Stability of imperfect stiffened conical shells

A general procedure is developed for stability of stiffened conical shells. It is used for studying the sensitivity behavior with respect to the stiffener configurations. The effect of the pre-buckling nonlinearity on the bifurcation point, as well as the limit-point load level, is examined. The unique algorithm presented by the authors is an extended version of an earlier one, adapted for determination of the limit-point load level of imperfect conical shells. The eigenvalue problem is iteratively solved with respect to the nonlinear equilibrium state up to the bifurcation point or to the limit-point load level.A general symbolic code (using MAPLE) was programmed to create the differential operators based on Donnell’s type shell theory. Then the code uses the Galerkin procedure, the Newton–Raphson procedure, and a finite difference scheme for automatic development of an efficient FORTRAN code which is used for the parametric study.     

Nonlinear natural frequency of shallow conical shells with variable thickness

IntroductionTheplatesandtheshellswithvariablethicknessarewidelyusedinengineering .Theproblemaboutstaticshasbeenstudiedbymanyscholars;therearemanyRefs .[1 -4 ]inthisfield .Papersaboutnonlineardynamicsaremuchless[5 ,6 ].Inthispaper,selectingthemaximumamplitudeinthecenterofshallowconicalshellswithvariablethicknessasperturbationparameter,thenonlinearnaturalfrequencyofshallowconicalshellswithvariablethicknessisobtainedbymethodgiveninRef.[7] .Thenonlinearnaturalfrequencyisnotonlyconnectedwiththeva…     

Stability of shallow anisotropic shells of revolution

The paper outlines a method of analyzing layered anisotropic shells of revolution for stability using complex Fourier series. This simplifies the derivation of the basic equations compared with complete trigonometric Fourier series. Anisotropic shells in the form of a torus segment are analyzed for stability. This method allows optimizing the structure of the material and the geometry of the shell     

Thermoelastically coupled axisymmetric nonlinear vibration of shallow spherical and conical shells

The problem of axisymmetric nonlinear vibration for shallow thin spherical and conical shells when temperature and strain fields are coupled is studied. Based on the large deflection theories of yon Ktirrntin and the theory of thermoelusticity, the whole governing equations and their simplified type are derived. The time-spatial variables are separated by Galerkin ‘ s technique, thus reducing the governing equations to a system of time-dependent nonlinear ordinary differential equation. By means of regular perturbation method and multiple-scales method, the first-order approximate analytical solution for characteristic relation of frequency vs amplitude parameters along with the decay rate of amplitude are obtained, and the effects of different geometric parameters and coupling factors us well us boundary conditions on thermoelustically coupled nonlinear vibration behaviors are discussed.     

Stability of conical shells with small curvatures of the generatrix

Numerical solutions are used as the basis for a comparative analysis of the qualitative and quantitative effect of small initial curvatures of the generatrices of conical and cylindrical shells on the critical axial pressures of the shells S. P. Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 36–40, February, 1999.     

Stability of laminated composite circular conical shells under external pressure

In this paper,based on the mixed-type theory developed by the same authors.atheoretical analysis is presented for the stability of laminated composite circular conicalshells under external pressure.The formulas for critical external pressure are obtained byusing the potential energy variation principle.Very good agreement is shown between thetheoretical prediction of critical external pressure and the experimental data.Finally,theinfluence of some parameters on critical external pressure is discussed numerically.Themixed-type theory developed by the same authors and the results obtained in this paperare very useful in aerospace engineering design.     

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.     

Stability analysis of viscoelastic thin shallow hyperbolic paraboloid shells

The stability of linearly viscoelastic flexible shallow hyperbolic paraboloid shell is analysed under transverse load. Allowances are made for geometrical nonlinearity and initial imperfections of the surface shape. By application of the method of finite differences with respect to geometrical variables and the method of differentiation with respect to a parameter (time) the solution for the system of equilibrium non-linear integro-differential equations is reduced to Cauchys problem which can be solved numerically. The critical time was shown to depend on the load, curvature, initial imperfections and edge elements compressibility. Critical loads for an outlying time moment are determined.     

Stability of conical shells made of composites with one plane of elastic symmetry

The paper proposes a technique for stability analysis of anisotropic laminated thin shells of revolution made of a composite with one plane of symmetry. The technique is used for numerical analysis of truncated cones made of binder-impregnated filaments continuously wound along geodesic lines. It is shown that the effect of low symmetry on the critical loads depends not only on the number of laminas, but also on the cone angle __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 43, No. 6, pp. 93–101, June 2007.