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    Vibration analysis of a tapered laminated thick composite plate with ply drop-offs
    (Springer Verlag service@springer.de, 2015) Edwin Sudhagar, P.; Arumugam, A.; Vasudevan, R.; Jeyaraj, J.
    In this study, vibration characteristics of a tapered laminated thick composite plate have been investigated using finite element method by including the shear deformation and rotary inertia effects. The governing differential equations of motion of a tapered laminated thick composite plate are presented in the finite element formulation based on first-order shear deformation theory for three types of taper configurations. The effectiveness of the developed finite element formulation in identifying the various dynamic properties of a tapered laminated thick composite plate is demonstrated by comparing natural frequencies evaluated using the present FEM with those obtained from the experimental measurements and presented in the available literature. Various parametric studies are also performed to investigate the effect of taper configurations, aspect ratio, taper angle, angle ply orientation and boundary conditions on free and forced vibration responses of the structures. The comparison of the transverse free vibration mode shapes of the uniform and tapered composite plates under various boundary conditions is also presented. The forced vibration response of a composite plate is investigated to study the dynamic response of tapered composite plate under the harmonic force excitation in various tapered configurations. It is concluded that the dynamic properties of laminated thick composite plates could be tailored by dropping off the plies to yield various tapered composite plate. © 2015, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
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    Experimental investigation on buckling and free vibration behavior of woven natural fiber fabric composite under axial compression
    (Elsevier Ltd, 2017) RAJESH, M.; Jeyaraj, J.
    Influence of axial compression load on buckling and free vibration characteristics of natural fiber fabric polymer composite beam is analyzed experimentally. Critical buckling strength, free vibration frequencies and modal loss factors are obtained and analyzed. It is found that buckling strength increases with number of layers of fabric in composite. It is also observed that weaving pattern of the fabric influences buckling strength of the composite and basket type woven fabric enhances the buckling strength compared to plain and herringbone woven fabric composites. Sandwich composites with glass fiber fabric facing layer and natural fiber fabric as core layer having higher buckling strength. Free vibration frequency reduces with increase in axial compression load while modal damping factor increases in the pre-buckling region. However, this behavior reverses in the post-buckling region. The load-deflection obtained experimentally is compared with finite element result obtained considering the geometric non-linearity. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd
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    Acoustic Response of an Isotropic Beam under Axially Variable Loads Using Ritz and Rayleigh Integral Methods
    (Polska Akademia Nauk, 2022) Somi Naidu, S.N.; Jeyaraj, J.; Mailan Chinnapandi, L.B.; Reddi Chintapalli, V.S.N.R.
    Vibro-acoustic response of an isotropic beam under the action of variable axial loads (VALs), is presented in the study. Effects of six different types of VALs and three types of end conditions on buckling, free vibration and sound radiation characteristics are investigated. Static buckling and free vibration behaviours using shear and normal deformable theorem and Ritz method. However, the forced vibration response is evaluated using modal superposition method and the acoustic radiation characteristics are obtained using Rayleigh integral. The nature of variation of VALs and end conditions are influencing buckling and free vibration characteristics remarkably. Results indicate that the acoustic response is highly sensitive to the nature of VAL and intensity of the VAL. In general, sound power at resonance decreases when the magnitude of VAL is increased. © © 2022 S.N. Balireddy et al.
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    A semi-analytical nonlocal elasticity model for static stability and vibration behaviour of agglomerated CNTs reinforced nano cylindrical panel under non-uniform edge loads
    (Elsevier Inc., 2022) Twinkle, C.M.; Jeyaraj, J.
    A semi analytical nonlocal elasticity model to analyze the effect of non-uniform edge loads on static stability and free vibration characteristics of agglomerated carbon nanotubes (CNTs) reinforced nano cylindrical panels are presented. Effective material properties of the agglomerated CNT reinforced composite are obtained using a two-parameter micro-mechanics model while Eringen's non-local theory is used to account the size effect. Sinusoidal shear deformation theory is adopted to analyze the buckling and vibration parameters using Galerkin's approach. The accuracy of the proposed model is presented first by comparing the results in the literature. Then a comprehensive study is carried out to analyze the influence of various degrees of agglomeration (complete, partial), nature of edge load, and non-local effects on the buckling and free vibration response of CNT reinforced nano cylindrical panel. The results revealed that non-local size effect leads to a reduction in stiffness and thus reduces buckling and dynamic characteristics. Moreover, it is observed that critical buckling load varies with type of in plane load and reduction in natural frequency is different for different in plane loading conditions. © 2021 Elsevier Inc.
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    Vibro-acoustics of functionally graded porous beams subjected to thermo-mechanical loads
    (Techno-Press, 2022) Mailan Chinnapandi, M.C.L.; Jeyaraj, J.; Eltaher, M.A.
    This manuscript work presents a comprehensive continuum model capable to investigate the effect of porosity on vibro-acoustic behaviour of functionally graded (FG) beams resting on an elastic foundation subjected to thermal and mechanical loadings. Effects of uniform temperature rise and edge compressive load on the sound radiation characteristics are studied in a comparative manner. The numerical analysis is carried out by combining finite element method with Rayleigh’s integral. Detailed parametric studies are accomplished, and influences of power law index, porosity volume, porosity distribution and boundary conditions on the vibro-acoustic response characteristics are analyzed. It is found that the vibroacoustic response under mechanical edge compression is entirely different compared to from that under the thermal load. Furthermore, nature of grading of porosity affects the sound radiation behaviour for both the loads. The proposed model can be used to obtain the suppression performance of vibration and noise FG porous beams under thermal and mechanical loads. © © 2022 Techno-Press, Ltd.
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    Numerical Analysis on Vibro-Acoustic Behavior of Honeycomb Core Sandwich Structure with FG-CNT-Reinforced Polymer Composite Facings
    (Institute for Ionics, 2022) Bhagat, V.S.; George, N.; Arunkumar, M.P.; Jeyaraj, J.; Mailan Chinnapandi, M.C.L.
    Numerical studies carried out on the vibro-acoustic characteristics of an aluminum honeycomb core sandwich structure with functionally graded carbon nanotube polymer composite facings are presented. The layer-by-layer technique is used to model the structure by finding the equivalent elastic properties. From the vibration response, the acoustic characteristic of the honeycomb structure is found by using kinematic continuity between structural velocity and particle velocity at the surface. Forced vibration response of a hexagonal honeycomb sandwich structure is calculated experimentally, and results are compared with the proposed numerical method. Further, the result reveals that the FG-VΛ structure has better vibro-acoustic characteristics rather than FG-XX which gives better acoustic properties when it is considered as a plate without sandwich construction. © 2021, Shiraz University.
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    Dynamic response of 3D printed functionally graded sandwich foams
    (Emerald Publishing, 2023) Bonthu, D.; Bharath, B.; Bekinal, S.I.; Jeyaraj, J.; Doddamani, M.
    Purpose: The purpose of this study was to introduce three-dimensional printing (3DP) of functionally graded sandwich foams (FGSFs). This work was continued by predicting the mechanical buckling and free vibration behavior of 3DP FGSFs using experimental and numerical analyses. Design/methodology/approach: Initially, hollow glass microballoon-reinforced high-density polyethylene-based polymer composite foams were developed, and these materials were extruded into their respective filaments. These filaments are used as feedstock materials in fused filament fabrication based 3DP for the development of FGSFs. Scanning electron microscopy analysis was performed on the freeze-dried samples to observe filler sustainability. Furthermore, the density, critical buckling load (Pcr), natural frequency (fn) and damping factor of FGSFs were evaluated. The critical buckling load (Pcr) of the FGSFs was estimated using the double-tangent method and modified Budiansky criteria. Findings: The density of FGSFs decreased with increasing filler percentage. The mechanical buckling load increased with the filler percentage. The natural frequency corresponding to the first mode of the FGSFs exhibited a decreasing trend with an increasing load in the pre-buckling regime and an increase in post-buckled zone, whereas the damping factor exhibited the opposite trend. Originality/value: The current research work is valuable for the area of 3D printing by developing the functionally graded foam based sandwich beams. Furthermore, it intended to present the buckling behavior of 3D printed FGSFs, variation of frequency and damping factor corresponding to first three modes with increase in load. © 2023, Emerald Publishing Limited.