scholarly journals Specific damping capacity calculation of composite plates with delamination based on higher-order Zig-Zag theory

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 2784-2795
Author(s):  
Chuwei Zhou ◽  
Chaogan Gao
Keyword(s):  
Composite Plates ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Damping Capacity ◽  
Capacity Calculation ◽  
Specific Damping Capacity

Assessment of Internal Damping in Uniaxially Stressed Metals: Exponential and Autoregressive Methods

1998 ◽  
Vol 120 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. L. Audenino ◽  
E. M. Zanetti ◽  
P. M. Calderale
Keyword(s):  
Nonlinear Behavior ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Dissipated Energy ◽  
Exponential Fitting ◽  
Damping Capacity ◽  
Test Machine ◽  
Internal Damping ◽  
Cast Irons ◽  
Decay Signal ◽  
Specific Damping Capacity

When a metallic material is highly stressed, its internal specific damping capacity increases showing a nonlinear behavior. In spite of this, the most part of experimental methods employ nonhomogeneous stress fields measuring only a volumetric average, often called structural damping. To overcome this problem the procedure herein presented extends the applicability of the plain traction or compression methods to higher frequency range (up to 300 Hz). The introduced methodology corrects for elastic energy and dissipated energy relative to the test machine and to the fixtures. The experimental procedure is based on the acquisition of a decay signal when the test machine excitation force has been removed. Two different methods to extract the pattern of internal damping versus material strain have been compared: one is based on least square exponential fitting while the other employs an autoregressive model. Best results have been obtained combining the two techniques taking into account also the variation of Young’s modulus with strain. The resulting curves of the loss factor as a function of strain amplitude for three steels and two cast irons are presented.

Stress analysis of smart composite plate structures

2020 ◽  
pp. 095440622097544
Author(s):  
Aniket Chanda ◽  
Utkarsh Chandel ◽  
Rosalin Sahoo ◽  
Neeraj Grover
Keyword(s):  
Shear Deformation ◽  
Transverse Shear ◽  
Laminated Composite ◽  
Composite Plates ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Hyperbolic Function ◽  
Solution Technique ◽  
Shear Stresses ◽  
Laminated Composite Plates ◽  
Equilibrium Equations

In the present study, the electro-mechanical responses of smart laminated composite plates with piezoelectric materials are derived using a two-dimensional (2 D) displacement-based non-polynomial higher-order shear deformation theory. The kinematics of the mathematical model incorporates the deformation of laminates which account for the effects of transverse shear deformation and a non-linear variation of the in-plane displacements using inverse sine hyperbolic function of the thickness coordinate. The equilibrium equations are obtained using the minimization of energy principle known as the principle of minimum potential energy (PMPE) which is also based on a variational approach and the solutions are obtained using Navier’s solution technique for diaphragm supported smart laminated composite plates. The responses obtained in the form of deflection and stresses are compared with three dimensional (3 D) solutions and also with different polynomial and non-polynomial based higher-order theories in the literature. The transverse shear stresses are obtained using 3 D equilibrium equations of elasticity to enhance the accuracy of the present results. Various examples are numerically solved to establish the efficiency of the present model.

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