Nonlinear dynamic analysis of thermally deformed beams subjected to uniform

loading resting on nonlinear viscoelastic foundation

Yang Wang, Jinhui Yang, Zohre Moradi, Mayram Safa, Mohamed Amine Khadimallah

(2022)

European Journal of Mechanics, A, Solids, 95, 104638-

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euromechsol.2022.104638

Critiqued by Neil Christian D. Bucas

Thesis Statement: The article of Wang et. al examines how high speed thermal and

mechanical loadings affect the dynamic behavior of shear deformation in beams.

According to Zhao et. al (2021, as cited Wang et al.,2022), structures are exposed

to dynamic loads, and it is required to analyze it with dynamic analysis as it is essential

with high-speed induced loading. In contrast, static analysis fails to provide sufficient

predictions. These are commonly encountered in buildings such as high and medium

rise, and most commonly in the Oil and Gas industry. Buildings are constantly subjected

to these loads due to the natural presence of lateral loads, such as earthquakes and

wind loads. While in the Oil and Gas industry, these loads are produced due to

oscillating equipment.

The article provides a discussion of two step thermal and mechanical loads

applied to beams using non-linear analysis and experimentation, which was supported
by previous studies with different parameters. According to Hetnarski et al.(2009, as

cited Wang et al.,2022), the beam section will determine the temperature profile inside

the system over time and the beam's top surface is abruptly exposed to a high

temperature. Due to the fast increment velocity of these loads, this load will be defined

as shocking, and the heat transfer will be solved simultaneously.

In this article, Wang et al. analyzed how beams subjected to high-speed thermal

and mechanical loadings affects its dynamic behavior of shear deformation.

Investigating beams subjected to moving loads reveals their local behavior, and

studying it in a local position allows a detailed analysis of the beam's free vibration

response. The study used all of the boundary conditions, and a mix of finite elements

and finite differences was used to undergo the beam with a moving mass accompanied

by adapting the Lagrangian multiplier formulation to confirm the data that had been

obtained.

According to Wang et al. (2022), the obtained results were confirmed by

developing equations with the aid and combination of Chebyshev collocation, Newmark,

and Newton-Raphson methods which describes the behavior of the beam under heat

and pressure shocks. Therefore, using an exact solution deemed to be impossible.

Dynamic analysis cannot yield an exact solution due to the complexity of the behavior

and can only be used with the aid of a computer program or programmed software.
 Viscous substrates are commonly found in elements utilized in the industry.

However, only one type of material was used in the element partnered with parametric

investigations, including several comparative cases, which restricted the study to only

one variety. The introduction to other materials in the parameters would have

broadened the data instead and could have made a comparison of the effects.

To examine the dynamic behavior of shear deformations, mechanical and

thermal effects subjected to beams were used. This study can help future researchers

who want to research the mechanical behaviors of the beam involving dynamic loads

and attempt to develop solutions to the outcomes when a beam is undergoing

excessive deformation. It can also be involved with the disaster risk mitigation of a

building as one of the major disasters of a building is fire, commonly from explosions in

mechanical ducts. While in the Oil and Gas industry it can help due to the blast

resistance requirement on the structures that are being developed in that field. The use

of viscous and elastic substrates can help identify the effects on the vibrations as their

studies that involve these parameters have given results that would affect the structural

vibration but would not directly affect the deformation that would occur on the beam

while undergoing dynamic loads.

Researchers should be familiar with nonlinear analysis and vibration response in

order to reduce errors and use computer programs to validate their findings. Due to the

complexity of the dynamic loads, there are restrictions on the use of the mentioned

methods. By performing iterations, the computer programs are able to predict the
deformations of the beam with accuracy compared with manual calculation which would

result insignificant errors and inaccurate results.

Wang, Yang, J., Moradi, Z., Safa, M., & Khadimallah, M. A. (2022). Nonlinear dynamic

analysis of thermally deformed beams subjected to uniform loading resting on nonlinear

viscoelastic foundation. European Journal of Mechanics, A, Solids, 95,

104638–. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euromechsol.2022.104638