Characterization of nonlinearity parameters in an elastic material with quadratic nonlinearity with a complex wave field

This research investigates wave propagation in an elastic half-space with a quadratic nonlinearity in its stress-strain relationship. Different boundary conditions on the surface are considered that result in both one- and two-dimensional wave propagation problems. The goal of the research is to examine the generation of second-order frequency effects and static effects which may be used to determine the nonlinearity present in the material. This is accomplished by extracting the amplitudes of those effects in the frequency domain and analyzing their dependency on the third-order elastic constants (TOEC). For the one-dimensional problems, both analytical approximate solutions as well as numerical simulations are presented. For the two-dimensional problems, numerical solutions are presented whose dependency on the material's nonlinearity is compared to the one-dimensional problems. The numerical solutions are obtained by first formulating the problem as a hyperbolic system of conservation laws, which is then solved numerically using a semi-discrete central scheme. The numerical method is implemented using the package CentPack. In the one-dimensional cases, it is shown that the analytical and numerical solutions are in good agreement with each other, as well as how different boundary conditions may be used to measure the TOEC. In the two-dimensional cases, it is shown that there exist comparable dependencies of the second-order frequency effects and static effects on the TOEC. Finally, it is analytically and numerically investigated how multiple reflections in a plate can be used to simplify measurements of the material nonlinearity in an experiment.

Department dc:contributor.department

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Georgia Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2008

Author dc:creator

• Braun, Michael Rainer

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Jacobs, Laurence J.
• Qu, Jianmin

Committee member dc:contributor.committeemember

• DesRoches, Reginald

• Nonlinearity parameter
• Nonlinear wave propagation
• Reflection
• Stress-free boundary
• Rigid boundary
• Static effects
• Numerical solution
• Conservation law
• Traction boundary condition
• Higher-order effects
• Perturbation
• Material nonlinearity
• Analytical solution

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1853/26566

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.gatech.edu:1853/26566