Creep stability of glass-reinforced plastic cylindrical shells under long-term external pressure

The behavior of a glass-reinforced plastic cylindrical shell under long-term hydrostatic pressure is investigated using the geometrically nonlinear equations of Timoshenko-type shell theory, which permit transverse shear strains to be taken into account. A system of nonlinear differential equations for describing the variation of the state of the shell with time under load is obtained and solved on a BÉSM-3M computer using a program written in Algol-60 and a "Signal" translator. Values of the critical time are obtained for various load levels.Institute of Polymer Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Latvian SSR, Riga. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 1, pp. 81–85, January–February, 1970.     

Nonlinear equations of a timoshenko-type theory of laminated anisotropic shells

In recent years analysis of the stress—strain state of shell structures made out of composite materials has been based on refined shell theories which take into account strains in the direction normal to the reference surface. There are several approaches to the formulation of the refined theories. One can point to shell theories developed on the basis of variational principles (e.g., [1, 2]) as well as theories created with the help of iterational processes (e.g., [3–6]). A resolving system of nonlinear equations for laminated anisotropic shells has been derived in the proposed research based on the Reissner variational principle [7, 8]. A similar linear theory which takes into account the strain e₃₃ also has been developed in [1]. If the shear stiffnesses of the layers differ greatly from each other in the transverse direction, then one can treat the shell structure as a single-layer shell of nonuniform structure. In this case it is advisable to solve a problem of the type of a uniform shell with minimal stiffnesses.Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, No. 3, pp. 501–507, May–June, 1979.     

Stability of transversally isotropic shells coupled with an elastic foundation

The stability of shells coupled with an elastic Winkler foundation is investigated. It is assumed that the shell is made of a material (glass-reinforced plastic) with low resistance to shear, as a result of which generalized theories that take transverse shear strains into account [1–4] must be used in the stability calculations. The solution obtained is compared with the corresponding solution obtained on the basis of the classical Kirchhoff-Love theory [8].Lvov Polytechnic Institute. Institute of Polymer Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Latvian SSR, Riga. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 4, pp. 669–673, July–August, 1969.     

Concerning the static-geometric analogy and the complex equations of Timoshenko-type shell theory

The static-geometric analogy of the classical Kirchhoff-Love shell theory, established by Gol'denveizer, is extended to the theory (Timoshenko type) in which transverse shear strains are taken into account [1, 2, 7, 8]. The construction of the complex equations of this theory is discussed.Franko L'vov State University; L'vov Polytechnic Institute. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 5, pp. 942–945, September–October, 1969.     

The effect of transverse shear upon the buckling stability of inelastic orthotropic plates

The problem of buckling of inelastic orthotropic plates is analyzed. The phenomena associated with the transverse strains of the plate are considered in the framework of the Ambartsumyan theory of plates, which excludes the hypothesis of undeformed normals. The problem is solved with the aid of the localized strains theory, and it is shown that in the case of orthotropic materials, i.e., those characterized by a large E/G ratio, the effect of the transverse shear must be taken into account in determining the critical stress for a plate under compressive loads parallel to its surface.Mekhanika Polimerov, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 133–136, 1965     

Stability of a transversely isotropic cylindrical shell in axial compression

The problem of the stability of a transversely isotropic cylindrical shell subjected to axial compression is considered with the aid of three-dimensional linearized equations for small subcritical strains. Transcendental equations are obtained for the critical loads corresponding to axisymmetric and nonaxisymmetric deformation. It is shown that in the case of the axisymmetric buckling mode the Kirchhoff-Love hypothesis is asymptotically exact irrespective of the properties of the material. The dependence of the critical load on the properties of the shell material is investigated numerically. Graphs of the variation of the critical load with relative shear modulus are presented.Institute of Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, Kiev. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 6, pp. 1064–1068, November–December, 1969.     

Stability of glass-reinforced plastic shells with allowance for shear stresses

The stability of a cylindrical glass-reinforced plastic shell subjected to external pressure is considered in the geometrically nonlinear formulation with allowance for initial irregularities. The refined shell theory [6, 7], which enables transverse shear strains to be taken into account, is employed. A general algorithm of the solution has been written in ALGOL-60. A numerical solution of the problem has been obtained on a BÉSM-3M computer. Critical loads have been determined over a wide range of variation of the geometrical and physical parameters of the shell. It is established that the difference between the results of the classical and refined theories depends on the thickness, length, and physical parameters of the shell. The classical theory is asymptotically exact as the thickness of the shell tends to zero or the interlaminar shear modulus tends to infinity.Institute of Polymer Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Latvian SSR, Riga. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 5, pp. 857–862, September–October, 1969.     

Stability of shear-compliant cylindrical shells connected with an elastic foundation in a geometrically nonlinear formulation

The effect of transverse shear strains on the stability "in the large" of a cylindrical transversal-isotropic shell with an elastic filler under the effect of axial compression is investigated. The length of the cylindrical shell is assumed to be greater than the diameter. The approximate solution is obtained by the Bubnov-Galerkin method. Such a problem for an isotropic shell was considered earlier in [2, 4] on the basis of the equations of the classical Kirchhoff-Love theory.L'vov Physicomechanical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR. Ternopol Branch, L'vov Polytechnic Institute. Institute of Polymer Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Latvian SSR, Riga. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 1, pp. 113–117, January–February, 1972.     

Boundary-Value Problems of the Theory of Thin and Nonthin Orthotropic Shells with Account of Nonlinearly Elastic Properties and Low Shear Rigidity of Composite Materials

The basic geometric and physical relations and resolving equations of the theory of thin and nonthin orthotropic composite shells with account of nonlinear properties and low shear rigidity of their materials are presented. They are derived based on two theories, namely the theory of anisotropic shells employing the Timoshenko or Kirchhoff-Love hypothesis and the nonlinear theory of elasticity and plasticity of anisotropic media in combination with the Lagrange variational principle. The procedure and algorithm for the numerical solution of nonlinear (linear) problems are based on the method of successive approximations, the difference-variational method, and the Lagrange multiplier method. Calculations of the stress-strain state for a spherical shell with a circular opening loaded with internal pressure are presented. The effect of transverse shear strains and physical nonlinearity of the material on the distribution of maximum deflections and circumferential stresses in the shell, obtained according to two variants of the shell theories, is studied. A comparison of the results of the problem solution in linear and nonlinear statements with and without account of the shell shear strains is given. The numerical data obtained for thin and nonthin (medium thick) composite shells are analyzed.     

On the reissner-naghdi elasticity relationships : PMM vol. 38, n 6, 1974, pp. 1063–1071

Shell theory equations are constructed by the method in [1] to the accuracy of quantities of the order of h_*^2+k, where and k = 2−4t for (h_* is the relative semithickness of the shell and t is the index of the state of stress variation). Without being within the framework of the Lovetype theory, the equations obtained are compared with the Reissner-Naghdi equations. [2, 3] in which the transverse shear is taken into account, and it is shown that from the asymptotic viewpoint these latter are inconsistent. It is also shown that if the shell resists shear weakly, then from the asymptotic viewpoint the Reissner-Naghdi theory is completely well founded.The three-dimensional equations of elasticity theory are reduced to two-dimensional equations in [1] by using an asymptotic method, i.e. all members of the same order relative to the small parameter h_* are taken into account at each stage of the calculations. It has been shown that without going outside the framework of the ordinary concepts of the Love-type theory of shells (in particular, without taking account of transverse shear), the shell theory equations can be constructed to the accuracy of quantities of the order of h^2−2t_*, but it is impossible to exceed this limit without a qualitative complication in the theory.     

Long-time stability of orthotropic cylindrical shells under external pressure

The problem is solved using a refined theory of shells that takes shear strains into account. The shell deformations are described by means of the relations for an orthotropic material, it being assumed that creep strains develop only as a result of shear forces. The geometrically linear problem is considered. For the sake of comparison, the long-time critical load is calculated on a Minsk-22 computer using the Kirchhoff-Love and refined models. It is shown that when shears are taken into account, in certain cases the critical load may be reduced by 30%.Institute of Polymer Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Latvian SSR, Riga. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 315–320, March-April, 1969.     

High-precision modeling of deformation of laminated structures

Precise three-dimensional solutions for homogeneous, two- and three-layer plates of symmetric and nonsymmetric structure over their thickness with orthotropic layers in transverse symmetric and antisymmetric loading normal to the surface of the plates are given. It is shown that the character of stressed states under flexural (antisymmetric) and nonflexural (symmetric transverse compression) loading differs greatly. It is noted that the known refined continual models, which take into account the transverse shear and compression, are all essentially flexural and therefore cannot describe the nonflexural deformations well. In particular, continual shear models in symmetric pressure loading lead to zero solutions. A refined nonflexural continual model of deformation of sandwich plates in bilateral symmetric compression is constructed. The general order of resolving differential equations for continual models does not depend on the number of layers. Approximation functions of the transverse coordinate are obtained with the help of well-founded hypotheses. A high-accuracy variant of the flexural continual model is proposed for antisymmetric loading with account of shear and transverse normal strains, as well as a version combining both models mentioned. A method of precise satisfation of all the constitutive relations for the layers, including the conditions of their contact, is proposed, whereas in the known continual models the dependence between the transverse normal stress and strain is satisfied only integrally, or else the Poisson effect is neglected.Ukrainian State Academy of Water Management, Rovno, the Ukraine. Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 13–28, January–February, 1999.     

A variant of the refined theory of bending for a laminar plastic beam

The present article considers the bending of a beam fabricated from a material with a low shear rigidity. A bending-theory variant that does not involve the hypothesis of plane cross sections is presented, assuming the material to be incompressible in the direction of the transverse coordinate. Results previously obtained in this area and an appropriate bibliography were given in an earlier article [3]. A solution is given that permits precise satisfaction of the condition for rigid fastening of the end of the beam. An attempt is made to take into account the actual character of the mounting.S. Ordzhonikidze Moscow Aviation Institute. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 4, pp. 674–681, July–August, 1972.     

On the theory of thermoelastic bending of reinforced shells and plates

The author examines an approach to the construction of a theory of thermoelastic bending of arbitrarily reinforced shells and plates that takes into account the actual structure, the deformation characteristic, and the actual thermomechanical properties of the elements which make up the composite. The final equations are obtained with and without allowance for transverse shear strains. The problem of the thermoelastic bending of a thin, arbitrarily reinforced rectangular plate hinged at the edges, when transverse shear strains can be neglected, is considered as an example.Institute of Hydrodynamics, Siberian Division, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Novosibirsk. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 5, pp. 861–873, September–October, 1972.     

A variant of the theory of thick multilayer cylindrical shells

Equations are derived which describe the stress field in thick orthotropic cylindrical shells of a material whose mechanical properties vary across the thickness. An iterative computation procedure is set up which takes into account transverse strains and where the initial approximation corresponds to the hypothesis of straight normals. The convergence of this method is estimated for the case of a thick orthotropic cylinder under axisymmetric strain, and the results are compared with the exact solution.     

Stability of the momentum state of a three-layer orthotropic cylindrical casing at uniform and nonuniform external pressures

The effect of the momentum subcritical state on the stability of three-layer orthotropic cylindrical casings at external pressures was investigated. The problem is solved by means of equations that take into account transversal shear. It is shown that in some cases the effect of the subcritical state momentum on the critical load parameter is significant.Institute of Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, Kiev. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 5, pp. 874–879, September–October, 1972.     

Effect of transverse shear on the stability of an orthotropic cylindrical shell with an elastic core in axial compression

The effect of transverse shear on the stability of a composite shell in axial compression has been investigated. The core is treated as an isotropic elastic cylinder bonded to the inner surface of the shell. The effect of the tangential shearing forces between the shell and the core is taken into account.Institute of Polymer Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Latvian SSR, Riga. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 2, pp. 267–273, March–April, 1973.     

Solution of two-dimensional boundary-value problems of the theory of thin composite shells

Discrete analogues of the boundary-value problems of a two-dimensional refined theory of anisotropic shells taking into account the transverse shear deformation are presented. The systems of resolving equations in the general form are obtained for arbitrary nonshallow shells of variable curvature whose coordinate lines of the reduction surface may not coincide with the lines of principal curvatures. The algebraic problems of determining the stress-strain state in shells made of composite materials with stress concentrators under various kinds of loads are obtained as particular cases of the schemes presented. The results of calculating the stress concentration near a nonsmall circular hole in a transversely isotropic nonshallow spherical shell under internal pressure are presented. The dependences of stress concentration factors on the hole dimension and on a change in the shear stiffness of the shells are studied. A comparison between the calculation results obtained within the framework of the theories of shallow and nonshallow shells is given.Presented at the 11th International Conference on the Mechanics of Composite Materials (Riga, June 11–15, 2000).Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics, Ukranian National Academy of Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine. Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 465–472, July–August, 2000.     

Variant of the geometrically nonlinear theory of anisotropic shells with allowance for transverse shear

A very simple variant of the geometrically nonlinear theory of anisotropic shells with allowance for the high compliance of the material in transverse shear is proposed. From this theory there follow, as a special case, the equations for an isotropic shell; these differ from the relations of [2] with respect to terms of the order of the ratio of the thickness of the shell to the radii of curvature small as compared with unity. The equations obtained are used to solve the problem of the stability of orthotropic shells of revolution relative to the starting axisymmetric state of stress.Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 5, pp. 863–871, September–October, 1969.