INVESTIGATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF AN INTERMEDIATE HINGE SUPPORT IN THE PROBLEM OF BENDING OF AN ELASTICALLY RESTRAINED ORTHOTROPIC BEAM

In this paper, based on the refined theory of orthotropic plates of variable thickness, a system of differential equations is obtained for solving the problem of bending of an elastically restrained beam with an intermediate condition. The beam thickness is constant and is subject to a uniformly distributed load. The effects of transverse shear are also taken into account. Passing to dimensionless quantities, an analytical closed solution is obtained. The question of the influence of changing the place of application of the intermediate condition on the solution is discussed. Depending on the location of the hinge bearing, the question of optimality was posed and resolved according to the principle of minimum maximum deflection. The results are presented in both tabular and graphical form. Based on the results obtained, appropriate conclusions are drawn.

Vibration analysis of functionally graded circular plates of variable thickness under thermal environment by generalized differential quadrature method

The vibration of functionally graded circular plates of variable thickness under a thermal environment is analyzed when the nodal lines are concentric circles by using the generalized differential quadrature method for the nonlinear temperature distribution in the thickness direction. The parabolic variation in thickness along the radial direction is controlled by a taper constant. The plate material is graded in the transverse direction and its mechanical properties are temperature-dependent. The thermal environment over the top and bottom surfaces of the plate is assumed to be uniform. Hamilton's principle has been used in obtaining the governing differential equations for thermo-elastic equilibrium and axisymmetric motion for such a plate model employing Kirchhoff plate theory. Numerical results for thermal displacements and natural frequencies of clamped and simply supported plates have been obtained using MATLAB. The effect of the taper constant, volume fraction index, and temperature difference on the vibration characteristics has been analyzed for the lowest three modes of vibration. A study in which the plate material has temperature-independent properties has also been performed. The accuracy of the present technique is verified by comparing the results with those available in the literature.

THE SOLUTION OF PHYSICALLY NONLINEAR PROBLEMS OF BENDING VALVE PLATES

The algorithm of Kantorovich gradient method applied to nonlinear problems of construction mechanics and mechanics of deformable solids, proposed in [1], is applied to the study of the bending of physically nonlinear plates of variable thickness. This article should be considered as a logical development of the content of the work [2]

To Calculation of Rectangular Plates on Periodic Oscillations

Geometrically nonlinear mathematical model of the problem of parametric oscillations of a viscoelastic orthotropic plate of variable thickness is developed using the classical Kirchhoff-Love hypothesis. The technique of the nonlinear problem solution by applying the Bubnov-Galerkin method at polynomial approximation of displacements (and deflection) and a numerical method that uses quadrature formula are proposed. The Koltunov-Rzhanitsyn kernel with three different rheological parameters is chosen as a weakly singular kernel. Parametric oscillations of viscoelastic orthotropic plates of variable thickness under the effect of an external load are investigated. The effect on the domain of dynamic instability of geometric nonlinearity, viscoelastic properties of material, as well as other physical-mechanical and geometric parameters and factors are taken into account. The results obtained are in good agreement with the results and data of other authors.

Free Vibration of Cross-Ply Laminated Plates with Variable Thickness Based on Shear Deformation Theory

Free vibration of laminated cross-ply plates of variable thickness including transverse problem is solved numerically to obtain eigenvalues as frequency parameter and associated eigenvectors which are spline coefficients. The variation of frequency parameters with respect to the aspect ratio, side-to-thickness ratio, ply-angle, number of layer and thickness variations for two different materials under simply supported boundary conditions are analyzed.