Vibration of slightly curved beams of transversely isotropic composite materials

AIAA Journal ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 2273-2275 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHN N. ROSSETTOS
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. H. Park ◽  
J. Dana

Abstract Anisotropic composite materials have been extensively utilized in mechanical, automotive, aerospace and other engineering areas due to high strength-to-weight ratio, superb corrosion resistance, and exceptional thermal performance. As the use of composite materials increases, determination of material properties, mechanical analysis and failure of the structure become important for the design of composite structure. In particular, the fatigue failure is important to ensure that structures can survive in harsh environmental conditions. Despite technical advances, fatigue failure and the monitoring and prediction of component life remain major problems. In general, cyclic loadings cause the accumulation of micro-damage in the structure and material properties degrade as the number of loading cycles increases. Repeated subfailure loading cycles cause eventual fatigue failure as the material strength and stiffness fall below the applied stress level. Hence, the stiffness degradation measurement can be a good indication for damage evaluation. The elastic characterization of composite material using mechanical testing, however, is complex, destructive, and not all the elastic constants can be determined. In this work, an in-situ method to non-destructively determine the elastic constants will be studied based on the time of flight measurement of ultrasonic waves. This method will be validated on an isotropic metal sheet and a transversely isotropic composite plate.


Author(s):  
Hadj Youzera ◽  
Sid Ahmed Meftah ◽  
El Mostafa Daya

General differential equations of motion in nonlinear forced vibration analysis of multilayered composite beams are derived by using the higher-order shear deformation theories (HSDT's). Viscoelastic properties of fiber-reinforced plastic composite materials are considered according to the Kelvin–Voigt viscoelastic model for transversely isotropic composite materials. The method of multiple scales is employed to perform analytical frequency amplitude relationships for superharmonic resonance. Parametric study is conducted by considering various geometrical and material parameters, employing HSDT's and first-order deformation theory (FSDT).


Author(s):  
David J. Steigmann

This chapter develops the general constitutive equation for transversely isotropic, fiber-reinforced materials. Applications include composite materials and bio-elasticity.


2021 ◽  
pp. 132-143
Author(s):  
L. A Saraev

The paper proposes a mathematical model aimed at calculating the effective elastic moduli of a micro-inhomogeneous two-component isotropic composite material, which components are connected randomly depending on the level of their relative volumetric contents. A stochastic equation is formulated for the connectivity parameter of the constituent components, according to which, with an increase in the volumetric content of the filler, individual inclusions build the structures of the matrix mixture in the form of interpenetrating frameworks, and then turn into a new binding matrix with individual inclusions from the material of the rest of the old matrix. The algorithm for the numerical solution of this stochastic differential equation is constructed in accordance with the Euler-Maruyama method. For each implementation of this algorithm, the corresponding stochastic trajectories are constructed for the random connectivity function of the constituent components of the composite material. A variant of the method aimed at calculating the mathematical expectation of a random connectivity function of the constituent components has been developed and the corresponding differential equation has been obtained for it. It is shown that the numerical solution of this equation and the average value of the production factor function calculated for all realizations of stochastic trajectories give close numerical values. New macroscopic constitutive relations are found for microinhomogeneous materials with a variable microstructure and their effective elastic moduli are calculated. It is noted that the formulas for these effective elastic moduli generalize the known results for isotropic composite materials. The values of the effective elastic moduli, constructed according to the expressions obtained in the paper, lie within the Khashin-Shtrikman range for the lower and upper bounds of the effective elastic moduli of the composite materials. The numerical analysis of the developed models showed a good agreement with the known experimental data.


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