Stanislav Papkov

At present time, the spectral dynamic stiffness method is being actively developed as an alternative to the finite element method for vibration and stability problems of composite structures from beams, rods, plates and shells. This approach, based on exact solutions of governing differential equations, makes it possible to more effectively study the problem in the medium and high frequency ranges, and gives analytical expressions for natural modes. It is proposed to use the advantages of this method to study the problems of dynamic stability and flutter of an orthotropic composite plate in a supersonic gas flow. Using the linear approximation of piston theory, solution of the problem is investigated according to the Galerkin method on the basis of the eigenforms of a composite plate in vacuum. According to this approach the boundary value problem is reduced to a homogeneous infinite linear algebraic system of equations with coefficients are depending from physical-mechanical and geometrical parameters of the problem. The frequency parameter is included in the system linearly, that allows us to reduce eigenproblem for infinite system to the problem of determining the eigenvalues and vectors of a matrix. The convergence of the Galerkin method depending on the number of basis functions is studied numerically. It is shown that the first 16 eigenforms provide the good convergence of the method. Examples of numerical implementation are given, obtained solution allow us to study the dependence of the critical velocity from the properties of the material and geometry of the combined plate.

In this paper, a new method based on an accurate analytical series solution for free vibration of triangular isotropic and orthotropic plates is presented. The proposed solution is expressed in terms of undetermined arbitrary coefficients, which are exactly satisfied by the governing differential equation in free vibration. The approach used is based on an innovative extension of the superposition method through the application of a modified system of trigonometric functions. The boundary conditions for bending displacements and bending rotations on the sides of the triangular plate led to an infinite system of linear algebraic equations in terms of the undetermined coefficients. Following this development, the paper then presents an algorithm to solve the boundary value problem for isotropic and orthotropic triangular plates for any kinematic boundary conditions. Of course, the boundary conditions with zero displacements and zero rotations on all sides correspond to the case when the plate is fully clamped all around. The convergence of the proposed method is examined by numerical simulation applying stringent accuracy requirements to fulfill the prescribed boundary conditions. Some of the computed numerical results are compared with published results and finally, the paper draws significant conclusions.

To make a reliable forecast for the level of dust, many external factors such as the wind energy and the soil content in the moisture must be considered. The numerical prediction of the Black sea region’s content of dust is the focus of this study, and for this purpose, the WRF-Chem model is used. The investigation is based on the statistics of the prediction coincidence and the actual result extracted from the data of the backward trajectories of AERONET and aerosol stratification maps in the atmosphere constructed with the help of the CALIPSO satellite. A comprehensive set of data was collected, and a comparative analysis of the results was carried out using machine learning techniques. The investigation identified 89% hits in the prediction of dust events, which is a very satisfactory result.

Exact solutions for the vibrations and stability problems in the mechanics of solids are sufficiently rare. For rectangular thick plates, exact solutions in the form of trigonometric series were constructed only for the case when all or two opposite sides of the plate are simply-supported. The discussion about the possibility of constructing exact solutions continues to this day. As a rule, an approximate solution is constructed in the analytical form on the basis of a variational approach. It should be noted, that as frequency increases, the number of basic functions involved in the solution also has to be increased, consequently the solutions of such type are inefficient for describing a structural element within the framework of such methods as the Continuous Element method, the Spectral Element method and the Dynamic Stiffness method. In the present research, for the first time, the analytical solutions for the vibration problem of thick orthotropic plates are obtained. The modified trigonometric basis is used to construct the general solution for the free vibration problem of the plate in a series, permitting the derivation of an infinite system of linear algebraic equations. Cases of practically important boundary conditions of completely free sides and fully clamped sides are considered. It should be noted that the presented analytical solutions for FFFF and CCCC boundary allows to completely describe the structural element in the form of a plate by means of a dynamic stiffness matrix and their use for modeling more complex structures, also in the framework of methods such as Continuous Element method, Spectral Element method and Dynamic Stiffness method. The obtained results could also be applied in projecting constructions, in developing new devices and in the optimization of their parametersin projecting of constructions, in developing new devices and in the optimization of their parameters.

An asymptotically exact solution of the classical problem of elasticity about the steadystate forced vibrations of an elastic rectangular parallelepiped is constructed. The general solution of the...