scholarly journals On the Finite Element Model of Rotating Functionally Graded Graphene Beams Resting on Elastic Foundation

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Nguyen Van Dung ◽  
Nguyen Chi Tho ◽  
Nguyen Manh Ha ◽  
Vu Trong Hieu

Rotating structures can be easily encountered in engineering practice such as turbines, helicopter propellers, railroad tracks in turning positions, and so on. In such cases, it can be seen as a moving beam that rotates around a fixed axis. These structures commonly operate in hot weather; as a result, the arising temperature significantly changes their mechanical response, so studying the mechanical behavior of these structures in a temperature environment has great implications for design and use in practice. This work is the first exploration using the new shear deformation theory-type hyperbolic sine functions to carry out the free vibration analysis of the rotating functionally graded graphene beam resting on the elastic foundation taking into account the effects of both temperature and the initial geometrical imperfection. Equations for determining the fundamental frequencies as well as the vibration mode shapes of the beam are established, as mentioned, by the finite element method. The beam material is reinforced with graphene platelets (GPLs) with three types of GPL distribution ratios. The numerical results show numerous new points that have not been published before, especially the influence of the rotational speed, temperature, and material distribution on the free vibration response of the structure.

Author(s):  
Pabitra Maji ◽  
Mrutyunjay Rout ◽  
Amit Karmakar

Finite element procedure is employed to analyze the free vibration characteristics of rotating functionally graded carbon nanotubes reinforced composite conical shell with pretwist under the thermal environment. In this paper, four types of carbon nanotube grading are considered, wherein the distribution of carbon nanotubes are made through the thickness direction of the conical shell. An eight-noded isoparametric shell element is used in the present formulation to model the panel based on the first-order shear deformation theory. For moderate rotational speeds, the generalized dynamic equilibrium equation is derived from Lagrange’s equation of motion, neglecting the Coriolis effect. The finite element code is developed to investigate the effect of twist angle, temperature, aspect ratio, and rotational speed on natural frequencies. The mode shapes of a carbon nanotube reinforced functionally graded conical shell at different twist angles and rotational speeds are also presented.


Author(s):  
Miguel Gutierrez Rivera ◽  
J. N. Reddy

AbstractIn this paper the thermo-mechanical response of functionally graded plates and shells is studied using a continuum shell finite element model with high-order spectral/hp basis functions. The shell element is based on the seven-parameter first-order shear deformation theory, and it does not utilize reduced integration or stabilization ideas and yet exhibits no locking. The static and dynamic response of functionally graded shells, with power-law variation of the constituents, under mechanical and thermal loads is investigated by varying the volume fraction of the constituents. Numerical results for deflections and stresses are presented and compared with available analytical and finite element results from the literature. The performance of the shell element for transient thermal problems is found to be excellent.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Van-Ke Tran ◽  
Thanh-Trung Tran ◽  
Minh-Van Phung ◽  
Quoc-Hoa Pham ◽  
Trung Nguyen-Thoi

This article presents a finite element method (FEM) integrated with the nonlocal theory for analysis of the static bending and free vibration of the sandwich functionally graded (FG) nanoplates resting on the elastic foundation (EF). Material properties of nanoplates are assumed to vary through thickness following two types (Type A with homogeneous core and FG material for upper and lower layers and Type B with FG material core and homogeneous materials for upper and lower layers). In this study, the formulation of the four-node quadrilateral element based on the mixed interpolation of tensorial components (MITC4) is used to avoid “the shear-locking” problem. On the basis of Hamilton’s principle and the nonlocal theory, the governing equations for the sandwich FG nanoplates are derived. The results of the proposed model are compared with published works to verify the accuracy and reliability. Furthermore, the effects of geometric parameters and material properties on the static and free vibration behaviors of nanoplates are investigated in detail.


Author(s):  
Ehsan Arshid ◽  
Ali Kiani ◽  
Saeed Amir ◽  
Mustafa Zarghami Dehaghani

The current study aims to analyze the asymmetric free vibration behavior of shear deformable functionally graded magneto-electro-thermo-elastic circular plates. The plate’s displacements are described by employing the first-order shear deformation theory and based on the von Karman assumptions, the strains and displacements are related together. Using Hamilton’s principle and variational formulation, the governing motion equations and also the associated boundary conditions have been derived. The generalized differential quadrature method is applied to discretize and solve them. The effects of the most important parameters such as material gradient index, electromagnetic loads, boundary conditions, and also aspect ratio of the plate on the natural frequencies and mode shapes of the plate are considered and discussed in details. The results show that the effect of electric potential on the natural frequency is the opposite of the magnetic one. In other words as the magnetic potential increases, the rigidity of the plate increases too and the frequency enhances. The results are compared and verified with the simpler states in literature. The findings of this study are useful for designing more efficient sensors and actuators used in smart or intelligent structures.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1206 (1) ◽  
pp. 012019
Author(s):  
Surojit Biswas ◽  
Priyankar Datta

Abstract The present article deals with the free vibration of functionally graded carbon nanotube reinforced composite (FG-CNTRC) beams employing various refined deformation theories and validates the accuracy and feasibility of these proposed theories. The theories involved are the first order shear deformation theory (FSDT) and other refined theories involving additional higher order terms. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are assumed to be oriented along the axis of the beam. Uniform and three types of different functionally graded (FG) distributions of CNTs through the thickness of the beam are considered. The rule of mixture is used to describe the effective material properties of the beams. The governing equations are derived using Hamilton’s principle and solved using the finite element method (FEM). A FEM code is compiled in MATLAB considering a C 0 finite element. The influences of different key parameters such as CNT volume fraction, distribution type of CNTs, boundary conditions and slenderness ratio on the natural frequencies of FG-CNTRC beams are investigated. It can be concluded that the above-mentioned parameters have significant influence on the free vibration of the beam and the accuracy of the proposed refined theories is good.


2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tran Huu Quoc ◽  
Tran Minh Tu ◽  
Nguyen Van Long

In this paper, a new eight-unknown shear deformation theory is developed for bending and free vibration analysis of functionally graded plates by finite element method. The theory based on full twelve-unknown higher order shear deformation theory, simultaneously satisfy zeros transverse stresses at top and bottom surface of FG plates. A four-node rectangular element with sixteen degrees of freedom per node is used. Poisson’s ratios, Young’s moduli and material densities vary continuously in thickness direction according to the volume fraction of constituents which is modeled as power law functions. Results are verified with available results in the literature. Parametric studies are performed for different power law index, side-to-thickness ratios.


2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 67-72
Author(s):  
Haneen A. Mahmood ◽  
Zaid S. Hammoudi ◽  
Ali Laftah Abbas

A delicate analysis of the natural frequencies and mode shapes of a cable stayed bridge is essential to the solution of its dynamic responses due to seismic, wind and traffic loads. In this paper, a bridge with geometry comparable to the Quincy Bayview Bridge was modelled in order to explore the significance of the three dimensional and free vibration analysis. This paper provides a detail of the bridge and the equivalent cross section of the three-dimensional finite element model implicating cables, the bridge deck and pylons as well as the boundary conditions and free vibration analysis by Ansys15.0. The bridge was analyzed to free vibration to obtaine the natural frequency and mode shape. result of this paper present the natural frequencies and mode shapes of the bridge. The method of modelling cables is also studied. It is found that modelling cables as multi beam elements provides better results than using the traditional (and simpler) method of modeling them as single tensile elements.


2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (8) ◽  
pp. 619-636 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mrutyunjay Rout ◽  
Tanmoy Bandyopadhyay ◽  
Amit Karmakar

This paper presents the effect of stiffeners on the free vibration response of delaminated composite shallow cylindrical shells employing the finite element method. An eight-noded isoparametric shell element based on the first-order shear deformation theory is combined with a three-noded isoparametric curved beam element in the present formulation. The stiffeners follow the nodal lines of the shell wherein the stiffness and mass of the stiffeners are lumped at the corresponding nodal points of the shell elements considering curvature and eccentricity. The generalized dynamic equilibrium equation is derived from Lagrange’s equation of motion, wherein Coriolis effect for moderate rotational speeds is neglected. The multi-point constraint algorithm has been used to model delamination at the desired locations wherein the compatibility of deformation and equilibrium of stress resultants are ensured at the delamination crack front. Numerical results are presented for cantilevered long, intermediate and short cylindrical shells as defined by Aas-Jakobsen’s parameters, and the influence of important parameters like location of delamination, twist angle, rotational speed, number of layers and eccentricity of the stiffeners is studied. The mode shapes for a typical composite un-stiffened and stiffened long cylindrical shell at different rotational speeds and twist angles are also presented.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trung Thanh Tran ◽  
Quoc-Hoa Pham ◽  
Trung Nguyen-Thoi

In this paper, free vibration analysis of the functionally graded porous (FGP) plates on the elastic foundation taking into mass (EFTIM) is presented. The fundamental equations of the FGP plate are derived using Hamilton’s principle. The mixed interpolation of the tensorial components (MITC) approach and the edge-based smoothed finite element method (ES-FEM) is employed to avoid the shear locking as well as to improve the accuracy for the triangular element. The EFTIM is a foundation model based on the two-parameter Winkler–Pasternak model but added a mass parameter of foundation. Materials of the plate are FGP with a power-law distribution and maximum porosity distributions in the forms of cosine functions. Some numerical examples are examined to demonstrate the accuracy and reliability of the proposed method in comparison with those available in the literature.


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