Static and dynamic analysis of thin functionally graded shell with in-plane material inhomogeneity

Analytical solution for vibration of functionally graded beams with variable cross-sections resting on Pasternak elastic foundations

Abstract In recent years, structures made of Functionally Graded materials (FGMs) are used in industries due to the continuously compositional variation of the constituents in FGMs along different directions. In order to develop FGMs, nonlinear vibration analysis to study dynamic behavior is needed. This study proposes nonlinear vibration analysis of a simply supported axially functionally graded (AFG) beam subjected to a moving harmonic load as an Euler-Bernoulli beam utilizing Green’s strain tensor. Axial variation of material properties of the beam is based on the power law. The governing equations of motion are derived via Hamilton’s principle. The Galerkin’s method is implemented to reduce the nonlinear partial differential equations of the system to a number of nonlinear ordinary differential equations. He’s variational method is applied to obtain approximate analytical expressions for the nonlinear frequency and the nonlinear dynamic response of the AFG beam. The effect of some parameters such as the power index and stiffness coefficients, among others, on the nonlinear natural frequency has been investigated. The influence of above mentioned parameters as well as the velocity of the moving harmonic load on the nonlinear dynamic response has been studied. The results indicate that these parameters have a considerable effect on both nonlinear natural frequency and response amplitude.

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Nonlinear Dynamic Response of an Axially Functionally Graded (AFG) Beam Resting on Nonlinear Elastic Foundation Subjected to Moving Load

Free vibration analysis of a rotating single edge cracked axially functionally graded beam for flap-wise and chord-wise modes

Abstract Forced vibration of non-uniform axially functionally graded (AFG) Timoshenko beam on elastic foundation is performed under harmonic excitation. A linear elastic foundation is considered with three different classical boundary conditions. AFG materials are an advanced class of materials that have potential for application in various engineering fields. In the present work, variation of material properties along the longitudinal axis of the beam are considered according to power-law forms. Five values of material gradation parameter provides different functional variation and their effect on the frequency response of the system is studied. The present approximate method is displacement based and Von-Karman type of geometric nonlinearity is considered with rotational component to incorporate transverse shear. Hamilton’s principle is used to derive nonlinear set of governing equation and Broyden method is implemented to solve the nonlinear equations numerically. The results are successfully validated with previously published article. Frequency vs. amplitude curve corresponding to different combinations of system parameters are presented and are capable of serving as benchmark results. A separate free vibration analysis is undertaken to include backbone curves with the frequency response curves in the non-dimensional plane.

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Nonlinear response of axially functionally graded Timoshenko beams on elastic foundation under harmonic excitation

Abstract In the present study non-linear free vibration analysis is performed on a tapered Axially Functionally Graded (AFG) beam resting on an elastic foundation with different boundary conditions. Firstly the static problem is carried out through an iterative scheme using a relaxation parameter and later on the subsequent dynamic problem is solved as a standard eigen value problem. Minimum potential energy principle is used for the formulation of the static problem whereas for the dynamic problem Hamilton’s principle is utilized. The free vibrational frequencies are tabulated for different taper profile, taper parameter and foundation stiffness. The dynamic behaviour of the system is presented in the form of backbone curves in dimensionless frequency-amplitude plane.

Geometric nonlinear free vibration of axially functionally graded non-uniform beams supported on elastic foundation

A displacement based semi-analytical method is utilized to study non-linear free vibration and mode shapes of an exponential tapered axially functionally graded (AFG) beam resting on an elastic foundation. In the present study geometric nonlinearity induced through large displacement is taken care of by non-linear strain-displacement relations. The beam is considered to be slender to neglect the rotary inertia and shear deformation effects. In the present paper at first the static problem is solved through an iterative scheme using a relaxation parameter and later on the subsequent dynamic analysis is carried out as a standard eigen value problem. Energy principles are used for the formulation of both the problems. The static problem is solved by using minimum potential energy principle whereas in case of dynamic problem Hamilton's principle is employed. The free vibrational frequencies are tabulated for exponential taper profile subject to various boundary conditions and foundation stiffness. The dynamic behaviour of the system is presented in the form of backbone curves in dimensionless frequency-amplitude plane and in some particular case the mode shape results are furnished.

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Natural Frequency and Mode Shapes of Exponential Tapered AFG Beams on Elastic Foundation

Large amplitude forced vibration analysis of an axially functionally graded tapered beam resting on elastic foundation

This article presents geometrically nonlinear forced vibration analysis of an axially functionally graded (AFG) non-uniform beam resting on an elastic foundation. The mathematical formulation is displacement based and derivation of governing equations is accomplished following Hamilton's principle. The foundation has been mathematically incorporated into the analysis as a set of linear springs. According to the basic assumption of the present method force equilibrium condition is satisfied at a maximum excitation amplitude value. Thus, the dynamic problem is equivalently represented as a static one, which is solved by following a numerical implementation of the Broyden method. It is a method that utilizes the Jacobian matrix and subsequent correction of the initial Jacobian to solve a system of nonlinear equations. The large amplitude dynamic behaviour of the system in terms of non-dimensional frequency response curves is validated against established results and new results are furnished for a parabolic tapered AFG beam on a linear elastic foundation.

Hareram Lohar

Papers

Geometric nonlinear free vibration of axially functionally graded non-uniform beams supported on elastic foundation

Nonlinear response of axially functionally graded Timoshenko beams on elastic foundation under harmonic excitation

Natural Frequency and Mode Shapes of Exponential Tapered AFG Beams on Elastic Foundation

Large amplitude forced vibration analysis of an axially functionally graded tapered beam resting on elastic foundation

Geometrically Non-Linear Frequency Response of Axially Functionally Graded Beams Resting on Elastic Foundation Under Harmonic Excitation