Flexural vibrations of elastic composite beams with interlayer slip (Q1384769)

In some widely used structures, such as composite steel-concrete beams or layered wood systems connected with nails, rigid bond between the layers cannot be achieved. Due to relative deformation of the connectors an interlayer slip occurs, that significantly affects both strength and deformation of the layered structure. This paper presents a dynamic analysis of two-layer composite beams with linear elastic interlayer slip. Due to an interlayer slip between the layers, the Bernoulli-Euler hypothesis is not applicable for the cross-section as a whole. But the assumption that plane sections remain plane after deformation is valid for each individual layer. The authors find the solution of governing sixth-order partial equation of motion by separating the response of the beam in quasistatic and dynamic parts. Small damping is considered by means of modal damping coefficients, and the solution of the resulting generalized decoupled single-degree-of-freedom oscillators is given by Duhamel's convolution integral. Numerical examples are given for simply supported composite beams under harmonic and random excitations; the examples show significant improvement when compared to the classical solution.