• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.1333-1354
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• 2015

A higher order analytical solution for static analysis of a truncated conical composite sandwich panel subjected to different loading conditions was presented in this paper which was based on a new improved higher order sandwich panel theory. Bending analysis of sandwich structures with flexible cores subjected to concentrated load, uniform distributed load on a patch, harmonic and uniform distributed loads on the top and/or bottom face sheet of the sandwich structure was also investigated. For the first time, bending analysis of truncated conical composite sandwich panels with flexible cores was performed. The governing equations were derived by principle of minimum potential energy. The first order shear deformation theory was used for the composite face sheets and for the core while assuming a polynomial description of the displacement fields. Also, the in-plane hoop stresses of the core were considered. In order to assure accuracy of the present formulations, convergence of the results was examined. Effects of types of boundary conditions, types of applied loads, conical angles and fiber angles on bending analysis of truncated conical composite sandwich panels were studied. As, there is no research on higher order bending analysis of conical sandwich panels with flexible cores, the results were validated by ABAQUS FE code. The present approach can be linked with the standard optimization programs and it can be used in the iteration process of the structural optimization. The proposed approach facilitates investigation of the effect of physical and geometrical parameters on the bending response of sandwich composite structures.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.1-16
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• 2007

In the present study, a spline finite strip with higher-order shear deformation is formulated for the stability and free vibration analysis of composite plates. The analysis is conducted based on Reddy's third-order shear deformation theory, Touratier's "Sine" model, Afaq's exponential model and Cho's higher-order zigzag laminate theory. Consequently, the shear correction coefficients are not required in the analysis, and an improved accuracy for thick laminates is achieved. The numerical results, based on different shear deformation theories, are presented in comparison with the three-dimensional elasticity solutions. The effects of length-to-thickness ratio, fibre orientation, and boundary conditions on the critical buckling loads and natural frequencies are investigated through numerical examples.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2002

복합재료 적층판의 보다 정확한 해석결과를 얻기 위해서는 종방향 전단변형, 종방향 수직 변형율/응력에 의한 효과와 두께방향 좌표에 관한 면내변위의 비선형 변화등이 고려되어야 한다. 본 연구에서는 개선된 고차이론을 이용하여 복합재료 적층구조물의 처짐 및 고유 진동수를 구한다. 점탄성 해석을 위하여 Quasi-elastic 방법을 사용하였다. 단순지지된 복합재료 적층판 및 샌드위치의 해석결과들은 3차원 탄성해석결과와 다른 이론들에 의한 결과와 비교하였다. 본 연구의 해석결과가 다른 이론들보다 좀 더 정확한 결과를 나타내었다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제55권4호
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• pp.719-742
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• 2015

This paper dealt the free vibration analysis of thick truncated conical composite sandwich shells with transversely flexible cores and simply supported boundary conditions based on a new improved and enhanced higher order sandwich shell theory. Geometries were used in the present work for the consideration of different radii curvatures of the face sheets and the core was unique. The coupled governing partial differential equations were derived by the Hamilton's principle. The in-plane circumferential and axial stresses of the core were considered in the new enhanced model. The first order shear deformation theory was used for the inner and outer composite face sheets and for the core, a polynomial description of the displacement fields was assumed based on the second Frostig's model. The effects of types of boundary conditions, conical angles, length to radius ratio, core to shell thickness ratio and core radius to shell thickness ratio on the free vibration analysis of truncated conical composite sandwich shells were also studied. Numerical results are presented and compared with the latest results found in literature. Also, the results were validated with those derived by ABAQUS FE code.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.389-415
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• 2014

This study deals with dynamic model of composite sandwich panels with functionally graded flexible cores under low velocity impacts of multiple large or small masses using a new improved higher order sandwich panel theory (IHSAPT). In-plane stresses were considered for the functionally graded core and face sheets. The formulation was based on the first order shear deformation theory for the composite face sheets and polynomial description of the displacement fields in the core that was based on the second Frostig's model. Fully dynamic effects of the functionally graded core and face-sheets were considered in this study. Impacts were assumed to occur simultaneously and normally over the top and/or bottom of the face-sheets with arbitrary different masses and initial velocities. The contact forces between the panel and impactors were treated as internal forces of the system. Nonlinear contact stiffness was linearized with a newly presented improved analytical method in this paper. The results were validated by comparing the analytical, numerical and experimental results published in the latest literature.

• 대한수학회지
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.573-583
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• 2010

In this paper, the existence of anti-periodic solutions for higher-order nonlinear ordinary differential equations is studied by using degree theory and some known results are improved to some extent.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.49-60
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• 1995

In the present study, a finite strip method for the vibration and stability analyses of anisotropic laminated composite plates is developed according to the higher-order shear deformation theory. This theory accounts for the parabolic distribution of the transverse shear strains through the thickness of the plate and for zero transverse shear stresses on the plate surfaces. In comparison with the finite strip method based on the first-order shear deformation theory, the present method gives improved results for very thick plates while using approximately the same number of degrees of freedom. It also eliminates the need for shear correction factors in calculating the transverse shear stiffness. A number of numerical examples are presented to show the effect of aspect ratio, length-to-thickness ratio, number of plies, fibre orientation and stacking sequence on the natural frequencies and critical buckling loads of simply supported rectangular cross-ply and arbitrary angle-ply composite laminates.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.249-257
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 고전적 고차전단변형이론(HSDT)을 이용한 복합재료 적층평판의 응력해석 개선기법을 소개한다. 횡방향 응력들에 대해서만 변분을 취하는 혼합변분이론(Mixed variational theorem)을 통하여 횡방향 전단 변형에너지를 개선하였다. 가정된 횡방향 전단응력은 면내 변위가 5차 다항식을 갖는 고차 지그재그 이론으로부터 구하였으며, 변위들은 고전적 고차전단변형이론의 변위장을 사용하였다. 이 과정을 통하여 얻어진 변형 에너지를 본 논문에서는 EHSDTM라고 명명하였으며, 이 이론을 통해 복합재 적층평판의 변위와 응력을 계산함에 있어서 HSDT와 비슷한 수준의 계산적 효율을 가지면서, 동시에 최소자승오차법에 따른 후처리 과정을 적용함으로써 변위와 응력의 두께방향 분포를 정확하게 예측할 수 있도록 개선하였다. 계산된 결과는 고전적 HSDT, 3차원 탄성해 등의 여러 결과들과 비교하여 검증하였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제66권1호
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• pp.61-73
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• 2018

In this article, a higher shear deformation theory (HSDT) is improved to consider the influence of thickness stretching in functionally graded (FG) plates. The proposed HSDT has fewer numbers of variables and equations of motion than the first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT), but considers the transverse shear deformation influences without requiring shear correction coefficients. The kinematic of the present improved HSDT is modified by considering undetermined integral terms in in-plane displacements and a parabolic distribution of the vertical displacement within the thickness, and consequently, the thickness stretching influence is taken into account. Analytical solutions of simply supported FG plates are found, and the computed results are compared with 3D solutions and those generated by other HSDTs. Verification examples demonstrate that the developed theory is not only more accurate than the refined plate theory, but also comparable with the HSDTs which use more number of variables.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.545-554
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• 2020

The present paper explores nonlinear dynamical properties of piezo-magnetic beams based on a nonlocal refined higher-order beam formulation and piezoelectric phase effect. The piezoelectric phase increment may lead to improved vibrational behaviors for the smart beams subjected to magnetic fields and external harmonic excitation. Nonlinear governing equations of a nonlocal intelligent beam have been achieved based upon the refined beam model and a numerical provided has been introduced to calculate nonlinear vibrational curves. The present study indicates that variation in the volume fraction of piezoelectric ingredient has a substantial impact on vibrational behaviors of intelligent nanobeam under electrical and magnetic fields. Also, it can be seen that nonlinear free/forced vibrational behaviors of intelligent nanobeam have dependency on the magnitudes of induced electrical voltages, magnetic potential, stiffening elastic substrate and shear deformation.