Analysis of geometric dispersion effect of impact-induced transient waves in composite rod using dynamic substructure method (Q2289146)

In the present work, the authors analyzed the geometric dispersion effect of impact-induced transient waves in composite rods using the Dynamics substructure method. During the travelling of the impact-induced waves along the rod, geometric dispersion is possible when the diameter of the rod is of the same order as the wave length. The authors tried to develop dynamic sub-structure method fort he analysis of geometric dispersion of the waves in the problem of finite length composite rod coaxially struck by a moving rigid mass. In analyzing the geometric dispersion, a new rod element is presented through taking the lateral kinetic energy of the rod into account. The transient dynamic equation expressed by the reduced modal coordinates is derived by Lagrange equation and the fixed-interface mode synthesis method. The applications of the proposed method are demonstrated by using the trapezoidal impulse and impact-induced waves propagating in a large diameter rod. It indicates that the proposed method is sufficiently accurate to compute the time history of the contact force. The work is well written and may find readers working in the area of composite structures.