Hamiltonian approach to studying thin shells of revolution made of composite materials

A method for constructing defining relations of the linear theory of shells of revolution in complex Hamiltonian form has been proposed. Based on the Lagrange variational principle, we have constructed a mathematical model of a multilayer orthotropic shell of revolution. We have obtained explicit expressions for the coefficients and right-hand sides of the Hamiltonian complex system of equations describing the statics of shells of revolution in terms of their rigid characteristics and acting loads. The Hamiltonian resolving system of linear differential equations, formulated in the axially symmetric case, has some specific properties facilitating both analytical studies and numerical procedures of their solution.     

Nonlinear nonaxisymmetric deformation of composite shells of revolution

We discuss the results of the determination of the stress and displacement fields in nonaxisymmetrically loaded nonlinear-elastic shells of revolution. The original nonlinear system of equations is linearized in accordance with the method of variation of elastic parameters. The two-dimensional linear boundary-value problem is reduced to a sequence of one-dimensional problems, which are solved using a numerical method. We carry out an analysis of the stress-strain state of a conical shell made of a composite material of granular structure. Translated fromMatematicheskie Metody i Fiziko-Mekhanicheskie Polya, No. 37, 1994, pp. 80–83.     

Nonlinear parametric vibrations of cylindrical shells made from composite materials

The dynamic properties of a hinged shell made from a composite material and subjected to combined loads are investigated by means of an orthotropic model. The problem is solved by means of the geometrically nonlinear dynamic equations of the theory of sloping shells, set up on the basis of the Kirchhoff-Love hypothesis. Various cases of loading are considered, i.e., the combined action of a longitudinal pulsating load and an external static pressure and also of a pulsating external pressure and a static axial compression. The wave processes at the middle surface are not taken into account. The system of resolvents is obtained by consecutive application of the variation and averaging methods. The results of the calculations are presented graphically and are analyzed in detail.Moscow. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 531–539, May–June, 1973.     

Optimization of cyclindrical shells of fiber-reinforced composite materials

Problems of optimizing nonelastic circular shells are considered. The material of the shells is assumed to be a fiber-reinforced composite with fibers unidirectionally embedded in a relatively less stiff but ductile metallic matrix so that the material has the yield surface suggested by Lance and Robinson. The shell is subjected to an impulsive loading of short-time periods generating initial kinetic energy. During plastic deformation of the shell the initial kinetic energy is transformed into the plastic strain energy. The shell thickness is assumed to be piecewise constant. Various thicknesses and coordinates of the rings, where the thickness has jumps, are preliminarily unspecified. We look for a shell design for which the maximum residual deflection has a minimum value for the total weight given. The alternative problem of minimizing the shell weight for the maximum deflection given is also studied.Presented at the Ninth International Conference on the Mechanics of Composite Materials, Riga, Octobe, 1995.Tartu University, Estonia. Published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, No. 1, pp. 65–71, January–February, 1996.     

Calculation of the geodesic winding characteristics of glass-reinforced plastic shells of revolution

A method of determining the winding laws for filament-wound shells is considered. The method is based on a natural approach to the derivation of the equation of motion of the winder as a function of the rotation of the wound shell about its own axis.Moscow Bauman Higher Technical College. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 6, pp. 1020–1025, November–December, 1970.     

Optimally reinforced shells of revolution

The design of filament-wound multilayer shells of revolution of arbitrary shape subjected to axisymmetric surface and body forces is examined. Three cases of existence of a solution of the optimal problem are established and certain particular types of solutions are presented.