On the modeling of periodic sandwich structures with the use of the broken line hypothesis

In this paper a dynamic analysis of sandwich plate with a certain periodic microstructure is considered. The initial system of governing equations is derived basing on the classic broken line hypothesis. As a result of transformations one can obtain a system of three differential equations of motion with periodic, highly oscillating and non-continuous coefficients. In order to derive a system of equations with constant coefficients tolerance averaging technique is applied. Eventually, in the calculation example a free vibration analysis of certain periodic plate strip is performed with the use of both the derived model and a FEM model. It can be observed that the consistency of obtained results is highly dependent on the calculation assumptions.