Contact Interaction Between a Laminated Shell of Revolution and a Rigid or Elastic Foundation

A method is proposed to solve the contact problem for laminated anisotropic shells of revolution. The method is based on a two-dimensional model that accounts for transverse shears and reduction. Also the method is based on the method of successive approximations, the generalized pseudo-force method, and a numerical-analytical method of solving boundary-value problems. The results obtained for a cylindrical shell of complex thickness structure are compared with those obtained in three-dimensional formulation__________Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 41, No. 5, pp. 68–75, May 2005.