Influence of material anisotropy on the hydroelastic response of composite plates in water

Deniz Tolga Akcabay; Yin Lu Young

doi:10.1117/12.2304361

22 March 2018 Influence of material anisotropy on the hydroelastic response of composite plates in water

Deniz Tolga Akcabay, Yin Lu Young

Proceedings Volume 10596, Behavior and Mechanics of Multifunctional Materials and Composites XII; 105961M (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2304361
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2018, Denver, Colorado, United States

Abstract

Flexible lightweight plate-like lifting surfaces in external flows have a diverse range of use from propelling and controlling marine and aerospace vehicles to converting wind and ocean energy to electrical energy. Design and analysis of such structures are complex for underwater applications where the water density is much higher than air. The hydrodynamic loads, which vary with the inflow speed, can significantly alter the dynamic response and stability. This paper focuses on the hydroelastic response of composite plates in water. The results show that the dynamics and stability of the structure can be significantly modified by taking advantage of the material anisotropic; on the contrary, careless composite material designs may lead to unwanted dynamic instability failures. The resonance frequencies, divergence speeds, and fluid loss coefficients change with material anisotropy and hydrodynamic loads. The resonance frequencies are much lower in water than in air. The critical divergence speed increases, if the principal fiber direction is oriented towards the inflow. Hydrodynamic damping is shown to be much higher than the material damping, and tend to increase with flow speed and to decrease with increasing modal frequency. The paper derives Response Amplitude Operators (RAOs) for sample composite plates in water and use them to predict the motion response when subject to stochastic flow excitations. We show how material anisotropy can be used to passively tailor the plate vibration response spectrum to limit or enhance flow-induced vibrations of the plate depending on the desired applications.

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Deniz Tolga Akcabay and Yin Lu Young "Influence of material anisotropy on the hydroelastic response of composite plates in water", Proc. SPIE 10596, Behavior and Mechanics of Multifunctional Materials and Composites XII, 105961M (22 March 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2304361

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