A complete investigation on the free vibration and stability analysis of beams made of functionally graded materials (FGMs) containing open edge cracks utilizing four beam theories, Euler-Bernoulli, Rayleigh, shear and Timoshenko, is performed in this research. It is assumed that the material properties vary along the beam thickness exponentially and the cracked beam is modeled as two segments ...

Active control methods can be used to eliminate undesired vibrations in engineering structures. Using piezoelectric smart structures for the active vibration control has great potential in engineering applications. In this thesis, numerical and experimental studies on active vibration control of mechanical systems and smart structures have been presented. An integrated analysis procedure has be...

in the current study, the effects of interactions of the moving loads and the attached mass-spring-damper systems of the composite plates on the resulting dynamic responses are investigated comprehensively, for the first time, using the classical plate theory. the solution of the coupled governing system of equations is accomplished through tracing the spatial variations using a navier-type sol...

The uniform formulation of dynamic vibration analysis multispan beams is presented by using an efficient domain decomposition method in this paper. Firstly, the structure divided into several equal sections based on method. Next, artificial spring used to simulate complex boundaries and continuity condition beam. Finally, admissible displacement functions are expanded through Jacobi orthogonal ...

Over the past 10 years there has been a growing need to introduce closed-loop control technology for vibration suppression of buildings subject to wind or earthquake disturbances. This paper deals with the investigation of the effectiveness of a fuzzy logic based time variable damping tuned mass damper (TMD) on a building structure undergoing free and forced vibrations. The uniqueness of this a...

This study analyzes the free vibration, forced vibration, resonance, and stress wave propagation of orthotropic sandwich plates made of functionally graded materials (FGMs). Dynamic analyses are conducted using a mesh-free method based on first-order shear deformation theory and the shape functions constructed using moving least squares approximation. The sandwich plates are rested on a Pastern...