Mechanical buckling of nanocomposites: Experimental and numerical investigations

2020 ◽  
pp. 096739112096844
Author(s):  
John Raphael ◽  
Arunkumar G Bhat ◽  
Jackson Siby ◽  
Blestin Dino Geevarghese ◽  
Nivish George ◽  
...  

The proposed research explores Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube’s (MWCNT’s) effect on the mechanical buckling behavior of glass fiber-enhanced thermosetting composites using UTM and the load vs displacement curve is plotted. Using the inflection point method, the critical buckling load is obtained from the load vs displacement curve for beams with three different volume fractions of MWCNT. The nonlinear finite element method is used to numerically obtain the load vs deflection curve and the numerical results are compared with the experimental results, and a close match is found with the experimental results. It is observed that the nonlinearity associated with the structure can significantly reduce the critical buckling load. The critical buckling load is found to increase and reported a 27.4% increase in buckling load with 0.3 wt.% of MWCNT which could be accounted for the increase in flexural modulus of the material.

1964 ◽  
Vol 8 (04) ◽  
pp. 7-21
Author(s):  
H.G. Schultz

In the paper presented the behavior of a transversely formed box-girder model subjected to pure bending is discussed, where the deck plating of the model is loaded above the buckling load. The experimental results obtained are in reasonable agreement with theoretical investigations and show the influence of fabrication initiated plate deflections on the buckling and postbuckling behavior of the deck plating clearly. A method is suggested for determining the buckling load of plates having large initial deformations.


2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Hossein Sharifan ◽  
Mohsen Jabbari

Abstract In this paper, mechanical buckling analysis of a functionally graded (FG) elliptical plate, which is made up of saturated porous materials and is resting on two parameters elastic foundation, is investigated. The plate is subjected to in-plane force and mechanical properties of the plate assumed to be varied through the thickness of it according to three different functions, which are called porosity distributions. Since it is assumed that the plate to be thick, the higher order shear deformation theory (HSDT) is employed to analyze the plate. Using the total potential energy function and using the Ritz method, the critical buckling load of the plate is obtained and the results are verified with the simpler states in the literature. The effect of different parameters, such as different models of porosity distribution, porosity variations, pores compressibility variations, boundary conditions, and aspect ratio of the plate, is considered and has been discussed in details. It is seen that increasing the porosity coefficient decreases the stiffness of the plate and consequently the critical buckling load will be reduced. Also, by increasing the pores' compressibility, the critical buckling load will be increased. Adding the elastic foundation to the structure will increase the critical buckling load. The results of this study can be used to design more efficient structures in the future.


Nanomaterials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 1326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subrat Kumar Jena ◽  
Snehashish Chakraverty ◽  
Francesco Tornabene

In the present investigation, the buckling behavior of Euler–Bernoulli nanobeam, which is placed in an electro-magnetic field, is investigated in the framework of Eringen’s nonlocal theory. Critical buckling load for all the classical boundary conditions such as “Pined–Pined (P-P), Clamped–Pined (C-P), Clamped–Clamped (C-C), and Clamped-Free (C-F)” are obtained using shifted Chebyshev polynomials-based Rayleigh-Ritz method. The main advantage of the shifted Chebyshev polynomials is that it does not make the system ill-conditioning with the higher number of terms in the approximation due to the orthogonality of the functions. Validation and convergence studies of the model have been carried out for different cases. Also, a closed-form solution has been obtained for the “Pined–Pined (P-P)” boundary condition using Navier’s technique, and the numerical results obtained for the “Pined–Pined (P-P)” boundary condition are validated with a closed-form solution. Further, the effects of various scaling parameters on the critical buckling load have been explored, and new results are presented as Figures and Tables. Finally, buckling mode shapes are also plotted to show the sensitiveness of the critical buckling load.


2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (03) ◽  
pp. 2050033
Author(s):  
Ji Zhou ◽  
Duanwei Shi ◽  
Chengyun Di ◽  
Yang Zhang ◽  
Xionghao Cheng

The existing critical buckling load calculation methods of horizontal hydraulic cylinder failed to fully reflect the initial boundary conditions and some critical influence factors, resulting in an unjustified critical buckling load. A new method to analyze the buckling behavior of the horizontal hydraulic cylinder articulated at both supports is developed on basis of large deflection theory and Timoshenko beam theory. Friction at supports, self-weight and initial misalignment by clearances are taken into account. Friction moments of supports are built according to Hertz contact theory. Bending stiffness of cylinder-rod junction is figured out in terms of elastic deformation theory. Runge–Kutta and Newton–Raphson method are used in numerical calculation for the critical buckling load. Practical calculation and stability test are carried out to verify the necessity of considering large deflection and shear effect in the proposed method. Experimental work shows the critical buckling load by the proposed method can well match to that by stability test with 0.55% deviation. Moreover, the numerical calculation results demonstrate that the friction moment of the support at piston rod end is crucial for the buckling behavior. The critical buckling load rises increasingly as the friction coefficient [Formula: see text] rises. As the friction coefficients [Formula: see text] increases from 0 to 0.020, the rise rate of critical buckling load increases from 1.782% to 8.055% per 0.001. And the clearance at cylinder-rod junction is a minor factor on the critical buckling load. As the clearances increase by 10 times, the critical buckling load decreases by 3.542%.


Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 3539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aamer Nazir ◽  
Ahmad Bin Arshad ◽  
Jeng-Ywan Jeng

Lattice structures are known for their high strength-to-weight ratio, multiple functionalities, lightweight, stiffness, and energy absorption capabilities and potential applications in aerospace, automobile, and biomedical industry. To reveal the buckling (global and local) and post-buckling behavior of different lattice morphologies, both experimental and simulation-based studies were carried out. Additionally, a variable-density lattice structure was designed and analyzed to achieve the optimal value of critical buckling load. Latticed columns were fabricated using polyamide 12 material on multi jet fusion 3D printer. The results exhibited that the buckling in lattice columns depends on the distribution of mass, second moment of inertia I, diameter and position of vertical beams, number of horizontal or inclined beams, and location and angle of the beams that support the vertical beams. The number of horizontal and inclined beams and their thickness has an inverse relation with buckling; however, this trend changes after approaching a critical point. It is revealed that vertical beams are more crucial for buckling case, when compared with horizontal or inclined beams; however, material distribution in inclined or horizontal orientation is also critical because they provide support to vertical beams to behave as a single body to bear the buckling load. The results also revealed that the critical buckling load could be increased by designing variable density cellular columns in which the beams at the outer edges of the column are thicker compared with inner beams. However, post-buckling behavior of variable density structures is brittle and local when compared with uniform density lattice structures.


Author(s):  
Bob (H. E. J.) van der Heijden ◽  
Richard Liu ◽  
Gabriel Vazquez Perez ◽  
Henk Smienk

Within Heerema Marine Contractors’ (HMC) global installation analysis scope, the sidestep procedure of structures (e.g. in-line tee structure, 2nd end FLET structure or upper riser assembly structure) is identified that might require global buckling analysis. During a side-step procedure a structure is skidded out of the J-Lay tower while free-standing via the stem pipe on the hang off collar of the last hex-joint. While skidding the tower cannot support the structure vertically, only horizontally via a side step clamp higher up in the tower. Hence the stem pipe could buckle globally under the structure weight. The weight of the structure causes compression in the stem pipe and a center of gravity offset of the structure with respect to the pipe centerline causes a bending moment leading to potential global buckling. A global buckling analysis must be performed to check this load case. The purpose of this paper is to provide validation for the use of Flexcom for performing global buckling analysis for the side-step procedure of structures in the J-Lay tower. In order to prove that Flexcom can indeed model global buckling behavior with sufficient accuracy, the critical buckling load obtained is validated using the FE packages Abaqus and Ansys. This comparison serves as validation, not only for the use of Flexcom, but also for the method used to determine the critical buckling load in Flexcom. The analysis methodology used to assess a pipeline or riser for global buckling behavior is updated using the benefits of Flexcom. The use of Flexcom for global buckling analysis is more efficient, due to the ease and simplicity of modeling, and allows dynamic load cases, due to environmental loads and vessel motions, to be analyzed. Hence the potential benefit of performing global buckling analysis in Flexcom.


2017 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 85-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Ravi Kumar

In this work Differential Transform Method (DTM) is used to study the buckling behavior of the single walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT). The critical buckling load is being found out up to fourth degree accuracy for different boundary conditions, i.e. Clamped-Clamped, Simply Supported at ends, Clamped Hinged, and Clamped Free. Effect of different nonlocal parameters, different L/d ratio on critical buckling load is being discussed. The DTM is implemented for the nonlocal SWCNT analysis and this yields results with high degree of accuracy. Further, present method can be applied to linear and nonlinear problems.


Author(s):  
Zhiping Chen ◽  
Ming Zeng ◽  
Chu-Lin Yu ◽  
Jinping Zhu

To comply with the uniform-strength theory, almost all large tanks are made by welding unequal-thickness cylindrical shell courses together. This structure can be considered as a kind of geometry imperfection of tank walls, which has a great influence on buckling behavior and critical load of tank walls. To obtain the related critical buckling load and to verify the effect regularity on bulking due to hoop stress in various combined unequal-thickness cylindrical shells, the numerical simulation was adopted to analyze the buckling behavior with different loads. The results show that the characteristic factors of unequal-thickness structure can reduce the critical buckling load significantly, such factors as shell layers and the difference in thickness of adjacent shell courses are the most dominant.


2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 133-141
Author(s):  
Xiaowen Li ◽  
Zhaoiy Zhu ◽  
Qinglin Chen ◽  
Yingqiang Cai ◽  
Miaojiao Peng

Abstract The stability of thin plate plays an important role in the design and strength check of ship structure. In order to study the shear stability of ship’s thin plates, in-plane shear buckling tests were carried out using a picture frame fixture and a 3D full-field strain measurement system. The critical buckling load, full-field displacement/strain information, and load-displacement curve were obtained. The finite element model with the frame fixture was established based on ABAQUS, with the eigenvalue buckling analysis and nonlinear buckling analysis being carried out to obtain the mechanical response information of the buckling and post-buckling of the ship’s thin plate. The effectiveness and accuracy of the numerical simulation method are verified by comparing the numerical simulation with the experimental results. On this basis, the critical buckling load obtained by shear test, numerical simulation, and theoretical calculation is analyzed, and the function of the frame shear fixture and its influence on the critical buckling load are defined. The research in this paper provides a useful reference for the testing and simulation of in-plane shear stability of ship’s thin plates.


1983 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-19
Author(s):  
T. Akasaka ◽  
S. Yamazaki ◽  
K. Asano

Abstract The buckled wave length and the critical in-plane bending moment of laminated long composite strips of cord-reinforced rubber sheets on an elastic foundation is analyzed by Galerkin's method, with consideration of interlaminar shear deformation. An approximate formula for the wave length is given in terms of cord angle, elastic moduli of the constituent rubber and steel cord, and several structural dimensions. The calculated wave length for a 165SR13 automobile tire with steel breakers (belts) was very close to experimental results. An additional study was then conducted on the post-buckling behavior of a laminated biased composite beam on an elastic foundation. This beam is subjected to axial compression. The calculated relationship between the buckled wave rise and the compressive membrane force also agreed well with experimental results.


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