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A strip-element method for analyzing wave scattering by a crack in an immersed axisymmetric laminated composite
1Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering, National University of Singapore.
Abstract:
A strip-element method is presented for analyzing wave scattering by a crack in a laminated composite cylinder immersed in a fluid. In this approach, two-nodal-line and three-nodal-line axisymmetric strip elements are employed to model the fluid and laminated cylinder, respectively. Governing equations for the fluid and solid elements in the frequency domain are derived with a variational method and the Hamilton principle. The associated characteristic equations in the wave-number domain are obtained through Fourier transform techniques. Responses of the fluid-loaded cylinder to a line load are found by a modal-analysis method and inverse Fourier transform techniques. Numerical results are presented for cracked laminated composite cylinders submerged in water. Water is found to have strong influence on the scattered wave fields in a cracked laminated composite cylinder.
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