Free Vibration of a Multilayered One-Dimensional Quasi-Crystal Plate

2014 ◽  
Vol 136 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalie Waksmanski ◽  
Ernian Pan ◽  
Lian-Zhi Yang ◽  
Yang Gao

An exact closed-form solution of free vibration of a simply supported and multilayered one-dimensional (1D) quasi-crystal (QC) plate is derived using the pseudo-Stroh formulation and propagator matrix method. Natural frequencies and mode shapes are presented for a homogenous QC plate, a homogenous crystal plate, and two sandwich plates made of crystals and QCs. The natural frequencies and the corresponding mode shapes of the plates show the influence of stacking sequence on multilayered plates and the different roles phonon and phason modes play in dynamic analysis of QCs. This work could be employed to further expand the applications of QCs especially if used as composite materials.

2010 ◽  
Vol 54 (01) ◽  
pp. 15-33
Author(s):  
Jong-Shyong Wu ◽  
Chin-Tzu Chen

Under the specified assumptions for the equation of motion, the closed-form solution for the natural frequencies and associated mode shapes of an immersed "Euler-Bernoulli" beam carrying an eccentric tip mass possessing rotary inertia has been reported in the existing literature. However, this is not true for the immersed "Timoshenko" beam, particularly for the case with effect of axial load considered. Furthermore, the information concerning the forced vibration analysis of the foregoing Timoshenko beam caused by wave excitations is also rare. Therefore, the first purpose of this paper is to present a technique to obtain the closed-form solution for the natural frequencies and associated mode shapes of an axial-loaded immersed "Timoshenko" beam carrying eccentric tip mass with rotary inertia by using the continuous-mass model. The second purpose is to determine the forced vibration responses of the latter resulting from excitations of regular waves by using the mode superposition method incorporated with the last closed-form solution for the natural frequencies and associated mode shapes of the beam. Because the determination of normal mode shapes of the axial-loaded immersed "Timoshenko" beam is one of the main tasks for achieving the second purpose and the existing literature concerned is scarce, the details about the derivation of orthogonality conditions are also presented. Good agreements between the results obtained from the presented technique and those obtained from the existing literature or conventional finite element method (FEM) confirm the reliability of the presented theories and the developed computer programs for this paper.


2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 403-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Hei Cheng ◽  
Thomas H. Heaton

A simple prismatic Timoshenko beam model with soil-structure interaction (SSI) is developed to approximate the dynamic linear elastic behavior of buildings. A closed-form solution with complete vibration modes is derived. It is demonstrated that building properties, including mode shapes, can be derived from knowledge of the natural frequencies of the first two translational modes in a particular direction and from the building dimensions. In many cases, the natural frequencies of a building's first two vibrational modes can be determined from data recorded by a single seismometer. The total building's vibration response can then be simulated by the appropriate modal summation. Preliminary analysis is performed on the Caltech Millikan Library, which has significant bending deformation because it is much stiffer in shear.


Author(s):  
M. Amin Karami ◽  
Daniel J. Inman

An analytical electromechanical model is proposed to predict the deflection, voltage and the power output a proposed low frequency micro harvesting structure. The high natural frequencies of the existing designs of MEMS vibrational energy harvesters are serious drawbacks. A zigzag design is proposed to overcome this limitation. The mode shapes of the free vibration problem are first calculated together with the natural frequencies of the structure. The piezoelectric direct and reverse effect equations together with the electrical equations are used to relate the voltage output of the structure to the base vibrations magnitude and frequency. The closed form solution of the continuous electromechanical vibrations precisely gives the power output as a function of base acceleration spectrum. The usefulness of the design is proved by the significant increase of the power output from the same base accelerations, providing a method of designing a MEMS harvester with low natural frequency.


2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (08) ◽  
pp. 1750093 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae-Hoon Kang

This paper studies the viscously damped free and forced vibrations of longitudinal and torsional bars. The method is exact and yields closed form solution for the vibration displacement in contrast with the well-known eigenfunction superposition (ES) method, which requires expression of the distributed forcing functions and displacement response functions as infinite series sums of free vibration eigenfunctions. The viscously damped natural frequency equation and the critical viscous damping equation are exactly derived for the bars. Then the viscously damped free vibration frequencies and corresponding damped mode shapes are calculated and plotted, aside from the undamped free vibration and corresponding mode shapes typically computed and used in vibration problems. The longitudinal or torsional amplitude versus forcing frequency curves showing the forced response to distributed loadings are plotted for various viscous damping parameters. It is found that the viscous damping affects the natural frequencies and the corresponding mode shapes of longitudinal and torsional bars, especially for the fundamental frequency.


2017 ◽  
Vol 139 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalie Waksmanski ◽  
Ernian Pan

An exact closed-form solution for the three-dimensional static deformation and free vibrational response of a simply supported and multilayered quasicrystal (QC) nanoplate with the nonlocal effect is derived. Numerical examples are presented for a homogeneous crystal nanoplate, homogenous QC nanoplate, and sandwich nanoplates with various stacking sequences. Induced by traction boundary conditions, extended displacements and stresses reveal the important role that the nonlocal parameter plays in the structural analysis of nanoquasicrystals (nano-QCs). The natural frequencies and the corresponding mode shapes of the nanoplates further show the influence of stacking sequence and phonon–phason coupling effect. This exact solution is useful for it provides benchmark results to assess the accuracy of finite element nano-QC models and can assist engineers in tuning their quasicrystal nanoplate design.


2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 315-328
Author(s):  
Nguyen Tien Khiem ◽  
Duong The Hung

A closed-form solution for free vibration is constructed and used for obtaining explicit frequency equation and mode shapes of  Timoshenko beams with arbitrary number of cracks. The cracks are represented by the rotational springs of stiffness calculated from the crack depth.  Using the obtained frequency equation, the sensitivity of natural frequencies to crack of the beams is examined in comparison with the  Euler-Bernoulli beams. Numerical results demonstrate that the Timoshenko beam theory is efficiently applicable not only for short or fat beams but also for the long or slender ones. Nevertheless, both the theories are equivalent in sensitivity analysis of fundamental frequency to cracks and they get to be different for higher frequencies.


2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 216-225
Author(s):  
Buntheng Chhorn ◽  
WooYoung Jung

AbstractRecently, basalt fiber reinforced polymer (BFRP) is acknowledged as an outstanding material for the strengthening of existing concrete structure, especially it was being used in marine vehicles, aerospace, automotive and nuclear engineering. Most of the structures were subjected to severe dynamic loading during their service life that may induce vibration of the structures. However, free vibration studied on the basalt laminates composite plates with elliptical cut-out and correlation of natural frequency with buckling load has been very limited. Therefore, effects of the elliptical hole on the natural frequency of basalt/epoxy composite plates was performed in this study. Effects of stacking sequence (θ), elliptical hole inclination (ϕ), hole geometric ratio (a/b) and position of the elliptical hole were considered. The numerical modeling of free vibration analysis was based on the mechanical properties of BFRP obtained from the experiment. The natural frequencies as well as mode shapes of basalt laminates composite plates were numerically determined using the commercial program software (ABAQUS). Then, the determination of correlation of natural frequencies with buckling load was carried out. Results showed that elliptical hole inclination and fiber orientation angle induced the inverse proportion between natural frequency and buckling load.


2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Desmond Adair ◽  
Aigul Nagimova ◽  
Martin Jaeger

The vibration characteristics of a nonuniform, flexible and free-flying slender rocket experiencing constant thrust is investigated. The rocket is idealized as a classic nonuniform beam with a constant one-dimensional follower force and with free-free boundary conditions. The equations of motion are derived by applying the extended Hamilton’s principle for non-conservative systems. Natural frequencies and associated mode shapes of the rocket are determined using the relatively efficient and accurate Adomian modified decomposition method (AMDM) with the solutions obtained by solving a set of algebraic equations with only three unknown parameters. The method can easily be extended to obtain approximate solutions to vibration problems for any type of nonuniform beam.


2011 ◽  
Vol 675-677 ◽  
pp. 477-480
Author(s):  
Dong Wei Shu

In this work analytical solutions are developed to study the free vibration of composite beams under axial loading. The beam with a single delamination is modeled as four interconnected Euler-Bernoulli beams using the delamination as their boundary. The continuity and the equilibrium conditions are satisfied between the adjoining beams. The studies show that the sizes and the locations of the delaminations significantly influence the natural frequencies and mode shapes of the beam. A monotonic relation between the natural frequency and the axial load is predicted.


2000 ◽  
Vol 123 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lixin Zhang ◽  
Jean W. Zu ◽  
Zhichao Hou

A linear damped hybrid (continuous/discrete components) model is developed in this paper to characterize the dynamic behavior of serpentine belt drive systems. Both internal material damping and external tensioner arm damping are considered. The complex modal analysis method is developed to perform dynamic analysis of linear non-self-adjoint hybrid serpentine belt-drive systems. The adjoint eigenfunctions are acquired in terms of the mode shapes of an auxiliary hybrid system. The closed-form characteristic equation of eigenvalues and the exact closed-form solution for dynamic response of the non-self-adjoint hybrid model are obtained. Numerical simulations are performed to demonstrate the method of analysis. It is shown that there exists an optimum damping value for each vibration mode at which vibration decays the fastest.


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