Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Proceedings of SPIE 6169, Smart Structures and Materials
Abstract
Space and weapon delivery systems contain guidance components and payload that need to be protected from the extremely harsh acoustic excitation present during launch operations. The above example represents just one application where high-damping viscoelastic materials are used in the design of shock and vibration isolation components. The shock transients generally encountered are characterized by a broad frequency spectrum. Widely available finite element codes do not offer the proper tools to model the frequency- dependent mechanical properties of viscoelastic materials over the frequency domain of interest. An added difficulty is the large Poissson's ratio exhibited by some of these materials, which indicates that previously developed displacement-based finite element formulations should be complemented with mixed pressure-displacement finite element formulations. A pure displacement-based finite element generally predicts the displacements well, if the mesh used is fine enough, but the same thing may not be said about the values of the predicted stresses. The Anelastic Displacement Fields (ADF) method is employed herein to model frequency-dependence of material properties within a time-domain finite element framework and using a mixed displacement-pressure finite element formulation. Finite elements based on this new formulation are developed.
DOI
10.1117/12.658337
Publication Date
2006
Recommended Citation
Razvan Rusovici "Investigations on the development of a mixed displacement-pressure formulation for an anelastic displacement-field finite element", Proc. SPIE 6169, Smart Structures and Materials 2006: Damping and Isolation, 61690U (17 March 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.658337
