Transwave

Transwave is a desktop commercial software package used to analyse the transient waves propagating in laminated composite plates as cylinders excited by impact loads. The current version of of Transwave V1.1 is updated as it can be used to investigate both laminated structures as well as functionally graded structures...

 

TransWave is a desktop commercial software package developed by Dr. G. R. Liu and co-workers. This program can be used to analyze the transient waves propagating in laminated composite plates as cylinders excited by impact loads. The current version of TransWave V1.1 is updated as it can be used to investigating both laminated structures as well as functionally graded structures. You can free download and install TransWave for your own use. As the software uses a database for the commonly used materials of all your projects that you may create later, you need register the database with ODBS on you own PC. The detailed steps are given in the help manual.

The installation of the software requires a serial number. You may email liugr@uc.edu for the serial number, by providing your basis information: Name, Address, Contacts, Affiliations etc.

For the theoretical background of the software development, please refer to the publications authored by Dr. G. R. Liu and co-workers. Following lists are most relevant.

 

Relevant Books:

Liu GR and Xi ZC, Elastic Waves in Anisotropic Laminates, 452 pages, CRC Press LLC, Nov. 2001.

 

Relevant Papers:

Liu, G. R., Tani, J., Ohyoshi, T. and Watanabe, K., Transient Waves in Anisotropic Laminated Plates, Part 1: Theory, ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, U. S. A., Vol. 113, 1991, pp. 230-234.

Liu, G. R., Tani, J., Ohyoshi, T. and Watanabe, K., Transient Waves in Anisotropic Laminated Plates, Part 2: Application, ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, U. S. A., Vol. 113, 1991, pp. 235-239.

Liu, G. R., Lam, K. Y., and Tani, J., An Exact Method for Analyzing Elastodynamic Responses of Anisotropic Laminates to Line Loads, Mechanics of Composite Materials and Structures, U. S. A., Vol. 2, 1995. pp. 227-241.

Liu, G. R, Lam, K. Y. and Shang, H. M., A New Method for Analyzing Wave Fields in Laminated Composite Plates: Two-Dimensional Cases, Composites Engineering, U. S. A., Vol. 5 No. 12, 1995, pp. 1489-1498.

Liu, G. R., Lam, K. Y, and T. Ohyoshi, A Technique for Analyzing Elastodynamic Responses of Anisotropic Laminated Plates to Line Loads, Composites Part B, Vol. 28B, UK, 1997, pp. 667-677.

Han X., Liu G. R., Z. C. Xi and K. Y. Lam, Transient Waves in a Functionally Graded Cylinder. International Journal of Solids and Structures. Vol.38, 2001, pp. 021-3037.

Han X., Liu G.R. and Lam K.Y., Transient Waves in Plates of Functionally Graded Materials. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol 52, 2001, pp.851-865.

 

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