{"title":"Buckling Characteristics of Regular and Irregular Asymmetric Laminated Composites","authors":"A. Vinogradov","doi":"10.1115/imece1998-0883","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/imece1998-0883","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The paper examines the effects of composite material properties on the nonlinear buckling response of irregular asymmetric composite structures through the analysis of asymmetric laminated beam-columns composed of an arbitrary number of different material layers. The nonlinear buckling behavior of the structures subjected to combined compression and bending is examined as a function of the number, orientation and stacking sequence of the layers that make up the laminate. The analysis demonstrates that, typically, buckling of asymmetric composites is initiated immediately at the load application, however, under certain conditions, the structures exhibit bifurcation. In such cases, the critical load can be optimized through tailoring the material properties of the laminates.","PeriodicalId":270413,"journal":{"name":"Recent Advances in Solids and Structures","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124546806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparison of FEA and LPT Based Failure Analysis of P75 Graphite/934 Epoxy Composites","authors":"K. Rigas, R. Greif, A. Saigal","doi":"10.1115/imece1998-0889","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/imece1998-0889","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 A comparison between a micro-mechanical finite element model (FEM) and the macro-mechanical laminated plate theory (LPT) has been undertaken to investigate the failure of an 8-ply [0/0/90/90]s P75 Graphite/934 Epoxy composite subjected to mechanical and thermal loads. This study deals with the initiation of failure, ultimate failure, and resulting stresses at each failure, as well as the effect of thermal residual stresses on the failure of the composite material. Thermal residual stresses develop as a result of the difference in the coefficients of thermal expansion of the fiber and the matrix, and the operating (75°F) and stress-free or cure temperature (350°F). Relationships between the boundary condition of the FEM and LPT are also explored. The ANSYS finite element program has been used in this research. The initiation of failure is based on the ultimate radial stress criterion developed by Bowles and Griffin. For LPT analysis, the first-ply failure and consequent failures are derived using the Tsai-Wu failure theory. The analyses indicate intermediate degradation of the laminate as the applied stress/strain is increased. This information is used to predict the loss in overall stiffness as a function of loading.","PeriodicalId":270413,"journal":{"name":"Recent Advances in Solids and Structures","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134004682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Probabilistic Estimation of the Effect of Dimensional Tolerance for Turbine/Compressor Blade Attachment","authors":"Murari P. Singh","doi":"10.1115/imece1998-0907","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/imece1998-0907","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Root attachments of rotating blades of a turbine or a compressor often have multiple lobes. These lobes fit into a matching groove in a rotating disk. Dimension of these lobes, in general, will not be identical for each blade. However, these dimensions will be within manufacturing tolerance. The resulting dimensional fit becomes random in statistical sense within the specified tolerance. Thus precise dimension is unknown even if it is assured to be within the specified tolerance band.\u0000 This creates the possibility that for a given blade all the lobes might not be in contact i.e. there might be a gap in the joint. This also means that lobes will carry unequal load. The gap condition may be different for each blade. As the rotational speed increases, each gap will start closing and ideally will eventually close.\u0000 Description of a method to assess the influence of manufacturing tolerances on the reliability of such a joint for disk-blade assembly is presented. The resulting estimated stress as a function of rotating speed and tolerance stacking is also presented. The stress result is combined with probabilistic analysis that yields the probability for stress to be within a predetermined amount thus providing a measure of success.","PeriodicalId":270413,"journal":{"name":"Recent Advances in Solids and Structures","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114431500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of Bolt Threads on the Stiffness of Bolted Joints","authors":"T. F. Lehnhoff, Bradley A. Bunyard","doi":"10.1115/imece1998-0894","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/imece1998-0894","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Axisymmetric finite element analysis (fea) was performed on bolted joints to determine the effects of the threads on the bolt and member stiffnesses. For steel members, the member stiffness decreased 37.1, 37.7, 38.2, 41.0, and 49.4 percent for the 24, 20, 16, 12, and 8 mm diameter bolts, as the magnitude of the external load was increased. The external load was increased from zero to the value that caused the bolt force to equal its proof strength. The member stiffness for aluminum members decreased by 22.7 and 29.9 percent for the 24 and 20 mm bolts. The cast iron members had decreases of 26.9 and 32.3 for the 24 and 20 mm bolts. Likewise, the aluminum/cast iron members decreased in stiffness by 25.5 and 30.0 percent for the 24 and 20 mm bolts. The member stiffness with no external load applied decreased by approximately 65 percent when changing from steel to aluminum members, 53 percent from steel to cast iron and 60 percent from steel to aluminum/cast iron. Bolt stiffness varied less than 1.4 percent over the total range of the externally applied load for each of the bolted joint models. The decrease in bolt stiffness for the 24 and 20 mm diameter bolts was approximately 4 percent when changing from steel to aluminum members, 7 percent when changing from steel to cast iron members, and 8 percent when changing from steel to aluminum/cast iron members. Comparison is made to research results which did not include the influence of the threads.","PeriodicalId":270413,"journal":{"name":"Recent Advances in Solids and Structures","volume":"213 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122840822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Solid-Fluid Coupling Computing Method for Design High Speed Spindle Cooling System","authors":"D. S. Liu, T. C. Lee","doi":"10.1115/imece1998-0903","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/imece1998-0903","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 High speed spindle is the key component for high precision machine center. The optimum design of spindle cooling system have to achieve to avoid the high heat produce by the build-in motor that can make great damage to the spindle bearing systems. This paper presents a new solid-fluid coupling computing method for design high speed spindle cooling system. Energy equation has been formed for a control volume within the cooling channel to described the heat absorbing by the coolant moving in a constant speed. Finite different method is applied to solve temperature rising in the coolant and coupled with a 3-D finite element structure heat transfer program which can solve temperature distribution due to heat produce from build-in motor. An experimental testing setup is using to verify this solid-fluid coupled program. The numerical results agree well with experimental data. The effectiveness of straight heat-pipe-type cooling system and helical heat-pipe-type cooling system are compared by applied this methodology. The numerical methods developed in this research can offer the spindle designer a new tool to improve spindle cooling system design.","PeriodicalId":270413,"journal":{"name":"Recent Advances in Solids and Structures","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116079768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Radiated Noise From a Clamped Circular Plate-Shaft System","authors":"C. Park, K. Grosh","doi":"10.1115/imece1998-0901","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/imece1998-0901","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 In this paper, a model problem for helical gear system dynamics is studied. The model problem consists of a shaft coupled to a plate through a bearing stiffness. Gear forces are modeled as a longitudinal excitation of the shaft which in turn drives the gear housing through the bearing. In this study, the shaft is modeled as a rod, while the bearing is modeled as a spring only supporting longitudinal forces. The gear housing is modeled as a clamped circular plate. Transfer functions from the shaft to the circular plate are analytically derived, using a spectral method along with four pole parameters. Finally, radiated noise is computed, using the acoustic relations due to plate surface vibration.","PeriodicalId":270413,"journal":{"name":"Recent Advances in Solids and Structures","volume":"98 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126894076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Application of Topology and Finite Element Shape Optimizations in the Design of a Pusher for a Crimp Machine","authors":"M. Krishna","doi":"10.1115/imece1998-0896","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/imece1998-0896","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Topology and shape optimization techniques have been applied in combination to design a pusher for a crimp machine. Preliminary topology optimization directed us to do sizing optimization. Topology optimization was again applied to a plate version of the pusher to find out the best form of cut out to reduce its weight further. Shape optimization was then used to find the optimum size of this cut out. The results were verified with solid finite element analysis. In conclusion, both weight and stresses have been brought down drastically. Thus the concept of using both topology and shape optimization has been proved to work successfully with pusher design.","PeriodicalId":270413,"journal":{"name":"Recent Advances in Solids and Structures","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127130502","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Effects of Critical Stitching Parameters on a Stitched Composite Laminate","authors":"Tien-Szu Pan, P. Herrington","doi":"10.1115/imece1998-0905","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/imece1998-0905","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The objective of this paper is to determine the effect of several critical stitching parameters on the structural performance of a composite laminate. The stitching parameters investigated include stitch diameter, material, and density. To investigate the effect of these parameters, a composite plate was modeled as an orthotropic laminate supported at discrete locations by an elastic foundation. The locations of support are those strands of fiber that traverse through the thickness of the laminate, with the stiffness of the foundation proportional to the stiffness of the fiber threads. Solutions are obtained by using the equilibrium method for finding critical buckling loads. Results are given for a variety of stitching thread diameter, material, and density.","PeriodicalId":270413,"journal":{"name":"Recent Advances in Solids and Structures","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134070368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Study of Residual Stress and Property Mismatch on SIF Distributions for Cracks Parallel to and Within Bondlines","authors":"C. Smith, E. F. Finlayson, C. Liu","doi":"10.1115/imece1998-0880","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/imece1998-0880","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 As a result of the need to extend the storage life of rocket motors, new emphasis has been placed upon the effect of cracks developed during storage and transport on the integrity of motor performance. In addressing this need, the authors have developed a three specimen test procedure for evaluating the stress intensity factor (SIF) distribution for cracks through the thickness of rubberlike materials near to and within simulated bond lines between the motor grain and its liner. A refined frozen stress method is employed for making measurements, and preliminary studies have shown that, for cracks in the bond line under both Mode I and Mixed Mode loads, the stress intensity factors are elevated primarily due to bond line residual stresses and may not be affected by modulus mismatch.","PeriodicalId":270413,"journal":{"name":"Recent Advances in Solids and Structures","volume":"208 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134061456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jametta McRae, A. Kelkar, C. Grace, W. Craft, Tony Giamei
{"title":"Impact Damage Resistance of Aluminum Alloy Foams","authors":"Jametta McRae, A. Kelkar, C. Grace, W. Craft, Tony Giamei","doi":"10.1115/imece1998-0888","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/imece1998-0888","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 While some polymers are engineered to improve strength and endurance under elevated temperatures, these same materials are costly both economically and environmentally with the latter of the two stimulating the interest for this study. Polymers, more specifically foam cells are generally flame retardant. When ignited, toxins such as fluorine, bromine and other metallic salts are given off in the air. This poses potential environmental hazards. However, metallic materials (Aluminum) with their high strength, stiffness and ductility are much more environmentally friendly. Even if alloyed with appropriate compounds, the resulting core material could be melted down, separated then cast into new stock. Moreover, the use of an alloyed material can generally enhance the strength and stiffness of sandwich composite structures so essential in aerospace applications.\u0000 United Technologies Research Center provided a plate of Aluminum alloy foam for impact testing by North Carolina A&T Researchers and graduate students. The material was provided by Austrian Metals Co. (AMAG) to UTRC under ONR Contract # N00014-95-C-0231, Thompson & Renauld (1997). All specimens were cut from one sample of nominal dimensions of 20 inches by 20 inches by 0.65 inches in thickness. The sample mass was 3142 grams and the apparent density was 0.737 g/cc. The chemical composition is close to that of 6061. The sheet sample was formed by AMAG and heat treated to T5 specifications consisting of 14 hours in a furnace at 160 °C.\u0000 Generally the bending stiffness and failure mechanisms were substantially different from those of polymeric foam sandwich cores made of Rohacell, a polymethacrylimide (PMI) foam in a prior study, Craft et al (1997). Rohacell is an easily machined, but a hygroscopic form with low shear strength and stiffness, but it and many other organic foams have a relatively uniform cellular construction in a wide variety of densities.","PeriodicalId":270413,"journal":{"name":"Recent Advances in Solids and Structures","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121208828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}