Natural frequencies of rectangular Mindlin plates coupled with stationary fluid

The present study is concerned with the free vibration analysis of a horizontal rectangular plate, either immersed in fluid or floating on its free surface. The governing equations for a moderately thick rectangular plate are analytically derived based on the Mindlin plate theory (MPT), whereas the velocity potential function and Bernoulli’s equation are employed to obtain the fluid pressure applied on the free surface of the plate. The simplifying hypothesis that the wet and dry mode shapes are the same, is not assumed in this paper. In this work, an exact-closed form characteristics equation is used for the plate subjected to a combination of six different boundary conditions. Two opposite sides are simply supported and any of the other two edges can be free, simply supported or clamped. To demonstrate the accuracy of the present analytical solution, a comparison is made with the published experimental and numerical results in the literature, showing an excellent agreement. Then, natural frequencies of the plate are presented in tabular and graphical forms for different fluid levels, fluid densities, aspect ratios, thickness to length ratios and boundary conditions. Finally, some 3-D mode shapes of the rectangular Mindlin plates in contact with fluid are illustrated.     

Precise integration method for natural frequencies and mode shapes of ocean risers with elastic boundary conditions

The effects of the elastic constraints simulating damaged and undamaged boundaries on the natural frequencies and mode shapes of ocean risers with a variable axial tension are investigated using the precise integration method (PIM). The classical high-order variable-coefficient partial-differential governing equation of the free vibration of ocean risers is reduced to a set of first-order ordinary differential equations and efficiently solved by the PIM. The main advantages of the PIM are that the numerical results can be calculated with high accuracy even when total element number n, number of iterations N and Taylor expansion terms r are small. Moreover, the computing time is quite short. Various boundary conditions are modeled as linear elastic constraints using a pair of translational and torsional springs, and four types of boundary damage coefficients are proposed to investigate the effects of a damaged boundary on the natural frequencies. The results for specific boundary conditions show agreement with those reported in the literature, and the calculation errors are very small in comparison with the analytical solution. Overall, the methodology of PIM is applicable for the investigation of the natural frequencies and mode shapes of ocean risers with a variable axial tension and cross-section and various boundary conditions.     

Dynamic analysis of a micro-resonator driven by electrostatic combs

The dynamic response of a micro-resonator driven by electrostatic combs is investigated in this work. The micro-resonator is assumed to consist of eight flexible beams and three rigid bodies. The nonlinear partial differential equations that govern the motions of the flexible beams are obtained, as well as their boundary and matching conditions. The natural matching conditions for the flexible beams are the governing equations for the rigid bodies. The undamped natural frequencies and mode shapes of the linearized model of the micro-resonator are determined, and the orthogonality relation of the undamped global mode shapes is established. The modified Newton iterative method is used to simultaneously solve for the frequency equation and identify repeated natural frequencies that can occur in the micro-resonator and their multiplicities. The Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization method is extended to orthogonalize the mode shapes of the continuous system corresponding to the repeated natural frequencies. The undamped global mode shapes are used to spatially discretize the nonlinear partial differential equations of the micro-resonator. The simulation results show that the geometric nonlinearities of the flexible beams can have a significant effect on the dynamic response of the micro-resonator.     

Exact solutions for free flexural vibration of Lévy-type rectangular thick plates via third-order shear deformation plate theory

In this paper, exact closed-form solutions in explicit forms are presented for transverse vibration analysis of rectangular thick plates having two opposite edges hard simply supported (i.e., Lévy-type rectangular plates) based on the Reddy’s third-order shear deformation plate theory. Two other edges may be restrained by different combinations of free, soft simply supported, hard simply supported or clamped boundary conditions. Hamilton’s principle is used to derive the equations of motion and natural boundary conditions of the plate. Several comparison studies with analytical and numerical techniques reported in literature are carried out to demonstrate accuracy of the present new formulation. Comprehensive benchmark results for natural frequencies of rectangular plates with different combinations of boundary conditions are tabulated in dimensionless form for various values of aspect ratios and thickness to length ratios. A set of three-dimensional (3-D) vibration mode shapes along with their corresponding contour plots are plotted by using exact transverse displacements of Lévy-type rectangular Reddy plates. Due to the inherent features of the present exact closed-form solution, the present findings will be a useful benchmark for evaluating the accuracy of other analytical and numerical methods, which will be developed by researchers in the future.     

Free vibration analysis of piezoelectric coupled annular plates with variable thickness

This paper presents the free vibration analysis of piezoelectric coupled annular plates with variable thickness on the basis of the Mindlin plate theory. No work has yet been done on piezoelectric laminated plates while the thickness is variable. Two piezoelectric layers are embedded on the upper and lower surfaces of the host plate. The host plate thickness is linearly increased in the radial direction while the piezoelectric layers thicknesses remain constant along the radial direction. Different combinations of three types of boundary conditions i.e. clamped, simply supported, and free end conditions are considered at the inner and outer edges of plate. The Maxwell static electricity equation in piezoelectric layers is satisfied using a quadratic distribution of electric potential along the thickness. The natural frequencies are obtained utilizing a Rayleigh–Ritz energy approach and are validated by comparing with those obtained by finite element analysis. A good compliance is observed between numerical solution and finite element analysis. Convergence study is performed in order to verify the numerical stability of the present method. The effects of different geometrical parameters such as the thickness of piezoelectric layers and the angle of host plate on the natural frequencies of the assembly are investigated.     

On new analytic free vibration solutions of rectangular thin cantilever plates in the symplectic space

In this paper, we obtain accurate analytic free vibration solutions of rectangular thin cantilever plates by using an up-to-date rational superposition method in the symplectic space. To the authors’ knowledge, these solutions were not available in the literature due to the difficulty in handling the complex mathematical model. The Hamiltonian system-based governing equation is first constructed. The eigenvalue problems of two fundamental vibration problems are formed for a cantilever plate. By symplectic expansion, the fundamental solutions are obtained. Superposition of these solutions are equal to that of the cantilever plate, which yields the analytic frequency equation. The mode shapes are then readily obtained. The developed method yields the benchmark analytic solutions with fast convergence and satisfactory accuracy by rigorous derivation, without assuming any trial solutions; thus, it is regarded as rational, and its applicability to more boundary value problems of partial differential equations represented by plates’ vibration, bending and buckling may be expected.     

Boundary elements in fluid-structure interaction problems rotational shells

The use of the finite element method for structural analysis is now commonplace. In the analysis of offshore structures parts of the structure are often in contact with a fluid either internally or externally. The fluid will affect the natural frequencies and mode shapes of the structure. In this paper a general purpose package of computer programs based on the boundary element method, for the solution of such problems is described. The specific example of the forced response of a pressure vessel containing a compressible fluid with a free surface is discussed as a worst case example. Simpler examples of situations incorporating only some of the features of this problem are also discussed.     

Study of free convective boundary layer of isothermal lateral surface of axisymmetrical horizontal body

Approximate analytical solution of simplified Navier–Stokes and Fourier–Kirchhoff equations describing free convective heat transfer from isothermal surface has been presented. It is supposed that the surface has the horizontal axis of symmetry and its axial cross-section lateral boundary is a concave function. The equation for the boundary layer thickness is derived for typical for natural convection assumptions. The most important are that the convective fluid flow is stationary and the normal to the surface component of velocity is negligibly small in comparison with the tangential one. The theoretical results are verified by two characteristic cases of the revolution surfaces namely for horizontal conic and vertical round plate. Both limits of presented solution coincide with known formulas.     

Free vibration analysis of cracked postbuckled plate

In this paper, a methodology is introduced to address the free vibration analysis of cracked plate subjected to a uniaxial inplane compressive load for the first time. The crack, assumed to be open and at the edge is modeled by a massless linear rotational spring. The governing differential equations are derived using the Mindlin theory, taking into account the effect of initial imperfection. The response is assumed to be consisting of static and dynamic parts. For the static part, differential equations are discretized using the differential quadrature element method and resulting nonlinear algebraic equations are solved by an arc-length strategy. Assuming small amplitude vibrations of the plate about its buckled state and exploiting the static solution in the linearized vibration equations, the dynamic equations are converted into a non-standard eigenvalue problem. Finally, natural frequencies and modal shapes of the cracked buckled plate are obtained by solving this eigenvalue problem. To ensure the validity of the suggested approach an experimental setup and a numerical finite element model have been made to analyze the vibration of a cracked square plate with simply supported boundary conditions. Also, several case-studies of cracked buckled plate problem have been solved utilizing the proposed method, and effects of selected parameters have been studied. The results show that the applied load and geometric imperfection as well as the position, size and depth of the crack have different impact on natural frequencies of the plate.     

Vibration analysis of conveying fluid pipe via He’s variational iteration method

In this paper, a recently new semi-analytical method, i.e., He’s variational iteration method is developed to apply to free vibration analysis of conveying fluid pipe. The critical flow velocity and frequency of pipe conveying fluid are obtained with considering the various boundary conditions. The results are compared with the ones of different transform method, and prove VIM that has the same precision and efficient with DTM. The mode shapes of cantilevered pipe and both ends with elastic support pipe are shown under different flow velocity.     

An analytical solution for free liquid sloshing in a finite-length horizontal cylindrical container filled to an arbitrary depth

A general series-type theoretical formulation based on the linearized potential theory, the method of separation of variables, and the translational addition theorem for cylindrical Bessel functions is developed to study three-dimensional natural sloshing in a partially filled horizontally-mounted circular cylindrical tank of finite span. Assuming time-harmonic variations, the potential solutions associated with the Symmetric/Antisymmetric (S/A) modes of free liquid surface oscillations are first analytically expanded as series of bounded spatial functions with unknown modal coefficients. The impenetrability conditions of the rigid end-plates along with the free surface dynamic/kinematic boundary condition are then imposed. The zero-normal-velocity requirement of the lateral tank boundary is subsequently applied by innovative use of Graf's translational addition theorem for modified cylindrical Bessel functions. After truncation, four independent sets of homogeneous algebraic equations are obtained that are then numerically worked out for the natural sloshing eigen-frequencies and free surface oscillation mode shapes. Extensive numerical data include the first thirty six longitudinal/transverse Antisymmetric/Symmetric (AA, SA, AS, SS) dimensionless sloshing frequencies, for a wide range of liquid fill depths and container span to radius ratios. Also, the influence of fill depth on the free surface oscillation mode shapes is addressed through selected 2D images. Comprehensive numerical simulations illustrate the strong effects of container length and liquid fill depth on the calculated sloshing frequencies. It is revealed that the frequency branches with the same transverse mode number form a cluster that progressively merge together amid the tank fill-depth limits as the tank span ratio increases. On the other hand, when the tank length substantially decreases, the number of “frequency cross-overs” between various frequency clusters at certain liquid fill depths considerably increases. Moreover, primary advantages of proposed methodology in comparison to other approximate/numerical methods are explicitly pointed out, convergence of solution is tested, and accuracy/reliability of the results is demonstrated by comparisons with available data.     

Asymptotic analysis of a thin fluid layer-elastic plate interaction problem

We study the nonstationary flow of an incompressible fluid in a thin rectangle with an elastic plate as the upper part of the boundary. The flow is governed by a time-dependent pressure drop and an external force and it is modeled by Stokes equations. The dynamic of this fluid–structure interaction problem is studied in the limit when the thickness of the fluid domain tends to zero. Using the asymptotic techniques, we obtain for the effective plate displacement a sixth-order parabolic equation with a non standard boundary conditions. Results on existence, uniqueness and regularity of the solution are proved. The approximation is justified through a weak convergence theorem.     

Attractors for non-dissipative irrotational von Karman plates with boundary damping

Long-time behavior of solutions to a von Karman plate equation is considered. The system has an unrestricted first-order perturbation and a nonlinear damping acting through free boundary conditions only.This model differs from those previously considered (e.g. in the extensive treatise (Chueshov and Lasiecka, 2010 [11])) because the semi-flow may be of a non-gradient type: the unique continuation property is not known to hold, and there is no strict Lyapunov function on the natural finite-energy space. Consequently, global bounds on the energy, let alone the existence of an absorbing ball, cannot be a priori inferred. Moreover, the free boundary conditions are not recognized by weak solutions and some helpful estimates available for clamped, hinged or simply-supported plates cannot be invoked.It is shown that this non-monotone flow can converge to a global compact attractor with the help of viscous boundary damping and appropriately structured restoring forces acting only on the boundary or its collar.     

各向异性矩形板自由振动的一般解析解法

根据各向异性矩形薄板自由振动横向位移函数的微分方程建立了一般性的解析解．该一般解包括三角函数和双曲线函数组成的解,它能满足4个边为任意边界条件的问题．还有代数多项式和双正弦级数解,它能满足4个角的边界条件问题．因此,这一解析解可用于精确地求解具有任意边界条件的各向异性矩形卞的振动问题．解中的积分常数可由4边和4角的边界条件来确定．由此得出的齐次线性代数方程系数矩阵行列式等于零可以求得各阶固有频率及其振型,以四边平夹的对称角铺设复合材料迭层板为例进行了计算和讨论．     

Free vibration of polar orthotropic circular plates of quadratically varying thickness resting on elastic foundation

Classical plate theory is used to study free vibration of polar orthotropic circular plates of quadratically varying thickness resting on Winkler elastic foundation. Boundary characteristic orthonormal polynomials are used in the Rayleigh–Ritz method to analyze the plate for free, simply supported and clamped edge conditions. The numerical convergence of the method is tested and comparisons are made in particular case with the results already available in the literature. First twelve frequencies for various values of parameters describing the elastic foundation, thickness profile and orthotropy of the plate are given in tabular form. Two dimensional graphs for nodal lines and three dimensional graphs for mode shapes are plotted.     

弹性约束边界条件下矩形蜂窝夹芯板的自由振动分析

蜂窝夹芯板在飞行器、高速列车等领域有广泛的用途，对其开展振动分析具有明确的科学价值及工程意义.为区别于诸简支等传统约束边界，提出了弹性约束边界下蜂窝夹芯板结构的自由振动特性分析方法.具体来说，首先通过将蜂窝夹芯层等效为各向异性板，将夹芯板问题转变为三层板结构.进一步地，将板结构的位移场函数由改进的二维Fourier级数表示，并基于能量原理的Rayleigh Ritz法得到结构的固有频率和固有振型，理论预测结果与数值模拟分析吻合较好.提出的理论模型可用于系统讨论约束边界对蜂窝夹芯结构自由振动特性的影响，为此类结构的约束方案设计提供理论依据.     

复合载荷作用下夹层圆板的非线性振动和屈曲

基于von Karman薄板理论,建立了均布载荷和周边面内载荷联合作用下夹层圆板非线性振动问题的控制方程和滑动固定边界条件,给出了相应静力问题的精确解及其数值结果．基于时间模态假设和变分法,得到了空间模态的控制方程,并使用修正迭代法求解该方程,得到夹层圆板幅频-载荷特征关系．讨论了两种载荷对夹层圆板振动特性的影响规律．当周边面力使夹层圆板的最低固有频率为零时,就可获得临界载荷的值．     

Free vibration analysis of stepped beams by using Adomian decomposition method

The Adomian decomposition method (ADM) is employed in this paper to investigate the free vibrations of a stepped Euler-Bernoulli beam consisting of two uniform sections. Each section is considered a substructure which can be modeled using ADM. By using boundary condition and continuity condition equations, the dimensionless natural frequencies and corresponding mode shapes can be easily obtained simultaneously. The computed results for different boundary conditions, step ratios and step locations are presented. Comparing the results using ADM to those given in the literature, excellent agreement is achieved.     

Vibration analysis of Nano-Rotor's Blade applying Eringen nonlocal elasticity and generalized differential quadrature method

This study investigates the small scale effect on the flapwise bending vibrations of a rotating nanoplate. The nanoplate is modeled with a classical plate theory and considering cantilever and propped cantilever boundary conditions. Due to the rotation, the axial forces are included in the model as true spatial variation. Hamilton's principle is used to derive the governing equation and boundary conditions of the classical plate theory based on Eringen's nonlocal elasticity theory. The generalized differential quadrature method is employed to solve the governing equation. The effect of small-scale parameter, non-dimensional angular velocity, non-dimensional hub radius, aspect ratio, and different boundary conditions in the first four non-dimensional frequencies is discussed. Due to considering rotating effects, results of this study are applicable in nano-machines such as nano-motors and nano-turbines and other nanostructures.     

Haar wavelet discretization approach for frequency analysis of the functionally graded generally doubly-curved shells of revolution

This paper aims to investigate the free vibrational analysis of the generally doubly-curved shells of revolution made of functionally graded (FG) materials and constrained with different boundary conditions by means of an efficient, convenient and explicit method based on the Haar wavelet discretization approach. The FG materials of the shell consist of a combination of ceramic and metal, which four parameter power-law distribution functions have chosen for modeling of the smoothly and gradually variation of the material properties in the thickness direction. The theoretical model of the shell is formulated by employing of the first-order shear deformation theory. The rotation and displacement components of each point of the shell are expanded in the form of product of the Haar wavelet series in meridional direction as well as trigonometric series in the circumferential direction. By adding the boundary condition equations to the main system of equations, the constants appeared from the integrating of the Haar wavelet series are satisfied. In addition, with solving the characteristic equation, the vibrational results including the natural frequencies and the corresponding mode shapes are achieved. Then, the present results have been compared with those available in the literature. The results indicate that this method has high accuracy, high reliability and also a higher convergence rate in attaining the frequencies of the FG doubly-curved shells of revolution. Also, the effects of the main parameters such as power-law exponent, geometrical parameters, material distribution profiles and different types of boundary conditions, on the vibrational behavior of the FG doubly-curved shells of revolution, are investigated. Finally, taking into account the effects of geometrical parameters and material distribution profiles, for FG doubly-curved shells of revolution with different boundary conditions such as classic, elastic restraints and their combination, a variety of new frequency studies are provided which can be considered as proof results for further researches in this field.