scholarly journals Dynamic Stiffness Matrix for a Beam Element with Shear Deformation

1995 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter D. Pilkey ◽  
Levent Kitiş

A method for calculating the dynamic transfer and stiffness matrices for a straight Timoshenko shear beam is presented. The method is applicable to beams with arbitrarily shaped cross sections and places no restrictions on the orientation of the element coordinate system axes in the plane of the cross section. These new matrices are needed because, for a Timoshenko beam with an arbitrarily shaped cross section, deflections due to shear in the two perpendicular planes are coupled even when the coordinate axes are chosen to be parallel to the principal axes of inertia.

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Rajan Prasad ◽  
Ajinkya Baxy ◽  
Arnab Banerjee

Abstract This work proposes a unique configuration of two-dimensional metamaterial lattice grid comprising of curved and tapered beams. The propagation of elastic waves in the structure is analyzed using the dynamic stiffness matrix (DSM) approach and the Floquet-Bloch theorem. The DSM for the unit cell is formulated under the extensional theory of curved beam considering the effects of shear and rotary inertia. The study considers two types of variable rectangular cross-sections, viz. single taper and double taper along the length of the beam. Further, the effect of curvature and taper on the wave propagation is analysed through the band diagram along the irreducible Brillouin zone. It is shown that a complete band gap, i.e. attenuation band in all the directions of wave propagation, in a homogeneous structure can be tailored with a suitable combination of curvature and taper. Generation of the complete bandgap is hinged upon the coupling of axial and transverse component of the lattice grid. This coupling emerges due to the presence of the curvature and further enhanced due to tapering. The double taper cross-section is shown to have wider attenuation characteristics than single taper cross-sections. Specifically, 83.36% and 63% normalized complete bandwidth is achieved for the double and single taper cross-section for a homogeneous metamaterial, respectively. Additional characteristics of the proposed metamaterial in time and frequency domain of the finite structure, vibration attenuation, wave localization in the equivalent finite structure are also studied.


It is now well over eighty years ago since Barre de Saint-Venant reduced the problem of the beam of constant cross-section under the action of a single transverse load to the search for plane harmonic functions satisfying a certain condition round the boundary of the cross-section. The solutions due to Saint-Venant, which include the rectangular, elliptic and circular cross-sections, are all cases in which the cross-sections have two axes of symmetry at right angles, meeting of necessity in the centroid of the cross-section, and along these axes the single transverse load is resolved. These axes are principal axes, and his solution depends upon this fact. Some less useful solutions exist for the load along one axis of certain beams of such bi-axial symmetry of cross-section, the solutions not yet being known for the load along the perpendicular axis.


1997 ◽  
Vol 119 (3) ◽  
pp. 334-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhong Wanxie ◽  
F. W. Williams ◽  
P. N. Bennett

A precise integration algorithm has recently been proposed by Zhong (1994) for dynamic stiffness matrix computations, but he did not give a corresponding eigenvalue count method. The Wittrick-Williams algorithm gives an eigenvalue count method for pure displacement formulations, but the precise integration method uses a mixed variable formulation. Therefore the Wittrick-Williams method is extended in this paper to give the eigenvalue count needed by the precise integration method and by other methods involving mixed variable formulations. A simple Timoshenko beam example is included.


Author(s):  
Francesco A. Raffa ◽  
Furio Vatta

Abstract In this paper the dynamic stiffness method is developed to analyze a rotating asymmetric shaft, i.e. a shaft whose transverse section is characterized by dissimilar principal moments of inertia. The shaft is modeled according to the Rayleigh beam theory including the effects of both translational and rotational inertia, and gyroscopic moments. The mathematical description is carried out in a reference system rotating at the shaft speed and is based on the exact solution of the governing differential equations of motion. The exact expressions of the shaft displacements are utilized for deriving the 8 × 8 complex dynamic stiffness matrix of the shaft. A new relationship is obtained which links the dynamic stiffness matrix of the asymmetric shaft to the 4 × 4 real dynamic stiffness matrix of the axisymmetric shaft.


2006 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 278-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z Canan Girgin ◽  
Konuralp Girgin

A generalized numerical method is proposed to derive the static and dynamic stiffness matrices and to handle the nodal load vector for static analysis of non-uniform Timoshenko beam–columns under several effects. This method presents a unified approach based on effective utilization of the Mohr method and focuses on the following arbitrarily variable characteristics: geometrical properties, bending and shear deformations, transverse and rotatory inertia of mass, distributed and (or) concentrated axial and (or) transverse loads, and Winkler foundation modulus and shear foundation modulus. A successive iterative algorithm is developed to comprise all these characteristics systematically. The algorithm enables a non-uniform Timoshenko beam–column to be regarded as a substructure. This provides an important advantage to incorporate all the variable characteristics based on the substructure. The buckling load and fundamental natural frequency of a substructure subjected to the cited effects are also assessed. Numerical examples confirm the efficiency of the numerical method.Key words: non-uniform, Timoshenko, substructure, elastic foundation, geometrical nonlinearity, stiffness, stability, free vibration.


Author(s):  
Dae-Han Jun ◽  
Pyeong-Doo Kang

Reinforced concrete shear walls are effective for resisting lateral loads imposed by wind or earthquakes. This study investigates the effectiveness of a wall fiber element in predicting the flexural nonlinear response of reinforced concrete shear walls. Model results are compared with experimental results for reinforced concrete shear walls with barbell-shaped cross sections without axial load. The analytical model is calibrated and the test measurements are processed to allow for a direct comparison of the predicted and measured flexural responses. Response results are compared at top displacements on the walls. Results obtained in the analytical model for barbell-shaped cross section wall compared favorably with experimentally responses for flexural capacity, stiffness, and deformability.


1994 ◽  
Vol 1 (6) ◽  
pp. 497-506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shilin Chen ◽  
Michel Géradin

An exact and direct modeling technique is proposed for modeling of rotor-bearing systems with arbitrary selected degrees-of-freedom. This technique is based on the combination of the transfer and dynamic stiffness matrices. The technique differs from the usual combination methods in that the global dynamic stiffness matrix for the system or the subsystem is obtained directly by rearranging the corresponding global transfer matrix. Therefore, the dimension of the global dynamic stiffness matrix is independent of the number of the elements or the substructures. In order to show the simplicity and efficiency of the method, two numerical examples are given.


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