Wrinkles in layered neo-Hookean structures were recently formulated as a Hamiltonian system by taking the thickness direction as a pseudo-time variable. This enabled an efficient and accurate numerical method to solve the eigenvalue problem for onset wrinkles. Here, we show that wrinkles in graded elastic layers can also be described as a time-varying Hamiltonian system. The connection between wrinkles and the Hamiltonian system is established through an energy method. Within the Hamiltonian framework, the eigenvalue problem of predicting wrinkles is defined by a series of ordinary differential equations with varying coefficients. By modifying the boundary conditions at the top surface, the eigenvalue problem can be efficiently and accurately solved with numerical solvers of boundary value problems. We demonstrated the accuracy of the symplectic analysis by comparing the theoretically predicted displacement eigenfunctions, critical strains, and wavelengths of wrinkles in two typical graded structures with finite element simulations.
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January 2019
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Symplectic Analysis of Wrinkles in Elastic Layers With Graded Stiffnesses
Jianjun Sui,
Jianjun Sui
School of Aerospace Engineering and
Applied Mechanics,
Tongji University,
Shanghai 200092, China;
Department of Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering,
Syracuse University,
Syracuse, NY 13244
Applied Mechanics,
Tongji University,
Shanghai 200092, China;
Department of Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering,
Syracuse University,
Syracuse, NY 13244
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Junbo Chen,
Junbo Chen
Department of Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering,
Syracuse University,
Syracuse, NY 13244
Aerospace Engineering,
Syracuse University,
Syracuse, NY 13244
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Xiaoxiao Zhang,
Xiaoxiao Zhang
Department of Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering,
Syracuse University,
Syracuse, NY 13244
Aerospace Engineering,
Syracuse University,
Syracuse, NY 13244
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Guohua Nie,
Guohua Nie
School of Aerospace Engineering and
Applied Mechanics,
Tongji University,
Shanghai 200092, China
e-mail: ghnie@tongji.edu.cn
Applied Mechanics,
Tongji University,
Shanghai 200092, China
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Teng Zhang
Teng Zhang
Department of Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering,
Syracuse University,
Syracuse, NY 13244
e-mail: tzhang48@syr.edu
and Aerospace Engineering,
Syracuse University,
Syracuse, NY 13244
e-mail: tzhang48@syr.edu
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Jianjun Sui
School of Aerospace Engineering and
Applied Mechanics,
Tongji University,
Shanghai 200092, China;
Department of Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering,
Syracuse University,
Syracuse, NY 13244
Applied Mechanics,
Tongji University,
Shanghai 200092, China;
Department of Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering,
Syracuse University,
Syracuse, NY 13244
Junbo Chen
Department of Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering,
Syracuse University,
Syracuse, NY 13244
Aerospace Engineering,
Syracuse University,
Syracuse, NY 13244
Xiaoxiao Zhang
Department of Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering,
Syracuse University,
Syracuse, NY 13244
Aerospace Engineering,
Syracuse University,
Syracuse, NY 13244
Guohua Nie
School of Aerospace Engineering and
Applied Mechanics,
Tongji University,
Shanghai 200092, China
e-mail: ghnie@tongji.edu.cn
Applied Mechanics,
Tongji University,
Shanghai 200092, China
e-mail: ghnie@tongji.edu.cn
Teng Zhang
Department of Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering,
Syracuse University,
Syracuse, NY 13244
e-mail: tzhang48@syr.edu
and Aerospace Engineering,
Syracuse University,
Syracuse, NY 13244
e-mail: tzhang48@syr.edu
1Corresponding authors.
Contributed by the Applied Mechanics Division of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS. Manuscript received August 8, 2018; final manuscript received September 25, 2018; published online October 18, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Pedro Reis.
J. Appl. Mech. Jan 2019, 86(1): 011008 (8 pages)
Published Online: October 18, 2018
Article history
Received:
August 8, 2018
Revised:
September 25, 2018
Citation
Sui, J., Chen, J., Zhang, X., Nie, G., and Zhang, T. (October 18, 2018). "Symplectic Analysis of Wrinkles in Elastic Layers With Graded Stiffnesses." ASME. J. Appl. Mech. January 2019; 86(1): 011008. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4041620
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