Abstract
The free vibration behaviors of functionally graded rings were investigated theoretically. The material graded in the thickness direction according to the power law rule and the rings were assumed to be in plane stress and plane strain states. Based on the first-order shear deformation theory and the kinetic relation of von Kárman type, the frequency equation for free vibration of functionally graded ring was derived. The derived results were verified by those in literatures which reveals that the present theory can be appropriate to predict the free vibration characteristics for quite thick rings with the radius-to-thickness ratio from 60 down to 2.09. Comparison between the plane stress case and the plane strain case indicates a slight difference. Meanwhile, the effects of the structural dimensional parameters and the material inhomogeneous parameter are examined. It is interesting that the value of the logarithmic form of vibration frequency is inversely proportional to the logarithmic form of the radius-to-thickness ratio or the mean radius.
1. Introduction
Circular ring structures are widely employed in industrial systems. Their applications can be found in planetary gears, rotors, gyroscopic actuators, measuring instruments, and hollow axle used on subway and high-speed trains. Their mechanical performances have been investigated extensively, among which the vibration characteristics are one of the most important aspects [1–7].
Matsunaga [1] presented an approximate theory to study the effects of higher-order deformations on natural frequencies and buckling critical loads of a thick circular ring with rectangular cross-sections. Wong et al. [2] considered in-plane vibration problem for thermoelastic damping rings. Lacarbonara et al. [7] analyzed flexural vibration problem of elastic circular rings considering nonlinearity of structural deformation.
The new emergence of ceramic/metallic compound functionally graded materials (FGMs) has attracted tremendous research interests on vibration characteristics for their plate and shell structures [8–10]. For FGM rings, Filipich et al. [11] introduced a general model for FGM thick arches or rings under transient forced vibration conditions. Wang and Luo [12] presented an exact solution for the electromechanical vibration of FGM piezoelectric ring transducers. Among these works, the free vibration behaviors of FGM circular rings under either the plane stress or plane strain states have yet not been investigated.
In this paper, free vibration characteristics of FGM ring under either the plane stress or plane strain states were investigated by using the first-order shear deformation theory. The accuracy of the present theory was well verified through the free vibration frequencies of homogeneous rings. It reveals that the present theory can be appropriate to predict the free vibration characteristics for the quite thick ring with the radius-to-thickness ratio from 60 down to 2.09. Meanwhile, the effects of the structural dimensional parameters and the material inhomogeneous parameter are examined.
2. Formulation
The geometry and the coordinate system are illustrated in Figure 1, in which the coordinate system is represented by . is the mean radius, and and are, respectively, the thickness in and directions. indicates the distance measure from the geometrical middle plane of the ring and we have .
FGMs are usually prepared by mixing ceramic and metallic constituents. The volume fraction of one of the constituents through the thickness submits to a power law rule [8] and the elastic material properties , representing the elastic modulus and the poison ratio , can be expressed as the weight average of their constituents.where the subscripts c and m denote, respectively, the ceramic and metallic constituents and and are the volume fraction and the material properties. Herein, the FGM ring with metallic internal surface is named Type I configuration, in which , while the FGM ring with ceramic internal surface is named Type II configuration, in which .
For the plane strain rings, , and for the plane stress rings, . Thus, the general constitutive relation of FGM rings can be obtained as where and respectively, indicate the plane stress state and the plane strain state.
The kinetic relation of von Kárman type reads in the following form [14] with the subscript comma representing partial derivative.in which, the circumferential displacement and the radial displacement can be expressed as the following form according to the first-order shear deformation theory [15]. is time.where , , and are, respectively, the circumferential, radial, and angle displacements on the geometrical middle plane. Generally, , ; thus we havewhere
The internal force and shear force , as well as the internal moment , can be obtained as follows:where is the shear correction factor. Submitting (6) into (2) and then into (8) deriveswhere .
According to the principle of virtual displacement, the virtual potential energy should vanish at the equilibrium state of the system. in which where is the density of FGMs. After integration, we have where . Then (10) turns into
The above relation should hold for arbitrary virtual displacements , , and which reaches the dynamic equilibrium equation set of FGM rings, by combining the virtual form of , , and with (11) and then utilizing the procedure of part integration.
With the aid of (9), the above dynamic equilibrium equations can be expressed by displacement components.
3. Solving of the Problem
Herein, the vibration modal functions are set as the following form:where , , and are the unknown amplitudes and is the wave number. is the angle frequency.
By substituting (16) into (15), one obtains in which
From (17), the zero value of the determinant of the coefficient matrix leads to the frequency equation for FGM rings, a six-degree polynomial, which can be used to solve for the free vibration frequency of FGM rings
4. Verification
To verify the present theoretical results, Table 1 lists comparisons of the present theoretical results with the theoretical and experimental results in literatures with regard to homogeneous rings and the results from ANSYS simulation.
For moderate FGM rings with , the present plane stress results are in excellent agreement with the results from ANSYS, and the present plane strain results are well verified by the results from Bisegna and Caruso [3]. For thick FGM rings with , the present plane strain results are close to the theoretical predictions of Kirkhope [13] and the experimental results of Kuhl listed in [13]. The maximal difference of the present plane strain results from the experimental ones is only −2.2%. Since both the cases and 2.09 indeed stand for a moderate thick and even quite thick rings, the present theories are appropriate to predict the free vibration characteristics for FGM rings of thick configuration.
5. Result Analyses
The following calculations are presented for rings made from Si3N4/SUS304 FGMs, with the material properties given as
For briefness, the calculation parameters are listed in all the following figures as well. Figure 2 shows the vibration modes under different values of the modal parameter . In the figure, represents an undeformed ring, and indicates a rigid body displacement. For Type I FGM rings, Figure 3 shows the effect of the modal parameter on the free vibration frequency . The vibration frequency (plotted in the logarithmic form) increases dramatically with the increasing value of . The lowest value of vibration frequency generally corresponds to a low order vibration mode, that is, , which is the first concern for engineering structures. Comparison between the plane stress and the plane strain cases reveals that the vibration frequency in the plane strain case is slightly higher than that in the plane stress case.
The changing rules of the vibration frequency versus different values of are illuminated in Figure 4(a), where both the horizontal and the longitudinal coordinates are given in the logarithmic form. It is obvious that the value of the logarithmic is inversely proportional to the logarithmic value of . Similarly, when the value of is set to be 50, Figure 4(b) shows that the logarithmic value of is also inversely proportional to the logarithmic value of .
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By considering both Type I and Type II configurations of FGM rings, Figure 5 provides the relation of the vibration frequency versus the inhomogeneous parameter . For Type I FGM rings, the vibration frequency increases with the rising value of , while, for Type II ones, there is an opposite tendency.
As the aforementioned, the vibration frequency of FGM rings in the plane strain case is usually larger than that in the plane stress case. To quantitatively determine the deviations between them, Figure 6 plots the differences versus the dimensional parameter , the inhomogeneous parameter, and the modal parameter as well. As shown, the differences under different value of tend to be a constant 3.4% when . In the case of thick rings with , the differences range from 2.5% to 3.5%. The difference between them increases with the rising value of . For a nearly pure ceramic ring with , it tends to be 1%, but for a nearly pure metallic ring with , it is up to 6.2%.
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6. Concluding Remark
This paper is addressed for free vibration characteristics of FGM rings under either the plane stress or the plane strain cases; the frequency equation is derived based on the first-order shear deformation theory and the kinetic relation of von Kárman type. Results well agree with those in literatures and ANSYS simulation. It is also shown that the vibration frequency of FGM rings under the plane strain case is slightly higher than that under the plane stress case, and it increases dramatically with the rising modal parameter. Under a given value of radius, the vibration frequency decreases sharply with the increase of radius-to-thickness ratio, and the value of the logarithmic vibration frequency is inversely proportional to the logarithmic value of radius-to-thickness ratio. Under a given value of the radius-to-thickness ratio, the vibration frequency also decreases sharply with the increase of the mean radius. For Type I FGM rings, the vibration frequency increases with the rising value of the inhomogeneous parameter, while, for Type II ones, there is an opposite tendency.
Competing Interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Acknowledgments
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 11402093), State Key Laboratory for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures (Grant no. SV2016-KF-08), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, SCUT (Grant no. 2015ZZ130), and the Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou (Grant no. 201607010282).