендации Морского Регистра РФ, в зависимости от параметров перфорации приводит к разному повышению частот собственных колебаний однопролетных балок, хотя степень их повышения невелика. Предложенные аналитические зависимости для балок разного конструктивного оформления удовлетворительно согласуются с результатами расчетов МКЭ. In manual on the ship structural mechanics the analytical relations for determination of the natural frequencies of the beams with solid web are given, but there are no data about proper vibration of perforated beams. At the same time in shipbuilding and in structural industry the perforated beams with circular, rectangular and oval openings are widely used. In this article the analysis of influence of openings on the natural frequencies of the simply supported perforated beams is performed. Initially it was considered beams with solid web and then beams of the same dimensions with openings. For commodity of practical calculations, the well-known relation was transformed to the form allowing to appreciate frequency of vibration only with knowledge of ratio of areas of shelves and web without necessity of finding their moment of inertia and running mass of beam. Similar relations were obtained for perforated beams with circular and rectangular openings, in which additional arguments were such parameters of perforation as related depth of openings and related width of web-posts. In case of absence of openings, the formulas for perforated beams are reduced to formula for beam with solid web. Comparative analysis was performed by calculations according to analytical relations and with the finite element method using the program complex ANSYS. On base of performed analysis it was made conclusion that existence of regularly located openings with depth not extending recommendations of Russian Maritime Register, in dependence on parameters of perforation brings to different increasing of natural frequencies of vibration of one span beams, although degree of this increasing is not high. Suggested analytical relations for beams of different constructive design are in a good correlation with results obtained by the finite element method.


Author(s):  
Shiro Kobayashi ◽  
Soo-Ik Oh ◽  
Taylan Altan

The concept of the finite-element procedure may be dated back to 1943 when Courant approximated the warping function linearly in each of an assemblage of triangular elements to the St. Venant torsion problem and proceeded to formulate the problem using the principle of minimum potential energy. Similar ideas were used later by several investigators to obtain the approximate solutions to certain boundary-value problems. It was Clough who first introduced the term “finite elements” in the study of plane elasticity problems. The equivalence of this method with the well-known Ritz method was established at a later date, which made it possible to extend the applications to a broad spectrum of problems for which a variational formulation is possible. Since then numerous studies have been reported on the theory and applications of the finite-element method. In this and next chapters the finite-element formulations necessary for the deformation analysis of metal-forming processes are presented. For hot forming processes, heat transfer analysis should also be carried out as well as deformation analysis. Discretization for temperature calculations and coupling of heat transfer and deformation are discussed in Chap. 12. More detailed descriptions of the method in general and the solution techniques can be found in References [3-5], in addition to the books on the finite-element method listed in Chap. 1. The path to the solution of a problem formulated in finite-element form is described in Chap. 1 (Section 1.2). Discretization of a problem consists of the following steps: (1) describing the element, (2) setting up the element equation, and (3) assembling the element equations. Numerical analysis techniques are then applied for obtaining the solution of the global equations. The basis of the element equations and the assembling into global equations is derived in Chap. 5. The solution satisfying eq. (5.20) is obtained from the admissible velocity fields that are constructed by introducing the shape function in such a way that a continuous velocity field over each element can be denned uniquely in terms of velocities of associated nodal points.


1983 ◽  
Vol 105 (4) ◽  
pp. 484-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. F. Fu

A new method which combines the holography interference technique with the finite element method for determining the distribution of vibration amplitudes and stresses of gas turbine compressor blades is presented in this paper. In comparison with the ordinary electrical strain gage method, the present method has the advantage that there is no limitation to the number of measuring points and good results can be obtained even at high order modes.


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