Published: 30 September 2016

Large amplitude free vibrations of simply supported moderately thick rectangular plates using coupled displacement field method

Krishna Bhaskar K1
Meera Saheb K2
1, 2University College of Engineering (A), JNTUK Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India
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Krishna Bhaskar K
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Abstract

In this paper a novel method known as Coupled Displacement Field Method was proposed to evaluate the large amplitude free vibration behavior of the moderately thick rectangular plates with simply supported boundary conditions. Here a single term trigonometric admissible displacement field was assumed for one of the variables, say the total rotations (in both X, Y directions). With the help of the coupling equations, the spatial variation for the lateral displacement field is derived in terms of the total rotations, where the two independent variables problem becomes one. The coupled displacement field method makes use of the energy formulation which contains half the number of unknown independent coefficients, in the case of a rectangular plate, when compared to the conventional Rayleigh-Ritz method. Closed form expressions for the linear and nonlinear fundamental frequency parameters for the all edges simply supported moderately thick rectangular plates are derived. The numerical results obtained from the present formulation are validated with those obtained from the existing literature for the given moderately thick plates.

1. Introduction

Evaluation of free vibration behavior of a structure is an essential consideration in the design of a structure. Understanding the fundamental frequency parameters for moderately thick rectangular plates will be advantageous in the design of structural members at the initial design phase. The conventional energy methods provide an effective means in evaluating the fundamental frequency parameters of these structural members and the results obtained by these approaches will act as an upper limit for comparison.

The concept of coupled displacement field (CDF) which was successfully used in the finite element (FE) analysis and reported in the open literature. However much attention was not received in the continuum correlation of the Finite element analysis combined with the CDF in the past years except in the formulation presented by Zhou [1] where the two independent variables (transverse displacement and rotation) are integrated using coupling equation. The large amplitude free vibration behavior of uniform Timoshenko beams using CDF method was successfully demonstrated [2]. In this study, using CDF method the large amplitude free vibration behavior of uniform shear deformable moderately thick rectangular plates was studied and exact closed form solutions were obtained. For the thin plates the fundamental frequency parameter was evaluated in [3-10] for several configurations and boundary conditions. Nonlinear analysis of plates was evaluated by using finite element method [4, 13]. S. H. Hashemi et al. [11] used dimensionless equation of motion and solved the problem based on theory to study the transverse vibration behavior of thick rectangular plates. In Rayleigh-Ritz method we need to assume an n term admissible trial function for the total rotation and another n term admissible trial function for the transverse displacement for solving for solving free vibration analysis of Mindlin plate. This result in the vibration problems to have 2n unknown undetermined coefficients, in general and the use of the classical Rayleigh Ritz method [12, 14] contain 2n homogeneous simultaneous equations which are to be solved in order to obtain fundamental frequency parameter.

In this paper the independent fields for total rotation and the transverse displacement are coupled by using coupling equations, which are derived from static equilibrium equations in order to obtain static solution for shear deformable moderately thick rectangular plates. This methodology reduces the magnitude of the problem by reducing the number of unknown coefficients from 2n to n when compared with classical Rayleigh Ritz method. The practicality of CDF method is verified by solving the vibration problem considering uniform and isotropic moderately thick rectangular plates with all edges simply supported boundary conditions Fig. 1. The numerical results obtained by this method are compared with the results obtained from the finite element method [12] and other researchers. The comparison quantifies the effectiveness of the proposed CDF method.

Fig. 1Uniform all edges simply supported moderately thick rectangular plates

Uniform all edges simply supported moderately thick rectangular plates

2. Coupled displacement field (CDF) method for plates

In this section the detailed procedure for evaluating fundamental linear frequency parameter of uniform all edges simply supported moderately thick rectangular plate based on CDF method is discussed. Here an admissible trial functions for θx and θy are assumed in the functional form which satisfy the boundary conditions and symmetric conditions for the fundamental mode as:

1
θx=απacosπxasinπyb,
2
θy=απbsinπxacosπyb.

The coupling equations for evaluating the transverse displacement distribution w in x and y directions are given as:

3
dwdx=-θx+h23.52θxx2+ν2θyyx+h2102θxy2+2θyyx,
4
dwdy=-θy+h23.52θyy2+ν2θxyx+h2102θyx2+2θxyx,

substituting Eq. (1) and Eq. (2) in Eq. (3) and Eq. (4) we get:

5
dwdx=-αpcospxsinqy1+h23.5p2+vq2+h25q2,
6
dwdy=-αqsinpxcosqy1+h23.5q2+vp2+h25p2.

Integrating above equations and after evaluating the constant of integration as:

7
wx=-αsinpxsinqy1+h23.5p2+vq2+h25q2,
8
wy=-αsinpxsinqy1+h23.5q2+vp2+h25p2,

where p=π/a and q=π/b. The expression for strain energy of moderately thick rectangular plate is given as:

9
U=D20b0aθxx2+θyy2+2νθxxθyy+21-νθxyθyxdxdy
+kGh20b0adwdx+θx2+dwdy+θy2dxdy.

Substituting Eq. (1, 2), Eq. (5, 6) in Eq. (9) and after simplification we get strain energy as:

10
U=D2α2abp2+q22+k61-vh2p2A-12+q2B-12,

where:

A=1+h23.5p2+vq2+h25q2, B=1+h23.5q2+vp2+h25p2.

The expression for kinetic energy of moderately thick rectangular plate plate is given as:

11
T=ρhwL220b0aw2+h212θx2+θy2dxdy.

Substituting Eq. (1, 2) and Eq. (7) in Eq. (11) and after simplification we get:

12
T=ρhωL22α2ab4A2+h212p2+q2.

By minimizing the Lagranzian with respect to undetermined coefficient α we get the fundamental frequency parameter λ:

13
U-Tα=0.

3. Large amplitude vibrations

The principle of conservation of total energy states that at any instant of time total energy is constant for any vibrating structure neglecting damping.

From the derived transverse displacement field w for an assumed θx and θy the strain energy and the kinetic energy in the plate are derived and is discussed in the previous section. In order to evaluate the large amplitude free vibrations of the plate the work done due to the stretching of the central plane of the plate has to be derived. The expression for tension developed in the plate due to large amplitudes in x direction is given as:

14
Tx=Eh2a0adw(x)dx2dx,
15
Tx=Eh4α2π2a2.

Shear flexible terms are not involved in the expression of tension because the tension in the plate is only caused by stretching of the mid plane due to bending and not due to shear. Similarly, the tension in y direction is given as:

16
Ty=Eh2b0bdwydy2dy,
17
Ty=Eh4α2π2b2.

The expression for work done is given as:

18
W=120b0a12Txdwdx2+12Tydwdy2dxdy.

Substituting Eq. (5-6), Eq. (17) and Eq. (19) in Eq. (18) and after simplification we get:

19
W=α4Eh64a2xp4A2+q4B2.

By principle of conservation of total energy:

20
U+T+W=constant.

Substituting Eq. (10), Eq. (12) and Eq. (19) in Eq. (20) and after simplification:

21
z˙2+α1z2+α2z4=constant.

Substituting D=Eh3/121-ν2, b=ax and after simplification

22
λ=α1=ρhωL2a4D=π41+1x22+k61-vπ2A12+B1x2ha21+π2A1ha22+π2121+1x2ha2,
23
α2=ρhωNL2a4D=π4321-v21+A1π2ha22+1x41+B1π2x2ha221+π2A1ha22+π2121+1x2ha2αmh-2,

where:

A1=13.51+v1x2+15x2, B1=13.51x2+v+15, b=ax.

By applying harmonic balance method [2] and simplifying, the expression for frequency ratio can be written as:

24
ωNLωL2=1+941-υ21+A1π2ha22+1x41+B1π2x2ha22αmh21+1x22+k61-vπ2A12+B1x2ha2.

The Eq. (24) gives the expression for frequency ratio in terms of plate thickness ratio (h/a) and maximum amplitude ratio (αm/h).

Table 1Values of linear fundamental frequency parameter (λ ) for all edges simply supported moderately thick rectangular plate at different aspect ratios.

Aspect ratio (b/a)
ha
1
1.5
2
2.5
CDF
Ref
CDF
Ref
CDF
Ref
CDF
Ref
0.001
19.7391
19.7415*
19.7362a
19.7395d
14.2560
14.2561a
14.2566d
12.3370
12.3389*
12.3370d
11.4487
11.4487a
11.4507d
0.05
19.5152
19.2271*
19.5676c
14.1095
14.1662c
12.2224
12.1770*
12.2696c
11.3485
11.3906c
0.1
18.8877
18.3464*
19.0650b
19.0840c
19.0651d
13.6917
13.898b
13.9085c
13.8984d
11.8935
11.8515*
12.0675b
12.0752c
12.0676d
11.0598
11.2158b
11.226c
11.2158d
0.15
17.9679
17.3727*
18.3661c
13.0600
13.5147c
11.3900
11.4468*
11.7747c
10.6154
10.9617c
0.2
16.8857
16.3713*
17.4524b
17.5055c
17.3999d
12.2881
12.9933b
13.0250c
12.9923d
10.7647
10.9936*
11.3717b
11.3961c
11.3708d
10.0591
10.6088b
10.6307c
10.6078d
Values are taken from * [4], a [9], b [10], c [11], d [13]

4. Numerical results and discussion

Using the formulation described above, the large amplitude vibration behavior of a uniform moderately thick rectangular plates for different aspect ratios were obtained in terms of ωNL/ωL or TNL/TL (Ratio of non-linear radian frequency to the linear radian frequency or non-linear time period to the linear time period) in terms of various αm/h (maximum amplitude ratios) and h/a (plate thickness ratios). As a demonstration of the proposed formulation, the moderately thick rectangular plates are considered with axially immovable edges (Fig. 1).

The present results in terms of fundamental frequency parameter are presented in Table 1 for all edges simply supported moderately thick rectangular plate. For comparison and validation of the proposed method, similar results obtained by the finite element method [4] and other researchers are included in Table 1. From Table 1 it is found that for a particular given aspect ratio the fundamental frequency parameter decreases with increase of plate thickness ratio. For a given aspect ratio of 2.5, further reduction in frequency parameter is observed in case of moderately thick plates.

The present results in terms of TNL/TL which is the reciprocal of ωNL/ωL for all edges simply supported moderately thick rectangular plate are given in Table 2 to Table 5 respectively for different aspect ratios. The present results for the extreme case of αm/h = 1 and h/a= 0.2 match very well with the results of FEM and other researchers. It is found from the Table 2 to Table 4 that the frequencies are increasing with increase of amplitude ratio. More nonlinearity is observed with the increase in aspect ratio in rectangular plates when compared to square plates.

Further, the present results match excellently with those of [13] for the thin plates, showing the efficacy of the proposed method and the accuracy of the results over a range of h/a= 0.001 and h/a= 0.2. Further, no shear locking phenomenon exists in the present formulation.

Table 2TNL/TL values of all edges simply supported moderately thick square plate (b/a= 1)

ha
αm/h
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
CDF
FEM [4]
CDF
FEM [4]
CDF
FEM [4]
CDF
FEM [4]
CDF
FEM [4]
CDF
FEM [4]
0.001
1
1
0.9801
0.9818
0.9821*
0.9809$
0.9783#
0.9269
0.9327
0.9338*
0.9297$
0.9210#
0.8548
0.8652
0.8673*
0.8602$
0.8451#
0.7773
0.7916
0.7943*
0.7853$
0.7653#
0.7029
0.7199
0.7233*
0.7131$
0.6901#
0.05
1
1
0.9798
0.9807
0.9257
0.9290
0.8526
0.8586
0.7744
0.7827
0.6996
0.7098
0.1
1
1
0.9787
0.9788
0.9220
0.9226
0.8462
0.8475
0.7658
0.7681
0.6898
0.6931
0.15
1
1
0.9768
0.9766
0.9159
0.9153
0.8356
0.8350
0.7519
0.7520
0.6741
0.6752
0.2
1
1
0.9742
0.9740
0.9074
0.9069
0.8213
0.8212
0.7337
0.7347
0.6537
0.6562
Values are taken from * [7], $ [6], # [5]

Table 3TNL/TL values of all edges simply supported moderately thick plate (b/a= 1.5)

ha
αm/h
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
0.001
1
0.9773
0.9174
0.8383
0.7555
0.6780
0.05
1
0.9769
0.9163
0.8363
0.7529
0.6751
0.1
1
0.9759
0.9128
0.8303
0.7452
0.6665
0.15
1
0.9741
0.9069
0.8204
0.7326
0.6525
0.2
1
0.9715
0.8986
0.8067
0.7154
0.6337

Table 4TNL/TL values of all edges simply supported moderately thick rectangular plate (b/a= 2)

ha
αm/h
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
CDF
FEM
[4]
CDF
FEM
[4]
CDF
FEM
[4]
CDF
FEM
[4]
CDF
FEM
[4]
CDF
FEM
[4]
0.001
1
1
0.9733
0.9768
0.9043
0.9161
0.8162
0.8367
0.7272
0.7550
0.6465
0.6795
0.05
1
1
0.9729
0.9761
0.9031
0.914
0.8141
0.8332
0.7245
0.7506
0.6436
0.6747
0.1
1
1
0.9717
0.9749
0.8992
0.91
0.8076
0.8266
0.717
0.7423
0.6351
0.6658
0.15
1
1
0.9696
0.9733
0.8928
0.9049
0.7973
0.8186
0.7038
0.7325
0.6212
0.6554
0.2
1
1
0.9667
0.9714
0.8836
0.899
0.7829
0.8092
0.6864
0.7213
0.6025
0.6437

Table 5TNL/TL values of all edges simply supported moderately thick rectangular plate (b/a= 2.5)

ha
αm/h
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
0.001
1
0.9702
0.8945
0.8002
0.7073
0.6249
0.05
1
0.9697
0.8932
0.7980
0.7047
0.6221
0.1
1
0.9684
0.8892
0.7914
0.6968
0.6137
0.15
1
0.9663
0.8824
0.7809
0.6840
0.6001
0.2
1
0.9631
0.8728
0.7662
0.6666
0.5818

5. Conclusions

The complex structures in various fields of engineering such as Aerospace, Mechanical, Civil, Naval, Nuclear, and Automobile are made up of simple structural members like beams, plates (thin or moderately thick) and shells. Due to functional requirements sometimes these structural members may be either thin or moderately thick. If these structural members are subjected to severe dynamic environment, they vibrate with large amplitudes. The authors evaluated free vibration response i.e. natural frequencies both in the linear and nonlinear regime.

The concept of coupled displacement field method (CDF) is successfully applied to study the large amplitude free vibrations of all edges simply supported moderately thick rectangular plate for different aspect ratios. Elegant and closed form expressions are derived in terms of maximum amplitude ratio (αm/h) and plate thickness ratio h/a using single term admissible functions for the total rotations θx and θy. The closed form expressions are obtained for non-dimensional frequency parameter as a function of thickness ratio h/a and frequency ratio or the time period ratio as a function of maximum amplitude ratio αm/h and plate thickness ratio h/a. Comparison of present results wherever possible for the first mode of vibration with the available open literature shows that the coupled displacement field method gives accurate values for the linear frequency parameter and ratios of nonlinear to linear frequencies.

The natural frequencies are useful for the design engineers for the purpose of design of various structural members. Using the results given in Tables 1-6 failure of the structural member can be predicted based on the stiffness approach.

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About this article

Received
01 February 2016
Accepted
28 June 2016
Published
30 September 2016
SUBJECTS
Mechanical vibrations and applications
Keywords
coupled displacement field method
large amplitude vibrations
moderately thick rectangular plates