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    Buckling and vibration behavior of a non-uniformly heated isotropic cylindrical panel
    (Techno-Press, 2016) Bhagat, V.S.; Jeyaraj, P.; Murigendrappa, S.M.
    This study attempts to address the buckling and free vibration characteristics of an isotropic cylindrical panel subjected to non-uniform temperature rise using numerical approach. Finite element analysis has been used in the present study. The approach involves three parts, in the first part non-uniform temperature field is obtained using heat transfer analysis, in the second part, the stress field is computed under the thermal load using static condition and, the last part, the buckling and pre-stressed modal analysis are carried out to compute critical buckling temperature as well as natural frequencies and associated mode shapes. In the present study, the effect of non-uniform temperature field, heat sink temperatures and in-plane boundary constraints are considered. The relation between buckling temperature under uniform and non-uniform temperature fields has been established. Results revealed that decrease (Case (ii)) type temperature variation field influences the fundamental buckling mode shape significantly. Further, it is observed that natural frequencies under free vibration state, decreases as temperature increases. However, the reduction is significantly higher for the lowest natural frequency. It is also found that, with an increase in temperature, nodal and anti-nodal positions of free vibration mode shapes is shifting towards the location where the intensity of the heat source is high and structural stiffness is low. © © 2016 Techno-Press, Ltd.
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    Buckling and free vibration of nonuniformly heated functionally graded carbon nanotube reinforced polymer composite plate
    (World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd wspc@wspc.com.sg, 2017) George, N.; Jeyaraj, P.; Murigendrappa, S.M.
    Buckling and free vibration behavior of functionally graded carbon nanotube reinforced polymer composite plate subjected to nonuniform temperature fields have been investigated using finite element approach. The effective material constants of the plate are obtained using the extended rule of mixture along with efficiency parameters of the carbon nanotube (to include geometry-dependent material properties). Influence of boundary conditions, aspect ratio, functional grading of the carbon nanotube, nonuniform thermal loading on thermal buckling and free vibration behavior of the heated plate are analyzed. It is observed that temperature fields and functional grading are influenced on the critical buckling temperature of the plates. Further, nature of functional grading showed significant change in buckling mode shapes irrespective of the boundary conditions. The first few natural frequencies of the plate under thermal load decreases as the temperature increases and they are influenced significantly by the nature of temperature field. Variations in free vibration mode shapes of the square plates found with not significant change as temperature increases. However, free vibration modes of the rectangular plates are sensitive to the nature of temperature field whenever there is a free edge associated with the boundary condition. Influence of functional grading on the free vibration mode shapes is not significant in contrast with the free vibration natural frequencies. The magnitude of free vibration natural frequencies of functional grade-X type carbon nanotube reinforcement showed higher in comparison with other two types of reinforcements considered here. © 2017 World Scientific Publishing Company.
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    Experimental investigation on buckling strength of cylindrical panel: Effect of non-uniform temperature field
    (Elsevier Ltd, 2018) Bhagat, V.; Jeyaraj, P.
    Experimental investigation performed to evaluate buckling strength of a cylindrical panel exposed to non-uniform temperature field is presented. A novel experimental set-up developed in-house is used to evaluate buckling strength of a cylindrical panel made of Aluminum. Influence of nature of non-uniform temperature variation, structural boundary conditions and panel aspect ratio on buckling strength is investigated experimentally. Experimental results reveals that effect of nature of temperature field, resulting from the location of heat source, on buckling strength is significant. It is also observed that buckling strength is less when the least stiffness area of the panel is exposed to peak temperature of a particular temperature field. Similarly, CCCC boundary constraints results in high thermal stress which lowers the buckling strength of the panel as compared to CCFC boundary constraints. Temperature-deflection plot and corresponding buckling strength evaluated experimentally are compared with those obtained using non-linear finite element analysis, taking into account the initial geometric imperfection. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd
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    Buckling Behavior of Non-Uniformly Heated Tapered Laminated Composite Plates with Ply Drop-Off
    (World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd wspc@wspc.com.sg, 2018) Ashok, S.; Jeyaraj, P.
    The thermal buckling characteristics of non-uniformly heated tapered laminated composites plates with ply drop-off have been investigated numerically. Detailed parametric studies have been carried out for the effects of taper configuration, temperature variation, aspect ratio and structural boundary conditions on critical buckling temperatures and buckling mode shapes. It is found that the nature of taper as well as the applied temperature field have considerable effects on the critical buckling temperatures of laminated composite tapered plates. Square plates buckle at the highest temperature when subjected to the decreasing temperature profile. Additionally, it is noted that Taper B and Taper C plates show the best behavior under buckling for most structural boundary conditions. Moreover, the change in buckling mode shapes with respect to temperature profile and taper configuration is significant for rectangular plates in comparison with square plates. © 2018 World Scientific Publishing Company.
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    Static deflection and thermal stress analysis of non-uniformly heated tapered composite laminate plates with ply drop-off
    (Elsevier Ltd, 2018) Ashok, S.; Jeyaraj, P.
    The effective design of tapered laminated composite structures subject to non-uniform temperature fields requires a thorough understanding of their static behaviour. In this study, a finite element analysis of tapered laminated composite plates with ply drop-off has been carried out to study the static deflection and normal stress patterns developed under non-uniform heating. The study revealed that the nature of the taper configuration, the nature of the applied temperature field and the structural boundary conditions influence the static deflection behaviour and the normal stresses developed in the tapered composite plates. It is found that the static deflection pattern of a tapered plate subject to a particular temperature profile is not sensitive to the nature of the taper configuration. It is also observed that the static deflection pattern of a tapered plate is significantly influenced by the nature of temperature field. Normal stress variation of tapered plates subject to various temperature fields reflects the nature of the temperature profile. Maximum normal stress occurs at locations where the highest temperature exists for that particular temperature field. The stresses are also influenced by the nature of the taper - Taper D plates experience low stresses while Taper B and Taper C plates experience similar values. It was also found that large variations in stresses are observed at resin pockets. © 2018