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On the role of the adjoint problem in dissipative, nonconservative problems of elastic stability

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Si considera la stabilità asintotica di solidi isotropi e lineari di Kelvin e Voigt sollecitati da forze smorzanti proporzionali alla velocità e carichi superficiali non conservativi, i quali sono funzioni lineari di spostamenti e derivate di spostamenti. Si deduce il problema ai limiti che è aggiunto al sistema originario di equazioni di campo, e si imposta un principio variazionale dal quale si generano questi due problemi ai limiti. Il principio variazionale serve come base per un procedimento approssimato (simile al metodo di Ritz) per risolvere problemi non conservativi di stabilità elastica nei quali sono presenti gli effetti di smorzamento interno ed esterno. Si applica questo procedimento per constatare il valore critico del parametro dell'intensità del carico, Qcr, in una mensola e una trave con un estremo incastrato e l'altro incernierato, caricate da una distribuzione continua di forze di modulo che varia linearmente con la coordinata di posizione e retta d'azione solidale con la deformata del l'asse della trave. Si mostrano grafici dell'andamento di Qcr con i due parametri di smorzamento, e si nota che il tipo di vincolo alle estremità della trave può avere un effetto significante sulla maniera in cui Qcr varia come una funzione dei parametri di smorzamento.

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The asymptotic stability of linear isotropic Kelvin-Voigt solids subjected to external damping and noncon-servative surface tractions which are linear functions of displacements and displacement gradients is considered. The boundary value problem that is adjoint to the original system is derived, and a variational principle from which these two boundary value problems may be generated is stated. The variational principle serves as a basis for an approximate method (similar to the Ritz method) for solving nonconservative stability problems in which the effects of internal and external damping are present. The method is applied to determine the value of the critical load intensity Qcr in a cantilever and a clamped-simply supported beam subjected to a linearly distributed tangential load as well as to internal and external damping forces. Plots of the variation of Qcr with the two damping parameters are given, and it is shown the nature of the boundary conditions can have a significant effect on the manner in which Qcr varies as a function of the damping parameters.

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Anderson, G.L. On the role of the adjoint problem in dissipative, nonconservative problems of elastic stability. Meccanica 7, 165–173 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02128762

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