Dynamic Analysis of a Tapered Composite Thin-Walled Rotating Shaft Embedded with SMA Wires Using the Generalized Differential Quadrature Method

Abstract

A dynamical model is developed for the tapered composite thin-walled rotating shaft with shape memory alloy (SMA) wires embedded in. The SMA wires are embedded at an interlayer of the shaft and arranged along the conical surface of the tapered composite shaft. Recovery stresses generated during the phase transformation are calculated based on one-dimensional Brinson’s model. The governing equations are obtained based on a refined variational asymptotic method (VAM) and Hamilton’s principle. The partial differential equations of motion are reduced to the ordinary differential governing equations by using the generalized differential quadrature method (GDQM). Numerical results of natural frequencies and critical speeds are obtained. The effects of the fraction of SMA wires, the initial strain of SMA wires, temperature, ply angle, taper ratio, boundary conditions, and rotating speed on the frequency characteristics are investigated.