Published: 31 December 2016

A Unified method for vibration analysis of moderately thick annular, circular plates and their sector counterparts subjected to arbitrary boundary conditions

Fazl e Ahad1
Dongyan Shi2
Anees Ur Rehman3
Hafiz M. Waqas4
1, 2, 3, 4College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China
Corresponding Author:
Fazl e Ahad
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Abstract

The vibrations of circular, annular and sector plates are different boundary value problems due to different edge conditions and thus have been treated separately using different solution algorithms and procedures. In this paper, a unified method is proposed for vibration analysis of moderately thick annular, circular plates and their sector counterparts with arbitrary boundary conditions. The unification of these plates is physically achieved by applying the coupling spring’s technique at the radial edges to ensure appropriate continuity conditions. Irrespective of the shape of the plate and the type of boundary conditions, each of the displacement function is expressed as a new form of trigonometric expansion with high convergence rate. Unlike most of the previous studies the current method can be universally applied to a wide range of vibration problems involving different shapes, boundary conditions, varying materials and geometric properties without modifying the solution algorithms and procedure. Furthermore, the current method can easily be applied to sector plates with an arbitrary inclusion angle of 2π. The accuracy, reliability and versatility of the proposed method are fully demonstrated with several numerical examples for different shapes of plates and under different boundary conditions.

1. Introduction

Circular, annular and their sectorial counterparts are important structural components widely used in many engineering fields like civil, mechanical and marine engineering. As far as previous literature is concerned different solution algorithms and procedures have been adopted to study their vibration characteristics. The main reason behind these different solution algorithms and procedures was difference in their geometries resulting in different edge conditions.

A lot of research work has been done to study their dynamic characteristics under different boundary conditions. The important and comprehensive review on this subject can be found in Leissa’s 1973 book. The initial study on vibrations of circular plates or disks was done by Deresiewicz and Mindlin [1]. Employing the classical thin plate theory and Mindlin plate theory, these two researchers studied the vibration characteristics of axially symmetric circular disks. This work was further extended by Soni et al. [2] to axisymmetric orthotropic non uniform circular discs. They carried out their research using the same Mindlin plate theory and Chebyshev collocation technique. This technique was later employed by Gupta et al. to polar orthotropic annular Mindlin plates with non-uniform thickness [3]. Using Finite Element Method and three-dimensional finite strip model, Cheung et.al studied the vibration characteristics of thick and thin sector plates subjected to different types of classical boundary conditions [4, 5]. Investigation on vibration characteristics of annular sector plates having internal radial line and circumferential arc supports was carried out by Xiang et al. [6-7]. In another study Xiang et al. used first order shear deformation theory and studied the vibration response of thick circular and annular plates with internal ring stiffeners [8]. Later he extended his research to stepped circular Mindlin plates by employing domain decomposition technique to study the vibration characteristics [9]. Another similar study was performed by B. Singh and S. M. Hassan [10]. They studied the out of plane vibrations of a circular plate with different thickness variation. They approximated the thickness polynomial by interpolating the sample points along the thickness of the plate. In another study a combination of Rayleigh-Ritz method and Lagrange multiplier method was developed by S. Kitipornchai et al. to study the vibration characteristics of arbitrary shaped plates with corner supports [11]. Exact solution for annular sector plates subjected to simply supported radial edge conditions and general boundary conditions at circular edges was obtained by McGee et al. [12] employing the Mindlin plate theory and using ordinary and modified Bessel functions of the first and second kind.

Differential quadrature method was employed by various researchers to study the vibration characteristics of sector plates, annular sector plates and solid circular plates. Extensive results were reported for these plates subjected to various sets of classical boundary conditions [13-15]. Huang et al. [16] employed Frobenius method on orthotropic sector plates and studied the effect of Young modulus and shear modulus on the vibration characteristics of these plates. In another important research on thick circular and annular plates with uniform, linear and quadratic change in thickness along the radial edge was performed by Jae Hoon Kang [17]. A similar three-dimensional study of thick annular and circular plates was carried out by J. So et al. [18] employing Rayleigh-Ritz method. In their research they used trigonometric functions and algebraic polynomial as admissible displacement functions along the circumferential and radial and axial coordinates respectively. Another three-dimensional study of annular and circular plates was performed by Zhou et.al. They employed Chebyshev-Ritz technique and used Chebyshev polynomial as admissible function. Later they extended the same Chebyshev-Ritz technique to annular sector plates [19, 20]. Another important three-dimensional investigation on annular plates resting on elastic foundation was done by Hashemi et al. They used polynomial-Ritz approach and studied the effect of cutout ratio, thickness to radius ratio and elastic foundation on the vibration characteristics of annular plates subjected to various combinations of classical boundary conditions [21].

Discrete singular convolution method was used by Civalek et.al to investigate the vibration characteristics of Mindlin annular plates and thick circular plates [22, 23]. Similarly employing the Mindlin plate theory and first order shear deformation theory, Jomehzadeh et.al investigated the transverse vibrations of isotropic sector plate and moderately thick annular sector plates subjected to simply supported boundary conditions and arbitrary boundary conditions at radial and circular edges respectively [24-25]. In plane free vibration analysis of isotropic homogeneous circular disks subjected to arbitrary boundary conditions at the inner and outer edges was investigated by Bashmal et al. by employing two-dimensional linear plane stress theory. In another study he employed Rayleigh-Ritz method to study the vibration characteristics of annular disk with point elastic support [26, 27]. Similarly, Ravari et al. investigated the in plane vibrations of orthotropic circular annular plates by using Helmholtz decomposition technique and separation of variables method [28].

In other similar studies on circular, annular and sector plates, Sari et al. [29] used Chebyshev collocation method to study the vibration characteristics of Mindlin annular plates with damaged boundary conditions. Similarly, Reddy’s higher order shear deformation theory was employed by Bisadi et.al and Es’Haghi [30, 31] to investigate the vibration characteristics of thick circular and annular plates subjected to different combinations of classical boundary conditions at edges. Employing the boundary restraining springs technique Shi et.al proposed a generalized Fourier series method to study the annular sector plates subjected to elastic boundary conditions at each edge [32-33]. Later X. Shi et al. [34] proposed a unified method for vibration analysis of circular, annular and their sector counterparts by employing coupling springs technique at the coupling edge. The same idea has been adopted here to develop a unified method to study the vibration characteristics of Mindlin circular, annular and their sector counter parts subjected to general elastic boundary conditions. The beauty of this method is that it does not require any modification in the procedure or solution algorithm to accommodate these different geometries and boundary conditions.

2. Theoretical formulation

2.1. Description of the model

Consider a moderately thick annular sector plate with internal radius a, outer radius b, thickness h and width R in the radial direction as shown in Fig. 1. The angle ϕ represents the sector angle of the plate. The plate geometry and dimensions are defined in the cylindrical coordinate system r,ϕ,z.

Fig. 1Geometry of moderately thick annular sector plate

Geometry of moderately thick annular sector plate

a)

Geometry of moderately thick annular sector plate

b)

The elastic boundary conditions along the edges are specified using boundary spring technique. One translational and two rotational springs of arbitrary stiffness values are attached at each edge to simulate arbitrary boundary conditions. All the classical sets of boundary conditions can easily be achieved by varying the stiffness value of each spring from zero to an infinitely large number i.e. 1014. It can be seen in Fig. 2 that an annular plate can be obtained by annular sector plate when the sector angle becomes equal to 2π, a circular sector plate can be obtained from annular sector plate if the inner radius a becomes equal to 0. Similarly, a circular plate can be obtained when the inclusion angle of the annular sector plate becomes equal to 2π and the inner radius a also becomes equal to 0. Therefore, the solution algorithm and procedure will be developed in such a way that it can easily be applied to annular, circular and circular sector plates just by varying geometric parameters mentioned earlier.

Fig. 2a) Annular sector plate, b) annular plate, c) circular sector plate, d) circular plate

a) Annular sector plate, b) annular plate, c) circular sector plate, d) circular plate

a)0ϕ<2π

a) Annular sector plate, b) annular plate, c) circular sector plate, d) circular plate

b)ϕ=2π

a) Annular sector plate, b) annular plate, c) circular sector plate, d) circular plate

c)0ϕ<2π, α=0

a) Annular sector plate, b) annular plate, c) circular sector plate, d) circular plate

d)ϕ=2π, α=0

2.2. Formulation

In the framework of first order shear deformation plate theory, the displacement field in an arbitrary point of a moderately thick annular sector pate is given by:

1
urr,ϕ,z,t=urr,ϕ,z+zθrr,ϕ,t,
uϕr,ϕ,z,t=uϕr,ϕ,z+zθϕr,ϕ,t,
wr,ϕ,z,t=wor,ϕ,t,

where θr and θϕ represents the rotation of transverse normal with respect to ϕ and r directions, z is the thickness coordinate, ur and uϕ are displacements of the mid plane in r and ϕ directions, respectively, wo is the transverse displacement and t is the time. Thus the corresponding strains at this point are defined in terms of middle surface strains, curvature and twist changes as:

2
εr= εro+zχr, εϕ= εϕo+zχϕ, εz=0,
γrϕ=γrϕo+zχrϕ, γrz=γrzo, γϕz=γϕzo,

where the middle surface strains, curvature and twist changes are written as:

3
εro=urr, χr=θrr,
εϕo=uϕrϕ+urr, χϕ=θϕrϕ+θrr,
γrϕo=uϕr+urrϕ-uϕr, χrϕ=θϕr+θrrϕ-θϕr,
γrzo=wor+θr, γϕzo=worϕ+θϕ.

Assuming the plain stress distribution in accordance with Hooks law, the stress resultants are obtained for Mindlin annular plate by integrating the stresses as shown below:

4
Mr=-h/2h/2σrzdz=Dθrr+νrθr+θϕϕ,
Mϕ=-h/2h/2σϕzdz=D1rθr+θϕϕ+νθrr,
Mrϕ=-h/2h/2τrϕzdz=D1-ν21rθrϕ-θϕ+θϕr,
Qr=K2-h/2h/2τrzdz=K2Ghθr+wor,
Qϕ=K2-h/2h/2τϕzdz=K2Ghθϕ+1rwoϕ,

where Mr, Mϕ and Mrϕ are the bending moments per unit length of the plate, Qr and Qϕ are the transverse shear forces per unit length of the plate, σr, σϕ are the normal stresses, τrϕ, τrz and τϕz are the shear stresses, h is the plate thickness, E is the modulus of elasticity, G=E/21+ν is the shear modulus, ν is the Poisson ratio, D=Eh3/121-ν2 is the flexural rigidity and K2=π2/12 is the shear correction factor to compensate for the error in assuming the constant shear stress throughout the plate thickness. The equation of motion of the Mindlin annular sector plate is given by:

5
Mrr+1rMrϕϕ+1rMr-Mϕ-Qr=ρh3122θrt2,
Mrϕr+1rMϕϕ+2rMrϕ-Qϕ=ρh3122θϕt2,
Qrr+1rQϕϕ+Qrr=ρh2wot2.

The boundary conditions for an elastically restrained moderately thick annular sector plate are:

6
kawo=Qr, Karθr=-Mr, Katθϕ=-Mrϕ, r=a,
kbwo=-Qr, Kbrθr=Mr, Kbtθϕ=Mrϕ, r=b,
kϕ0wo=-Qϕ, Kϕ0rθϕ=Mϕ, Kϕ0tθϕ=Mrϕ, ϕ=0,
kϕ1wo=Qϕ, Kϕ1rθϕ=-Mϕ, Kϕ1tθϕ=-Mrϕ, ϕ=α,

where ka, kb (kϕ0 and kϕ1) are translational spring constants, Kar, Kbr (Kϕ0r and Kϕ1r) are rotational spring constants attached in radial direction and Kat, Kbt (Kϕ0t and Kϕ1t) are rotational spring constants attached in circumferential direction at r=a and b (ϕ=0 and ϕ=α) respectively. All the classical homogeneous boundary conditions can be simply considered as special cases when the spring constants are either extremely large or substantially small. For instance, a clamped boundary (C) is achieved by simply setting the stiffness of the entire springs equal to infinity (which is represented by a very large number, 1014). Inversely, a free boundary (F) is gained by setting the stiffness of the entire springs equal to zero. The units for the translational and rotational springs are N/m and Nm/rad, respectively.

2.3. Trigonometric series representation for the displacement functions

Regardless of the plate shape and type of boundary conditions, the displacement and rotation functions are invariably expressed in the form of simple trigonometric series expansion as:

7
θr(r,ϕ)=m=n=-2Amnφmrφnϕ,
θϕ(r,ϕ)=m=n=-2Bmnφmrφnϕ,
wo(r,ϕ)=m=n=-2Cmnφmrφnϕ,

where Amn, Bmn, Cmn denotes the expansion coefficients and:

φmr=cosλmr, m0,sinλmr, m<0, φnϕ=cosλnϕ, n0,sinλnϕ, n<0, λm=mπR, λn=nπα.

A solution can be obtained either in strong form by letting the series satisfy the relevant equations exactly on a point-wise basis, or in weak form by solving the series coefficients approximately using, for instance, the Rayleigh-Ritz technique. The weak form of solution will be sought here since it will be more attractive in modeling complex structures. To employ this method for this analysis, it is necessary to state the potential and kinetic energy in terms of displacement fields. The total potential energy of the spring restrained plate which is composed of two parts, namely, the strain energy of the Mindlin annular sector plate is given by:

8
Uplate=120αabDθrr2+2νrθrrθϕϕ+θr+1r2θϕϕ+θr2+1-ν21r2θϕ-rθϕr-θrϕ2+K2Ghwor+θr2+1r2woϕ+rθϕ2 rdrdϕ,

and the potential energy stored in the boundary springs, can be expressed as:

9
Ubs=120αakawo2+Karθr2+Katθϕ2 r=a+bkbwo2+Kbrθr2+Kbtθϕ2r=bdϕ+abkawo2+Kϕ0rθr2+Kϕ0tθϕ2ϕ=0+kbwo2+Kϕ1rθr2+Kϕ1tθϕ2ϕ=αrdr.

The kinetic energy expression for annular sector plate is expressed as:

10
Tp=12ω20αabρhwo2+ρh312θr2+θϕ2rdrdϕ.

As mentioned above, an annular plate can be mathematically viewed as a special case when the sector angle of an annular sector plate is set equal to 2π. However, this transition of annular sector plate into annular plate is not possible with this simple mathematical operation because the continuity of the displacement and its derivatives at this simple mathematical operation alone cannot automatically ensure a complete transition of the sector into an annular plate that is, the continuities of the displacements and their derivatives at ϕ=0 and ϕ=2π. To overcome this problem, a set of coupling springs will be used to enforce the continuity conditions for the displacements at the edges ϕ=0 and ϕ=2π. The potential energy stored in these coupling springs will be given by:

11
UCS=12abkcswoϕ=0-woϕ=2π2+Kcsrθrϕ=0-θrϕ=2π2+Kcstθϕϕ=0-θϕϕ=2π2dr,

where kcs, Kcsr and Kcst are the stiffnesses for translational coupling spring, rotational coupling springs in radial direction and rotational coupling springs in tangential direction respectively.

The Lagrangian for the annular sector plate can be generally expressed as:

12
L=Uplate+Ubs+Ucs-Tp.

Substituting Eqs. (9-11) in (12) and minimizing Lagrangian against all the unknown series expansion coefficients we can obtain a series of linear algebraic expressions in a matrix form as:

13
(K-ω2M) E=0,

where E is a vector which contains all the unknown series expansion coefficients that is:

14
E=A-2,-2,A-2,-1,A-2,0,...,Am',-2,Am',-1,,Am',0...,Am',n',...,AM,NB-2,-2,B-2,-1,B-2,0,...,Bm',-2,Bm',-1,Bm',0,...,Bm',n',...,BM,NC-2,-2,C-2,-1,C-2,0,...,Cm',-2,Cm',-1,Cm',0,...,Cm',n',...,CM,N T.

And Kand Mare the stiffness and mass matrices, respectively. For conciseness, the detailed expressions for the stiffness and mass matrices are not shown here. The eigenvalues (or natural frequencies) and eigenvectors of moderately thick annular sector plates can now be easily and directly determined from solving a standard matrix eigenvalue problem Eq. (13). For a given natural frequency, the corresponding eigenvector actually contains the series expansion coefficients which can be used to construct the physical mode shape based on Eqs. (7).

3. Results and discussion

In order to verify the convergence, accuracy, reliability and applicability of the present method for moderately thick annular, circular plates and their sector counter parts, several numerical examples are presented here along with the reference results from literature and ABAQUS. First of all the convergence of the present method is studied. Using different truncation terms (M=N=2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14) several sets of results are obtained for fully clamped Mindlin annular sector plate having different sector angles and presented in Table 1 and 2 as shown.

Table 1First five non-dimensional frequency parameter for fully clamped Mindlin annular sector plate having a/b= 0.6, h/b= 0.1

Sector angle Ø
M=N
Non dimensional frequency parameter Ω=ωb2ρh/D1/2
Mode sequence
1
2
3
4
5
2
145.584
240.451
251.723
331.721
391.843
4
144.104
237.420
249.040
328.660
350.364
6
144.032
237.301
248.941
328.487
349.816
π/6
8
144.020
237.280
248.924
328.452
349.739
10
144.017
237.274
248.920
328.442
349.720
12
144.016
237.272
248.918
328.438
349.713
14
144.015
237.271
248.917
328.436
349.711
ABAQUS
144.534
238.503
250.295
329.634
350.523

Table 2First five non-dimensional frequency parameter for CCCC Mindlin annular sector plate having a/b= 0.6, h/b= 0.1

Sector angle Ø
M=N
Non Dimensional frequency parameter Ω=ωb2ρh/D1/2
Mode sequence
1
2
3
4
5
2
104.250
116.563
163.387
223.325
232.424
π/2
4
102.977
112.649
130.467
173.504
220.564
6
102.911
112.460
129.978
155.396
187.319
8
102.900
112.420
129.896
154.985
185.972
10
102.897
112.408
129.871
154.895
185.781
12
102.896
112.403
129.862
154.865
185.726
14
102.895
112.401
129.857
154.852
185.705
ABAQUS
103.271
112.776
130.262
155.343
182.096

A fast convergence can be observed in the tabulated results for different truncation numbers and also a good agreement can be observed between the present values and the ABAQUS results. Similarly figure 3 shows convergence pattern for the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 8th mode for a moderately thick circular sector plate having clamped circular edge and simply supported radial edges.

Fig. 3Convergence pattern for frequency parameters with no. of truncation terms

Convergence pattern for frequency parameters with no. of truncation terms

It can be seen that the results converge very quickly even with small number of truncation terms. Thus a suitable truncation number should be used to achieve the accuracy of the largest desired frequency. In view of above and excellent convergence behavior of the current solution, the truncation number for subsequent calculation in the present method is taken as M=N= 12.

After verifying the fast convergence of the preset method, results for Mindlin annular and circular plates and their sector counterparts are obtained and tabulated for various sector angles and different boundary conditions along with the reference results from literature. Table 3 shows fundamental frequency parameters for Mindlin annular sector plates having different sector angles and thickness to radius ratio. The plate has simply supported radial edges and different boundary conditions at the circular edges. The results have been compared with ABAQUS software as well as those available in literature.

Table 3Fundamental frequency parameter Ω=ωb2ρh/D1/2 for Mindlin annular sector plates having SS radial edges and various boundary conditions at the inner and outer circumferential edges (a/b= 0.5)

Sector angle Ø
h/b
Method
Boundary conditions
S-S
S-F
F-S
F-C
195
0.1
Present
38.365
4.560
10.224
19.998
Ref [12]
38.636
4.675
10.227
19.999
ABAQUS
38.580
4.540
11.159
20.923
0.2
Present
32.508
4.005
9.130
17.503
Ref [12]
32.871
4.542
9.366
17.582
ABAQUS
32.676
4.067
10.014
18.239
210
0.1
Present
38.222
4.507
9.685
19.620
Ref [12]
38.455
4.584
9.664
19.610
ABAQUS
38.223
4.230
9.479
19.516
0.2
Present
32.419
3.997
8.681
17.235
Ref [12]
32.734
4.458
8.877
17.294
ABAQUS
32.469
3.923
8.590
17.201
270
0.1
Present
37.868
4.392
8.213
18.654
Ref [12]
38.010
4.372
8.130
18.622
ABAQUS
37.875
4.197
8.015
18.574
0.2
Present
32.200
3.999
7.450
16.548
Ref [12]
32.394
4.263
7.546
16.566
ABAQUS
32.252
3.932
7.366
16.524

Next we verify the applicability of this unified method for annular plates. As mentioned previously an annular plate can be viewed as a special case of annular sector plate if the sector angle becomes equal to 2π. Results for Mindlin annular plate for different combination of classical boundary conditions at the inner and outer edges for various cutout ratios are also calculated and presented in Table 4 along with those obtained from ABAQUS. A very close agreement can be observed in the calculated results. This close agreement verifies the applicability of the coupling spring technique for calculating frequency parameters for a complete annular plate without modifying the solution procedure.

Table 4Non dimensional frequency parameter Ω=ωb2ρh/D1/2 for Mindlin annular plates with various cutout ratio and boundary conditions (h/b= 0.2)

B.C
a/b
Method
Mode sequence
1
2
3
4
5
SC
0.2
Present
21.161
22.228
22.228
27.545
27.550
ABAQUS
21.200
22.271
22.272
27.596
27.596
0.4
Present
32.154
32.829
32.829
35.411
35.414
ABAQUS
32.243
32.920
32.920
35.511
35.511
0.6
Present
56.120
56.458
56.458
57.642
57.643
ABAQUS
56.357
56.697
56.697
57.885
57.887
SF
0.2
Present
2.082
2.082
3.225
4.980
4.998
ABAQUS
2.084
2.084
3.224
4.975
4.975
0.4
Present
3.280
3.280
3.581
5.464
5.471
ABAQUS
3.282
3.282
3.578
5.465
5.465
0.6
Present
4.703
5.089
5.089
7.402
7.407
ABAQUS
4.699
5.090
5.090
7.411
7.411
FC
0.2
Present
9.476
16.774
16.774
26.240
26.247
ABAQUS
9.481
16.797
16.797
26.288
26.289
0.4
Present
12.156
15.995
15.995
24.240
24.246
ABAQUS
12.163
16.014
16.014
24.248
24.284
0.6
Present
21.219
22.812
22.812
27.275
27.278
ABAQUS
21.244
22.844
22.844
27.324
27.325
CF
0.2
Present
4.191
4.191
4.809
5.750
5.756
ABAQUS
4.193
4.193
4.810
5.746
5.748
0.4
Present
8.017
8.017
8.175
8.865
8.868
ABAQUS
8.022
8.022
8.179
8.870
8.870
0.6
Present
17.148
17.198
17.198
17.802
17.803
ABAQUS
17.168
17.220
17.220
17.826
17.826
CC
0.2
Present
24.346
25.313
25.313
29.515
29.519
ABAQUS
24.413
25.380
25.380
29.583
29.584
0.4
Present
37.641
38.196
38.196
40.238
40.240
ABAQUS
37.784
38.339
38.339
40.382
40.383
0.6
Present
64.159
64.462
64.462
65.485
65.486
ABAQUS
64.496
64.799
64.800
65.821
65.823

As mentioned earlier when the inner radius of an annular sector plate is approximated to a very small number say a= 0.00001, then the annular sector plate converges to circular sector plate. The same method has been applied to circular sector plates and results for circular sector plates having different sector angles and boundary conditions at the radial and circumferential edges It should be noted that the symbol S stands for simply supported, C stands for clamped and F stand for free boundary conditions. The edges are taken in the counter clock wise direction, so SCS boundary conditions means simply supported radial edges and clamped circumferential edge. First three non-dimensional frequency parameters are calculated and presented in the Table 5 along with the reference results. It can be observed that the frequency parameters are in close agreement with the reference data.

Next we calculate the frequency parameter for various boundary conditions for a complete Mindlin circular plate having different thickness to radius ratio. In order to achieve this two simple modification needs to be done in the solution algorithm. First is equating the inner radius equal to a very small number say a= 0.00001 and second is equating the sector angle equal to 2π Table 6 presents first five non dimensional frequency parameter for a complete circular plate subjected to different boundary conditions at the circumferential edge and having different thickness to radius ratio. It should be noted that for the ‘F’; free boundary condition; the zero frequency parameters for the first six rigid body modes have not been taken into account in the Table 6. It can be observed that the frequency parameter decreases with increasing thickness to radius ratio in all the three types of boundary conditions listed. A good agreement between the presented results and those obtained through ABAQUS can also be observed which proves the applicability of the present method for calculating the frequency parameters for Mindlin circular plates also.

Table 5First three non-dimensional frequency parameters Ω=ωb2ρh/D1/2 for circular sector plates having different combination of classical boundary conditions and sector angle (h/b= 0.2, a/b= 0.00001)

Sector angle Ø
BC
Mode sequence
Present
Ref. [13]
ABAQUS
30
SCS
1
66.256
67.933
66.490
2
98.936
102.560
99.373
3
131.364
132.860
132.146
90
SSS
1
21.006
21.977
21.030
2
41.254
42.699
41.339
3
48.863
50.307
48.981
120
CCC
1
27.311
27.314
27.372
2
40.977
40.983
41.105
3
52.324
52.338
52.515

Table 6First five non-dimensional frequency parameter Ω=ωb2ρh/D1/2 for a Mindlin circular plate having different boundary conditions and thickness to radius ratio (a/b= 0.00001)

B.C
h/b
Method
Mode Sequence
1
2
3
4
5
C
0.1
Present
9.941
20.178
20.178
32.210
32.223
ABAQUS
9.939
20.176
20.176
32.220
32.222
0.2
Present
9.240
17.758
17.758
26.994
27.000
ABAQUS
9.246
17.782
17.782
27.044
27.045
0.25
Present
8.807
16.446
16.446
24.478
24.482
ABAQUS
8.816
16.479
16.479
24.540
24.540
S
0.1
Present
4.895
13.512
13.512
24.324
24.336
ABAQUS
4.892
13.508
13.508
24.315
24.317
0.2
Present
4.777
12.620
12.620
21.690
21.696
ABAQUS
4.776
12.625
12.625
21.710
21.710
0.25
Present
4.696
12.080
12.080
20.272
20.276
ABAQUS
4.696
12.089
12.089
20.300
20.300
F
0.1
Present
5.283
5.299
8.869
12.153
12.248
ABAQUS
5.275
5.275
8.865
12.062
12.062
0.2
Present
5.117
5.125
8.505
11.366
11.428
ABAQUS
5.113
5.113
8.504
11.316
11.316
0.25
Present
5.011
5.018
8.268
10.910
10.960
ABAQUS
5.009
5.009
8.268
10.871
10.871

All the results tabulated so far have been calculated for various combinations of classical boundary conditions which are treated as a special case of elastic boundary conditions in which the stiffness values for the restraining springs are set either equal to a very high value i.e. 1014 or a very low number zero. It is therefore necessary to study the effect of these restraining spring stiffnesses on the frequency characteristics for these plates. Figs. 4-6 shows the effect of boundary restraining springs on the frequency parameter ‘Ω’ for a fully clamped annular plate having a/b= 0.6 and h/b= 0.2.

Fig. 4 shows effect of translational spring stiffness on the second and sixth mode frequency parameter of annular plate in which the stiffness of the translational spring stiffness varies from 0 to 1e14 while the stiffnesses of the rotational spring in radial and tangential direction ( ) are kept constant i.e. 1e14.

Similarly, Figs. 5 and 6 have been obtained by assigning the corresponding boundary spring stiffness, a value ranging from 0 to 1014 and keeping the stiffnesses of other sets of spring equal to 1014.

Fig. 4Effect of translational spring stiffness k on frequency parameter Ω

Effect of translational spring stiffness k on frequency parameter Ω

Fig. 5Effect of rotational spring stiffness K attached in tangential direction on Ω

Effect of rotational spring stiffness K  attached in tangential direction on Ω

Fig. 6Effect of rotational spring stiffness K attached in radial direction on Ω

Effect of rotational spring stiffness K attached in radial direction on Ω

Similarly, Fig. 7(a)-(c) shows the effect of coupling springs on the frequency parameter Ω.

It can be seen that the translational and rotational boundary springs sufficiently affect the frequency parameters. More precisely the translational boundary restraining spring tend to be more influential when its stiffness varies from 108 to 1013. Similarly, the influential range for the rotational boundary spring in the radial direction is 106 to 1012. However, the influence of rotational boundary spring in the tangential direction is very small as seen in Fig. 5. Also it can be seen in Fig. 7(a)-(c) that influential range for the coupling springs is much smaller as compared to the boundary restraining springs. This influential range is the elastic range and frequency parameters can easily be calculated for elastic boundary conditions by assigning the proper stiffness values to the boundary restraining springs without modifying the solution procedure or algorithms.

We know that in practical engineering, designing or development of any mechanical system or a product, structure vibration analysis and testing is an important part to assess the real behavior of the structure when subjected to static or dynamic loads. In other words, to better understand any structural vibration problem, the resonant frequencies of a structure need to be identified and quantified in order to avoid well known resonance phenomena which can result in catastrophe. Today, modal analysis has become a widespread means of finding the modes of vibration of a machine or a structure.

Fig. 7Effect of coupling springs on the frequency parameter Ω

Effect of coupling springs on the frequency parameter Ω

a) Effect of translational coupling spring kc on frequency parameter Ω

Effect of coupling springs on the frequency parameter Ω

b) Effect of rotational coupling spring in radial direction Kc on frequency parameter Ω

Effect of coupling springs on the frequency parameter Ω

c) Effect of rotational coupling spring in tangential direction Kc on frequency parameter Ω

Various analytical methods have been developed over the years to accurately estimate the resonant frequencies or modes of vibrations of any structure when subjected to different boundary conditions. Once these frequencies are calculated they are used to estimate the modes of vibrations of a structure which are determined by the material properties and boundary conditions. Each mode of vibration is defined by a natural (modal or resonant) frequency, modal damping, and a mode shape. If there is a slight change in material properties or boundary conditions of a structure, its modes of vibration will also change. Therefore, it is important to estimate these frequencies for any change in material properties as well as boundary conditions because in practical engineering applications, the material properties of a structure and boundary conditions may vary. Furthermore, most of the existing techniques available so far to estimate these natural or resonant frequencies are limited to classical boundary conditions (clamped, free, simply supported etc.), however in practical engineering applications the structures are not always subjected to classical boundary conditions rather they may be subjected to elastic boundary conditions.

In the present manuscript, the unified method presented not only helps to accurately estimate these natural frequencies of circular and annular plates and their sector counter parts when they are subjected to classical boundary conditions but also when they are subjected to general elastic boundary conditions. The presented results give an insight of the modes of vibration of these plates having different material properties and subjected to elastic boundary conditions. Moreover, another important contribution of this technique is that this method does not require any changes in procedure or solution algorithms to accommodate different geometries, material properties or boundary conditions. The same solution algorithm or procedure can be used to estimate natural frequencies for different materials and boundary conditions. Different boundary conditions (classical, elastic, uniform & non-uniform) can easily be achieved by simply changing the stiffnesses of the translational and rotational springs attached at the boundaries or edges of these plates”.

4. Conclusion

In this paper a unified method is presented for vibration analysis of Mindlin annular, circular and their sector counter parts with arbitrary boundary conditions at their edges. Coupling springs technique has been utilized to avoid inconvenient formulation or procedural modification to accommodate different boundary conditions and geometrical shapes of the plates. Irrespective of the shape of the plate and the type of boundary conditions, each of the displacement function is expressed as a new form of trigonometric expansion with high convergence rate. Rayleigh-Ritz method has been used to determine the expansion coefficients. The current method therefore can be universally applied to a wide range of vibration problems involving different shapes, boundary conditions, varying materials and geometric properties without modifying the solution algorithms and procedure. The unification, fast convergence, accuracy and reliability have been fully demonstrated through several numerical examples involving different shapes and boundary conditions. Furthermore, the effect of boundary restraining springs and coupling springs on the frequency parameter have also been studied.

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About this article

Received
14 January 2016
Accepted
17 August 2016
Published
31 December 2016
SUBJECTS
Mechanical vibrations and applications
Keywords
vibrations
circular plates
annular plates
sector plates
natural frequency
mode shapes
arbitrary boundary conditions
Acknowledgements

The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. U1430236) and Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province of China (No. E2016024)