Abstract
The current work puts forward a finite element (FE)-based numerical formulation to evaluate the nonlinear deflections of multifunctional sandwich composite (MSC) shells. These shells possess a viscoelastic core, and face sheets made of functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced magneto-electro-elastic (FG-CNTMEE) materials. The viscoelastic core is considered to be temperature-dependent and is modelled via the complex modulus approach. Two different forms of viscoelastic cores, such as Dyad 606 and EC 2216, are considered in this study. The shell kinematics is realized with the aid of the higher-order shear deformation theory (HSDT). Furthermore, Donnell's nonlinear strain displacement relations are incorporated to account for the nonlinear behaviour. The total potential energy principle is utilized to get the global equations of motion which are solved using direct iterative method. Predominant emphasis is also placed to assess the impact of pyroeffects, coupling fields and electromagnetic (EM) boundary restrictions on the nonlinear deflections of MSC shells working in the thermal environment and subjected to EM loads, which is first of its kind. Also, parametric studies dealing with the shell geometries, CNT distributions and volume fractions, core-to-face sheet thickness ratio, aspect ratio, curvature ratio has been discussed in detail. The results of this work are believed to be unique and serve as a guide for the design engineers towards developing sophisticated smart structures for various engineering applications.
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Abbreviations
- a, b, h :
-
Length, width, and thickness of the composite sandwich shell
- h 1 and h 2 :
-
z-Coordinate of the bottom and top surface of the bottom FG-CNTMEE face sheet
- h 3 and h 4 :
-
z-Coordinate of the bottom and top surface of the top FG-CNTMEE face sheet
- R 1 and R 2 :
-
Principal radii of curvature at the mid-plane of sandwich shell along x- and y- directions, respectively
- \({V}_{CNT}^{*}\) :
-
Total volume fraction of CNT reinforcement
- \({V}_{CNT}\) and\({V}_{m}\) :
-
The effective volume fractions of CNT and the matrix
- [e], \(\left[{e}^{CNT}\right]\),\(\left[{e}^{m}\right]\) :
-
Piezoelectric coefficients of effective FG-CNTMEE composite, CNT fiber, matrix, respectively
- [C],\(\left[{C}^{CNT}\right],\left[{C}^{m}\right]\) :
-
Elastic stiffness coefficients of effective FG-CNTMEE composite, CNT fiber, matrix, respectively
- \(\left[{N}_{t}\right], \left[{N}_{r}\right], \left[{N}_{r*}\right],\) :
-
Shape function matrices related to translational displacement, rotational displacement, higher-order rotational displacement, respectively
- \(\left[{N}_{\phi }\right] and \left[{N}_{\psi }\right]\) :
-
Shape function matrices related to electric potential and magnetic potential degrees of freedom, respectively
- [q],\(\left[{q}^{CNT}\right], \left[{q}^{m}\right]\) :
-
Magnetostrictive coefficients of effective FG-CNTMEE composite, CNT fiber, matrix, respectively
- [η],\(\left[{\eta }^{CNT}\right], \left[{\eta }^{m}\right]\) :
-
Dielectric coefficients of effective FG-CNTMEE composite, CNT fiber, matrix, respectively
- [m], \(\left[{m}^{CNT}\right]\),\(\left[{m}^{m}\right]\) :
-
Electro-magnetic coefficients of effective FG-CNTMEE composite, CNT fiber, matrix, respectively
- [μ],\(\left[{\mu }^{CNT}\right], \left[{\mu }^{m}\right]\) :
-
Magnetic permeability coefficients of effective FG-CNTMEE composite, CNT fiber, matrix, respectively
- \(\left[\alpha \right], \left[{\alpha }^{CNT}\right],\left[{\alpha }^{m}\right]\) :
-
Thermal expansion coefficients of effective FG-CNTMEE composite, CNT fiber, matrix, respectively
- \(\left[p\right],\left[\tau \right]\) :
-
Pyroelectric and pyromagnetic coefficients
- \(\left\{\varepsilon \right\}\) :
-
Strain tensor
- \(\left\{B\right\}\) :
-
Magnetic flux vector
- \(\left\{E\right\}\) :
-
Electric field vector
- \(\left\{\sigma \right\}\) :
-
Stress tensor
- \(\left\{H\right\}\) :
-
Magnetic field vector
- \(\left\{D\right\}\) :
-
Electric displacement vector
- u 0, v 0, and w 0 :
-
Displacements at the midplane along the x-, y- and z-axes
- \({\theta }_{x}, {\theta }_{y}\) :
-
Normal transverse rotation about x- and y-axes
- \(\psi \) :
-
Magnetic potential
- \(\phi \) :
-
Electric potential
- \(\left\{{d}_{t}\right\}\) :
-
Linear displacement
- \(\left\{{d}_{r}\right\}\) :
-
Rotational displacement
- \(\left\{{d}_{r*}\right\}\) :
-
Higher-order rotational displacement
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Appendix
The relation between various stiffness matrices contributing towards equivalent linear stiffness matrix \(\left[{K}_{L\_eq}\right]\) appearing in Eq. (20a) is expressed as,
The equivalent nonlinear stiffness matrix [KNL_eq] can be condensed as follows:
The equivalent force \(\{{F}_{eq}\}\) can be represented as follows:
where
The different stiffness matrices appearing in the condensation process are as follows:
The expressions for stiffness matrices and force vectors are as follows:
The various rigidity matrices contributing to Eq. (A5) can be denoted as follows:
The derivative of shape function matrices appearing in the FE formulation can be represented by
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Mahesh, V. Nonlinear pyrocoupled deflection of viscoelastic sandwich shell with CNT reinforced magneto-electro-elastic facing subjected to electromagnetic loads in thermal environment. Eur. Phys. J. Plus 136, 796 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01751-y
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