Vibration Studies for Simply Supported Symmetrically

Laminated Rectangular Plates

Manoj Kumar P.
Indian Institute Of Space Science and Technology

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Overview

Introduction
Kinematic Relations

Equations of Motion

References

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Introduction
As laminated composite materials are increasingly used in structural
applications, there arises a need for more information on the behavior
of structural components, such as plates.
The rectangular plate having all its edges simply supported is an
important problem for study in structural mechanics.
Structural characteristics such as static deflections and bending
stresses, buckling loads, and vibration frequencies are easily and
exactly found for symmetrically laminated cross-ply plates.
The primary purpose of the present work is to provide accurate and
reasonable results for the free-vibration frequencies of symmetrically
laminated, simply supported plates, especially for cross ply.
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Kinematic Equations
Consider a thick rectangular plate of length a, width b and uniform
thickness h.
The corresponding co-ordinate parameters are denoted by .r, y and z,
respectively, while u, v and w represent the associated displacement
components.
It is assumed that the plate is made of an orthotropic material and
the principal material axes coincide with the axes of the adopted
rectangular coordinate system.

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The stresses x , y , xy can be shown to be related to the strains and

curvatures at the reference surface by the following equation:

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The stress resultants and moment resultants are

Apply this to above one,we get

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Where Aij , Bij , Dij are

In matrix form Constitutive matrix can be written as,

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The sub-matrix [A] is an extensional stiffness matrix, [D] is a bending

stiffness matrix, and [B] is a bending-extension coupling the stiffness
matrix.
Equation of motion
According to Newtons Second law,
xy
y
y
+ y
yz
xz
x + y
x
x
xy
x

+ qx = tu2
2

+ qy = tv2
2

+ qz = tw2
The Equation of motion in terms of Stress and Moment Resultant are,
Nxy
Nx
x + y
Nxy
Ny
x + y
2 Mx
X 2

+ qx = I tu20
2

+ qx = I tv20

2M

2M

+ 2 xyxy + y 2y + qz = I tw20
P
k
I = N
k=1 (Zk Zk1 )
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Where Lij is the differential operator

2

L11 = A11 x
2 + A66 y 2 + 2A12 xy
2

L12 = L21 = A16 x

2 + A26 y 2 + (A12 + A66 ) xy
2

L22 = A66 x
2 + A22 y 2 + 2A26 xy
3

L13 = L31 = B11 x

3 B26 y 3 3B16 2 x (B12 + 2B66 ) xy 2

L23 = L32 = B16 x

3 B22 y 3 3B26 2 x (B12 + 2B66 ) x 2 y
4

L33 = D11 x
4 +4D16 x 3 y +2(D12 +2D66 ) x 2 y 2 +4D26 xy 3 +D22 y 4

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Simply supported symmetric cross-ply rectangular plates

Cross-Ply Laminates and symmetric Laminates

A laminate is called cross-ply laminate if all the plies used to fabricate
the laminate are only 0 and 90 . For example [0/90/0/90]
A laminate is called symmetric when the material, angle and thickness
of the layers are the same above and below the mid-plane. For
example[30/45/0]s laminate
For an symmetric Angle-ply laminate,
A16 = A26 = Bi,j = D16 = D26 = 0

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The differential parameters in the equations of motion Lij becomes,

2

L11 = A11 x
2 + A66 y 2
2

L12 = L21 = (A12 + A66 ) xy

2

L22 = A66 x
2 + A22 y 2
3

L13 = L31 = B11 x

3 (B12 + 2B66 ) xy 2

L23 = L32 = B22 y

3 (B12 + 2B66 ) x 2 y
4

L33 = D11 x
4 + 2(D12 + 2D66 ) x 2 y 2 + D22 y 4
Boundary conditions

Nx = w0 = v0 = Mx = 0 for the edges x=0,a.

Ny = W0 = u0 = My = 0 for the edges y=0,b.

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The following solution satisfies the boundary conditions and the

equations of motion:
P
PN
u0 (x, y , t) = M
m=0
n=0 Unm cos(m x)sin(n y )sin(mn t)
PM PN
v0 (x, y , t) = m=0 n=0 Vnm sin(m x)cos(n y )sin(mn t)
P
PN
w0 (x, y , t) = M
m=0
n=0 Wnm sin(m x)sin(n y )sin(mn t)
Where
m =

m
a , n

n
b

mn is the natural frequency.

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Where

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The applied forces are zero for Free vibration.

The above solution reduces to a closed form one for symmetric
cross-ply plates.
2 a4
mn
4

= D11 m4 + 2(D12 + 2D66 )n2 m2 (a/b) + D22 n4 (a/b)

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References

ArthurW. Leissa (1989)

Composite Structures
Vibration Studies for Simply Supported Symmetrically Laminated Rectangular
Plates 12 (1989) 113-132
Mohamad S. Qatu
Vibration of laminated shells and plate.

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The End

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