Timoshenko-Type Theory in the Stability Analysis of Corrugated Cylindrical Shells

A technique is proposed for stability analysis of longitudinally corrugated shells under axial compression. The technique employs the equations of the Timoshenko-type nonlinear theory of shells. The geometrical parameters of shells are specified on discrete set of points and are approximated by segments of Fourier series. Infinite systems of homogeneous algebraic equations are derived from a variational equation written in displacements to determine the critical loads and buckling modes. Specific types of corrugated isotropic metal and fiberglass shells are considered. The calculated results are compared with those obtained within the framework of the classical theory of shells. It is shown that the Timoshenko-type theory extends significantly the possibility of exact allowance for the geometrical parameters and material properties of corrugated shells compared with Kirchhoff–Love theory.     

Stability of Laminated Shells Made of Materials with one Plane of Elastic Symmetry

The paper sets forth a technique, based on the Kirchhoff–Love theory of shells, for solving stability problems for thin-walled laminated shells of revolution made of an anisotropic material with one plane of elastic symmetry. The resolving system of differential equations is of the 16th order since the symmetric and asymmetric buckling modes are coupled. The results from a stability analysis of cylindrical shells made of carbon plastics and subjected to compression are analyzed against the angle of the principal directions of elasticity. The influence of boundary conditions is studied. The error due to neglecting the coupling of buckling modes is estimated     

Nonlinear buckling of torsion-loaded functionally graded cylindrical shells in thermal environment

Based on the nonlinear large deflection theory of cylindrical shells, this paper deals with the nonlinear buckling problem of functionally graded cylindrical shells under torsion load by using the energy method and the nonlinear strain–displacement relations of large deformation. The material properties of the functionally graded shells vary smoothly through the shell thickness according to a power law distribution of the volume fraction of the constituent materials. Meanwhile, on the base of taking the temperature-dependent material properties into account, various effects of external thermal environment on the critical state of the shell are also investigated. Numerical results show various effects of the inhomogeneous parameter, the dimensional parameters and external thermal environment on nonlinear buckling of functionally graded cylindrical shells under torsion. The present theoretical results are verified by those in literature.     

On the different formulations in linear bifurcation analysis of laminated cylindrical shells

The stability pattern of shells is governed by a set of nonlinear partial differential equations. The solution procedure can be simplified, and fast and accurate predictions of the critical buckling load obtained, with the aid of a multilevel approach. Under this approach the lower levels are implemented by means of the perturbation technique, with the nonlinear prebuckling deformation disregarded, and a linear set of equations solved for each state. It turns out, however, that in these circumstances the prediction may differ depending on the chosen formulation. In an attempt to find the reasons for these differences, the linear bifurcation buckling behavior of laminated cylindrical shells was examined via two well-known formulations, with u–v–w and w–F as the unknowns. A third, mixed formulation, was found the most reliable in predicting the buckling behavior.     

Stability and load-bearing capacity of smooth and ribbed shells with local dents

A method for analysis of the stability and load-bearing capacity of imperfect smooth and ribbed shells is developed. This method is based on the finite-difference method and is implemented as an algorithm for fast calculation of critical forces, as opposed to the finite-element method. The theoretical results discussed include both early and recent results. The emphasis is on shells with local dents. The numerical results are successively corrected and compared with available experimental data for shells with a single dent and with other data. The method enables us to discover new features in the behavior of thin-walled structures under loading: development of precritical state, change in the dent shape, and exhaustion of load-bearing capacity. The lower local critical loads and upper stresses are determined. They correspond to general buckling and agree well with available experimental data.Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 40, No. 10, pp. 35–64, September 2004.     

Stability of circumferentially corrugated cylindrical shells under external pressure

Corrugated shells of revolution that may be considered cylindrical when the corrugation amplitude is small are analyzed for stability. The corrugations are transverse to the axis of revolution. Isotropic and orthotropic shells with sine-shaped meridian under uniform external compression are analyzed for stability. It is shown that the stability of corrugated shells can be significantly improved, compared with cylindrical shells, by selecting appropriate number and amplitude of half-waves. A relationship between the buckling modes and the change in the critical loads is established     

Natural Vibrations Of Corrugated Cylindrical Shells

A method for determining the natural frequencies and modes of corrugated noncircular cylindrical shells is presented. The influence of the length and amplitude of corrugations on the fundamental frequency of unloaded and axially compressed shells is examined. The difference between the dependences of frequencies and critical loads on shell geometry is shown. The possibility of optimizing shells in frequencies and critical loads is established__________Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 41, No. 5, pp. 58–67, May 2005     

Stability of longitudinally corrugated cylindrical shells under uniform surface pressure

The buckling problem for longitudinally corrugated cylindrical shells under external pressure is solved. The solution makes practically exact allowance for the geometry and buckling modes of the shell. The inaccuracy of the results is due to the assumption that the subcritical state is momentless. Shells consisting of cylindrical panels of smaller radius and noncircular shells with sinusoidal corrugations are analyzed for stability. The practical applicability of such shells is demonstrated __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 43, No. 11, pp. 66–79, October 2007.     

Determination of the Axisymmetric Geometrically Nonlinear Thermoviscoelastoplastic State of Laminated Medium-Thickness Shells

A method is developed to determine the axisymmetric geometrically nonlinear thermoelastoviscoplastic stress–strain state of branched laminated medium-thickness shells of revolution. The method is based on the hypotheses of a rectilinear element for the whole set of layers. The shells are subject to loads that cause a meridional stress state and torsion. They can consist of isotropic layers, which deform beyond the elastic limit, and elastic orthotropic layers. The relations of thermoviscoplastic theory, which describe simple processes of loading, are employed as the equations of state for the isotropic layers. The solution of the problem is reduced to numerical integration of systems of differential equations. The geometrically nonlinear elastoplastic state of a two-layer corrugated shell of medium thickness is calculated as an example     

An experimental investigation on the dynamic axial buckling of cylindrical shells using a Kolsky Bar

Several experiments were performed with a Kolsky Bar (Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar) device to investigate the dynamic axial buckling of cylindrical shells. The Kolsky Bar is a loading as well as a measuring device which can subject the shells to a fairly good square pulse. An attempt is made to understand the interaction between the stress wave and the dynamic buckling of cylindrical shells. It is suggested that the dynamic axial buckling of the shells, elastic or elasto-plastic, is mainly due to the compressive wave rather than the flexural or bending wave. The experimental results seem to support the two critical velocity theory for plastic buckling, withV _c1 corresponding to an axisymmetric buckling mode andV _c2 corresponding to a non-symmetric buckling mode. The project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China     

Koiter circles in the buckling of axially compressed conical shells

As is well known, the elastic stability of shell structures under certain loading conditions is characterised by a severely unstable postbuckling behaviour. The presence of simultaneous buckling modes (‘competing’ modes corresponding to the same critical buckling load) is deemed to be largely responsible for such a behaviour. In the present paper, within the framework of the so-called classical theory (linear bifurcation eigenvalue analysis), the buckling behaviour of axially compressed cylindrical shells is firstly reviewed. Accordingly, doubly periodic eigenvectors (buckling modes) corresponding to the same eigenvalue (critical buckling load) can be determined, and their locus in a dimensionless meridional and circumferential buckling wavenumber space is described by a circle (known as the Koiter circle). In the case of axially compressed conical shells, no clear evidence of the existence of simultaneous buckling modes can be found in the literature. Then, such a problem is studied here via linear eigenvalue finite element analyses, showing that simultaneous doubly periodic modes do also occur for cones, and that their locus in a specifically defined dimensionless wavenumber space can be described by an ellipse (hereafter termed as the Koiter ellipse) whose aspect ratio is dependent on the tapering angle of the cone.     

安全壳中钢衬壳热屈曲问题理论与实验研究(I)———理论分析部分

钢衬壳热屈曲问题是核工程安全壳设计中的主要问题把铆固之间的钢衬壳视为钢衬板的特殊缺陷形式，利用Ｋｏｉｔｅｒ初始后屈曲理论分析了完善和具有初始缺陷钢衬壳的弹性热后屈曲性态给出了用挠度－温度载荷表示的钢衬壳的后屈曲平衡路径表达式和屈曲临界载荷表达式具体分析了三种钢衬壳模型：四点铆固钢衬壳、四边固支钢衬壳和五点铆固钢衬壳给出了钢衬的初始缺陷、锚钉间距、钢衬厚度等参数对钢衬热屈曲载荷的影响结果对安全壳中钢衬壳的设计有很好的参考价值     

Thermal buckling and post-buckling of pinned–fixed Euler–Bernoulli beams on an elastic foundation

In this article, both thermal buckling and post-buckling of pinned–fixed beams resting on an elastic foundation are investigated. Based on the accurate geometrically non-linear theory for Euler–Bernoulli beams, considering both linear and non-linear elastic foundation effects, governing equations for large static deformations of the beam subjected to uniform temperature rise are derived. Due to the large deformation of the beam, the constraint forces of elastic foundation in both longitudinal and transverse directions are taken into account. The boundary value problem for the non-linear ordinary differential equations is solved effectively by using the shooting method. Characteristic curves of critical buckling temperature versus elastic foundation stiffness parameter corresponding to the first, the second, and the third buckling mode shapes are plotted. From the numerical results it can be found that the buckling load-elastic foundation stiffness curves have no intersection when the value of linear foundation stiffness parameter is less than 3000, which is different from the behaviors of symmetrically supported (pinned–pinned and fixed–fixed) beams. As we expect that the non-linear foundation stiffness parameter has no sharp influence on the critical buckling temperature and it has a slight effect on the post-buckling temperature compared with the linear one.     

Experimental investigation of the buckling of shallow spherical shells

In the present paper, the buckling behavior of clamped thin shallow spherical shells under external pressure is studied. Seventy-nine plastic shells formed by thermovacuum process were tested. The distributions of initial geometrical imperfections and vertical displacements were minutely measured with a differential transformer. It was possible to control the symmetrical initial geometrical imperfection of each specimen.Results indicate that the buckling phenomena of shallow spherical shells vary greatly with the symmetrical initial imperfection parameter η. In the case of the geometrical parameter λ larger than 5.5, the amplitude of the asymmetrical displacement component with the bifurcation buckling wave calculated by Huang becomes large immediately before buckling. The validity of Huang's theory for an initially perfect shell is experimentally demonstrated.     

Axial compression buckling of conical and cylindrical shells

Experiments on the axial compression buckling of high-quality epoxy cylindrical shells with imposed dimpletype defects are described. Additionally, a technique for the manufacture of high-quality epoxy conical shells which buckle at loads approaching the classical critical load is presented. For both types of shells, prebuckling deformations have been monitored optically. The sizes of defects determined from the optical examination when applied in the space-frame approach to shell buckling have led to predicted knock-down factors which are remarkably consistent with measured knock-down factors (i.e., the ratio of actual collapse to classical critical load).     

Stress–Strain Analysis of Smooth and Ribbed Shells under Local Loads

Static problems for smooth and discretely reinforced cylindrical shells under local loads and complex boundary conditions are solved. The stress–strain states of the casing and ribs are determined by the technical theory of shells and the Kirchhoff–Clebsch theory of rods, respectively. The reinforcing elements are arranged eccentrically. They are of equal or different stiffness, which is also variable along the length. The problems are solved using the finite-difference method. Theoretical results obtained from a refined mesh are compared with experimental data     

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通过对拱顶储罐罐壁承受轴向载荷、初始几何缺陷及轴压失稳状况研究,指 出在固定顶罐设计、建造和运行各阶段都应进行罐壁轴压稳定性校核. 根据圆柱薄壳稳定性 理论和轴压失稳临界应力数值分析计算结果,提出固定顶罐罐壁轴压稳定性校核方法和数学 模型,并运用回归分析方法建立罐壁轴压失稳临界应力计算公式. 对几种常用规格的拱顶罐 有初始挠度缺陷罐壁轴压稳定性分析表明：随储罐容积和罐壁初始挠度增大,罐壁轴压稳定 性呈减弱趋势.     

Refined Design of Corrugated Noncircular Cylindrical Shells

An approach is proposed to solve static problems for corrugated nonthin cylindrical shells applying spline-approximation in the longitudinal direction and a stable numerical method in the circumferential direction. Solutions are presented in the form of plots and tables for isotropic and transversely isotropic shells of constant and variable thickness__________Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 18–24, January 2005.     

Buckling and cracking characteristics of two-layered plate in tension

This study is concerned with the loss of local stability of two-layered metal plates (steel–aluminium alloy) with a crack in tension. The critical stresses corresponding to the initiation of buckling are determined. The post-critical deformation and form of stability loss are investigated. The influence of buckling on the fracture characteristics is also estimated.     

Determining the Axisymmetric Geometrically Nonlinear Thermoviscoelastoplastic State of Laminated Shells by the Theory of Deformation Along Paths of Small Curvature

A technique is developed for determining the thermoviscoelastoplastic geometrically nonlinear axisymmetric stress–strain state of laminar shells of revolution under loads that induce meridional stress and torsion. The technique is based on the hypotheses of rectilinear element for the whole stack of layers. The relations of the theory of deformations along paths of small curvature are used as equations of state. The solution is reduced to the numerical integration of a system of ordinary differential equations. The technique is tried out by a test example and illustrated by determining the geometrically nonlinear thermoviscoelastoplastic state of a corrugated shell