This work considers longitudinal wave propagation in circular cylindrical rods adopting Boström's power series expansion method in the radial coordinate. Equations of motion together with consistent sets of general lateral and end boundary conditions are derived in a systematic fashion up to arbitrary order using a generalized Hamilton's principle. Analytical comparisons are made between the present theory to low order and several classic theories. Numerical examples for eigenfrequencies, displacement and stress distributions are given for a number of finite rod structures. The results are presented for series expansion theories of different order and various classical theories, from which one may conclude that the present method generally models the rod accurately.
This work considers homogeneous isotropic circular cylinders adopting a power series expansion method in the radial coordinate. Equations of motion together with consistent sets of end boundary conditions are derived in a systematic fashion up to arbitrary order using a generalized Hamilton's principle. Time domain partial differential equations are obtained for longitudinal, torsional, and flexural modes, where these equations are asymptotically correct to all studied orders. Numerical examples are presented for different sorts of problems, using exact theory, the present series expansion theories of different order, and various classical theories. These results cover dispersion curves, eigenfrequencies and the corresponding displacement and stress distributions, as well as fix frequency motion due to prescribed end displacement or lateral distributed forces. The results illustrate that the present approach may render benchmark solutions provided higher order truncations are used, and act as engineering cylinder equations using low order truncation.
The derivation of plate equations for a plate consisting of two layers, one anisotropic elastic and one piezoelectric, is considered. Power series expansions in the thickness coordinate for the displacement components and the electric potential lead to recursion relations among the expansion functions. Using these in the boundary and interface conditions, a set of equations is obtained for some of the lowest-order expansion functions. This set is reduced to six equations corresponding to the symmetric (in-plane) and antisymmetric (bending) motions of the elastic layer. These equations are given to linear (for the symmetric equations) or quadratic (for the antisymmetric equations) order in the thickness. It is noted that it is, in principle, possible to go to any order, and that it is believed that the corresponding equations are asymptotically correct. A few numerical results for guided waves along the plate and a 1D actuator case illustrate the accuracy.
In this paper, wave splitting technique is applied to a homogeneous Timoshenko beam. The purpose is to obtain a diagonal equation in terms of the split fields. These fields are calculated in the time domain from an appropriate set of boundary conditions. The fields along the beam are represented as a time convolution of Green functions with the excitation. The Green functions do not depend on the wave fields but only on the parameters of the beam. Green functions for a Timoshenko beam are derived, and the exponential behaviour of these functions as well as the split modes are discussed. A transformation that extracts the exponential part is performed. Some numerical examples for various loads are presented and compared with results appearing in the literature.
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