Panel flutter phenomena can be strongly affected by thermal loads,and so a refined aeroelastic model is presented.Higher-order shell theories are used as structural models.The aerodynamic forces are described using th...Panel flutter phenomena can be strongly affected by thermal loads,and so a refined aeroelastic model is presented.Higher-order shell theories are used as structural models.The aerodynamic forces are described using the Piston theory.The temperature is considered uniform over the thickness of the panel.The aero-thermo-elastic model is derived in the framework of the Carrera unified formulation(CUF),therefore the matrices are expressed in a compact form using the″fundamental nuclei″.Composite and sandwich structures are considered and different boundary conditions are taken into account.The effects of the thermal load on the aeroelastic behavior are investigated.展开更多
In the present work,a new class of finite elements(FEs)for the analysis of composite and sandwich plates embedding piezoelectric skins and patches is proposed.By making use of node-by-node variable plate theory assump...In the present work,a new class of finite elements(FEs)for the analysis of composite and sandwich plates embedding piezoelectric skins and patches is proposed.By making use of node-by-node variable plate theory assumptions,the new finite element allows for the simultaneous analysis of different subregions of the problem domain with different kinematics and accuracy,in a global/local sense.As a consequence,the computational costs can be reduced drastically by assuming refined theories only in those zones/nodes of the structural domain where the resulting strain and stress states,and their electro-mechanical coupling present a complex distribution.The primary advantage is that no ad-hoc techniques and mathematical artifices are required to mix the fields coming from two different and kinematically incompatible adjacent elements,because the plate structural theory varies within the finite element itself.In other words,the structural theory of the plate element is a property of the FE node in this present approach,and the continuity between two adjacent elements is ensured by adopting the same kinematics at the interface nodes.The finite element arrays of the generic plate element are formulated in terms of fundamental nuclei,which are invariants of the theory approximation order and the modeling technique(Equivalent-Single-Layer,Layer-Wise).In this work,the attention is focused on the use of Legendre polynomial expansions to describe the through-the-thickness unknowns to develop advanced plate theories.Several numerical investigations,such as composite and sandwich multilayered plates embedding piezoelectric skins and patches with various load,boundary conditions,and piezoelectric material polarizations,are carried out to validate and demonstrate the accuracy and efficiency of the present plate element,including comparison with various closed-form and FE solutions from the literature.展开更多
The present paper presents an innovative approach for the numerical modeling of piezo-electric transducers for the health-monitoring of layered structures.The numerical approach has been developed in the frameworks of...The present paper presents an innovative approach for the numerical modeling of piezo-electric transducers for the health-monitoring of layered structures.The numerical approach has been developed in the frameworks of the Carrera Unified Formulation.This computa-tional tool allows refined numerical models to be derived in a unified and efficient fashion.The use of higher-order models and the cap-ability to connect different kinematic models using the node-depen-dent kinematic approach has led to an efficient modeling technique for global-local analysis.This approach can refine the model only in those regions where it is required,e.g.,the areas where piezo-electric transducers are placed.The model has been used to study embedded and surface-mounted sensors.The accuracy of the pre-sent model has been verified by comparing the current results with numerical and experimental data from the literature.Different mod-eling solutions have been developed,mixing one-,two-and threedimensional finite elements.The results show that the use of the present modeling technique allows the computational cost to be reduced with respect to the classical approaches preserving the ccuracy of the results in the critical areas.展开更多
The present article considers the free-vibration analysis of plate structures with piezoelectric patches by means of a plate finite element with variable through-the-thickness layer-wise kinematic.The refined models u...The present article considers the free-vibration analysis of plate structures with piezoelectric patches by means of a plate finite element with variable through-the-thickness layer-wise kinematic.The refined models used are derived from Carrera’s Unified Formulation(CUF)and they permit the vibration modes along the thickness to be accurately described.The finite-element method is employed and the plate element implemented has nine nodes,and the mixed interpolation of tensorial component(MITC)method is used to contrast the membrane and shear locking phenomenon.The related governing equations are derived from the principle of virtual displacement,extended to the analysis of electromechanical problems.An isotropic plate with piezoelectric patches is analyzed,with clamped-free boundary conditions and subjected to open-and short-circuit configurations.The results,obtained with different theories,are compared with the higher-order type solutions given in the literature.The conclusion is reached that the plate element based on the CUF is more suitable and efficient compared to the classical models in the study of multilayered structures embedding piezo-patches.展开更多
The buckling of thin-walled structures is presented using the 1D finite element based refined beam theory formulation that permits us to obtain N-order expansions for the three displacement fields over the section dom...The buckling of thin-walled structures is presented using the 1D finite element based refined beam theory formulation that permits us to obtain N-order expansions for the three displacement fields over the section domain.These higher-order models are obtained in the framework of the Carrera unified formulation(CUF).CUF is a hierarchical formulation in which the refined models are obtained with no need for ad hoc formulations.Beam theories are obtained on the basis of Taylor-type and Lagrange polynomial expansions.Assessments of these theories have been carried out by their applications to studies related to the buckling of various beam structures,like the beams with square cross section,I-section,thin rectangular cross section,and annular beams.The results obtained match very well with those from commercial finite element softwares with a significantly less computational cost.Further,various types of modes like the bending modes,axial modes,torsional modes,and circumferential shell-type modes are observed.展开更多
文摘Panel flutter phenomena can be strongly affected by thermal loads,and so a refined aeroelastic model is presented.Higher-order shell theories are used as structural models.The aerodynamic forces are described using the Piston theory.The temperature is considered uniform over the thickness of the panel.The aero-thermo-elastic model is derived in the framework of the Carrera unified formulation(CUF),therefore the matrices are expressed in a compact form using the″fundamental nuclei″.Composite and sandwich structures are considered and different boundary conditions are taken into account.The effects of the thermal load on the aeroelastic behavior are investigated.
基金This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation[15-19-30002]。
文摘In the present work,a new class of finite elements(FEs)for the analysis of composite and sandwich plates embedding piezoelectric skins and patches is proposed.By making use of node-by-node variable plate theory assumptions,the new finite element allows for the simultaneous analysis of different subregions of the problem domain with different kinematics and accuracy,in a global/local sense.As a consequence,the computational costs can be reduced drastically by assuming refined theories only in those zones/nodes of the structural domain where the resulting strain and stress states,and their electro-mechanical coupling present a complex distribution.The primary advantage is that no ad-hoc techniques and mathematical artifices are required to mix the fields coming from two different and kinematically incompatible adjacent elements,because the plate structural theory varies within the finite element itself.In other words,the structural theory of the plate element is a property of the FE node in this present approach,and the continuity between two adjacent elements is ensured by adopting the same kinematics at the interface nodes.The finite element arrays of the generic plate element are formulated in terms of fundamental nuclei,which are invariants of the theory approximation order and the modeling technique(Equivalent-Single-Layer,Layer-Wise).In this work,the attention is focused on the use of Legendre polynomial expansions to describe the through-the-thickness unknowns to develop advanced plate theories.Several numerical investigations,such as composite and sandwich multilayered plates embedding piezoelectric skins and patches with various load,boundary conditions,and piezoelectric material polarizations,are carried out to validate and demonstrate the accuracy and efficiency of the present plate element,including comparison with various closed-form and FE solutions from the literature.
文摘The present paper presents an innovative approach for the numerical modeling of piezo-electric transducers for the health-monitoring of layered structures.The numerical approach has been developed in the frameworks of the Carrera Unified Formulation.This computa-tional tool allows refined numerical models to be derived in a unified and efficient fashion.The use of higher-order models and the cap-ability to connect different kinematic models using the node-depen-dent kinematic approach has led to an efficient modeling technique for global-local analysis.This approach can refine the model only in those regions where it is required,e.g.,the areas where piezo-electric transducers are placed.The model has been used to study embedded and surface-mounted sensors.The accuracy of the pre-sent model has been verified by comparing the current results with numerical and experimental data from the literature.Different mod-eling solutions have been developed,mixing one-,two-and threedimensional finite elements.The results show that the use of the present modeling technique allows the computational cost to be reduced with respect to the classical approaches preserving the ccuracy of the results in the critical areas.
文摘The present article considers the free-vibration analysis of plate structures with piezoelectric patches by means of a plate finite element with variable through-the-thickness layer-wise kinematic.The refined models used are derived from Carrera’s Unified Formulation(CUF)and they permit the vibration modes along the thickness to be accurately described.The finite-element method is employed and the plate element implemented has nine nodes,and the mixed interpolation of tensorial component(MITC)method is used to contrast the membrane and shear locking phenomenon.The related governing equations are derived from the principle of virtual displacement,extended to the analysis of electromechanical problems.An isotropic plate with piezoelectric patches is analyzed,with clamped-free boundary conditions and subjected to open-and short-circuit configurations.The results,obtained with different theories,are compared with the higher-order type solutions given in the literature.The conclusion is reached that the plate element based on the CUF is more suitable and efficient compared to the classical models in the study of multilayered structures embedding piezo-patches.
文摘The buckling of thin-walled structures is presented using the 1D finite element based refined beam theory formulation that permits us to obtain N-order expansions for the three displacement fields over the section domain.These higher-order models are obtained in the framework of the Carrera unified formulation(CUF).CUF is a hierarchical formulation in which the refined models are obtained with no need for ad hoc formulations.Beam theories are obtained on the basis of Taylor-type and Lagrange polynomial expansions.Assessments of these theories have been carried out by their applications to studies related to the buckling of various beam structures,like the beams with square cross section,I-section,thin rectangular cross section,and annular beams.The results obtained match very well with those from commercial finite element softwares with a significantly less computational cost.Further,various types of modes like the bending modes,axial modes,torsional modes,and circumferential shell-type modes are observed.
基金Project supported by the National Basic Research Program(973)of China(No.2014CB049404)the National Key Research and Development Program(No.2016YFC0600905)+1 种基金the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University(No.IRT_16R68)the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions(PAPD),China