Considering the effect of crack gap, the bending deformation of the Timoshenko beam with switching cracks is studied. To represent a crack with gap as a nonlinear unidirectional rotational spring, the equivalent flexu...Considering the effect of crack gap, the bending deformation of the Timoshenko beam with switching cracks is studied. To represent a crack with gap as a nonlinear unidirectional rotational spring, the equivalent flexural rigidity of the cracked beam is derived with the generalized Dirac delta function. A closed-form general solution is obtained for bending of a Timoshenko beam with an arbitrary number of switching cracks. Three examples of bending of the Timoshenko beam are presented. The influence of the beam＇s slenderness ratio, the crack＇s depth, and the external load on the crack state and bending performances of the cracked beam is analyzed. It is revealed that a cusp exists on the deflection curve, and a jump on the rotation angle curve occurs at a crack location. The relation between the beam＇s deflection and load is bilinear, each part corresponding to an open or closed state of crack, respectively. When the crack is open, flexibility of the cracked beam decreases with the increase of the beam＇s slenderness ratio and the decrease of the crack depth. The results are useful in identifying non-destructive cracks on a beam.展开更多
This paper considers a class of stochastic variational inequality problems. As proposed by Jiang and Xu （2008）, by using the so-called regularized gap function, the authors formulate the problems as constrained opti...This paper considers a class of stochastic variational inequality problems. As proposed by Jiang and Xu （2008）, by using the so-called regularized gap function, the authors formulate the problems as constrained optimization problems and then propose a sample average approximation method for solving the problems. Under some moderate conditions, the authors investigate the limiting behavior of the optimal values and the optimal solutions of the approximation problems. Finally, some numerical results are reported to show efficiency of the proposed method.展开更多
文摘Considering the effect of crack gap, the bending deformation of the Timoshenko beam with switching cracks is studied. To represent a crack with gap as a nonlinear unidirectional rotational spring, the equivalent flexural rigidity of the cracked beam is derived with the generalized Dirac delta function. A closed-form general solution is obtained for bending of a Timoshenko beam with an arbitrary number of switching cracks. Three examples of bending of the Timoshenko beam are presented. The influence of the beam＇s slenderness ratio, the crack＇s depth, and the external load on the crack state and bending performances of the cracked beam is analyzed. It is revealed that a cusp exists on the deflection curve, and a jump on the rotation angle curve occurs at a crack location. The relation between the beam＇s deflection and load is bilinear, each part corresponding to an open or closed state of crack, respectively. When the crack is open, flexibility of the cracked beam decreases with the increase of the beam＇s slenderness ratio and the decrease of the crack depth. The results are useful in identifying non-destructive cracks on a beam.
基金This research is partly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos. 71171027 and 11071028, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities under Grant No. DUT11SX11, and the Key Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 71031002.
文摘This paper considers a class of stochastic variational inequality problems. As proposed by Jiang and Xu （2008）, by using the so-called regularized gap function, the authors formulate the problems as constrained optimization problems and then propose a sample average approximation method for solving the problems. Under some moderate conditions, the authors investigate the limiting behavior of the optimal values and the optimal solutions of the approximation problems. Finally, some numerical results are reported to show efficiency of the proposed method.
