scholarly journals Modelling Thermal Shock in Functionally Graded Plates with Finite Element Method

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vyacheslav N. Burlayenko
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Thermal Shock ◽  
Thermal Loading ◽  
Functionally Graded ◽  
Crack Advance ◽  
Ceramic Plate ◽  
Software Environment ◽  
Metal Ceramic ◽  
Element Method

Thermomechanical behavior and crack propagation in a functionally graded metal/ceramic plate undergoing thermal shock are analyzed by using the finite element method. A two-dimensional plane strain functionally graded finite element has been developed within the ABAQUS software environment for this purpose. An actual material gradation has been accomplished by sampling material quantities directly at the Gauss points of the element via programming appropriate user-defined subroutines. The virtual crack closure technique is used to model a crack growth under thermal loading. Contact possible between crack lips during the crack advance is taken into account in thermomechanical simulations as well. The paper shows that the presented finite element model can be applied to provide an insight into the thermomechanical respond and failure of the metal/ceramic plate.

An inhomogeneous cell-based smoothed finite element method for the nonlinear transient response of functionally graded magneto-electro-elastic structures with damping factors

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 416-437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liming Zhou ◽  
Ming Li ◽  
Bingkun Chen ◽  
Feng Li ◽  
Xiaolin Li
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Micro Electro Mechanical System ◽  
Functionally Graded ◽  
Elastic Structures ◽  
Mapping Procedure ◽  
Gaussian Integration ◽  
Smoothed Finite Element Method ◽  
Element Method

In this article, an inhomogeneous cell-based smoothed finite element method (ICS-FEM) was proposed to overcome the over-stiffness of finite element method in calculating transient responses of functionally graded magneto-electro-elastic structures. The ICS-FEM equations were derived by introducing gradient smoothing technique into the standard finite element model; a close-to-exact system stiffness was also obtained. In addition, ICS-FEM could be carried out with user-defined sub-routines in the business software now available conveniently. In ICS-FEM, the parameters at Gaussian integration point were adopted directly in the creation of shape functions; the computation process is simplified, for the mapping procedure in standard finite element method is not required; this also gives permission to utilize poor quality elements and few mesh distortions during large deformation. Combining with the improved Newmark scheme, several numerical examples were used to prove the accuracy, convergence, and efficiency of ICS-FEM. Results showed that ICS-FEM could provide solutions with higher accuracy and reliability than finite element method in analyzing models with Rayleigh damping. Such method is also applied to complex structures such as typical micro-electro-mechanical system–based functionally graded magneto-electro-elastic energy harvester. Hence, ICS-FEM can be a powerful tool for transient problems of functionally graded magneto-electro-elastic models with damping which is of great value in designing intelligence structures.

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