A New Concept of the Effective Shear Modulus for a Plate Buckled in Shear

1995 ◽  
Vol 39 (01) ◽  
pp. 70-75
Author(s):  
Jeom Kee Paik

A new concept of the effective shear modulus is suggested for describing stiffness and strength of a plate in edge shear. This concept has quite similar advantages to the effective width, which has been recognized as an efficient approach for analysis of the post-buckling behavior of thin-walled members in compression. The theoretical background of the new idea is described, and based on results of the series analysis an empirical formula of the effective shear modulus for a simply supported rectangular plate is derived taking into account initial deflection effects. Using this formula, an ultimate shear strength formula of a plate is also suggested. The validity of the proposed formula is checked by comparison with the numerical results. It is concluded that the proposed idea will be quite useful if an effective shear modulus formula is successfully developed.

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. D. Yau ◽  
S.-R. Kuo

ABSTRACTUsing conventional virtual work method to derive geometric stiffness of a thin-walled beam element, researchers usually have to deal with nonlinear strains with high order terms and the induced moments caused by cross sectional stress results under rotations. To simplify the laborious procedure, this study decomposes an I-beam element into three narrow beam components in conjunction with geometrical hypothesis of rigid cross section. Then let us adopt Yanget al.'s simplified geometric stiffness matrix [kg]12×12of a rigid beam element as the basis of geometric stiffness of a narrow beam element. Finally, we can use rigid beam assemblage and stiffness transformation procedure to derivate the geometric stiffness matrix [kg]14×14of an I-beam element, in which two nodal warping deformations are included. From the derived [kg]14×14matrix, it can take into account the nature of various rotational moments, such as semi-tangential (ST) property for St. Venant torque and quasi-tangential (QT) property for both bending moment and warping torque. The applicability of the proposed [kg]14×14matrix to buckling problem and geometric nonlinear analysis of loaded I-shaped beam structures will be verified and compared with the results presented in existing literatures. Moreover, the post-buckling behavior of a centrally-load web-tapered I-beam with warping restraints will be investigated as well.


2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (07) ◽  
pp. 1540020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Krommer ◽  
Hans Irschik

In the present paper, the geometrically nonlinear behavior of piezoelastic thin plates is studied. First, the governing equations for the electromechanically coupled problem are derived based on the von Karman–Tsien kinematic assumption. Here, the Berger approximation is extended to the coupled piezoelastic problem. The general equations are then reduced to a single nonlinear partial differential equation for the special case of simply supported polygonal edges. The nonlinear equations are approximated by using a problem-oriented Ritz Ansatz in combination with a Galerkin procedure. Based on the resulting equations the buckling and post-buckling behavior of a polygonal simply supported plate is studied in a nondimensional form, where the special geometry of the polygonal plate enters via the eigenvalues of a Helmholtz problem with Dirichlet boundary conditions. Single term as well as multi-term solutions are discussed including the effects of piezoelectric actuation and transverse force loadings upon the solution. Novel results concerning the buckling, snap through and snap buckling behavior are presented.


Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 4742
Author(s):  
Tomasz Kopecki ◽  
Przemysław Mazurek ◽  
Łukasz Święch

This study presents the results of experimental research and numerical calculations regarding models of a typical torsion box fragment, which is a common thin-walled load-bearing structure used in aviation technology. A fragment of this structure corresponding to the spar wall was made using 3D printing. The examined system was subjected to twisting and underwent post-critical deformation. The research was aimed at determining the influence of the printing direction of the structure’s individual layers on the system stiffness. The experimental phase was supplemented by nonlinear numerical analyses of the models of the studied systems, taking into account the details of the structure mapping using the laminate concept. The purpose of the calculations was to determine the usefulness of the adopted method for modeling the examined structures by assessing the compliance of numerical solutions with the results of the experiment.


2012 ◽  
Vol 152-154 ◽  
pp. 474-479
Author(s):  
Feng Qun Zhao ◽  
Zhong Min Wang ◽  
Rui Ping Zhang

Based on the Kirchhoff large deformation theory, the post-buckling behavior of right movable simply supported FGM beam subjected to non-conservative forces and in-plane thermal loading was analyzed in this paper. The temperature-dependent and spatially dependent material properties of the FGM beam were assumed to vary through the thickness. The nonlinear governing equations of FGM beam subjected to a uniform distributed tangential load along the central axis and in-plane thermal loading were derived. Then, a shooting method and Runge-kutta method are employed to numerically solve the resulting equations. The post-buckling equilibrium paths of the FGM beam with different parameters were plotted, and the effects of non-conservative force, temperature, gradient index of FGM on the post-buckling behavior of right movable simply supported FGM beams were analyzed.


2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (05) ◽  
pp. 877-902 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. B. DINIS ◽  
D. CAMOTIM

This paper reports the results of a numerical investigation concerning the elastic and elastic-plastic post-buckling behavior of cold-formed steel-lipped channel columns affected by local/distortional/global (flexural-torsional) buckling mode interaction. The results presented and discussed are obtained by means of analyses performed in the code ABAQUS and adopting column discretizations into fine four-node isoparametric shell element meshes. The columns analysed (i) are simply supported (locally/globally pinned end sections with free warping), (ii) have cross-section dimensions and lengths ensuring equal local, distortional, and global (flexural-torsional) critical buckling loads, thus maximizing the mode interaction phenomenon under scrutiny, and (iii) contain critical-mode initial geometrical imperfections exhibiting different configurations, all corresponding to linear combination of the three "competing" critical buckling modes. After briefly addressing the lipped channel column "pure" global post-buckling behavior, one presents and discusses in detail numerical results concerning the post-buckling behavior of similar columns experiencing strong local/distortional/global mode interaction effects. These results consist of (i) elastic (mostly) and elastic-plastic equilibrium paths, (ii) curves and figures providing the evolution of the deformed configurations of several columns (expressed as linear combinations of their local, distortional, and global components) and, for the elastic-plastic columns, (iii) figures enabling a clear visualization of (iii1) the location and growth of the plastic strains, and (iii2) the characteristics of the failure mechanisms more often detected in this work.


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