Large deflections of deep orthotropic spherical shells under radial concentrated load: asymptotic solution

Nonlinear behavior of deep orthotropic spherical shells under inward radial concentrated load is studied. The singular perturbation method is developed and applied to Reissner’s equations describing axially symmetric large deflections of thin shells of revolution. A small parameter proportional to the ratio of shell thickness to the sphere radius is used. The simple asymptotic formulas describing load–deflection diagrams, maximum bending and membrane stresses of the structure are derived. The influence of boundary conditions on the behavior of the shell by large deflections is considered. Obtained asymptotic solution is in close agreement with the experimental and numerical results and has the same accuracy (in the asymptotic meaning) as the given equations of nonlinear theory of thin shells.     

Stability analysis of cylindrical shells containing a fluid with axial and circumferential velocity components

The stability of an elastic circular cylindrical shell of revolution interacting with a compressible liquid (gas) flow having both axial and tangential components is analyzed. The behavior of the fluid is studied within the framework of potential theory. The elastic shell is described in terms of the classical theory of shells. Numerical solution of the problem is performed using a semianalytical finite element method. Results of numerical experiments for shells with different boundary conditions and geometric dimensions are presented. The effects of fluid rotation on the critical flow velocity and the effect of axial fluid flow on the critical angular velocity of fluid rotation were estimated.     

Fracture mechanics of plates and shells applied to fail-safe analysis of fuselage Part I: Theory

In this paper, a general theory on the asymptotic field near the crack tip for plates and shells with and without shear deformation effect is established. It is found that four stress intensity factors, two for symmetrical and antisymmetrical stretching and two for symmetrical and antisymmetrical bending, are required to describe arbitrary asymptotic fields near the crack tip for plates without shear deformation. An additional stress intensity factor is required for the transverse shearing force induced by antisymmetrical bending when the shear deformation is included in the analysis. It is also proven by means of the complex variable technique that for problems of plates with shear deformation, there exist similarities in the asymptotic expressions of moments and membrane forces and also in the asymptotic expressions of in-plane displacements and rotations of the mid-surface. The energy release rate associated with crack growth in the direction of the crack line can be expressed in terms of stress intensity factors by means of Irwin's method of work and energy associated with a virtual crack extension. A combined stress intensity factor can be defined through the total energy release rate. The theory of the fracture of plates is generalized and applied to the study of problems in the fracture of shells. An example of an infinitely long cylindrical shell with a circumferential crack subjected to remote axial tension is given to demonstrate the application of the theory and to test the accuracy of the numerical analysis used for the problem.     

旋转薄壳转点频段的轴对称振动解

用渐近方法求解了含转点频段的旋转薄壳自由振动方程,重新定义了第一和第二类广义相关函数,求得了一致有效解.该解的新颖之处在于具有对称的耦合结构,即转点一侧的奇异无矩解在另一侧含有快变弯曲解成分,同时转点一侧的1个弯曲解在另一侧含有慢变无矩解成分.数值计算表明,所得一致有效解与有限元计算结果吻合.     

Static and free vibration analysis of graphene platelets reinforced composite truncated conical shell,cylindrical shell,and annular plate using theory of elasticity and DQM

Abstract

In this paper, three-dimensional static and free vibration analysis of functionally graded graphene platelets-reinforced composite (FG-GPLRC) truncated conical shells, cylindrical shells and annular plates with various boundary conditions is carried out within the framework of elasticity theory. The main contribution of the present work is that formulation for free vibration and bending behavior of the FG-GPLRC truncated conical shell based on theory of elasticity has not yet been reported. Additionally, formulation and solution for cylindrical shell and annular plate are derived by changing the semi vertex angle in formulation and solution of FG-GPLRC truncated conical shell. A semi-analytical solution is proposed base on employing differential quadrature method (DQM) together with state-space technique. Validity of current approach is assessed by comparing its numerical results with those available in the literature. An especial attention is drawn to the role of GPLs weight fraction, patterns of GPLs distribution through the thickness direction, geometrical parameters such as semi-vertex angle, length to mid-radius ratio on natural frequencies and bending characteristics. Numerical results reveal that desirable static and free vibration response (such as lower radial deflection and higher natural frequencies) can be achieved by locating more square shaped GPLs near inner and outer surfaces.     

Exact solutions of functionally graded piezoelectric shells under cylindrical bending

Within a framework of the three-dimensional (3D) piezoelectricity, we present asymptotic formulations of functionally graded (FG) piezoelectric cylindrical shells under cylindrical bending type of electromechanical loads using the method of perturbation. Without loss of generality, the material properties are regarded to be heterogeneous through the thickness coordinate. Afterwards, they are further specified to be constants in single-layer homogeneous shells and to obey an identical exponent-law in FG shells. The transverse normal load and normal electric displacement (or electric potential) are, respectively, applied on the lateral surfaces of the shells. The cylindrical shells are considered to be fully simple supports at the edges in the circumferential direction and with a large value of length in the axial direction. The present asymptotic formulations are applied to several benchmark problems. The coupled electro-elastic effect on the structural behavior of FG piezoelectric shells is evaluated. The influence of the material property gradient index on the variables of electric and mechanical fields is studied.     

Slow Motion of an Assemblage of Porous Spherical Shells Relative to a Fluid

The body-force-driven motion of a homogeneous distribution of spherically symmetric porous shells in an incompressible Newtonian fluid and the fluid flow through a bed of these shell particles are investigated analytically. The effect of the hydrodynamic interaction among the porous shell particles is taken into account by employing a cell-model representation. In the limit of small Reynolds number, the Stokes and Brinkman equations are solved for the flow field around a single particle in a unit cell, and the drag force acting on the particle by the fluid is obtained in closed forms. For a suspension of porous spherical shells, the mobility of the particles decreases or the hydrodynamic interaction among the particles increases monotonically with a decrease in the permeability of the porous shells. The effect of particle interactions on the creeping motion of porous spherical shells relative to a fluid can be quite significant in some situations. In the limiting cases, the analytical solution describing the drag force or mobility for a suspension of porous spherical shells reduces to those for suspensions of impermeable solid spheres and of porous spheres. The particle-interaction behavior for a suspension of porous spherical shells with a relatively low permeability may be approximated by that of permeable spheres when the porous shells are sufficiently thick.     

Impact of the constitutive equation and singularity on the calculation of stick-slip flow: The modified upper-convected maxwell model (MUCM)

Calculations of viscoelastic flows using the upper-convected Maxwell (UCM) model in geometries which include sharp corners or moving and free liquid/fluid contact lines are known to be non-convergent with mesh refinement. A modified upper-convected Maxwell (MUCM) model is proposed which partially alleviates this difficulty. The MUCM model is derivable from network theory and allows the fluid relaxation time to decrease at increasing values of the trace of the stress tensor. The MUCM model yields stress fields that reduce to the a symptotic expressions for a Newtonian fluid near singularities at non-deformable boundaries. Calculations using a Galerkin finite element method are presented for the planar stick-slip problem of the flow between two no-slip surfaces joined to two shear-free surfaces. Results for fine meshes show the correct asymptotic behavior near the singularity for the MUCM model and converge to much higher values of the Deborah number than for the UCM model. However, the results for the MUCM model are still constrained by numerical instabilities related to approximating the stress behavior near the singularity.     

Thermoelastic bending of locally heated orthotropic shells

The thermoelastic bending of locally heated orthotropic shells is studied using the classical theory of thermoelasticity of thin shallow orthotropic shells and the method of fundamental solutions. Linear distribution of temperature over thickness and the Newton’s law of cooling are assumed. Numerical analysis is carried out for orthotropic shells of arbitrary Gaussian curvature made of a strongly anisotropic material. The behavior of thermal forces and moments near the zone of local heating is studied for two areas of thermal effect: along a coordinate axis and along a circle of unit radius. Generalized conclusions are drawn __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 80–85, March 2007.     

A new higher-order theory to laminated plates and shells

In this paper a new higher-order theory to laminated plates and shells is presented and then Symmetric and antisymmetric cross-ply laminated plates, cylindrie bending and bending of spherical shells are also studied. In order to examine the accuracy of the theory, several particular examples have been calculated. The numerical results are in good agreement with the exact solution, which shows the theory is possessed of higher accuracy and is easy to solve a problem with few unknowns.     

Torsional-mode transients in variable-thickness shells of revolution

For thin shells of revolution the existence of torsional-vibration modes, uncoupled from bending and extensional modes, has been established[1]. Here a linear second-order differential equation for the uncoupled torsional stress mode is obtained and its solution for impact loading of shells is sought. The mode-superposition method which utilizes the natural modes of vibration predicted by elementary theory, is, in general, not satisfactory for sharp impact loading as many modes are often required for convergence. Hence we employ two novel techniques for solving the impact problems. Firstly a formal asymptotic procedure, based on extensions to geometrical optics, is employed to generate asymptotic wavefront expansions. Rigorous justifications for this formal technique are provided in an appendix. Secondly a transform technique whereby solutions are sought in terms of Bessel functions is discussed and applied to particular impact loading problems. The Bessel function solutions found here can be used to determine the natural frequencies of the shells. Shells both finite and infinite in extent are discussed and reflections at a stress-free end are examined.     

Numerical modelling of the stability of loaded shells of revolution containing fluid flows

A mixed finite-element algorithm is proposed to study the dynamic behavior of loaded shells of revolution containing a stationary or moving compressible fluid. The behavior of the fluid is described by potential theory, whose equations are reduced to integral form using the Galerkin method. The dynamics of the shell is analyzed with the use of the variational principle of possible displacements, which includes the linearized Bernoulli equation for calculating the hydrodynamic pressure exerted on the shell by the fluid. The solution of the problem reduces to the calculation and analysis of the eigenvalues of the coupled system of equations. As an example, the effect of hydrostatic pressure on the dynamic behavior of shells of revolution containing a moving fluid is studied under various boundary conditions. __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 49, No. 2, pp. 185–195, March–April, 2008     

On the Applicability of the Relations of the Cubic Timoshenko-Type Theory of Shells to the Study of the Postcritical Behavior of Rods

The question of whether the nonlinear Timoshenko-type theory of shells can be applied to the study of the initial postcritical behavior of a rod under compression is considered. The Koiter asymptotic theory in the Budyanskii form is used. The exact solution of the problem is obtained and a formula for the coefficient of postcritical behavior allowing for the effect of lateral-shear strains is derived. It is shown that the expressions (specified to within cubic terms) for lateral-shear strains and curvature permit us to use the nonlinear theory of shells to analyze the initial supercritical behavior of rods     

Three-dimensional analysis of doubly curved functionally graded magneto-electro-elastic shells

Three-dimensional (3D) solutions for the static analysis of doubly curved functionally graded (FG) magneto-electro-elastic shells are presented by an asymptotic approach. In the present formulation, the twenty-nine basic equations are firstly reduced to ten differential equations in terms of ten primary variables of elastic, electric and magnetic fields. After performing through the mathematical manipulation of nondimensionalization, asymptotic expansion and successive integration, we finally obtain recurrent sets of two-dimensional (2D) governing equations for various order problems. These 2D governing equations are merely those derived in the classical shell theory (CST) based on the extended Love–Kirchhoffs' assumptions. Hence, the CST-type governing equations are derived as a first-order approximation to the 3D magneto-electro-elasticity. The leading-order solutions and higher-order corrections can be determined by treating the CST-type governing equations in a systematic and consistent way. The 3D solutions for the static analysis of doubly curved multilayered and FG magneto-electro-elastic shells are presented to demonstrate the performance of the present asymptotic formulation. The coupling magneto-electro-elastic effect on the structural behavior of the shells is studied.     

Injection and suction of an upper-convected maxwell fluid through a porous-walled tube

The steady-state, similarity solutions of the flow of an upper-convected Maxwell fluid through a tube with a porous wall are constructed by asymptotic and numerical analyses as functions of the direction of flow through the tube, the amount of elasticity in the fluid, as measured by the Deborah number De, and the degree of fluid slip along the tube wall. Fluid slip is assumed to be proportional to the local shear stress and is measured by a slip parameter β that ranges between no-slip (β = 1) and perfect slip (β = 0). The most interesting results are for fluid injection into the tube. For β = 1, the family of flows emanating from the Newtonian limit (De = 0) has a limit point where it turns back to lower values of De. These solutions become asymptotic to De = 0) and develop an O(De) boundary layer near the tube wall with singularly high stresses matched to homogeneous elongational flow in the core. This solution structure persists for all nonzero values of the slip parameter. For β ≠ 1, a family of exact solutions is found with extensional kinematics, but nonzero shear stress convected into the tube through the wall. These flows differ for low De from the Newtonian asymptote only by the absence of the boundary layer at the tube wall. Finite difference calculations evolve smoothly between the Newtonian-like and extensional solutions because of approximation error due to under-resolution of the boundary layer. The radial gradient of the axial normal stress of the extensional flow is infinite at the centerline of the tube for De > 1; this singularity causes failure of the finite difference approximations for these Deborah numbers unless the variables are rescaled to take the asymptotic behavior into account.     

Mathematical model of micropolar elastic thin plates and their strength and stiffness characteristics

A number of hypotheses were formulated using the properties of an asymptotic solution of boundary-value problems of the three-dimensional micropolar (moment asymmetric) theory of elasticity for areas with one geometrical parameter being substantially smaller than the other two (plates and shells). A general theory of bending deformation of micropolar elastic thin plates with independent fields of displacements and rotations is constructed. In the constructed model of a micropolar elastic plate, transverse shear strains are fully taken into account. A problem of determining the stress-strain state in bending deformation of micropolar elastic thin rectangular plates is considered. The numerical analysis reveals that plates made of a micropolar elastic material have high strength and stiffness characteristics.     

轴对称正交异性圆环壳的齐次完全渐近解

承受轴对称载荷的正交异性圆环壳的静力分析,归结为求解一非齐次二阶复变量方程.当所含参数μ较大时,常采用渐近解法.因方程含一阶转点,所以求全域一致有效且达到薄壳理论精度的完全渐近解较为困难.过去,齐次解只求到一级近似.本文采用广义Airy函数方法,求出了高级近似.这样,轴对称正交异性圆环壳的齐次解第一次有了达到薄壳理论精度的完全的渐近展开.     

On second order asymptotic solutions of axial symmetrical problems ofr>0 thin uniform circular toroidal shells with a large parametera 2/R0h

According to the classical shell theory based on the Love-Kirchhoff assumptions, the basic differential equations for the axial symmetrical problems of r>0 thin uniform circular toroidal shells in bending are derived, and the second order asymptotic solutions are given for r>0 thin uniform circular toroidal shells with a large parameter a²/R₀h. In the resent paper, the second order asymptotic solutions of the edge problems far from the apex of toroidal shells are given, too. Their errors are within the margins allowed in the classical theory based on the Love-Kirchhoff assumptions.     

Asymptotic behavior of localized perturbations in free shear layers

A study is made in the linear approximation, within the scope of the ideal fluid, of the asymptotic behavior of three-dimensional localized perturbations of the parameters of a shear flow which over considerable periods of time turn into growing and propagating wave packets. The behavior of the packets is studied in every possible system of coordinates moving with constant velocity parallel to the plane of the velocity shear. Mathematically, the problem reduces to using the method of steepest descent to study the asymptotic behavior of double Fourier integrals which depend parametrically on these velocities. The saddle points which determine this asymptotic behavior are found numerically. A region is indicated in a plane of flow parallel to the velocity shear which is moving and expanding linearly with time, and in which growing perturbations are found over long periods of time. The results obtained enabled us to write down the criteria for absolute and convective instability. This problem has been considered previously for flows of an ideal fluid with a shear discontinuity in the velocity [1, 2] and for flows in a wake [3].Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, 8–14, March–April, 1987.The author wishes to express his sincere gratitude to A. G. Kulikovskii for formulating the problem and for advice on numerous occasions.     

Initial postbuckling behavior of cylindrical composite shells under axisymmetric deformation

A solution is obtained that describes the postbuckling behavior of cylindrical shells in the case of axisymmetric buckling. The basis for this solution is Koiter’s asymptotic method and the nonlinear equations of the third-order Timoshenko theory of shells. It is shown that the bifurcation point in this case is a symmetrically unstable one. The effect of the initial axisymmetric deflections on the buckling loads is weaker when buckling is axisymmetric. The results obtained by Koiter’s special theory evidence this __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 108–118, April 2006.