MAGNETIC-ELASTIC BUCKLING OF A THIN CURRENT CARRYING PLATE SIMPLY SUPPORTED AT THREE EDGES

The magnetic-elasticity buckling problem of a current plate under the action of a mechanical load in a magnetic field was studied by using the Mathieu function. According to the magnetic-elasticity non-linear kinetic equation, physical equations, geometric equations, the expression for Lorenz force and the electrical dynamic equation, the magnetic-elasticity dynamic buckling equation is derived. The equation is changed into a standard form of the Mathieu equation using Galerkin＇s method. Thus, the buckling problem can be solved with a Mathieu equation. The criterion equation of the buckling problem also has been obtained by discussing the eigenvalue relation of the coefficients 2 and r/ in the Mathieu equation. As an example, a thin plate simply supported at three edges is solved here. Its magnetic-elasticity dynamic buckling equation and the relation curves of the instability state with variations in some parameters are also shown in this paper. The conclusions show that the electrical magnetic forces may be controlled by changing the parameters of the current or the magnetic field so that the aim of controlling the deformation, stress, strain and stability of the current carrying plate is achieved.

ON SOME PROBLEMS FOR UNSYMMETRICAL LATERAL BUCKLING OF RECTANGULAR PLATES

The present paper investigates several problems for unsymmetrically lateral instability of rectangular plates by the energy method. In the text we discuss the minimum critical load of rectangular plates which possess the unsymmetrical supporters and to which the lateral buckling occurs unsymmetrically under a concentrated force, uniformly distributed load and the concentrated couples respectively.

THE DOUBLE MODE MODEL OF THE CHAOTIC MOTION FOR A LARGE DEFLECTION PLATE

The primary aim of this paper is to study the chaotic motion of a large deflection plate. Considered here is a buckled plate, which is simply supported and subjected to a lateral harmonic excitation. At first, the partial differential equation governing the transverse vibration of the plate is derived. Then, by means of the Galerkin approach, the partial differential equation is simplified into a set of two ordinary differential equations. It is proved that the double mode model is identical with the single mode model. The Melnikov method is used to give the approximate excitation thresholds for the occurrence of the chaotic vibration. Finally numerical computation is carried out.

A METHOD OF DETERMINING BUCKLED STATES OF THIN PLATES AT A DOUBLE EIGENVALUE

A method of determining bifurcation directions at a double eigenvalue is presented by combining the finite element method with the perturbation method. By using the present method, the buckled states of rectangular plates at a double eigenvalue are numerically analyzed. The results show that this method is effective.

Probabilistic stability of uncertain composite plates and stochastic irregularity in their buckling mode shapes:A semi-analytical non-intrusive approach

In this study,the mechanical properties of the composite plate were considered Gaussian random fields and their effects on the buckling load and corresponding mode shapes were studied by developing a semi-analytical nonintrusive approach.The random fields were decomposed by the Karhunen−Loève method.The strains were defined based on the assumptions of the first-order and higher-order shear-deformation theories.Stochastic equations of motion were extracted using Euler-Lagrange equations.The probabilistic response space was obtained by employing the nonintrusive polynomial chaos method.Finally,the effect of spatially varying stochastic properties on the critical load of the plate and the irregularity of buckling mode shapes and their sequences were studied for the first time.Our findings showed that different shear deformation plate theories could significantly influence the reliability of thicker plates under compressive loading.It is suggested that a linear relationship exists between the mechanical properties’variation coefficient and critical loads’variation coefficient.Also,in modeling the plate properties as random fields,a significant stochastic irregularity is obtained in buckling mode shapes,which is crucial in practical applications.

Application of color structured light pattern to measurement of large out-of-plane deformation

Measurement of out-of-plane deformation is significant to understanding of the deflection mechanisms of the plate and tube structures.In this study,a new surface contouring technique with color structured light is applied to measure the out-of-plane deformation of structures with one-shot projection.Through color fringe recognizing,decoding and triangulation processing for the captured images corresponding to each deformation state,the feasibility of the method is testified by the measurement of elastic deflections of a flexible square plate,showing good agreement with those from the calibrated displacement driver.The plastic deformation of two alloy aluminum rectangular tubes is measured to show the technique application to surface topographic evaluation of the buckling structures with large displacements.

An extended high-dimensional Melnikov analysis for global and chaotic dynamics of a non-autonomous rectangular buckled thin plate

By using an extended Melnikov method on multi-degree-of-freedom Hamiltonian systems with perturbations,the global bifurcations and chaotic dynamics are investigated for a parametrically excited,simply supported rectangular buckled thin plate.The formulas of the rectangular buckled thin plate are derived by using the von Karman type equation.The two cases of the buckling for the rectangular thin plate are considered.With the aid of Galerkin's approach,a two-degree-of-freedom nonautonomous nonlinear system is obtained for the non-autonomous rectangular buckled thin plate.The high-dimensional Melnikov method developed by Yagasaki is directly employed to the non-autonomous ordinary differential equation of motion to analyze the global bifurcations and chaotic dynamics of the rectangular buckled thin plate.Numerical method is used to find the chaotic responses of the non-autonomous rectangular buckled thin plate.The results obtained here indicate that the chaotic motions can occur in the parametrically excited,simply supported rectangular buckled thin plate.