scholarly journals Free Vibration of FGSW Plates Partially Supported by Pasternak Foundation Based on Refined Shear Deformation Theories

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Cong Ich Le ◽  
Vu Nam Pham ◽  
Dinh Kien Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Free Vibration ◽  
Shear Deformation ◽  
Deformation Theory ◽  
Shear Deformation Theory ◽  
Functionally Graded ◽  
Transverse Displacement ◽  
Pasternak Foundation ◽  
Aspect Ratios ◽  
Hermitian Polynomials ◽  
Quadrilateral Finite Element

A refined third-order shear deformation theory (RTSDT), in which the transverse displacement is split into bending and shear parts, is employed to formulate a four-node quadrilateral finite element for free vibration analysis of functionally graded sandwich (FGSW) plates partially supported by a Pasternak foundation. An element based on the refined first-order shear deformation theory (RFSDT) which requires a shear correction factor is also derived for comparison purpose. The plates consist of a fully ceramic core and two functionally graded skin layers with material properties varying in the thickness direction by a power gradation law. The Mori–Tanaka scheme is employed to evaluate the effective moduli. The elements are derived using Lagrangian and Hermitian polynomials to interpolate the in-plane and transverse displacements, respectively. The numerical result reveals that the frequencies obtained by the RTSDT element are slightly higher than the ones using the RFSDT element. It is also shown that the foundation supporting area plays an important role on the vibration of the plates, and the effect of the material distribution on the frequencies is dependent on this parameter. A parametric study is carried out to highlight the effects of the material inhomogeneity, the foundation stiffness parameters, and the foundation supporting area on the frequencies and vibration modes. The influence of the layer thickness and aspect ratios on the frequencies is also examined and highlighted.

scholarly journals A Semianalytical Approach for Free Vibration Characteristics of Functionally Graded Spherical Shell Based on First-Order Shear Deformation Theory

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fuzhen Pang ◽  
Cong Gao ◽  
Jie Cui ◽  
Yi Ren ◽  
Haichao Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Free Vibration ◽  
Spherical Shell ◽  
Shear Deformation ◽  
Deformation Theory ◽  
Ritz Method ◽  
Shear Deformation Theory ◽  
Vibration Characteristics ◽  
Functionally Graded ◽  
Numerical Verification ◽  
First Order

This paper describes a unified solution to investigate free vibration solutions of functionally graded (FG) spherical shell with general boundary restraints. The analytical model is established based on the first-order shear deformation theory, and the material varies uniformly along the thickness of FG spherical shell which is divided into several sections along the meridian direction. The displacement functions along circumferential and axial direction are, respectively, composed by Fourier series and Jacobi polynomial regardless of boundary restraints. The boundary restraints of FG spherical shell can be easily simulated according to penalty method of spring stiffness technique, and the vibration solutions are obtained by Rayleigh–Ritz method. To verify the reliability and accuracy of the present solutions, the convergence and numerical verification have been conducted about different boundary parameters, Jacobi parameter, etc. The results obtained by the present method closely agree with those obtained from the published literatures, experiments, and finite element method (FEM). The impacts of geometric dimensions and boundary conditions on the vibration characteristics of FG spherical shell structure are also presented.

On the buckling of advanced composite sandwich rectangular plates

2020 ◽  
pp. 109963622092508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atteshamuddin S Sayyad ◽  
Yuwaraj M Ghugal
Keyword(s):  
Shear Deformation ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Analytical Solutions ◽  
Deformation Theory ◽  
Shear Deformation Theory ◽  
Functionally Graded ◽  
Skin Thickness ◽  
Sandwich Plates ◽  
Rectangular Plates ◽  
Aspect Ratios

In this paper, higher order closed-formed analytical solutions for the buckling analysis of functionally graded sandwich rectangular plates are obtained using a unified shear deformation theory. Three-layered sandwich plates with functionally graded skins on top and bottom; and isotropic core in the middle are considered for the study. The material properties of skins are varied through the thickness according to the power-law distribution. Two types of sandwich plates (hardcore and softcore) are considered for the detail numerical study. A unified shear deformation theory developed in the present study uses polynomial and non-polynomial-type shape functions in terms of thickness coordinate to account for the effect of shear deformation. In the present theory, the in-plane displacements consider the combined effect of bending rotation and shear rotation. The parabolic shear deformation theory of Reddy and the first-order shear deformation theory of Mindlin are the particular cases of the present unified formulation. The governing differential equations are evaluated from the principle of virtual work. Closed-formed analytical solutions are obtained by using the Navier’s technique. The non-dimensional critical buckling load factors are obtained for various power-law coefficients, aspect ratios and skin-core-skin thickness ratios.

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