In the present article, we consider a thermoelastic plate of Reissner-Mindlin-Timoshenko type with the hyperbolic heat conduction arising from Cattaneo’s law. In the absense of any additional mechanical dissipations, the system is often not even strongly stable unless restricted to the rotationally symmetric case, etc. We present a well-posedness result for the linear problem under general mixe...

Extensions of the Castigliano theorems are developed in the context of modeling the behavior of both discrete coupled linear systems and various coupled beams. It is shown that the minimization of the displacement of a parallel system determined from Castigliano’s second theorem can be used to formally define the apportionment of loads among the system elements, while the minimization of the lo...

Abstract: In the present article, a semi-analytical technique to investigate free bending vibration behavior of axially functionally graded non-prismatic Timoshenko beam subjected to a point force at both ends is developed based on the power series expansions. The beam is assumed to be made of linear elastic and isotropic material with constant Poisson ratio. Material properties including the ...

The paper describes a technique for modelling and optimization of ring-shaped compound ultrasonic waveguides consisting two sequentially joined segments different materials by means finite elements method. possibility using such amplifying vibrations in amplitude has been justified the paper. advantage developed consists its realization standard engineering software, particularly COMSOL Multiph...

We consider the problem of minimizing supplied energy infinite-dimensional linear port-Hamiltonian systems and prove that optimal trajectories exhibit turnpike phenomenon towards certain subspaces induced by dissipation dynamics. The theoretical foundations are illustrated means numerical examples concerning a Timoshenko beam heat equation.

We study the implicit time discretization of Timoshenko prestressed beams. This model features two types of waves: flexural and shear waves, that propagate with very different velocities. We present a novel implicit time discretization adapted to the physical phenomena occuring at the continuous level. After analyzing the continuous system and the two branches of eigenfrequencies associated wit...

The Riesz basis property of the generalized eigenvector system of a Timoshenko beam with boundary feedback controls applied to two ends is studied in the present paper. The spectral property of the operator A determined by the closed loop system is investigated. It is shown that operator A has compact resolvent and generates a C0 semigroup, and its spectrum consists of two branches and has two ...

The objective of this study is to present a brief survey on the geometrically nonlinear free vibrations of the Bernoulli-Euler, the Rayleigh, shear, and the Timoshenko beams with simple end conditions using the Homotopy Analysis Method HAM . Expressions for the natural frequencies, the transverse deflection, postbuckling load-deflection relation to, and critical buckling load are presented. The...

A thermomechanical model for shape memory alloy (SMA) actuators and SMA hybrid composite (SMAHC) structures has been recently implemented in the commercial finite element codes MSC.Nastran and ABAQUS. The model may be easily implemented in any code that has the capability for analysis of laminated composite structures with temperature dependent material properties. The model is also relatively ...

This paper investigates the buckling behavior of piezoelectric nanowires under distributed transverse loading, within the framework of the Timoshenko beam theory, and in the presence of surface effects. Analytical relations are given for the critical force of axial buckling of nanowires by accounting for the effects of surface elasticity, residual surface tension, and transverse shear deformati...