Dynamic response of beams under transverse impact loadings.pdf

DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF BEAMS UNDER TRANSVERSE IMPACT LOADINGS Sub-title: Correlation between peak- tensile stress, Poisson’s ratio and ‘initial stress-pulse’ Dulal Goldar Distinguished Professor, Sharda University, Greater Noida, Former Principal, Delhi College of Engineering, B- 401, Jagaran Apt.,Plot-17, Sector-22, Dwarka, New Delhi- 110075, INDIA E-mail: dulalgoldar@yahoo.co.in Abstract: Experimental results of peak- tensile stress for simply supported beams of mild- steel, aluminum, PMMA, araldite and urethane rubber subjected to low velocity impact for the same beam- striker weight ratio have been compared with interesting correspondence with Poisson’s ratios for these materials. Experimental results indicate a similitude between materials of Poisson’s ration range 0.25 to 0.40 for peak- tensile stress/ strain through ‘Characteristic Impedance’ and ‘Initial collision- velocity’. Introduction: For a full- field stress analysis of transversely impacted beams a low- modulus rubber- like photoelastic model material is usually employed. Conversion of prototype stresses from such photoelastic model stresses so obtained always remain a vexed problem. Although in the past attempts have been made to establish suitable scaling laws for such conversions, a comprehensive scaling laws has not been established so far. Presently, an attempt is made to establish a correlationship between the peak- tensile stress (σ), Poisson’s ratio (ν) and the intensity of ‘initial stress pulse’ (ρC0v0). The peak- tensile stress (σ) generated in simply supported beams made of different materials when most of other impact parameters, namely, (i) Beam dimensions, (ii) Location of transverse impact, (iii) Beam- striker weight ratio and (iv) Collision Velocity (vo) has been kept essentially the same. Only homogeneous materials have been considered and the correlationship has been attempted for the materials whose Poisson’s ratio varies 0.25 to 0.40. The cent