Affiliations 

  • 1 Modeling Evolutionary Algorithms Simulation and Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh 700000, Vietnam. nguyenhoangnam@tdtu.edu.vn
  • 2 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Technical Education, Ho Chi Minh 700000, Vietnam. ynt.ncs@hcmute.edu.vn
  • 3 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Le Quy Don Technical University, Ha Noi 100000, Vietnam. tranke92@gmail.com
  • 4 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Le Quy Don Technical University, Ha Noi 100000, Vietnam. tranthanh0212@gmail.com
  • 5 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Technical Education, Ho Chi Minh 700000, Vietnam. thinhnt@hcmute.edu.vn
  • 6 Center of Excellence for Automation and Precision Mechanical Engineering, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Ho Chi Minh 700000, Vietnam. pvduc@ntt.edu.vn
  • 7 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Le Quy Don Technical University, Ha Noi 100000, Vietnam. thom.dovan.mta@gmail.com
Materials (Basel), 2019 Feb 16;12(4).
PMID: 30781542 DOI: 10.3390/ma12040598

Abstract

Triple-layered composite plates are created by joining three composite layers using shear connectors. These layers, which are assumed to be always in contact and able to move relatively to each other during deformation, could be the same or different in geometric dimensions and material. They are applied in various engineering fields such as ship-building, aircraft wing manufacturing, etc. However, there are only a few publications regarding the calculation of this kind of plate. This paper proposes novel equations, which utilize Mindlin's theory and finite element modelling to simulate the forced vibration of triple-layered composite plates with layers connected by shear connectors subjected to a moving load. Moreover, a Matlab computation program is introduced to verify the reliability of the proposed equations, as well as the influence of some parameters, such as boundary conditions, the rigidity of the shear connector, thickness-to-length ratio, and the moving load velocity on the dynamic response of the composite plate.

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