Thermo-piezoelectric effects on the postbuckling of axially-loaded hybrid laminated cylindrical panels

IntroductionCompositelaminatedcylindricalpanelhasbeenusedextensivelyasastructuralconfiguration,mainlyintheaerospaceindustry .Oneoftherecentadvancesinmaterialandstructuralengineeringisinthefieldofsmartstructureswhichincorporatesadaptivematerials.Bytakingadvantageofthedirectandconversepiezoelectriceffects,piezoelectriccompositestructurescancombinethetraditionalperformanceadvantagesofcompositelaminatesalongwiththeinherentcapabilityofpiezoelectricmaterialstoadapttotheircurrentenvironment.Therefore…     

Postbuckling analysis of axially loaded functionally graded cylindrical panels in thermal environments

A postbuckling analysis is presented for a functionally graded cylindrical panel of finite length subjected to axial compression in thermal environments. Material properties are assumed to be temperature dependent, and graded in the thickness direction according to a simple power law distribution in terms of the volume fractions of the constituents. The governing equations of a functionally graded cylindrical panel are based on Reddy’s higher order shear deformation shell theory with a von Kármán–Donnell-type of kinematic nonlinearity and including thermal effects. Two cases of the in-plane boundary conditions are considered. The nonlinear prebuckling deformations and initial geometric imperfections of the panel are both taken into account. A boundary layer theory of shell buckling, which includes the effects of nonlinear prebuckling deformations, large deflections in the postbuckling range, and initial geometric imperfections of the shell, is extended to the case of functionally graded cylindrical panels under axial compression. A singular perturbation technique is employed to determine the buckling loads and postbuckling equilibrium paths. The numerical illustrations concern the postbuckling behavior of axially loaded, perfect and imperfect, functional graded cylindrical panels with two constituent materials and under different sets of thermal environments. The influences played by temperature rise, volume fraction distributions, the character of in-plane boundary conditions, transverse shear deformation, panel geometric parameters, as well as initial geometric imperfections are studied.     

Postbuckling of pressure-loaded shear deformable laminated cylindrical panels

IntroductionInrecentyears,fiber_reinforcedcompositelaminatedpanelshavebeenwidelyusedintheaerospace,marine ,automobileandotherengineeringindustries .Theproblemofbucklingandpostbucklingofcylindricalpanelsunderaxialcompressionortorsionhasbeenextensivelystudied .Incontrast,theliteratureoncylindricalpanelsunderpressureloadingisrelativelyspares.Thesestudiesincludealinearbucklinganalysis (Singeretal.[1]) ,anonlinearbucklinganalysi(YamadaandCroll[2 ]) ,anelastoplasticbucklinganalysisusingreducedstif…     

Postbuckling analysis of axially-loaded laminated cylindrical shells with piezoelectric actuators

A compressive postbuckling analysis is presented for a laminated cylindrical shell with piezoelectric actuators subjected to the combined action of mechanical, electric and thermal loads. The temperature field considered is assumed to be a uniform distribution over the shell surface and through the shell thickness, and the electric field is assumed to be the transverse component E_Z only. The material properties are assumed to be independent of the temperature and the electric field. The governing equations are based on the classical shell theory with von Kármán–Donnell-type kinematic nonlinearity. The nonlinear prebuckling deformations and initial geometric imperfections of the shell are both taken into account. A boundary layer theory of shell buckling, which includes the effects of nonlinear prebuckling deformations, large deflections in the postbuckling range, and initial geometric imperfections of the shell, is extended to the case of hybrid laminated cylindrical shells. A singular perturbation technique is employed to determine the buckling loads and postbuckling equilibrium paths. The numerical illustrations concern the compressive postbuckling behavior of perfect and imperfect, cross-ply laminated cylindrical thin shells with fully covered or embedded piezoelectric actuators under different sets of thermal and electric loading conditions. The effects played by temperature rise, applied voltage, shell geometric parameter, stacking sequence, as well as initial geometric imperfections are studied.     

Postbuckling prediction of double-walled carbon nanotubes under axial compression

An elastic double-shell model is presented for the buckling and postbuckling of a double-walled carbon nanotube subjected to axial compression. The analysis is based on a continuum mechanics model in which each tube of a double-walled carbon nanotube is described as an individual elastic shell and the interlayer friction is negligible between the inner and outer tubes. The governing equations are based on the Karman–Donnell-type nonlinear differential equations. The van der Waals interaction between the inner and outer nanotubes and the nonlinear prebuckling deformations of the shell are both taken into account. A boundary layer theory of shell buckling is extended to the case of double-walled carbon nanotubes under axial compression. A singular perturbation technique is employed to determine the buckling loads and postbuckling equilibrium paths. Numerical results reveal that the single-walled carbon nanotube and the double-walled carbon nanotube both have an unstable postbuckling behavior.     

On the influence of prebuckling deformations on the buckling of thin elastic shells

A buckling theory valid for finite prebuckling deformations is presented for thin homogeneous, isotropic and elastic shells. It is subject to the restriction of the Kirchhoff hypothesis. A set of stability equations is derived by decomposing strain and stress components into four classes according to their characteristics.The influence of the prebuckling deformations on the buckling of thin circular cylindrical shells under lateral pressure is investigated with the aid of the basic equations derived above and the results are compared with the solutions of the Flügge equations and those obtained by Yamaki.     

Analytical solution approach for nonlinear buckling and postbuckling analysis of cylindrical nanoshells based on surface elasticity theory

The size-dependent nonlinear buckling and postbuckling characteristics of circular cylindrical nanoshells subjected to the axial compressive load are investigated with an analytical approach. The surface energy effects are taken into account according to the surface elasticity theory of Gurtin and Murdoch. The developed geometrically nonlinear shell model is based on the classical Donnell shell theory and the von K′arm′an's hypothesis. With the numerical results, the effect of the surface stress on the nonlinear buckling and postbuckling behaviors of nanoshells made of Si and Al is studied. Moreover, the influence of the surface residual tension and the radius-to-thickness ratio is illustrated.The results indicate that the surface stress has an important effect on prebuckling and postbuckling characteristics of nanoshells with small sizes.     

Postbuckling of internal pressure loaded FGM cylindrical shells surrounded by an elastic medium

This paper presents a study on the postbuckling response of a functionally graded cylindrical shell of finite length embedded in a large outer elastic medium and subjected to internal pressure in thermal environments. The surrounding elastic medium is modeled as a tensionless Pasternak foundation that reacts in compression only. The postbuckling analysis is based on a higher order shear deformation shell theory with von Kármán–Donnell-type of kinematic nonlinearity. The thermal effects due to heat conduction are also included and the material properties of functionally graded materials (FGMs) are assumed to be temperature-dependent. The nonlinear prebuckling deformations and the initial geometric imperfections of the shell are both taken into account. A singular perturbation technique is employed to determine the postbuckling response of the shells and an iterative scheme is developed to obtain numerical results without using any assumption on the shape of the contact region between the shell and the elastic medium. Numerical solutions are presented in tabular and graphical forms to study the postbuckling behavior of FGM shells surrounded by an elastic medium of tensionless elastic foundation of the Pasternak-type, from which results for conventional elastic foundations are obtained as comparators. The results reveal that the unilateral constraint has a significant effect on the postbuckling response of shells subjected to internal pressure in thermal environments when the foundation stiffness is sufficiently large.     

Torsional buckling and postbuckling of FGM cylindrical shells in thermal environments

A postbuckling analysis is presented for a functionally graded cylindrical shell subjected to torsion in thermal environments. Heat conduction and temperature-dependent material properties are both taken into account. The temperature field considered is assumed to be a uniform distribution over the shell surface and varied in the thickness direction. The material properties of functionally graded materials (FGMs) are assumed to be graded in the thickness direction according to a simple power law distribution in terms of the volume fractions of the constituents, and are assumed to be temperature-dependent. The governing equations are based on a higher order shear deformation theory with a von Kármán–Donnell-type of kinematic non-linearity. The non-linear prebuckling deformations and initial geometric imperfections of the shell are both taken into account. A singular perturbation technique is employed to determine the buckling load and postbuckling equilibrium paths. The numerical illustrations concern the postbuckling behavior of twist, perfect and imperfect, FGM cylindrical shells under different sets of thermal fields. The results reveal that the volume fraction distribution of FGMs has a significant effect on the buckling load and postbuckling behavior of FGM cylindrical shells subjected to torsion. They also confirm that the torsional postbuckling equilibrium path is weakly unstable and the shell structure is virtually imperfection–insensitive.     

Plastic buckling of stiffened torispherical shell

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Postbuckling of FGM cylindrical shells under combined axial and radial mechanical loads in thermal environments

A postbuckling analysis is presented for a shear deformable functionally graded cylindrical shell of finite length subjected to combined axial and radial loads in thermal environments. Heat conduction and temperature-dependent material properties are both taken into account. The temperature field considered is assumed to be a uniform distribution over the shell surface and varied in the thickness direction only. Material properties are assumed to be temperature-dependent, and graded in the thickness direction according to a simple power law distribution in terms of the volume fractions of the constituents. The formulations are based on a higher order shear deformation shell theory with von Kármán–Donnell-type of kinematic nonlinearity. A boundary layer theory of shell buckling, which includes the effects of nonlinear prebuckling deformations, large deflections in the postbuckling range, and initial geometric imperfections of the shell, is extended to the case of functionally graded cylindrical shells. A singular perturbation technique is employed to determine the interactive buckling loads and postbuckling equilibrium paths. The numerical illustrations concern the postbuckling response of perfect and imperfect cylindrical shells with two constituent materials subjected to combined axial and radial mechanical loads and under different sets of thermal environments. The results reveal that the temperature field and volume fraction distribution have a significant effect on the postbuckling behavior, but they have a small effect on the imperfection sensitivity of the functionally graded shell.     

Postbuckling of imperfect stiffened cylindrical shells under combined external pressure and heating

1.IntroductionStiffenedcylindricalshellsarewidelyusedinmanytypesofstructures.Inpracticetheyoftensubjecttovarioustypesofcombinedthermalandmechanicalloadingandmayhavesignificantandunavoidableinitialgeometricalimperfections.Therefore,thepostbucklingbehaviorofimperfectstiITenedcylindricalshellsundercombinedexternalpress.ureandthermalloadingmustbewellunderstood.Manypostbucklingstudieshavebeenmadetbrstiffenedcylindricalshellsunderpureaxialcompression,uniformexternalpressureortheircombinations,where…     

Nonlinear buckling and postbuckling behavior of cylindrical shear deformable nanoshells subjected to radial compression including surface free energy effects

The objective of the present investigation is to predict the nonlinear buckling and postbuckling characteristics of cylindrical shear deformable nanoshells with and without initial imperfection under hydrostatic pressure load in the presence of surface free energy effects.To this end, Gurtin-Murdoch elasticity theory is implemented into the irst-order shear deformation shell theory to develop a size-dependent shell model which has an excellent capability to take surface free energy effects into account. A linear variation through the shell thickness is assumed for the normal stress component of the bulk to satisfy the equilibrium conditions on the surfaces of nanoshell. On the basis of variational approach and using von Karman-Donnell-type of kinematic nonlinearity, the non-classical governing differential equations are derived. Then a boundary layer theory of shell buckling is employed incorporating the effects of surface free energy in conjunction with nonlinear prebuckling deformations, large delections in the postbuckling domain and initial geometric imperfection. Finally, an eficient solution methodology based on a two-stepped singular perturbation technique is put into use in order to obtain the critical buckling loads and postbuckling equilibrium paths corresponding to various geometric parameters. It is demonstrated that the surface free energy effects cause increases in both the critical buckling pressure and critical end-shortening of a nanoshell made of silicon.     

Nonlinear stress and deformation analysis of thin current-carrying strip-shells

The problems of nonlinear deformation of a thin current-carrying shell under the coupled action of an unsteady electromagnetic field and a mechanical field are studied. The nonlinear magneto-elastic kinetic equations, the physical equations, the geometric equations, the electrodynamics equations, and the expressions of Lorentz force of a thin current-carrying shell under the action of a coupled field are given. Normal Cauchy form nonlinear differential equations, which include ten basic unknown functions in all, are obtained by the variable replacement method. Using the difference and quasilinearization methods, the nonlinear magneto-elastic equations are reduced to a sequence of quasilinear differential equations, which can be solved by the method of discrete orthogonalization. Numerical solutions for the stresses and deformations in the thin current-carrying strip-shell with two simply supported edges are obtained by considering a specific example. The results that the stresses and deformations in a thin current-carrying strip-shell with two simply supported edges change with variation of the electromagnetic parameters are discussed, through a special case. It is shown that the deformations of the shell can be controlled by changing the electromagnetic parameters Published in Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 43, No. 9, pp. 130–144, September 2007.     

Surface free energy effects on the postbuckling behavior of cylindrical shear deformable nanoshells under combined axial and radial compressions

In the traditional continuum mechanics, the effects of surface free energy are generally ignored. However, this cannot be the case for nanostructures because of their high surface to volume ratio; surface energy plays an important role in the mechanical responses. In the present study, the nonlinear buckling and postbuckling characteristics of cylindrical nanoshells subjected to combined axial and radial compressions are investigated in the presence of surface energy effects. To this end, Gurtin–Murdoch elasticity theory is implemented into the classical first-order shear deformation shell theory to develop an efficient size-dependent shell model incorporating surface free energy effects. Subsequently, a boundary layer theory is employed including surface effects in conjunction with the nonlinear prebuckling deformations, the large postbuckling deflections and the initial geometric imperfection. Finally, a solution methodology based on a two-stepped singular perturbation technique is utilized to obtain the size-dependent critical buckling loads and equilibrium postbuckling paths corresponding to the both axial dominated and radial dominated loading cases. It is observed that for the both axial dominated and radial dominated loading cases, surface free energy effects cause to increase the both critical buckling load and critical end-shortening of shear deformable nanoshell made of silicon.     

碟形薄壳的塑性屈曲

本文采用非线性前屈曲一致理论分析均布外压下碟形薄壳的塑性屈曲问题，建立了这类壳体的能量表达式和屈曲方程，给出了简明的计算格式。数值分析结果表明，所导出的算法具有较好的精度，计算过程也简单方便。     

外压加筋圆柱壳总体屈曲Koiter——边界层奇异摄动法

将Ｋｏｉｔｅｒ理论和奇异摄动理论中的边界层法相结合处理加筋圆柱壳无因次化非线性边界层型Ｋａｒｍａｎ－Ｄｏｎｎｅｌ方程由分支点和边界层导致的双重奇异性，提出外压加筋圆柱壳总体屈曲Ｋｏｉｔｅｒ—边界层奇异摄动法。从摄动意义上分析边界条件，前屈曲非线性和初始几何缺陷对外压加筋圆柱壳屈曲载荷的影响。算例表明，本方法具有良好的计算效率和计算精度，与数值解相比更能揭示内在影响规律。     

Nonlinear stability and dynamics of composite skew plates under nonuniform loadings using differential quadrature method

The buckling, postbuckling and postbuckled vibration behaviour of composite skew plates subjected to nonuniform inplane loadings are presented here. The skew plate is modelled using first order shear deformation theory accounting for von-Kármán geometric nonlinearity and initial geometric imperfections. The different types of nonuniform loads that have been considered in this study are concentrated load, partial load and parabolic load. The explicit analytical expressions for prebuckling stress distributions within composite skew plate subjected to three different types of nonuniform inplane loadings are developed by solving plane elasticity problem using Airy's stress function approach. It is observed that the inplane normal stress distributions within the skew plate due to above nonuniform loadings do not become uniform even at mid-section. The generalized differential quadrature (GDQ) method is used to solve the nonlinear governing partial differential equations. It is observed that the postbuckled load carrying capacity of skew plate under concentrated loading is the lowest compared to other nonuniform and uniform loadings.     

PLASTIC BUCKLING OF STIFFENED TORISPHERICAL SHELL

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ON EXACT SOLUTION OF KÁRMÁN’S EQUATIONS OF RIGID CLAMPED CIRCULAR PLATE AND SHALLOW SPHERICAL SHELL UNDER A CONCENTRATED LOAD

It is extremely difficult to obtain an exact solution of von Karman’s equations because the equations are nonlinear and coupled. So far many approximate methods have been used to solve the large deflection problems except that only a few exact solutions have been investigated but no strict proof on convergence is presented yet. In this paper, first of all, we reduce the von KÁrmÁn’s equations to equivalent integral equations which are nonlinear, coupled and singular. Secondly the sequences of continuous function with general form are constructed using iterative technique. Based on the sequences to be uniformly convergent, we obtain analytical formula of exact solutions to von Karman’s equations related to large deflection problems of circular plate and shallow spherical shell with clamped boundary subjected to a concentrated load at the centre.