• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.191-213
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• 2011

This paper presents an improved 8-node shell element for the analysis of plates and shells. The finite element, based on a refined first-order shear deformation theory, is further improved by the combined use of assumed natural strain method. We analyze the influence of the shell element with the different patterns of sampling points for interpolating different components of strains. Using the assumed natural strain method with proper interpolation functions, the present shell element generates neither membrane nor shear locking behavior even when full integration is used in the formulation. Further, a refined first-order shear deformation theory, which results in parabolic through-thickness distribution of the transverse shear strains from the formulation based on the third-order shear deformation theory, is proposed. This formulation eliminates the need for shear correction factors in the first-order theory. Numerical examples demonstrate that the present element perform better in comparison with other shell elements.

• 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.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.309-324
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• 2005

This paper presents an efficient and accurate coupled beam model for piezoelectric bimorphs based on improved first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT). The model combines the equivalent single layer approach for the mechanical displacements and a layerwise modeling for the electric potential. General electric field function is proposed to reasonably approximate the through-the-thickness distribution of the applied and induced electric potentials. Layerwise defined shear correction factor (k) accounting for nonlinear shear strain distribution is introduced into both the shear stress resultant and the electric displacement integration. Analytical solutions for free vibrations and forced response under electromechanical loads are obtained for the simply supported piezoelectric bimorphs with series or parallel arrangement, and the numerical results for various length-to-thickness ratios are compared with the exact two-dimensional piezoelasticity solution. Excellent predictions with low error estimates of local and global responses as well as the modal frequencies are observed.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제82권4호
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• pp.477-490
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• 2022

This article investigates the nonlinear behavior of two-directional functionally graded materials (TDFGM) doubly curved panels with porosities for the first time. An improved and effectual approach is established based on the improved first-order shear deformation shell theory (IFSDST) and von Karman's type nonlinearity. The IFSDST considers the effects of shear deformation without the need for a shear correction factor. The composition of TDFGM constitutes four different materials, and the modified power-law function is employed to vary the material properties continuously in both thickness and longitudinal directions. A nonlinear finite element method in conjunction with Hamilton's principle is used to obtain the governing equations. Then, the direct iterative method is incorporated to accomplish the numerical results using the frequency-amplitude, nonlinear central deflection relations. Finally, the influence of volume fraction grading indices, porosity distributions, porosity volume, curvature ratio, thickness ratio, and aspect ratio provides a thorough insight into the linear and nonlinear responses of the porous curved panels. Meanwhile, this study emphasizes the influence of the volume fraction gradation profiles in conjunction with the various material and geometrical parameters on the linear frequency, nonlinear frequency, and deflection of the TDFGM porous shells. The numerical analysis reveals that the frequencies and nonlinear deformations can be significantly regulated by changing the volume fraction gradation profiles in a specified direction with an appropriate combination of materials. Hence, TDFGM panels can overcome the drawbacks of the functionally graded materials with a gradation of properties in a single direction.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.107-114
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 복합적층판의 유한요소해석을 위해 직접수정법으로 간단히 개선된 8절점 유한요소를 제안하였다. 우선, 9절점 등매개변수 요소와 동일한 조건하에서 이차다항식을 표현할 수 있도록 형상함수를 수정하며, 이를 외시적(explicit)으로 표현하였다. 전단보정계수를 갖는 1차전단변형이론을 고차전단변형이론에 근거하여 간단히 개선함으로써 두께방향으로 전단응력 및 변형률이 포물선 분포를 가지도록 하였다. 더 이상의 전단보정계수가 필요하지 않다. 따라서 간단한 직접수정법 즉, 형상함수의 수정, 1차전단변형이론의 개선 및 가정변형률을 조합함으로써 8절점 유한요소의 성능을 개선하였다. 제안된 유한요소를 이용하여 복합적층판의 정적, 좌굴 및 자유진동 수치해석을 실시하여 비교 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.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.2284-2291
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 회전관성과 전단변형이 고려된 8절점 쉘 요소를 이용한 판의 진동해석을 연구하였다. 면내 잠김과 전단 잠김 현상을 극복하기 위하여 가정자연변형률 방법을 이용하였다. 8절점 쉘 요소의 성능 향상을 위해 새로운 보간점의 조합을 이용한 가정변형률 방법을 사용하였다. Reissner-Mindlin 이론에 근거한 개선된 1차 전단변형이론을 적용하여 회전관성을 고려하였으며 전단보정계수를 사용하지 않았다. 본 연구의 결과를 검증하기 위해 참고문헌의 직사각형 판의 동적 해석결과를 제시하였다. 해석결과는 참고문헌의 결과와 잘 일치하였다. 또한 감쇄효과가 고려된 판의 진동해석을 수행하였다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제11권12호
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• pp.5199-5206
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 개선된 자연변형률 쉘 요소를 이용한 적층복합판의 좌굴하중을 연구하였다. 면내 잠김과 전단 잠김 현상을 극복하기 위하여 가정자연변형률 방법을 이용하였고, 면내 압축 및 전단하중이 작용하는 경우에 폭-두께 비 및 파이버의 보강방향의 변화에 따른 적층복합판의 고유치 문제를 연구하였다. 쉘 요소의 성능 향상을 위해 새로운 보간점의 조합을 이용한 가정변형률 방법을 사용하였으며 전단보정계수 없이 전단변형을 고려할 수 있는 개선된 1차 전단변형이론을 적용하였다. 본 연구의 결과를 검증하기 위해 참고문헌의 결과들과 비교 분석하였으며 새로운 예제도 추가적으로 연구하였다. 해석결과는 참고문헌의 결과들과 잘 일치함을 알 수 있었다. 면내 전단하중에 의한 좌굴하중의 예측은 향후 관련 연구에 비교자료로 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 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.

• 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.