Vibration analysis of bi-layered FGM cylindrical shells

In the present study, a vibration frequency analysis of a bi-layered cylindrical shell composed of two independent functionally graded layers is presented. The thickness of the shell layers is assumed to be equal and constant. Material properties of the constituents of bi-layered functionally graded cylindrical shell are assumed to vary smoothly and continuously through the thickness of the layers of the shell and are controlled by volume fraction power law distribution. The expressions for strain–displacement and curvature–displacement relationships are utilized from Love’s first approximation linear thin shell theory. The versatile Rayleigh–Ritz approach is employed to formulate the frequency equations in the form of eigenvalue problem. Influence of material distribution in the two functionally graded layers of the cylindrical shells is investigated on shell natural frequencies for various shell parameters with simply supported end conditions. To check the validity, accuracy and efficiency of the present methodology, results obtained are compared with those available in the literature.     

含内埋矩形脱层复合材料圆柱壳屈曲分析的混合变量条形传递函数方法

提出了一种分析含内埋矩形脱层正交各向异性圆柱壳稳定性问题的混合变量条形传递函数方法。首先基于Mindlin一阶剪切壳理论,通过定义圆柱壳的广义力变量和混合变量,建立了壳的改进混合变量能量泛函;然后,为了便于脱层壳的分区求解,通过引入条形单元,创建了基于混合变量条形传递函数解的含脱层和不合脱层两种超级壳单元;在此基础上,将含内埋矩形脱层的复合材料层合壳划分成两种超级壳单元的组合体,通过各超级壳单元相互之间连接结点处的位移连续和力平衡条件得到脱层壳的屈曲方程;最后由屈曲方程计算含内埋矩形脱层壳的屈曲载荷和屈曲模态。算例分析的结果验证了本方法的正确性,并给出了几种因素对屈曲载荷和屈曲模态的影响。     

Effects of the curvature radius of a cylindrical shell on the stress intensity factors of surface cracks

The effects of the curvature radius of a cylindrical shell on stress intensity factors are investigated in circumferential (inner and outer) semielliptical surface cracks in a cylindrical shell. What is new in this paper is to have given: (1) The stress intensity factors for surface cracks in a cylindircal shell are determined by photoelastic technique. (2) By a special method photoelastic slices are handled for obtaining a clear caustic curve, and the stress intensity factors for surface cracks in a cylindrical shell are determined by the caustic method. (3) An approximate equation of curvature correction factor F_c is proposed. (4) Effects of the curvature radius R of a cylindrical shell on the stress intensity factors of surface cracks are obtained. The results of this paper are in fair agreement with already existing analytical results. The approximate equation of curvature correction factor F_c can be widely used for engineering purposes.     

Equilibrium of an Elastic Spherical Shell Filled with a Heavy Fluid under Pressure

This paper considers the problem of equilibrium of a nonlinearly elastic spherical shell filled with a heavy fluid and resting on a smooth, absolutely rigid, flat surface. The weight of the shell is assumed to be negligible in comparison with the weight of the fluid filling it. The contact region with the supporting plane is one of the unknowns in the problem. Equilibrium equations for a membrane shell are obtained in an accurate nonlinear formulation. Stresses and strains of a shell made of a Mooney–Rivlin material are numerically investigated. The results are compared with calculation results for the case of inflation of a spherical shell ignoring the weight of the fluid filling. The effect of the fluid weight on shell strains and stresses is estimated.     

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.     

Interaction of a spherical shockwave and an elastic circular cylindrical shell

The paper studies the interaction of a spherical shock wave with an elastic circular cylindrical shell immersed in an infinite acoustic medium. The shell is assumed infinitely long. The wave source is quite close to the shell, causing deformation of just a small portion of the shell, which makes it possible to represent the solution by a double Fourier series. The method allows the exact determination of the hydrodynamic forces acting on the shell and analysis of its stress state. Some characteristic features of the stress state are described for different distances to the wave source. Formulas are proposed for establishing the safety conditions of the shell.Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 40, No. 9, pp. 94–104, September 2004.     

Analysis of a cylindrical shell with spiral groove

Summary The analytical method is presented for a cylindrical shell with spiral groove. The governing equations of cylindrical shell derived by one of the authors are introduced and Kirchhoff's boundary conditions along any smooth path are deduced from the principle of energy. The analysis is carried out for a cylindrical shell under a uniform bending moment by considering the equilibrium conditions of a shell element. Numerical results are given for various geometrical parameters of cylindrical shell and the angle of the spiral groove, some of which are confirmed by an experiment.

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übersicht Die analytische Methode wird für eine Kreiszylinderschale mit spiraler Fuge entwickelt. Die von einem der Verfasser eingeführten Differentialgleichungen der Kreiszylinderschale und die Kirchhoffschen Randbedingungen l?ngs des beliebig geneigten Randes, die vom Prinzip der Energie hergeleitet wurden, werden angegeben. Das Problem der Kreiszylinderschale mit spiraler Fuge unter einem uniformen Biegemoment wird unter Berücksichtigung der komplizierten Gleichgewichtsbedingungen der Schalenelemente analysiert. Die numerischen Ergebnisse zeigen gute übereinstimmung mit experimentellen Ergebnissen.

     

高速碰撞下圆柱壳自由梁的穿孔特性

利用二级轻气炮加载,进行了球状2A12铝弹丸垂直撞击圆柱壳自由梁实验。并进行了弹丸速度、圆柱壳直径和壁厚等因素对穿孔直径影响的数值模拟,数值模拟结果和实验结果基本吻合。通过量纲分析和数值模拟结合,推导了穿孔直径与相关影响参数的经验关系式。研究结果表明:当圆柱壳直径和厚度不变时,高速撞击产生的穿孔直径在径向和轴向都随着弹丸速度增大而增大;当弹丸速度和圆柱壳厚度不变时,高速撞击产生的穿孔直径随着圆柱壳自由梁直径的增大而减小;当弹丸速度和圆柱壳直径不变时,穿孔直径随着圆柱壳厚度的增大而减小。     

Free vibration analysis of a hung clamped-free cylindrical shell partially submerged in fluid

The free flexural vibration of a hung clamped-free cylindrical shell partially submerged in a fluid is investigated. The fluid is assumed to be inviscid and irrotational. The cylindrical shell is modelled by using the Rayleigh-Ritz method based on Sanders’ shell theory. The kinetic energy of the fluid is derived by solving the boundary-value problem related to the fluid motion. The natural vibration characteristics of the partially submerged cylindrical shell are discussed with respect to the added virtual mass approach. In this study, the nondimensionalized added virtual mass incremental factor for the partially submerged finite shell is derived. This factor can be readily used to estimate the change in the natural frequency of the shell due to the presence of a fluid.     

Effects of partial crack–face contact for the bending of thin shell structures

The physical occurrence that crack surfaces are in contact at the compressive edges when a flat or a shell is subjected to a bending load has been recognized. This article presents a theoretical analysis of crack–face contact effect on the stress intensity factor of various shell structures such as spherical shell, cylindrical shell containing an axial crack, cylindrical shell containing a circumferential crack and shell with two non-zero curvatures, under a bending load. The formulation of the problem is based on the shear deformation theory, incorporating crack–face contact by introducing distributed force at the compressive edge. Material orthotropy is concerned in this analysis. Three-dimensional finite element analysis (FEA) is conduced to compare with the theoretical solution. It is found that due to curvature effect crack–face contact behavior in shells differs from that in flat plates, in that partial contact of crack surfaces may occur in shells, depending on the shell curvature and the nature of the bending load. Crack–face contact has significant influence on the stress intensity factor and it increases the membrane component but decreases the bending component.     

Application of the moiré method for use with cylindrical surfaces

The paper describes how the Moiré reflective technique can be used to determine transverse-bending moments in a cylindrical shell. A cylindrical screen is used and the pattern of lines on it is reflected in the shell which acts as a lens and reduces the apparent pitch. When a photograph of the unloaded shell is considered, the lines on the negative are found to vary only slightly in width so that within the limits of movement of the ray reflected from the shell the pitch can be considered uniform. Loading the shell alters its radius and this alters the pitch of the lines as they appear on the photographic plate. It is shown that this change in line width does not affect the fringe pattern. Since the length of the reflected ray increases at distances away from the center of the photograph, a correction has to be applied to fringes at these points to obtain the correct change of slope. Photographs of the fringe pattern are obtained for various angular positions round the shell and, from these photographs, graphs of fringe against position round the shell are plotted. After correction, the slope of these graphs allows the bending moment at a point to be calculated. It is noted that transverse and radial deflections can influence the fringe pattern and this is allowed for. By taking photographs of the unloaded shell and measuring the widths of lines on the negative, the radius of the shell can be calculated and compared with spherometer readings. Knowing the bending moment at a point, the change in radius is calculated and the calculated final radius compared with that obtained from measurements on the separate photograph of the loaded shell. Finally, the deflections on the transverse center line are calculated from the fringe patterns and compared with deflection-gage readings.     

Forced axisymmetric motions of viscoelastic cylindrical shells

The isothermal response of a viscoelastic cylindrical shell, of finite length, to arbitary axisymmetric surface forces, initial conditions, and boundary conditions is considered within the linear theory of thin shells. The problem is formulated with the effects of shear deformation and rotatory inertia included; the viscoelastic properties are assumed to be isotropic and homogeneous. The response is first found formally in terms of a causal Green's function. It is then shown that when Poisson's ratio is constant, the causal Green's function can be expanded in a series of orthonormal spatial eigenfunctions of an associated elastic shell eigenvalue problem. The resulting solution for the general problem is an eigenfunction series with Laplace transformed time-dependent coefficients. The general solution is applied to predicting the motion of a uniform, simply-supported cylindrical shell, initially quiescent, which is subjected to a step pressure moving with constant velocity. For this example, the relaxation function of the shell material in uniaxial extension is taken to be that of a standard linear solid. The motions predicted by simpler shell models, namely, shells with bending only and without bending, are also considered for comparison. Here, the absolute values of the Fourier coefficients in the shell displacement series go to zero faster than the inverse of the first or second power of positive integers when bending is excluded or included, respectively. Numerical results are presented for a moderately long and relatively thick, nearly elastic, cylindrical shell.     

The Stress-Strain State of a Composite Spherical Shell with Two Polar Openings

The stress–strain state of a deep spherical composite shell is analyzed. In the general case, the shell is weakened by openings located at the poles. The variational difference method is applied to solve the problem. Calculations are carried out for an orthotropic shell of low shear stiffness.     

Whole-field optical examination of cylindrical shell deformation

In this paper an optical technique for the measurement of radial deformation in circular cylindrical shells is discussed. The technique is a modification and improvement on an earlier method, using a conical mirror of simple geometry to view a grating reflected from the inner surface of the shell. The new system allows more precise alignment of the components of the optical system with the shell. Fringes obtained by superposition as in the Ligtenberg moiré method, or deviations of lines from a regular pattern in a photographic image provide a measure of the slope changes on the surface of the shell. Theoretical relations are presented for three grid orientations, at least two of which have to be used in conjunction to determine the two components of slope. Illustrations for the use and accuracy of the technique are presented for two cases. In the first, deflections due to a tilt of the axis of the test shell are measured; in the second, deformations associated with a radial point load applied at the free end of a cylindrical shell with one end built in are determined.     

Dynamics of the geometrically non-linear analysis of anisotropic laminated cylindrical shells

A general approach, based on shearable shell theory, to predict the influence of geometric non-linearities on the natural frequencies of an elastic anisotropic laminated cylindrical shell incorporating large displacements and rotations is presented in this paper. The effects of shear deformations and rotary inertia are taken into account in the equations of motion. The hybrid finite element approach and shearable shell theory are used to determine the shape function matrix. The analytical solution is divided into two parts. In part one, the displacement functions are obtained by the exact solution of the equilibrium equations of a cylindrical shell based on shearable shell theory instead of the usually used and more arbitrary interpolating polynomials. The mass and linear stiffness matrices are derived by exact analytical integration. In part two, the modal coefficients are obtained, using Green's exact strain-displacement relations, for these displacement functions. The second- and third-order non-linear stiffness matrices are then calculated by precise analytical integration and superimposed on the linear part of equations to establish the non-linear modal equations. Comparison with available results is satisfactorily good.     

Dynamics of an elastic half-space with a reinforced cylindrical cavity under moving loads

Partial separation of variables and reexpansion of cylindrical and plane waves are used to find the solution describing the uniform motion of a load along a thin circular cylindrical shell in an elastic half-space with the free surface parallel to the axis of the shell. This is a model problem for studying the dynamics of tunnels and shallow-buried pipelines under transport loads. Dispersion curves for the cases of sliding and tight contact between the shell and the half-space are plotted and analyzed. The effect of the shell parameters on the stress–strain state of the half-space is examined     

含裂纹损伤充液圆柱壳的振动响应求解方法

薄壁圆柱壳流体冲击振动响应是一个复杂的流固耦合(FSI)动力学问题，对于薄壳状态监测与缺陷识别具有重要意义。基于Flügge壳体应力理论，得到壳体运动的高阶偏微分方程组(PDE)，利用波传播方法获得圆柱壳系统振动响应。将壳体周围流体定义为理想声学介质，通过亥姆霍兹方程描述声压场，得到流固耦合条件下的薄壁圆柱壳受迫振动响应演变规律。针对薄壳裂纹损伤识别问题，基于断裂力学理论建立局部柔度矩阵，结合呼吸型线弹簧模型(LSM)，构造裂纹附近应力及位移连续条件，获得含裂纹损伤充液圆柱壳的振动响应，进而给出一种基于振动能量流的裂纹损伤识别方法。研究结果表明：充液圆柱壳耦合系统在非线性激励下，位移响应在沿轴向、周向和径向的传播特性差异明显；裂纹的存在会导致结构局部柔度的降低和耦合系统固有频率下降；归一化输入功率流能够有效地对充液圆柱壳耦合系统进行结构裂纹损伤识别。研究结果可为充液薄壳振动响应方面的研究提供有益参考，也可为流固耦合条件下的结构裂纹损伤识别方面提供技术支持。