Vibration Analysis of a Floating Roof Taking Into Account the Nonlinearity of Sloshing

2008 ◽  
Vol 75 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Utsumi ◽  
K. Ishida

The vibration of a floating roof hydroelastically coupled with nonlinear sloshing is analyzed. Influences of the nonlinearity of sloshing on the magnitude of stresses arising in a floating roof are investigated. Numerical results show that (i) neglecting the nonlinearity of sloshing significantly underestimates the magnitude of the stresses, even when the nonlinear effect is small for the roof displacement; and (ii) the underestimation associated with the use of the linear approximation becomes more marked with the decrease in the liquid depth. The reasons for these results are explained based on the fact that in the nonlinear sloshing, the modal component with circumferential wave number 2 is excited.

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 944-948 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sinan Maraş ◽  
Mustafa Yaman ◽  
Mehmet Fatih Şansveren ◽  
Sina Karimpour Reyhan

AbstractIn recent years, studies on the development of new and advanced composite materials have been increasing. Among these new technological products, Fiber Metal Laminates (FML), and hybrid structures made of aluminium, carbon, glass or aramid fiber, are preferred especially in the aircraft industry due to their high performance. Therefore, free vibration analysis is necessary for the design process of such structures. In this study, the vibration characteristics of FML for clamped-free boundary conditions were investigated experimentally and numerically. Firstly, numerical results were obtained using Finite Element Method (FEM) and then these results were compared with the experimental results. It was seen that the numerical results were in good agreement with the experimental results. As the theoretical model was justified, the effects of various parameters such as number of layers, fiber orientations, and aluminium layer thickness on the in-plane vibration characteristics of the FML straight beam were analysed using FEM. Thus, most important parameters affecting the vibration characteristics of the hybrid structures were determined.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongliang Wang ◽  
Jianhui Wang

PurposeThis study presents a novel hp-version adaptive finite element method (FEM) to investigate the high-precision eigensolutions of the free vibration of moderately thick circular cylindrical shells, involving the issues of variable geometrical factors, such as the thickness, circumferential wave number, radius and length.Design/methodology/approachAn hp-version adaptive finite element (FE) algorithm is proposed for determining the eigensolutions of the free vibration of moderately thick circular cylindrical shells via error homogenisation and higher-order interpolation. This algorithm first develops the established h-version mesh refinement method for detecting the non-uniform distributed optimised meshes, where the error estimation and element subdivision approaches based on the superconvergent patch recovery displacement method are introduced to obtain high-precision solutions. The errors in the vibration mode solutions in the global space domain are homogenised and approximately the same. Subsequently, on the refined meshes, the algorithm uses higher-order shape functions for the interpolation of trial displacement functions to reduce the errors quickly, until the solution meets a pre-specified error tolerance condition. In this algorithm, the non-uniform mesh generation and higher-order interpolation of shape functions are suitable for addressing the problem of complex frequencies and modes caused by variable structural geometries.FindingsNumerical results are presented for moderately thick circular cylindrical shells with different geometrical factors (circumferential wave number, thickness-to-radius ratio, thickness-to-length ratio) to demonstrate the effectiveness, accuracy and reliability of the proposed method. The hp-version refinement uses fewer optimised meshes than h-version mesh refinement, and only one-step interpolation of the higher-order shape function yields the eigensolutions satisfying the accuracy requirement.Originality/valueThe proposed combination of methodologies provides a complete hp-version adaptive FEM for analysing the free vibration of moderately thick circular cylindrical shells. This algorithm can be extended to general eigenproblems and geometric forms of structures to solve for the frequency and mode quickly and efficiently.


Author(s):  
Anne-Lise Fiquet ◽  
Agathe Vercoutter ◽  
Nicolas Buffaz ◽  
Stéphane Aubert ◽  
Christoph Brandstetter

Abstract Significant non-synchronous blade vibrations (NSV) have been observed in an experimental three-stage high-speed compressor at part-speed conditions. High amplitude acoustic modes, propagating around the circumference and originating in the highly loaded Stage-3 have been observed in coherence with the structural vibration mode. In order to understand the occurring phenomena, a detailed numerical study has been carried out to reproduce the mechanism. Unsteady full annulus RANS simulations of the whole setup have been performed using the solver elsA. The results revealed the development of propagating acoustic modes which are partially trapped in the annulus and are in resonance with an aerodynamic disturbance in Rotor-3. The aerodynamic disturbance is identified as an unsteady separation of the blade boundary layer in Rotor-3. The results indicate that the frequency and phase of the separation adapt to match those of the acoustic wave, and are therefore governed by acoustic propagation conditions. Furthermore, the simulations clearly show the modulation of the propagating wave with the rotor blades, leading to a change of circumferential wave numbers while passing the blade row. To analyze if the effect is self-induced by the blade vibration, a noncoherent structural mode has been imposed in the simulations. Even at high vibration amplitude the formerly observed acoustic mode did not change its circumferential wave number. This phenomenon is highly relevant to modern compressor designs, since the appearance of the axially propagating acoustic waves can excite blade vibrations if they coincide with a structural eigenmode, as observed in the presented experiments.


2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 249-268
Author(s):  
Yongxiang Liu ◽  
Xuejun Xu

In this paper we study how the overlapping size influences the convergence rate of an optimized Schwarz domain decomposition (DD) method with relaxation in the two subdomain case for the Helmholtz equation. Through choosing suitable parameters, we find that the convergence rate is independent of the wave number k and mesh size h, but sensitively depends on the overlapping size. Furthermore, by careful analysis, we obtain that the convergence behavior deteriorates with the increase of the overlapping size. Numerical results which confirm our theory are given.


2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 1341-1357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyyed M. Hasheminejad ◽  
Yaser Mirzaei

A three-dimensional elasticity-based continuum model is developed for describing the free vibrational characteristics of an important class of isotropic, homogeneous, and completely free structural bodies (i.e., finite cylinders, solid spheres, and rectangular parallelepipeds) containing an arbitrarily located simple inhomogeneity in form of a spherical or cylindrical defect. The solution method uses Ritz minimization procedure with triplicate series of orthogonal Chebyshev polynomials as the trial functions to approximate the displacement components in the associated elastic domains, and eventually arrive at the governing eigenvalue equations. An extensive review of the literature spanning over the past three decades is also given herein regarding the free vibration analysis of elastic structures using Ritz approach. Accuracy of the implemented approach is established through proper convergence studies, while the validity of results is demonstrated with the aid of a commercial FEM software, and whenever possible, by comparison with other published data. Numerical results are provided and discussed for the first few clusters of eigen-frequencies corresponding to various mode categories in a wide range of cavity eccentricities. Also, the corresponding 3D mode shapes are graphically illustrated for selected eccentricities. The numerical results disclose the vital influence of inner cavity eccentricity on the vibrational characteristics of the voided elastic structures. In particular, the activation of degenerate frequency splitting and incidence of internal/external mode crossings are confirmed and discussed. Most of the results reported herein are believed to be new to the existing literature and may serve as benchmark data for future developments in computational techniques.


Author(s):  
E. Ghavanoo ◽  
F. Daneshmand ◽  
M. Amabili

The mechanical behavior of a eukaryotic cell is mainly determined by its cytoskeleton. Microtubules immersed in cytosol are a central part of the cytoskeleton. Cytosol is the viscous fluid in living cells. The microtubules permanently oscillate in the cytosol. In this study, two-dimensional vibration of a single microtubule in living cell is investigated. The Donnell’s shell theory equations for orthotropic materials is used to model the microtubule whereas the motion of the cytosol is modeled as Stokes flow characterized by a small Reynolds number with no-slip condition at microtubule-cytosol interface. The stress field in the cytosol induced by vibrating microtubule is determined analytically and the coupled vibrations of the microtubule-cytoplasm system are investigated. A coupled polynomial eigenvalue problem is developed in the present study and the variations of eigenvalues of coupled system with cytosol dynamic viscosity, microtubule circumferential Young’s modulus and circumferential wave number are examined.


Author(s):  
Zhiwei Song ◽  
Xiaoqiao He ◽  
Wei Li ◽  
De Xie

Matched interface and boundary (MIB) method is introduced for free vibration analysis of irregular membranes. Two distinct schemes-on-interface and off-interface schemes are used to deal with the topological relations between edges of irregular domains and the Cartesian mesh lines. Different geometric shapes such as triangle and quadrilateral are dealt with by using MIB procedures. A number of examples are chosen to demonstrate the accuracy and convergence of MIB method. Numerical results show that MIB method is an efficient and highly accurate approach to solve free vibration problems of irregular membranes. This study further extends the application of MIB.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Hongmei Wu ◽  
Zhiying Ou

By using the complex variable function theory and the conformal mapping method, the scattering of plane shear wave (SH-wave) around an arbitrary shaped nano-cavity is studied. Surface effects at the nanoscale are explained based on the surface elasticity theory. According to the generalized Yong–Laplace equations, the boundary conditions are given, and the infinite algebraic equations for solving the unknown coefficients of the scattered wave solutions are established. The numerical solutions of the stress field can be obtained by using the orthogonality of trigonometric functions. Lastly, the numerical results of dynamic stress concentration factor around a circular hole, an elliptic hole and a square hole as the special cases are discussed. The numerical results show that the surface effect and wave number have a significant effect on the dynamic stress concentration, and prove that our results from theoretical derivation are correct.


Author(s):  
Daiki Tajiri ◽  
Masami Matsubara ◽  
Masaki Ojiro ◽  
Mizuki Sato ◽  
Shozo Kawamura

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