Free-vibration analysis of cracked beam with constant width and linearly varying thickness

2022 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Mehmet Haskul ◽  
Murat Kisa
Keyword(s):  
Free Vibration ◽  
Vibration Analysis ◽  
Constant Width ◽  
Free Vibration Analysis ◽  
Cracked Beam ◽  
Varying Thickness

Exact solution for free vibration analysis of linearly varying thickness FGM plate using Galerkin-Vlasov’s method

2020 ◽  
pp. 146442072098049
Author(s):  
V Kumar ◽  
SJ Singh ◽  
VH Saran ◽  
SP Harsha
Keyword(s):  
Free Vibration ◽  
Variable Thickness ◽  
Vibration Analysis ◽  
Shear Deformation Theory ◽  
Free Vibration Analysis ◽  
Functionally Graded ◽  
Constant Thickness ◽  
Engineering Structures ◽  
Property Variation ◽  
Varying Thickness

The present paper investigates the free vibration analysis for functionally graded material plates of linearly varying thickness. A non-polynomial higher order shear deformation theory is used, which is based on inverse hyperbolic shape function for the tapered FGM plate. Three different types of material gradation laws, specifically: a power (P-FGM), exponential (E-FGM), and sigmoid law (S-FGM) are used to calculate the property variation in the thickness direction of FGM plate. The variational principle has been applied to derive the governing differential equation for the plates. Non-dimensional frequencies have been evaluated by considering the semi-analytical approach viz. Galerkin-Vlasov’s method. The accuracy of the preceding formulation has been validated through numerical examples consisting of constant thickness and tapered (variable thickness) plates. The findings obtained by this method are found to be in close agreement with the published results. Parametric studies are then explored for different geometric parameters like taper ratio and boundary conditions. It is deduced that the frequency parameter is maximum for S-FGM tapered plate as compared to E- and P-FGM tapered plate. Consequently, it is concluded that the S-FGM tapered plate is suitable for those engineering structures that are subjected to huge excitations to avoid resonance conditions. In addition, it is found that the taper ratio is significantly affected by the type of constraints on the edges of the tapered FGM plate. Some novel results for FGM plate with variable thickness are also computed that can be used as benchmark results for future reference.

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