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    Investigation of the effect of BaTiO3/CoFe2O4 particle arrangement on the static response of magneto-electro-thermo-elastic plates
    (Elsevier Ltd, 2018) Mahesh, M.; Kattimani, S.
    In this article, a framework based on finite element (FE) methods is proposed for predicting the influence of spatial arrangement of two phase Barium Titanate (BaTiO3) and Cobalt Ferric Oxide (CoFe2O4) particulate composites on the static response of magneto-electro-thermo-elastic (METE) plates. The coupled material properties such as piezoelectric, piezomagnetic, dielectric, magnetic permeability, thermal expansion and pyro co-efficients vary significantly with the spatial arrangement of BaTiO3/CoFe2O4 particulates. The coupled FE governing equations accounting the effect of particle arrangement is presented by incorporating linear coupled constitutive equations of METE composites. Through the condensation technique, the governing equations of METE plates are solved to obtain direct (thermal displacements, electric and magnetic potentials) and derived quantities (stresses, electric displacements and magnetic flux densities). A special attention has been placed on evaluating the pyro-electric and pyro-magnetic coupling effects for different packing arrangement considered namely, Body Centered Cubic (BCC), Face Centered Cubic (FCC) and Simple Cubic (SC) METE particulate composites. Further, parametric studies are carried out to analyse the influence of boundary conditions and aspect ratio. The present study reveals that the multiphysics response of METE plates changes significantly with the packing arrangements of BaTiO3/CoFe2O4 particulates and geometrical parameters. It is believed that the obtained solutions would provide insights into design aspects of METE structures. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd
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    Influence of coupled fields on free vibration and static behavior of functionally graded magneto-electro-thermo-elastic plate
    (SAGE Publications Ltd info@sagepub.co.uk, 2018) Mahesh, M.; Sagar, P.J.; Kattimani, S.
    In this article, the influence of full coupling between thermal, elastic, magnetic, and electric fields on the natural frequency of functionally graded magneto-electro-thermo-elastic plates has been investigated using finite element methods. The contribution of overall coupling effect as well as individual elastic, piezoelectric, piezomagnetic, and thermal phases toward the stiffness of magneto-electro-thermo-elastic plates is evaluated. A finite element formulation is derived using Hamilton’s principle and coupled constitutive equations of magneto-electro-thermo-elastic material. Based on the first-order shear deformation theory, kinematics relations are established and the corresponding finite element model is developed. Furthermore, the static studies of magneto-electro-elastic plate have been carried out by reducing the fully coupled finite element formulation to partially coupled state. Particular attention has been paid to investigate the influence of thermal fields, electric fields, and magnetic fields on the behavior of magneto-electro-elastic plate. In addition, the effect of pyrocoupling on the magneto-electro-elastic plate has also been studied. Furthermore, the effect of geometrical parameters such as aspect ratio, length-to-thickness ratio, stacking sequence, and boundary conditions is studied in detail. The investigation may contribute significantly in enhancing the performance and applicability of functionally graded magneto-electro-thermo-elastic structures in the field of sensors and actuators. © 2017, © The Author(s) 2017.
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    Porosity influence on structural behaviour of skew functionally graded magneto-electro-elastic plate
    (Elsevier Ltd, 2018) Kiran, M.C.; Kattimani, S.; Mahesh, M.
    This article presents a finite element (FE) formulation to assess the influence of porosity on the static responses and free vibration of functionally graded skew magneto-electro-elastic (FGSMEE) plate. The porosity is accounted for local density using modified power law. The skew edges of the plate are achieved by implementing transformation matrix. The coupled constitutive relations establish the different couplings associated with MEE materials. The displacements, potentials, and stresses for the porous skew plate are established through static analysis. The influence of porosity on the natural frequency of the skew plate is investigated via free vibration analysis. The influence of different porosity distributions on various skew angles of the FGSMEE plate has been studied. The effect of porosity volume, skew angle, and geometrical parameters such as aspect ratio, thickness ratio, and boundary conditions on the porous FGSMEE plate is investigated. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd
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    Nonlinear analysis of two-directional functionally graded doubly curved panels with porosities
    (Techno-Press, 2022) Naveen Kumar, H.S.; Kattimani, S.
    This article investigates the nonlinear behavior of two-directional functionally graded materials (TDFGM) doubly curved panels with porosities for the first time. An improved and effectual approach is established based on the improved first-order shear deformation shell theory (IFSDST) and von Karman’s type nonlinearity. The IFSDST considers the effects of shear deformation without the need for a shear correction factor. The composition of TDFGM constitutes four different materials, and the modified power-law function is employed to vary the material properties continuously in both thickness and longitudinal directions. A nonlinear finite element method in conjunction with Hamilton’s principle is used to obtain the governing equations. Then, the direct iterative method is incorporated to accomplish the numerical results using the frequency-amplitude, nonlinear central deflection relations. Finally, the influence of volume fraction grading indices, porosity distributions, porosity volume, curvature ratio, thickness ratio, and aspect ratio provides a thorough insight into the linear and nonlinear responses of the porous curved panels. Meanwhile, this study emphasizes the influence of the volume fraction gradation profiles in conjunction with the various material and geometrical parameters on the linear frequency, nonlinear frequency, and deflection of the TDFGM porous shells. The numerical analysis reveals that the frequencies and nonlinear deformations can be significantly regulated by changing the volume fraction gradation profiles in a specified direction with an appropriate combination of materials. Hence, TDFGM panels can overcome the drawbacks of the functionally graded materials with a gradation of properties in a single direction. © © 2022 Techno-Press, Ltd.
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    Effect of different geometrical non-uniformities on nonlinear vibration of porous functionally graded skew plates: A finite element study
    (China Ordnance Industry Corporation, 2022) Kumar H S, H.S.; Kattimani, S.
    This article presents the investigation of nonlinear vibration analysis of tapered porous functionally graded skew (TPFGS) plate considering the effects of geometrical non-uniformities to optimize the thickness in the structural design. The TPFGS plate is analyzed considering linearly, bi-linearly, and exponentially varying thicknesses. The plate's effective material properties are tailor-made using a modified power-law distribution in which gradation varies along the thickness direction of the TPFGS plate. Incorporating the non-linear finite element formulation to develop the kinematic equation's displacement model for the TPFGS plate is based on the first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT) in conjunction with von Karman's nonlinearity. The nonlinear governing equations are established by Hamilton's principle. The direct iterative method is adopted to solve the nonlinear mathematical relations to obtain the nonlinear frequencies. The influence of the porosity distributions and porosity parameter indices on the nonlinear frequency responses of the TPFGS plate for different skew angles and variable thicknesses are studied for various geometrical parameters. The influence of taper ratio, variable thickness, skewness, porosity distributions, gradation, and boundary conditions on the plate's nonlinear vibration is demonstrated. The nonlinear frequency analysis reveals that the geometrical non-uniformities and porosities significantly influence the porous functionally graded plates with varying thickness than the uniform thickness. Besides, exponentially and linearly variable thicknesses can be considered for the thickness optimizations of TPFGS plates in the structural design. © 2021 China Ordnance Society
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    Influence of Temperature and Moisture on Free Vibration Behavior of Skew Laminated Composite Sandwich Panels with CNTRC Core
    (World Scientific, 2022) Kallannavar, V.; Kattimani, S.; Ramesh, H.
    This paper presents the influence of temperature and moisture on the free vibration characteristics of skew laminated composite sandwich (SLCS) panels. The face sheets of the panels are made of graphite-epoxy composite, while the core consists of carbon nanotube-reinforced composite. The coupled hygro-elastic and thermo-elastic relations for the SLCS shells/panels are formulated using first-order shear deformation theory. The nonmechanical stiffness matrices are represented by the initial stress stiffness matrix developed using nonlinear strain-displacement relations. The temperature and moisture-dependent material properties are considered to analyze the laminated composite sandwich spherical, hyperbolic, ellipsoid, cylindrical Shells, and flat plates. Several numerical examples are comprehensively studied to establish the influence of temperature, moisture, the volume fraction of carbon nanotubes in the core material, functional gradation types, skew angle, and edge constraints on the vibration responses of SLCS shells. Further exploration is devoted to studying the combined effect of moisture, temperature, and the geometrical parameters such as length to width ratio, length to thickness ratio, radius-to-length ratio, and the core thickness to face sheet thickness ratios on the natural frequency of the skew laminated composite sandwich panels. © 2022 World Scientific Publishing Company.
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    Free vibration analysis of a skew sandwich plate with bamboo biocomposite and polylactic acid core under temperature and moisture conditions
    (SAGE Publications Inc., 2023) Gawande, A.S.; Kattimani, S.; Murigendrappa, S.M.; Nguyen, T.; kamyab, H.; Althamer, S.
    This article investigates the impact of moisture and temperature on vibration characteristics of bio-composite skew-laminated composite sandwich (SLCS) plates. The bio-composite SLCS plates with bamboo face sheets and polylactic acid (PLA) cores are biodegradable, radiolucent, lightweight, high strength, and withstand vibrations. The coupled thermo-elastic and hygro-elastic finite element (FE) model of the SLCS plate is derived using the higher-order shear deformation theory (HSDT). An initial stress stiffness matrix is developed using the nonlinear strain-displacement relations to incorporate the effect of temperature and moisture in FE modeling. Temperature and moisture-dependent material properties of bamboo fiber-reinforced biocomposite (BFB) and PLA core are employed for the analysis. A comprehensive investigation has been carried out to study the impact of moisture and temperature situations with different geometrical parameters and various skew angles on the frequency of the SLCS plate. The results indicate that the biocomposite sandwich material has excellent potential for structural applications under different environmental conditions in various applications like food processing, and biomedical applications, including MRI and CT scan beds. © The Author(s) 2023.