DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF PLATES WITH CUT-OUT CARRYING CONCENTRATED AND DISTRIBUTED MASS

Author(s):  
S Pal ◽  
S Haldar ◽  
K Kalita

An isoparametric plate bending element with nine nodes is used in this paper for dynamic analysis of isotropic cut-out plate having concentrated and uniformly distributed mass on the plate. The Mindlin’s first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT) is used in the present finite element formulation. Two proportionate mass lumping schemes are used. The effect of rotary inertia is included in one of the mass lumping schemes in the present element formulation. Dynamic analysis of rectangular isotropic plates with cut-out having different side ratio, thickness ratio and boundary condition is analysed using a finite element method. The present results are compared with the published results. Some new results on isotropic plates with cut-out having different side ratio, ratio of side-to-thickness of the plate, different position and size of cut-out in plates subjected to transversely concentrated and distributed mass are presented.

2020 ◽  
Vol 162 (A3) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Pal ◽  
S Haldar ◽  
K Kalita

An isoparametric plate bending element with nine nodes is used in this paper for dynamic analysis of isotropic cut-out plate having concentrated and uniformly distributed mass on the plate. The Mindlin’s first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT) is used in the present finite element formulation. Two proportionate mass lumping schemes are used. The effect of rotary inertia is included in one of the mass lumping schemes in the present element formulation. Dynamic analysis of rectangular isotropic plates with cut-out having different side ratio, thickness ratio and boundary condition is analysed using a finite element method. The present results are compared with the published results. Some new results on isotropic plates with cut-out having different side ratio, ratio of side-to-thickness of the plate, different position and size of cut-out in plates subjected to transversely concentrated and distributed mass are presented.


Author(s):  
A. S. Sekhar ◽  
N. Ravi Kumar

Abstract The present study aims in performing eigenvalue analysis and unbalance response for a rotor system having a composite shaft, modelled based on first order shear deformation theory using finite element method with shell elements. Different materials such as boron epoxy, carbon epoxy and graphite epoxy have been tried for various stacking sequences. From the study it is clear that the stacking sequence and material have great influence on the vibrational characteristics of composite shafts.


2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hoang Lan Ton-That

Functionally graded materials are commonly used in a thermal environment to change the properties of constituent materials. They inherently withstand high temperature gradients due to a low thermal conductivity, core ductility, low thermal expansion coefficient, and many others. It is essential to thoroughly study mechanical responses of them and to develop new effective approaches for an accurate prediction of solutions. In this paper, a new four-node quadrilateral element based on a combined strain strategy and first-order shear deformation theory is presented to achieve the behaviour of functionally graded plate/shell structures in a thermal environment. The main notion of the combined strain strategy is based on the combination of the membrane strain and the shear strain related to tying points as well as bending strain with respect to a cell-based smoothed finite element method. Due to the finite element analysis, the first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT) is simple to implement and apply for structures, but the shear correction factors are used to achieve the accuracy of solutions. The author assumes that the temperature distribution is uniform throughout the structure. The rule of mixtures is also considered to describe the variation of material compositions across the thickness. Many desirable characteristics and the enforcement of this element are verified and proved through various numerical examples. Numerical solutions and a comparison with other available solutions suggest that the procedure based on this new combined strain element is accurate and efficient.


2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 517-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanen Mallek ◽  
Hanen Jrad ◽  
Mondher Wali ◽  
Fakhreddine Dammak

This article investigates geometrically nonlinear and linear analysis of multilayered shells with integrated piezoelectric materials. An efficient nonlinear shell element is developed to solve piezoelastic response of laminated structure with embedded piezoelectric actuators and sensors. A modified first-order shear deformation theory is introduced in the present method to remove the shear correction factor and improve the accuracy of transverse shear stresses. The electric potential is assumed to be a linear function through the thickness of each active sub-layer. Several numerical tests for different piezolaminated geometries are conducted to highlight the reliability and efficiency of the proposed implementation in linear and geometrically nonlinear finite element analysis.


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