Chaotic dynamic analysis of viscoelastic plates

Y. X. Sun, S. Y. Zhang

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Abstract

The dynamic buckling of viscoelastic plates with large deflection is investigated in this paper by using chaotic and fractal theory. The material behavior is given in terms of the Boltzmann superposition principle. In order to obtain accurate computation results, the nonlinear integro-differential dynamic equation is changed into an autonomic four-dimensional dynamical system. The numerical time integrations of equations are performed by using the fourth-order Runge-Kutta method. And the Lyapunov exponent spectrum, the fractal dimension of strange attractors and the time evolution of deflection are obtained. The influence of geometry nonlinearity and viscoelastic parameter on the dynamic buckling of viscoelastic plates is discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1195-1208
Number of pages14
JournalInternational Journal of Mechanical Sciences
Volume43
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2001
Externally publishedYes

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