A New First-Order Shear Deformation Theory for Free Vibrations of Rectangular Plate

2015 ◽  
Vol 07 (01) ◽  
pp. 1550008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Xiang ◽  
Yufeng Xing

A new first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT) with pure bending deflection and shearing deflection as two independent variables is presented in this paper for free vibrations of rectangular plate. In this two-variable theory, the shearing deflection is regarded as the only fundamental variable by which the total deflection and bending deflection can be expressed explicitly. In contrast with the conventional three-variable first-order shear plate theory, present variationally consistent theory derived by using Hamiltonian variational principle can uniquely define the bending and the shearing deflections, and give two rotations by the differentiations of bending deflection. Due to more restrictive geometrical constraints on rotations and boundary conditions, the obtained natural frequencies are equal to or higher than those by conventional FSDT for the rectangular plate with at least one pair of opposite edges simply supported. This new theory is of considerable significance in theoretical sense for giving a simple two-variable FSDT which is variational consistent and involve rotary inertia and shear deformation. The relation and differences of present theory with conventional FSDT and other relative formulations are discussed in detail.

2005 ◽  
Vol 72 (6) ◽  
pp. 809-817 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun-Sik Kim ◽  
Maenghyo Cho

A new first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT) has been developed and verified for laminated plates and sandwich plates. Based on the definition of Reissener–Mindlin’s plate theory, the average transverse shear strains, which are constant through the thickness, are improved to vary through the thickness. It is assumed that the displacement and in-plane strain fields of FSDT can approximate, in an average sense, those of three-dimensional theory. Relationship between FSDT and three-dimensional theory has been systematically established in the averaged least-square sense. This relationship provides the closed-form recovering relations for three-dimensional variables expressed in terms of FSDT variables as well as the improved transverse shear strains. This paper makes two main contributions. First an enhanced first-order shear deformation theory (EFSDT) has been developed using an available higher-order plate theory. Second, it is shown that the displacement fields of any higher-order plate theories can be recovered by EFSDT variables. The present approach is applied to an efficient higher-order plate theory. Comparisons of deflection and stresses of the laminated plates and sandwich plates using present theory are made with the original FSDT and three-dimensional exact solutions.


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 168781401881462
Author(s):  
Mohsen Motamedi ◽  
Amirhossein Naghdi ◽  
Ayesha Sohail ◽  
Zhiwu Li

In this study, an investigation of “the free vibrations of hollow circular plates’’ is reported. The study is based on elastic foundation and the results depicted are further extended to study the special case of “graphene sheets.’’ The first-order shear deformation theory is applied to study the elastic properties of the material. A hollow circular sheet is modeled and the vibrations are simulated with the aid of finite element method. The results obtained are in good agreement with the theoretical findings. After the validation, a model of graphene is presented. Graphene contains a layer of honeycomb carbon atoms. Inside a layer, each carbon atom C is attached to three other carbon atoms and produces a sheet of hexagonal array. A 25 nm × 25 nm graphene sheet is modeled and simulated using the validated technique, that is, via the first-order shear deformation theory. The key findings of this study are the vibrational frequencies and vibrational mode shapes.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 2154
Author(s):  
Zbigniew Kolakowski ◽  
Jacek Jankowski

Bending and membrane components of transverse forces in a fixed square isotropic plate under simultaneous compression and transverse loading were established within the first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT), the simple first-order shear deformation theory (S-FSDT), and the classical plate theory (CPT). Special attention was drawn to the fact that bending components were accompanied by transverse deformations, whereas membrane components were not, i.e., the plate was transversely perfectly rigid. In the FSDT and the S-FSDT, double assumptions concerning transverse deformations in the plate hold. A new formulation of the differential equation of equilibrium with respect to the transverse direction of the plate, using a variational approach, was proposed. For nonlinear problems in the mechanics of thin-walled plates, a range where membrane components should be considered in total transverse forces was determined. It is of particular significance as far as modern composite structures are concerned.


Author(s):  
Balram Yadav ◽  
Simant ◽  
Shivendra Kumar Yadav

In the present work thermal buckling of symmetric cross-ply composite laminates is investigated. In this study, a square plate element is employed for the thermal buckling analysis of composite laminated plates. The maximum buckling temperature of symmetric cross-ply laminates under various sides to thickness ratios, aspect ratios, stacking sequence and boundary condition are studied in detail. The maximum buckling temperature analysis of square composite eight and four layered plates under uniform temperature rise is investigated using the classical laminated plate theory & first order shear deformation theory and material properties (Stiffnesses, Poisson’s ratio and Coefficient of thermal expansion) are considered to be temperature dependent. The classical laminated plate theory and first order shear deformation theory in conjunction with the Rayleigh-Ritz method is used for the evaluation of the thermal buckling parameters of structures made out of graphite fibers with an epoxy matrix. The post-buckling response of symmetrically cross-ply laminated composite plates subjected to a combination of uniform temperature distribution through the thickness and in-plane compressive edge loading is presented. The maximum buckling temperature is obtained from the solution. The computing is done by using MATLAB.


Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 5262
Author(s):  
Zbigniew Kołakowski ◽  
Jacek Jankowski

For an isotropic square plate subject to unidirectional compression in the postbuckling state, components of transverse forces in bending, membrane transverse components and total components of transverse forces were determined within the first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT), the simple first-order shear deformation theory (S-FSDT), the classical plate theory (CPT) and the finite element method (FEM). Special attention was drawn to membrane components of transverse forces, which are expressed with the same formulas for the first three theories and do not depend on membrane deformations. These components are nonlinearly dependent on the plate deflection. The magnitudes of components of transverse forces for the four theories under consideration were compared.


2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 7205-7221
Author(s):  
Hamidreza Talebi Amanieh ◽  
Seyed Alireza Seyed Roknizadeh ◽  
Arash Reza

In this paper, the in-plane and out-of-plane free vibrations of the functionally graded magneto-electro-elastic (FG-MEE) rectangular plate on a pasternak foundation were evaluated based on exponential shear deformation theory (ESDT) and first order shear deformation theory (FSDT). The material properties of FG-MEE varied along the thickness according to a power-law distribution model. It was assumed that the FG-MEE plate is subjected to initial external electrical and magnetic potentials; mreover, simply-supported boundary conditions were considered for all the edges of the FG-MEE plate. Firstly, the corresponding partial differential equations (PDEs) were derived using Hamilton’s principle, then, the natural frequencies were determined by solving the obtained equations through Navier’s approach according to the assumed boundary conditions. The results revealed that the natural frequencies of the plate decrease/increase with the increase of the electric/magnetic potentials. Moreover, the results showed a 0.03%, difference between the natural frequencies of the plate with a thickness-to-length ratio of 0.1 based on FSDT and ESDT; when the aspect ratio was increased to 0.2 and 0.3 this difference rose to 0.2% and 0.5%, respectively.


Author(s):  
Mohammad Reza Salehi Kolahi ◽  
Hossein Rahmani ◽  
Hossein Moeinkhah

In this paper, the first order shear deformation theory is used to derive an analytical formulation for shrink-fitted thick-walled functionally graded cylinders. It is assumed that the cylinders have constant Poisson’s ratio and the elastic modulus varies radially along the thickness with a power function. Furthermore, a finite element simulation is carried out using COMSOL Multiphysics, which has the advantage of defining material properties as analytical functions. The results from first order shear deformation theory are compared with the findings of both plane elasticity theory and FE simulation. The results of this study could be used to design and manufacture for elastic shrink-fitted FG cylinders.


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