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    Effect of An Initial Stress on SH-Type GuidedWaves Propagating in a Piezoelectric Layer Bonded on A Piezomagnetic Substrate

    Guoquan Nie1,2, Jinxi Liu1, Ming Li1
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.48, No.3, pp. 133-145, 2015, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2015.048.133
    Abstract Propagation of SH-type guided waves in a layered structure with an invariant initial stress is studied, where a piezoelectric thin layer is perfectly bonded on a piezomagnetic substrate. Both the layer and the substrate possess transversely isotropic property. The dispersion relations of SH waves are obtained for four kinds of different electro-magnetic boundary conditions. The effects of initial stress, thickness ratio and electro-magnetic boundary conditions on the propagation behaviors are analyzed in detail. The numerical results show that: 1) The positive initial stresses make the phase velocity increasing, while the negative initial stresses decrease the phase velocity; 2) The smaller… More >

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    Investigating Creep Performance and Predicting Rupture Time for Rotating FGM Disc under Different Thermal Gradients

    K. Khanna1,2, V.K. Gupta3, S.P. Nigam1
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.48, No.3, pp. 147-161, 2015, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2015.048.147
    Abstract A mathematical model is developed to describe the steady state creep in a rotating Al-SiCp disc having a non-linear thickness profile and distribution of SiC particles along the radial direction. The model is used to investigate the effect of imposing three different kinds of radial temperature profiles viz. linear, parabolic and exponential with fixed values of inner and outer surface temperatures, on the creep stresses and strain rates. It is noticed that by increasing the temperature exponent (nT), the radial stress (over the entire radius) and tangential stress (near the inner radius) increase in the disc. However, the tangential stress… More >

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    Guided Waves in Functionally Graded Rods with Rectangular Cross-Section under Initial Stress

    Xiaoming Zhang1, Jiangong Yu1,2, Min Zhang1, Dengpan Zhang1
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.48, No.3, pp. 163-179, 2015, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2015.048.163
    Abstract The characteristics of the guided waves propagation in functionally graded rods with rectangular cross-section (finite width and height) under initial stress are investigated in this paper based on Biot’s theory of incremental deformation. An extended orthogonal polynomial approach is present to solve the coupled wave equations with variable coefficients. By comparisons with the available results of a rectangular aluminum rod, the validity of the present approach is illustrated. The dispersion curves and displacement profiles of various rectangular functionally graded rods are calculated to reveal the wave characteristics, and the effects of different width to height ratios and initial stress and… More >

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    On the Use of a Lattice Model for Analyzing of In-Plane Vibration of Thin Plates

    B. Šavija1, E. Schlangen1
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.48, No.3, pp. 181-202, 2015, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2015.048.181
    Abstract In this paper, a novel approach for simulating in-plane vibration of thin plates is proposed. It is based on the spectral element method (SEM) used within a lattice modeling framework. First, derivation of a frequency dependent dynamic stiffness matrix for a spectral beam element is presented. Then, the lattice modeling concept is introduced. In the model, the two-dimensional plate is discretized as a set of (one dimensional) spectral beam elements connected at the ends. The proposed approach is then used for modal analysis of rectangular plates of different aspect ratios (1 and 2) and boundary conditions (completely free and clamped).… More >

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