An efficient C0 continuous two dimensional (2D) finite element (FE) model is developed based on a refined higher order shear deformation theory (RHSDT) for the static analysis of soft core sandwich plate having imperfections at the layer interfaces. In this (RHSDT) theory, the in-plane displacement field for the face sheets and the core is obtained by superposing a globally varying cubic displa...

In this study, the small scale effect on the linear free-field vibration of a nano-circular plate has been investigated using nonlocal elasticity theory. The formulation is based on the classical theory and the linear strain in cylindrical coordinates. To take into account the small scale and the linear geometric effects, the governing differential equation based on the nonlocal elasticity theo...

Vortex shedding from a circular cylinder and from an inclined flat plate is computed with a finite volume CFD code with RNG k-ε turbulence model. The wake behind the circular cylinder consists of two trains of vortices of equal strengths. Dependence of vortex patterns on Reynolds numbers at Re between 10 and 10 is investigated. Flow over the inclined flat plate is asymmetric and unequal charact...

All-metal sandwich construction holds promise for significant improvements in stiffness, strength and blast resistance for built-up plate structures. Analysis of the performance of sandwich plates under various loads, static and dynamic, requires modelling of face sheets and core with some fidelity. While it is possible to model full geometric details of the core for a few selected problems, th...

Abstract An asymmetric three-layered laminate with prescribed stresses along the faces is considered. The outer layers are assumed to be much stiffer than inner one. focus on long-wave low-frequency anti-plane shear. Asymptotic analysis of original dispersion relation reveals a harmonic supporting slow quasi-static (or static at limit) decay near cut-off wave propagation. In spite asymmetry pro...

The utilization of a slug calorimeter to evaluate the thermal performance of fire resistive materials (FRMs) is presented. The basic specimen configuration consists of a ‘sandwich’, with a square central stainless-steel plate (slug) surrounded on two sides by the FRM. This sandwich configuration provides an adiabatic boundary condition at the central axis of the slug plate that greatly simplifi...

Noncontact transportation of small particles around a circular trajectory was investigated. A circular aluminum plate with a piezoelectric ring was employed as a vibrating plate. On the basis of finite element analysis (FEA) calculations, the electrodes of the piezoelectric ring were divided into 24 pieces to generate a flexural vibration mode with one nodal circle and four nodal lines at the r...

This study aims to investigate the effect of changing skins material on strength sandwich plates with circular hole when subjected mechanical loads. Theoretical, numerical and experimental analyses are done for two face sheet materials. Theoretical analysis is performed by using plate theory which depends first order shear deformation tension bending separately. Finite element method was used a...

The calculation of the load carrying capacity of variable thickness circular plates subjected to arbitrary rotational symmetric loading is presented. The analysis considers plate materials that obey either the square or the Tresca yield criterion. By using upper and lower bound theorems of limit analysis, corresponding estimations for the load carrying capacity of the plate are obtained. It is ...