Journal of Shanghai University(Natural Science Edition) ›› 2020, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (3): 443-455.doi: 10.12066/j.issn.1007-2861.2051

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Nonlinear vibration of beam with breathing crack

WANG Tianyu, YANG Xiao()   

  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
  • Received:2018-03-08 Online:2020-06-30 Published:2020-01-31
  • Contact: YANG Xiao E-mail:xyang@shu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Based on the curve of bending moment-rotation angle of the crack in beam under dynamic/static load and considering the transition effect between the open and closed states of the crack, a novel rotational spring model of the breathing crack with instant rigidity has been proposed, with a unified explicit formula of the vibration modes of the beam with an arbitrary number of breathing cracks, and an approximate computing method of the nonlinear dynamic response of the beam with breathing crack presented. The free vibration of the simply-supported beam with a breathing crack and dynamic response of the cantilever beam with two breathing cracks subjected to a harmonic load are analyzed numerically. The numerical results indicate that the open and closure procedure of the crack can be appropriately described with the rotational spring model of the breathing crack with instant rigidity as is presented in this paper, and that the instant frequency of the cracked beam is located between natural frequency of the beams with complete open crack and one of the beams with complete closed crack, which gradually converges to a constant. Furthermore, the open and closure state of the crack and its location on top or bottom surface of the beam have significant influences on the nonlinear dynamic response of the cracked beam.

Key words: breathing crack, cracked beam, nonlinear vibration, instant frequency, dynamic response

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