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1. INTRODUCTION Fibre reinforced plastics are being increasingly used in aerospace applications. They may be subjected to moisture and temperature environments during service life. Moisture and temperature have a sign&ant effect on the free vibration of fibre reinforced plastic laminated plates. The effect of environment on the free vibration of laminated plates has been considered earlier by Whitney and Ashton [I]. They used the Ritz method to analyze symmetric laminates and equilibrium equations of motion in the case of antisymmetric angle-ply laminates, based upon the classical laminated plate theory. A few results were presented for only symmetric angle-ply laminates. Very recently, Dhanaraj and Palaninathan [2] used the semi-loof shell element to study the free vibrational characteristics of composite laminates under initial stress, which may also arise due to temperature. Results were presented showing how temperature affects the fundamental frequencies of antisymmetric laminates. Except for the above-mentioned publications, no literature has been found on hygrothermal effects on free vibration of laminated composite plates. Yang and Shieh [3] considered vibrations of initially stressed antisymmetric cross-ply laminates. Initial stresses included both force and moment resultants. Rotary inertia and transverse shear effects were taken into account. On the other hand, vibrations of isotropic plates under arbitrary initial stress have received much attention [4-71. In the authors previous paper [8], the quadratic isoparametric element was applied to study hygrothermal effects on the bending characteristics of laminated composite plates. In the present work, attention is focused primarily on investigating the effects of moisture and temperature on the free vibration of laminated composite plates. The conventional finite element formulation is modified to include the strain energy of all types of initial stresses, viz. compressive, bending and shear stresses, developed due to moisture and temperature. Transverse shear deformation and rotary inertia are accounted for according to the Yang-Norris-Stavsky theory [ll], which extends the Mindlin theory [12] to 133
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laminated composite plates. Furthermore, lamina material properties at elevated moisture concentration and temperature are used in the present analysis. The reduction in natural frequency with the increase in uniform moisture concentration and temperature is studied in the cases of symmetric and antisymmetric laminates with simply supported and clamped boundary conditions.
2. GOVERNING
EQUATIONS
Consider a laminated plate of uniform thickness t consisting of a number of thin laminae, each of which may be arbitrarily oriented at an angle 8 with reference to the x-axis of the co-ordinate system (see Figures 1 and 2). The constitutive equations [ 11, 13, 141 the for plate, when it is subjected to moisture and temperature, are given by (a list of notation is given in the Appendix)
where
Figure 1. Arbitrarily oriented lamina in a laminated plate. Axis 3 coincides with z axis.
HYGROTHERMAL
All Al2 Al6 Bll AIZ A22 A26 Bl2 B22 B26
EFFECTS
-416 A26 -466 &6 B26 B66 &I &2 B16 Dll 012 016
ON FREE VIBRATION
&2 I322 826 012 022 026 &6 &6 866 016 026 066 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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PI
B12 Bl6
0 .o Non-mechanical
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
Az,z, A45
A45 A55
i, j= 1, 2, 6,.
(2)
Q s Zkk-I
[&ML
z, ~ dz, 1
i, j= 1, 2, 6,.
&)=a
r[&]k dz,
i, j=4, 5.
(3)
for i, j=l,
2, 6, (4)
for i, j=4, 5
where
cos2e
[T,] =
-~$te~z$]. 8
tQijlk=
LT21=[;;;
-;:;I,
[Q~lk=
1
-
i, j= 1, 2, 4-
[
y
;
55
1 ,
i, j=4, 5,
in which
QII =&A1
Q22=EzlU
v12v21),
Q12 = v12452/(1Q4=G3,
- VI~VZI),
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Ey= fi,y
Kx = e,,
Ky= -&,y,
~~~ e,,=
e,,,
b=
ey+w,x, #y=-ex+w,y.
(5)
Upon assuming that w does not vary with z, the non-linear strains of the plate [3, lo] can be expressed as
Eynr=
yxynl=
z(~,y e,,,
yxrnl=
yyznl=
(7)
3. FINITE ELEMENT
FORMULATION
The eight-noded isoparametric element (see Figure 3) which is used for static analysis [8-lo] is applied to the present free vibration problem. Five degrees of freedom are considered at each node. The stiffness matrix, the initial stress stiffness matrix, the mass matrix and the nodal load vectors of the element are derived by using the principle of minimum potential energy. The element displacements are expressed in terms of their nodal values
4*
,,? .7
?? 3
a 2
HYGROTHERMAL
EFFECTS
ON FREE
VIBRATION
137
by using the element shape functions and are given by ii= f Niiii,
i= I
IY= f
i=l
NiCi,
IV= f
i=l
NiWi,
3.1.
ELEMENT
STIFFNESS
MATRIX
The linear strain matrix {E} is obtained by substituting equations (8) into (5), and is expressed as
TABLE
Eiastic moduii of graphite/epoxy lamina at different moisture concentrations; G13= G12, Gzj=O.SG,z, VIZ= 0.3, /?, =0 and p2=044
Moisture concentration, Elastic moduli @Pa) EI EZ Cl2 0.00 130 9.5 6.0 0.25 130 9.25 6.0 0.50 130 9.0 6.0 0.75 130 8.75 6.0 C (%) I.00 130 8.5 6.0 1.25 130 8.5 6-O I.50 130 8.5 6.0
TABLE
lamina at d@erent temperatures; Gls = G12, G23= 0. 5G,2, al =-O-3 X 10-6/K and az=28.1 x 10-6/K
Temperature
T (K)
375 130 7.5 5.0 400 130 7.0 4*75 425 130 6.75 4.5
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TABLE 3 VeriJication of non-dimensional frequency /I by comparison with Ritz method results; a/b = 1, a/t = 100, (O/90/90/0), simply supported c= 0.1% Mode number,
m
T=
1 2 3 4
where{~,}={~~,~~,w~,~,~,~,~,...,~~,~~,w~,~,~,~~~~~,
Ni,, 0 0 Ni,y 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ni,y Ni,.x 0
[l&,
-0
;
0 0
;
0
0
0
O yf .
Ni.y Ni
0
s
[%I =
ss
PITPWl dx dy.
(10)
3.2. ELEMENT INITIAL STRESS STIFFNESS MATRIX The non-linear strains, equations (7), are represented in matrix form as {sn,)= {&xn[,+z/, ~xyn/, ~xznr, ~y/yzn~~~=[Rl{d~/2, where {d} = {&, ii,, fi,X,Us, w,~, w,~, e,, , by, ey,x, ey,y, from equations (7) and (11). By using equations (8), {d} may be expressed as {d) = where
8, , 8,
(11)
[RI is obkus
IT, ad
KW~eL
0
(12)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ri,,
?i,y
0 0 Ni,, Ni,y 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 N,, Ni,y
0 0 0 0
wf,
0 0 0 0 0
0
0 0 0
Ni,x Ni,y
0
0 0
Ni; r
0
1 0
Ni,Y
0 1
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- - -___
._.
=G
4
01 0
A
0.25
0.5
Moisture
0.75
concentration.
1.0
C (%)
1.25
1.5
Figure 5. Effect of moisture on non-dimensional fundamental frequency of (O/90/90/0) laminate. --, supported ; - - -, clamped.
Simply
[J&,1 =
where
[ YTISl[Gld-xdy,
(13)
Sll
S21
0 0 0 0 0 0
s91 s22
PI=
0 0 0 0 0 0 S 92
SlO2
S33
S43 0 0
&3 s83
S44
0 0 S74
S34
s::
S
s66
0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0
0 0 0 0
s71
s87 0 0 0 0 s08 0 0 0 0 s99 SO9 0 0
S 101 0 S 121
0
s122
0 0 S 113 0
0 0
s114
S 1010
00 0 Of
140
601
---___
---___
--_ l- ---___
,,/b=2,o/t=40
------------
,o/b=2,o/,=lO
__--o_/_b_0~5,0/t=40
___-__
____
_-___-_---__________
o/b=l,o/t=lO
01
0.25
0.5 Moisture
0.75 concentration,
I.0 C (%I
I.25
(45/-45/-45/45)
laminate.
S,o,o=N;t*/12,
-s14
S87=S,09=N~yt2/12,
-&,3=&2,=
=-s83=&2=&,,=d'f;y,
Q:,
-s114=
&22=
Q;,
3.3.
ELEMENT
MASS MATRIX
The
(14)
HYGROTHERMAL
141
-------_________
60 -
__
50-
o/b 2,o/t
= 10
--- -------____
20.
--__
r----
o/b=l,o/l=40
__ ----_ __
__--_-_ _ /~lb_=_l,a/f=_io___________ ------_ ___ --__ Co/b=0.5,0/1=40 _ _~~~=_O_~~:< rlO_Z ___ _1:~7~_-_-_-:-:~:
/o/b=l,o/t=lO o/b=
o/i =40
01
0
0.25
0.5
Moisture
0.75
concentration,
1.0
c (%I
1.25
I 5
where
0 0 Ni 0 0 0 0 Ni
0 [PI=
0
I I
P
0 0
0 0
0 0 p 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 z
in which and
z2p d.2.
3.4. ELEMENT LOAD VECTORS The element load vector due to external transverse static load q per unit area is given by 4 (19 Ni 0 dx dy. [ 0]
142
60 -----
___
-----____
-/___
o/b=2,o/t=40 ----__ _ -_
50 -
30 Ka/b=2,a/t 10
----^_____ 20
-----__
a/b=l,a/t=40 L----_____
0.25
0.5 Moisture
0.75 concentration,
1.0 C (%I
1.25
1.5
I
laminate.
[~I ? d.xdy. @
(16)
35. SOLUTION PROCESS The stiffness matrix, the initial stress stiffness matrix, the mass matrix and the load vectors of the element, given by equations (10) and (13)-(16), are evaluated by first expressing the integrals in local natural co-ordinates, 5 and q of the element and then performing numerical integration by using Gaussian quadrature. Then the element matrices are assembled to obtain the respective global matrices [K], [K,], [Ml, {P} and (P}. The first part of the solution is to obtain the initial stress resultants induced by the external transverse static load and by moisture and temperature in static conditions. The initial displacements {S are found from the equilibrium condition }, [K](8) Then the initial stress resultants Ni, N; NiY, M$, A4;, ML,,, QL and Qi are obtained from equations (1) and (9).
= (P} + {PI.
(17)
HYGROTHERMAL
143
----_
- --_ ---_
---_
-_
o/b=2,o/f=40 -----___
-----__
------------
---
o/b=2,0/t=10
---lf
---
-_____
_ _-__
---------____ /b=2,0/1=4,/b=2,o/t=K?
--______/- - 1 _ _ __ - -=- _ _ _
_________f_O_/bP0.5,0/t=40 ----------- o/b=l, 10
----------_-_____J_
_Kolbi_0.5,0/t= -------ro/b=l.o/t=40 _--
---
o/t=lO -_-___--___
- --_-__-_-_
- --
325
350 Moisture
400
1 15
Figure
9.
Iwl+K7l-&w
=a
W-9
This is a generalized eigenvalue problem and is solved by using the subspace iteration method [15].
4. RESULTS
AND DISCUSSION
The analysis described in the previous sections is applicable to the free vibration of laminated plates subjected to an external transverse static load and non-uniform distribution of moisture and temperature through the volume of the plate. In the present investigation, results are presented for symmetric and antisymmetric laminates subjected to uniform distribution of moisture and temperature in the absence of external static load. Fourlayered, graphite/epoxy laminates with simply supported and clamped boundary conditions have been analyzed. In the cases of all the laminates, both the in-plane displacements of the mid-plane at an edge are restrained for both simply supported and clamped boundary conditions. Lamina material properties at the elevated moisture concentrations and temperatures [ 141 used in the present analysis are presented in Tables 1 and 2. Since the evaluation of shear correction factor from the exact theory of elasticity is diikult in the present case, a commonly used value of 5/6 is assumed [ 16, 171.
144
60-
---____
--__
--
__ ---/
o/b=Z,a/t=40 ----__
----____
50-
r< 6 40. s ii 2 z
----------
---_
o/b=l,o/t=lO
--__
-d ---_____
o/b=2,o/l=lO ----_
B :, z.6 e ; ._
-_____
- -_---_
__-___co/b=?,;it:-@j--
300
325
350 Moisture
400
4 !5
laminate.
The entire plate is modelled with 16 elements, as shown in Figure 4. The accuracy of the present finite element analysis is verified by comparisons with Ritz method results [I] for a symmetric cross-ply laminate, and the results for the first four non-dimensional natural frequencies A= ~,a*( p/E2t2)* are given in Table 3. Material properties are assumed to be constant for this purpose: i.e., they do not vary with the moisture and temperature. In Figures 5-12 are shown the effects of uniform moisture and temperature on the nondimensional fundamental frequencies A= cc,,& p/E2t *)* of symmetric and antisymmetric laminates with simply supported and clamped boundary conditions for different aspect ratios and side-to-thickness ratios. Values of p and E2 at C=O% or T= 300 K are chosen to make an dimensionless. The aspect ratios considered are 0.5, 1.0, 2.0 and the side-tothickness ratios are 10 and 40. The moisture concentration is varied from 0% to 1.5% and the temperature from 300 K to 425 K. In case of simply supported (45/-45/-45/45) and (45/-45/45/-45) laminates with aspect ratio O-5 and side-to-thickness ratio 40, the nondimensional fundamental frequency approaches zero when the laminates are subjected to a uniform moisture concentration
HYGROTHERMAL
EFFECTS
ON FREE VIBRATION
145
s z
.: :
z
a/b=2,a/t=lo
---
o/b=0,5,a/t=
fa/b~l,a/i=40 /
300
325
350 Moisture
400
425
laminate.
from 1.25% to 1.5% (see Figures 6 and 8). SimiIarly, the equilibrium of a simply supported (O/90/0/90) laminate with aspect ratio 0.5 and side-to-thickness ratio 40 becomes unstable at a uniform moisture concentration lying in between 1*Oo/to 1.25% (see Figure 7). Such an instability problem has been investigated separately by the authors [ 181. In Figures 5-12 it is shown that the reduction in the fundamental natural frequency with the increase in uniform moisture concentration and temperature may be linear or non-linear depending upon moisture concentration, temperature and the reduction in lamina material properties with the increase in moisture concentration and temperature. The reduction in the fundamental natural frequency with the increase in moisture wncentration and temperature is greater in the cases of laminates with higher side-to-thickness ratios (Figures 5-12).
5. CONCLUSION
The conventional finite element formulation has been modified to study the hygrotherma1 effects on the free vibration of laminated composite plates. The formulation and the program developed are general in nature and can handle non-uniform distributions of moisture and temperature in addition to the external static load, which also produces
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=O?
so -
----_____
---
- - --__/
o/b=2,
O/t
=40
---_
- -----_-____,
40 c
3oL
I
20 ____L ,---,o/b=l,o/f=40
----------______________ i-----a___
o/b=
10 -
f;,;L-&;,;/fO;;---
~o/b=O~5,o/t 40
01
1
325 350 375 400 425 Moisture concentrotion,C 1%)
300
laminate.
initial stresses. The broad conclusion that can be made from the study is that with the increase in uniform moisture content and temperature, the reduction in the fundamental natural frequency need not be linear and the problem may become one of instability, depending upon the value of the moisture concentration, temperature, side-to-thickness ratio and aspect ratio.
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APPENDIX : NOTATION plate dimensions along x and y axes, respectively elevated and reference moisture concentrations non-mechanical strains due to moisture and temperature Young moduli of a lamina along and across the fibres, respectively s finite element method shear moduli of a lamina with respect to 1, 2 and 3 axes curvatures of the plate mode number internal moment resultants per unit length initial internal moment resultants per unit length non-mechanical moment resultants per unit length due to moisture and temperature shape function at a node i derivatives of shape function with respect to x and y, respectively in-plane internal force resultants per unit length in-plane initial internal force resultants per unit length in-plane non-mechanical force resultants per unit length to moisture and temperature external transverse static load transverse shear resultants initial transverse shear forces thickness of plate elevated and reference temperatures displacements of the mid-plane along x and y axes, respectively displacements of node i along x, y and .z axes, respectively derivatives of the variable with respect to the subscript displacement along z-axis system of co-ordinate axes bottom and top distances of lamina from mid-plane shear correction factor
ii,
Q,
Y, z
zk
Zk-lr a
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a2
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AND
P. K. SINHA
thermal coefficients along 1 and 2 axes of a lamina, respectively moisture coefficients along 1 and 2 axes of a lamina, respectively in-plane strains of the mid-plane fibre orientation in a lamina rotations of the plate about x and y axes = o,a2( p/E2t2)2 Poisson ratios local natural co-ordinates of an element shear rotations in x-z and y-z planes, respectively natural frequency