Stability and Free Vibration Analysis of Plates with Random Material Property using Stochastic Finite Element Method

Document Type : مقاله کوتاه

Authors

• mohammad karkon ¹
• Soleyman Ghoohestani ²
• Farzad Shahabyan Moghaddam ²

¹ Larestan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Larestan, Iran

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10.22067/fum-mech.v30i2.64895

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the influence of the plate uncertainty elastic modulus on free vibration response and buckling behavior. To this purpose, elastic modulus of plate is modeled as a random variable with a normal distribution. Spatial autocorrelation function is used for random fields. In this method, the correlation is dependent on the distance, as the points be far away from each other, the correlation is also reduced. Then, applying the powerful finite element method stochastic finite element relations were calculated using Monte Carlo simulation. To this purpose, a four-node Kirchhoff’s element was used with twelve degrees of freedom. For the analysis, random variable is simulated 5,000 times. At last, by numerical tests, the effects of uncertainty on elastic modulus are investigated on the natural frequencies and buckling loads of plate. The results of these tests show that the effect of uncertainty in elastic modulus of the plate has a different effect on the response of vibration and buckling of plate. So that these changes have low effect on free vibration responses of plate. But buckling loads are highly dependent on the elasticity coefficient.

Keywords

• Stochastic Finite Element
• Plate Bending
• Buckling
• Free Vibration
• Monte-Carlo Simulation

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