Nonlinear forced vibration of carbon fiber/epoxy prepreg composite beams: Theory and experiment
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The Department of Aerospace Engineering seeks to instruct the design, analysis, testing, and operation of vehicles which operate in air, water, or space, including studies of aerodynamics, structure mechanics, propulsion, and the like.
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The Department of Aerospace Engineering was organized as the Department of Aeronautical Engineering in 1942. Its name was changed to the Department of Aerospace Engineering in 1961. In 1990, the department absorbed the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics and became the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics. In 2003 the name was changed back to the Department of Aerospace Engineering.
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1942-present
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- Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics (1990-2003)
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- College of Engineering (parent college)
- Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics (merged with, 1990)
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In the present work, a nonlinear forced vibration model for fiber reinforced composites was developed with varying fiber orientations and laminate sequences. A nonlinear viscoelastic beam model was developed using nonlinear von Kármán strains and Kelvin–Voigt stress–strain relationship to model viscoelasticity. The effect of fiber orientation and laminate sequence was included in the model using classic laminated plate theory. Method of multiple time scales was used to solve the resulting nonlinear equation and an inverse problem approach was used to extract the model parameters from experimental data. Theoretical model parameters were calculated and compared to experimentally determined values for different fiber orientations and laminate sequences, and a nominally good qualitative agreement was observed. Finally, the experimentally extracted model parameters were substituted in the analytical model, and the model predictions in terms of frequency shifts were compared against experimental observations. Nominally good agreement was observed for 45° and 90° fiber orientations, however the experimental observations didn't match well for 0°.
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This article is published as Chakrapani, Sunil Kishore, Daniel J. Barnard, and Vinay Dayal. "Nonlinear forced vibration of carbon fiber/epoxy prepreg composite beams: Theory and experiment." Composites Part B: Engineering 91 (2016): 513-521. DOI:10.1016/j.compositesb.2016.02.009. Posted with permission.