• Smart Structures and Systems
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.195-205
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• 2018

Research on Lamb wave-based damage identification in plate-like structures depends on precise knowledge of dispersive wave velocity. However, boundary reflections with the same frequency of interest and greater amplitude contaminate direct waves and thus compromise measurement of Lamb wave dispersion in different materials. In this study, non-reflecting boundaries were proposed in both numerical and experimental cases to facilitate time-frequency characterization of Lamb wave dispersion. First, the Lamb wave equations in isotropic and laminated materials were analytically solved. Second, the non-reflecting boundaries were used as a series of frames with gradually increased damping coefficients in finite element models to absorb waves at boundaries while avoiding wave reflections due to abrupt property changes of each frame. Third, damping clay was sealed at plate edges to reduce the boundary reflection in experimental test. Finally, the direct waves were subjected to the slant-stack and short-time Fourier transformations to calculate the dispersion curves of phase and group velocities, respectively. Both the numerical and experimental results suggest that the boundary reflections are effectively alleviated, and the dispersion curves generated by the time-frequency analysis are consistent with the analytical solutions, demonstrating that the combination of non-reflecting boundary and time-frequency analysis is a feasible and reliable scheme for characterizing Lamb wave dispersion in plate-like structures.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.245-262
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• 2002

The free vibration analysis of stiffened laminated composite plates has been performed using the layered (zigzag) finite element method based on the first order shear deformation theory. The layers of the laminated plate is modeled using nine-node isoparametric degenerated flat shell element. The stiffeners are modeled as three-node isoparametric beam elements based on Timoshenko beam theory. Bilinear in-plane displacement constraints are used to maintain the inter-layer continuity. A special lumping technique is used in deriving the lumped mass matrices. The natural frequencies are extracted using the subspace iteration method. Numerical results are presented for unstiffened laminated plates, stiffened isotropic plates, stiffened symmetric angle-ply laminates, stiffened skew-symmetric angle-ply laminates and stiffened skew-symmetric cross-ply laminates. The effects of fiber orientations (ply angles), number of layers, stiffener depths and degrees of orthotropy are examined.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• v.48 no.1
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• pp.103-124
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• 2013

This paper studies the static and dynamic characteristics of composite plates subjected to an arbitrary periodic load in hygrothermal environments. The material properties of composite plates are depended on the temperature and moisture. The governing equations of motion of Mathieu-type are established by using the Galerkin method with reduced eigenfunction transforms. A periodic load is taken to be a combination of axial pulsating load and bending stress in the example problem. The regions of dynamic instability of laminated composite plates are determined by solving the eigenvalue problems based on Bolotin's method. The effects of temperature rise and moisture concentration on the dynamic instability of laminated composite plates are investigated and discussed. The influences of various parameters on the instability region and dynamic instability index are also investigated. The numerical results reveal that the influences of hygrothermal effect on the dynamic instability of laminated plates are significant.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society For Composite Materials Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.89-92
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• 2002

Traditionally unidirectional laminated composite which are characterized by high specific stiffness and strength were used for structural application. But theses composites are highly susceptible to impact damage because of lower transverse tensile strength. The main failure modes of laminated composite are fiber breakage, matrix cracking and delamination for low velocity impact. The modified failure criterions are implemented to predict these failure modes with finite element analysis. Failure behavior of the woven fabric laminated composite which is used in forehead part of subway to lighten weigh has been studied. The new failure criterions are in good agreement with experimental results and can predict the failure behavior of the woven fabric composite plate subjected to low velocity impact more accurately.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.283-293
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• 2013

This paper deals with the applicability of a new extended layerwise optimization method for thermal buckling load optimization of laminated composite plates. The design objective is the maximization of the critical thermal buckling of the laminated plates. The fibre orientations in the layers are considered as design variables. The first order shear deformation theory (FSDT) is used for the finite element solution of the laminates. Finally, the numerical analysis is carried out to show the applicability of extended layerwise optimization algorithm of laminated plates for different parameters such as plate aspect ratios and boundary conditions.

• Journal of Korean Association for Spatial Structures
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• v.6 no.4 s.22
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• pp.45-52
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• 2006

FRP laminated plates have strong material-nonlinearity. Through vibration Analysis of FRP laminated plates, the result of nonlinearity analysis is compared with the result of linearity analysis according to stacking angle and squency. This study is a fundamental study about displacement in nonlinearity dynamic behavior of FRP laminated plates.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 1997.10a
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• pp.710-715
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• 1997

This paper deals with the analysis of the optimum value of honeycomb core considering variable design parameter. As thickness and height of core rises in design parameter, natural frequency of laminated composite plate increases. The angle-phy has the maximum value when the plate of honeycomb core join to opposite direction. This paper shows that the natural frequency of CFRP was higher than that of GFRP and mode shapes were various at angle-ply.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.43-59
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• 2020

In this study, free vibration analysis of laminated composite parabolic thick plate frames by using finite element method is introduced. Governing equations of an eigenvalue problem are obtained from First Order Shear Deformation Theory (FSDT). Finite element method is employed to obtain natural frequency values from the governing differential equations. The frames consist of two flat square plates and one singly curved plate. Parameters like radii of curvature, aspect ratio, ply orientation and boundary conditions are investigated to understand their effect on dynamic behavior of such a structure. In addition, multi-bay structures of such geometry with different stacking order are also taken into account. The composite frame structures are also modeled and simulated via ANSYS to verify the accuracy of the present study.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 1996.04a
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• pp.127-134
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• 1996

In this paper, the effect of neglecting the own weight of the composite plate on the natural frequency of vibration of the laminated plates is presented. The method used has been developed by the author since 1974. This method is very effective for the plates with arbitrary boundary conditions and irregular sections. When the attached mass is equal to the weight of the plate, the effect of neglecting the plate weight is 9.26 percent

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.713-722
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• 1991

본 연구에서는 graphite/epoxy와 glass/epoxy 그리고 graphite/epoxy와 kevl- ar/epoxy의 혼합적층된 복합재료 평판의 저속충격에 대한 응답을 유한요소 모델을 사 용하여 수치해석 한후, 각각의 단일적층판들의 결과와 비교하였으며, 이때의 접촉력 관계식은 Yang과 Sun이 제안한 수정된 접촉법칙을 이용하였다. 또한, 수치해석 결과 에서의 충격자의 속도변화로써 혼합적창판 배열에 따른 에너지 흡수율을 계산하였고, 이를 충격특성이 취약한 graphite/epoxy 단일 적층판의 결과와 비교 고찰하였다.