MA6612 Summary of Chapters 1 and 2 Lectures

Review of Undergraduate Mechanics

Fundamental steps in mechanics
Safety Considerations Strength, Stiffness, Buckling and Vibration
External loads, internal forces/moments, stresses, strains, failure criteria

Bars in Axial Loads important steps in mechanics

Shafts/Thin Walled Section in Torsion

Beams in Bending and Buckling of Columns

Basic beam equilibrium equations
Boundary and support conditions
exact approach
Thin Isotropic Plates in Bending, Buckling & Vibration

Governing Ordinary Differential Order Equation

exact approach Naviers and Levys solution

Energy approach The Principle of MTPE/Rayleigh-Ritz Approach

Approximate approach

Development of the beam equation from plate equation.

SUMMARY OF BEAM BENDING

Governing Ordinary Differential Equation
Exact Approach
4w q x

EI
x 4

1
3w
q x dx C1

3
EI
x
1
2w
q x dx dx C1 x C 2

x 2 EI
1
C1 x 2
w

q x dx dx dx

C 2 x C3
2
x EI

EI

3
2
dx dx C1 x C 2 x C x C
q
x
dx
dx
3
4


6
2

Apply both geometric and natural boundary conditions to get the unknown constants.

M x
2w

2
EI
x

w
1
M x dx C5
EI
x
1
w M x dx dx C5 x C6
EI

Apply geometric boundary conditions to get the unknown constants.

BUCKLING OF COLUMNS
2v
Exact approach EI 2 M
z

Euler column

initial imperfection

beam-column analysis

2v
2
2
v 0 v A cos z B sin z PEULER 2 EI
z 2
L

In general, the column buckling load is PCR K EI KPEULER
L
2

1
Energy Approach U W E
2
Rayleigh-Ritz Approach

2v
1
EI 2 dz
2
z

Admissible function v

v
P
L z dz Wv
2

za

X m z

satisfies boundary conditions.

Apply principle of MTPE,

0;
A1

0;
A2

....................

0
Am

BENDING, BUCKLING AND VIBRATION OF THIN PLATES

(Exact Solution/Approach)

Governing ODE for a Thin Plate

4w
4w
4w 1
2w
2w
2w
2 2 2 4 q Nx
Ny
2 N xy
m 2 w
4
2
2
D
x
x y
y
x
y
xy

Admissible deflection function is postulated : w Wmn X m x Yn y

m 1 n 1

Must satisfies both geometric and natural boundary conditions.

Solving the ODE yields the exact solution.

Classical exact solution (SS-SS plate)

Naviers Approach

Levys Approach
M

m x
f m y sin

m x n y
w( x, y ) Wmn sin
sin

a b

wh x, y

m x n y
q ( x, y ) qmn sin
sin

a b

m x
w p x, y g m y sin

a
m 1

m 1
M

M
m x
q x, y qm y sin

a
m 1

SS-SF plate
M
m x
w x, y f m y sin

a
m 1

f m Am cosh m y Bm sinh m y
Cm cos m y Dm sin m y

PRINCIPLE OF MINIMUM TOTAL POTENTIAL ENERGY

(RAYLEIGH-RITZ METHOD)

Thin Plate with a Transverse Load, In-plane Loads and Vibration

D
U
2

2 w 2 w 2
2 w 2 w 2 w 2
x 2 y 2 2 1 x 2 y 2 x y dxdy
area

2
2

w
1
w
w w
2 2

W E 2 qw N x
N
2
N
m
w
dxdy
y
xy

2 area
x
x y
y

U WE
w x, y Amn X m x Yn y

Admissible deflection function:

satisfies only geometric boundary conditions.

0;
A11

Apply principle of MTPE :

0 ; ....................
A12

SS-SS plate

SS-CC plate

m x n y
w( x, y ) Wmn sin
sin

a b

SS-SF plate

0
Amn

m x 2 n y
w x, y Wmn sin
sin

a
b

w Ay sin

x
a

VIBRATION OF BEAMS (from plate eqns)

4 w m 2

w0
x 4
EI

Exact solution

Classical exact solution for

Energy Approach

4w
4w 0
4
x

w C1 sin x C2 cos x C3 sinh x C4 cosh x

General form of solution

EI
2

S-S and C-F Beams

L
0

2w
m 2
dx

2
2
x

Admissible function

L
0

w 2dx

w Am X m x
satisfies geometric boundary conditions.

Approximate solution for

C-F Beam