scholarly journals The Analysis of Curved Beam Using B-Spline Wavelet on Interval Finite Element Method

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhibo Yang ◽  
Xuefeng Chen ◽  
Yumin He ◽  
Zhengjia He ◽  
Jie Zhang

A B-spline wavelet on interval (BSWI) finite element is developed for curved beams, and the static and free vibration behaviors of curved beam (arch) are investigated in this paper. Instead of the traditional polynomial interpolation, scaling functions at a certain scale have been adopted to form the shape functions and construct wavelet-based elements. Different from the process of the direct wavelet addition in the other wavelet numerical methods, the element displacement field represented by the coefficients of wavelets expansions is transformed from wavelet space to physical space by aid of the corresponding transformation matrix. Furthermore, compared with the commonly used Daubechies wavelet, BSWI has explicit expressions and excellent approximation properties, which guarantee satisfactory results. Numerical examples are performed to demonstrate the accuracy and efficiency with respect to previously published formulations for curved beams.

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (02) ◽  
pp. 1950017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanfei He ◽  
Xingwu Zhang ◽  
Jia Geng ◽  
Xuefeng Chen ◽  
Zengguang Li

Curved beam structure has been widely used in engineering, due to its good load-bearing and geometric characteristics. More common methods for analyzing and designing this structure are the finite element methods (FEMs), but these methods have many disadvantages. Fortunately, the multivariable wavelet FEMs can solve these drawbacks. However, the multivariable generalized potential energy functional of curved beam, used to construct this element, has not been given in previous literature. In this paper, the generalized potential energy functional for curved beam with two kinds of variables is derived initially. On this basis, the B-spline wavelet on the interval (BSWI) is used as the interpolation function to construct the wavelet curved beam element with two kinds of variables. In the end, several typical numerical examples of thin to thick curved beams are given, which show that the present element is more effective in static and free vibration analysis of curved beam structures.


Author(s):  
Chenxi Wang ◽  
Xingwu Zhang ◽  
Xuefeng Chen ◽  
Hongrui Cao

As the most significant material removal method, milling plays a very important role in the manufacturing industry. However, chatter occurs frequently in milling, which will seriously affect the production efficiency. The accurate prediction of chatter frequency can contribute to chatter monitoring and the design of the controller for chatter mitigation. During thin-walled workpiece milling under chatter, a new phenomenon of time-varying chatter frequency is discovered and explained in this paper. This phenomenon can be explained as follows, with the workpiece material removal, the modal parameters change during thin-walled milling, which can cause the continuous change of chatter frequency. In order to predict the varying modal parameters, this paper provided an efficient tool, the B-spline wavelet on interval finite element method (BSWIFEM), which can possess the material removal problem more accurately and more rapidly. Based on the calculated modal parameters, the time-varying chatter frequency can be obtained with the chatter frequency calculation formulas. To verify the calculated results, a number of milling tests are implemented on thin-walled parts. The experimental results show that the calculated chatter frequency is in good agreement with the measured chatter frequency, which validates the effectiveness of the proposed method.


Author(s):  
XUEFENG CHEN ◽  
BING LI ◽  
JIAWEI XIANG ◽  
ZHENGJIA HE

Based on finite element of B-spline wavelet on the interval (BSWI), the quantitative identification method of transverse crack for rotor systems was studied. The new model of BSWI Rayleigh–Euler rotary beam element considering gyroscopic effect and rotational inertia was constructed to solve the first three natural frequencies of the cracked rotor with high precision, and the first three frequencies solution surfaces of normalized crack location and size were obtained by using surface-fitting technique. Then the first three metrical natural frequencies were employed as inputs of the solution curve surfaces. The intersection of the three frequencies contour lines predicted the normalized crack location and size. The numerical and experimental examples were given to verify the validity of the beam element for crack quantitative identification in rotor systems. The new method can be applied to prognosis and quantitative diagnosis of cracks in the rotor system.


Author(s):  
Tianheng Feng ◽  
Soovadeep Bakshi ◽  
Qifan Gu ◽  
Dongmei Chen

Motivated by modeling directional drilling dynamics where planar curved beams undergo small displacements, withstand high compression forces, and are in contact with an external wall, this paper presents an finite element method (FEM) modeling framework to describe planar curved beam dynamics under loading. The shape functions of the planar curved beam are obtained using the assumed strain field method. Based on the shape functions, the stiffness and mass matrices of a planar curved beam element are derived using the Euler–Lagrange equations, and the nonlinearities of the beam strain are modeled through a geometric stiffness matrix. The contact effects between curved beams and the external wall are also modeled, and corresponding numerical methods are discussed. Simulations are carried out using the developed element to analyze the dynamics and statics of planar curved structures under small displacements. The numerical simulation converges to the analytical solution as the number of elements increases. Modeling using curved beam elements achieves higher accuracy in both static and dynamic analyses compared to the approximation made by using straight beam elements. To show the utility of the developed FEM framework, the post-buckling condition of a directional drill string is analyzed. The drill pipe undergoes spiral buckling under high compression forces, which agrees with experiments and field observations.


Author(s):  
F. Yang ◽  
R. Sedaghati ◽  
E. Esmailzadeh

Curved beam-type structures have many applications in engineering area. Due to the initial curvature of the central line, it is complicated to develop and solve the equations of motion by taking into account the extensibility of the curve axis and the influences of the shear deformation and the rotary inertia. In this study the finite element method is utilized to study the curved beam with arbitrary geometry. The curved beam is modeled using the Timoshenko beam theory and the circular ring model. The governing equation of motion is derived using the Extended-Hamilton principle and numerically solved by the finite element method. A parametric sensitive study for the natural frequencies has been performed and compared with those reported in the literature in order to demonstrate the accuracy of the analysis.


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