Multicriteria optimization of a composite cylindrical shell subjected to longitudinal thermal stresses and buckling under the action of torque

The multicriteria optimization of the structure and geometry of a multilayer cylindrical shell under the action of external torque and longitudinal thermal stresses is considered. From known monolayer properties of the composite and given values of variable structural and geometric parameters, the thermoelastic properties of the anisotropic layered composite are determined. The criteria to be optimized — the critical external torque and thermal stresses — depend on two variable parameters and temperature. In the space of optimization criteria, the domain of allowable solutions and the Pareto-optimal subdomain are found. Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 223–230, March–April, 2009.     

Multicriteria optimization of a composite cylindrical shell under an external pressure and longitudinal thermal stresses

The multicriteria optimization of the structure and geometry of a laminated cylindrical shell under the action of external pressure and longitudinal thermal stresses is considered. From the known monolayer properties of the composite and the given values of variable structural and geometric parameters, the thermoelastic properties of the anisotropic layered composite are determined. The criteria to be optimized — the critical external pressure and thermal stresses — depend on two variable parameters and temperature. In the space of optimization criteria, the domain of allowable solutions and the Pareto-optimal subdomain are found. __________ Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 495–502, July–August, 2006.     

Multicriteria optimization of a rectangular composite plate subjected to longitudinal thermal stresses and buckling in shear loading

The multicriteria optimization of the structure and geometry of a laminated anisotropic composite plate subjected to thermal and shear loading is considered. From the known properties of the monolayer and given values of variable structural parameters, the thermoelastic properties of the layered composite are determined. The optimization criteria — the critical shear load and the longitudinal thermal stresses — depend on two variable design parameters of composite properties and temperature. In the space of optimization criteria, the domain of allowable solutions and the Pareto-optimal subregion are found. __________ Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 85–92, January–February, 2007.     

Multicriteria Optimal Design of a Rectangular Composite Plate Subjected to Biaxial and Thermal Loading

Multicriteria optimization of the structure and geometry of a laminated anisotropic composite plate subjected to the thermal and biaxial action is considered. From known properties of the monolayer and the given values of variable structural parameters, the thermoelastic properties of the layered composite are determined. The criteria to be optimized—the transverse critical load and the longitudinal thermal stresses—depend on two variable design parameters of composite properties and temperature. In the space of the optimization criteria, the domain of allowable solutions and the Pareto-optimal subdomain are found. __________ Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 41, No. 5, pp. 683–690, September–October, 2005.     

Compromise optimization of a rectangular composite plate subjected to biaxial thermal loading and buckling under the action of shear

The compromise optimization of the structure and geometry of a laminated anisotropic composite plate subjected to biaxial thermal shear loading is considered. From the known properties of the monolayer and given values of a variable structural parameter, the thermoelastic properties of the layered composite are determined. The optimization criteria — the critical shear load and the longitudinal and transverse thermal stresses — depend on two variable design parameters of composite properties and temperature. In the space of optimization criteria, the domain of allowable solutions and the Pareto-optimal subregion are found. __________ Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 471–478, July–August, 2008.     

Multiobjective Optimization of a Composite Cylindrical Shell with an Elastic Core with Account of Reliability

Multiobjective optimization of the structure and geometry of a laminated anisotropic composite shell with an elastic core under thermal action is considered. The thermoelastic properties of the laminated composite are determined from the known properties of the monolayer and the given values of the variable structural and geometric parameters. The properties to be optimized - the critical load and thermal stresses - depend on two variable parameters, the stochastic properties of the composite, and the temperature. In the space of the properties being optimized, the domain of allowable solutions and the property scatter ellipses for the optimum compromise project are found. The reliability of the project is determined with regard for the correlation between the critical and thermal stresses.     

Postbuckling of a shear-deformable anisotropic laminated cylindrical shell under external pressure in thermal environments

A postbuckling analysis is presented for a shear-deformable anisotropic laminated cylindrical shell of finite length subjected to external pressure in thermal environments. The material properties are expressed as linear functions of temperature. The governing equations are based on Reddy’s higher-order shear-deformation shell theory with the von Karman-Donnell-type kinematic nonlinearity. The nonlinear prebuckling deformations and initial geometric imperfections of the shell are both taken into account. The boundary-layer theory of shell buckling, which includes the effects of nonlinear prebuckling deformations, large deflections in the postbuckling region, and the initial geometric imperfections of the shell, is extended to the case of shear-deformable anisotropic laminated cylindrical shells under lateral or hydrostatic pressure in thermal environments. The singular perturbation technique is employed to determine the interactive buckling loads and postbuckling equilibrium paths. The results obtained show that the variation in temperature, layer setting, and the geometric parameters of such shells have a significant influence on their buckling load and postbuckling behavior. Russian translation published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 43, No. 6, pp. 789–822, November–December, 2007.     

Stress state of a composite shell with a sizable opening

The stress-strain state of a nonshallow cylindrical shell of a composite material is investigated. The shell is weakened by a circular hole and loaded with internal pressure. For solving the problem, the variational-difference method is used. The calculations are carried out for an orthotropic shell with a sizable hole, with account of the reduced shear stiffness of the material.Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 49–56, January–February, 2005.     

Optimization of a Composite Plate Buckling under Thermal Action with Account of Reliability

Optimization of the structure of a laminated anisotropic composite plate subjected to thermal action is considered. The thermoelastic properties of the laminated composite are determined from the known stochastic properties of the components and the given values of the variable structural parameters, using the method of orientational averaging. The properties to be optimized - the critical load and thermal stresses - depend on two variable parameters, the stochastic properties of the composite and the temperature. In the space of the properties being optimized, the domain of admissible solutions and the parameters of the property scatter ellipses at the characteristic points of the project are found. For the compromise optimum project obtained, the reliability is determined with account of the correlation between the critical and thermal stresses. Reduced requirements to the critical loads and thermal stresses lead to an increase in the reliability of the project.     

Yield condition for circular cylindrical shells made of a fiber-reinforced composite

A yield condition is obtained for circular cylindrical shells made of a definite class of fiber-reinforced composite material whose components possess plastic properties. It is shown that, in the plane of generalized stresses — the axial bending moment and the circumferential force (when the axial force is absent) — the yield curve consists of two linear and four curvilinear sections. By approximating the curvilinear sections, we get a piecewise linear yield condition described by a hexagon in the plane indicated. The nonlinear equations and the corresponding piecewise linear equations of the yield condition for particular cases are given in the form of tables. In solving specific boundary-value problems, we consider a circular cylindrical shell simply supported at its ends and loaded with a uniform internal pressure, for which the load-carrying capacity is determined in relation to the mechanical properties of composite components and some characteristic geometrical parameters. The results of numerical calculations are represented in the form of graphs. __________ Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 42, No. 5, pp. 655–666, September–October, 2006.     

Nonlinear buckling behavior of 3D-braided composite cylindrical shells subjected to internal pressure loads in thermal environments

The nonlinear buckling behavior of a 3D-braided composite cylindrical shell of finite length subjected to internal pressure in thermal environments is considered. According to a new micromacromechanical model, a 3D-braided composite may be treated as a cell system where the geometry of each cell strongly depends on its position in the cross section of the cylindrical shell. The material properties of the epoxy matrix are expressed as linear functions of temperature. The governing equations are based on Reddy’s higher-order shear deformation theory of shells with a von Karman–Donnell-type kinematic nonlinearity and include thermal effects. The singular perturbation technique is employed to determine the buckling pressure and the postbuckling equilibrium paths of the shell.     

Some characterizations of duality for DC optimization with composite functions

In this paper, by virtue of the epigraph technique, we first introduce some new regularity conditions and then obtain some complete characterizations of the Fenchel–Lagrange duality and the stable Fenchel–Lagrange duality for a new class of DC optimization involving a composite function. Moreover, we apply the strong and stable strong duality results to obtain some extended (stable) Farkas lemmas and (stable) alternative type theorems for this DC optimization problem. As applications, we obtain the corresponding results for a composed convex optimization problem, a DC optimization problem, and a convex optimization problem with a linear operator, respectively.     

Analysis of contact stresses in structural joints of composite shell with steel banding

Based on the generalized Timoshenko-type shell theory, a numerical-analytical procedure for determining contact stresses from the interaction between a cylindrical composite shell and rigid bandings is proposed. Specific cases of loading and contact interaction (ideal contact through an adhesive interlayer) are considered. The contact problems are reduced to the solution of a Fredholm integral equation of the second-kind. A calculation analysis is performed. Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 109–120, January–February, 2000.     

Parametric solution to the joint system identification and optimization problem

This study is concerned with the simultaneous identification and optimization of static systems. The necessity and the advantages of an integrated approach to the identification and optimization of the system model is established theoretically as well as computationally. A parametric approach to the integrated problem is proven to converge to the integrated problem solution. The general methodology of decomposition of large-scale systems is extended by implementingfeasible decomposition of the joint problem. A multilevel approach is then utilized to successfully solve example problems. Handling the system constraints via a penalty-function technique is shown to be an efficient approach when using the parametric formulation of the joint problem. Numerical results for two example problems are presented using the Univac 1108 digital computer, revealing the economic advantages and disadvantages of the integrated approach to the identification and optimization problems.The authors wish to thank Messieurs I. Lefkowitz, L. S. Lasdon, F. Gembicki, and O. B. Olagundoye for their critique, comments, and suggestions during the course of this study.     

Calculation of composite structures subjected to follower loads by using a geometrically exact shell element

Based on a 7-parameter shell model, a numerical algorithm has been developed for solving the geometrically nonlinear problem of a multilayer composite shell subjected to a follower pressure and undergoing large displacements and rotations. As unknowns, six displacements of the outer surfaces and addition ally the transverse displacement of midsurface of the shell are chosen. This allows one to use the Green–Lagrange strain tensor, introduced earlier by the authors, which exactly represents arbitrarily large rigid-body displacements of the shell in curvilinear coordinates of a reference surface. A geometrically exact solid shell element is formulated, which permits one to solve the nonlinear deformation problem for thin-walled composite structures subjected to a follower pressure by using a very small number of load steps.     

Calculation of contact pressures in the cable pressing of a cylindrical plastic shell subjected to a nonstationary temperature field

Conclusions The use of internal heating in the manufacture of plastic shells by the cable-pressing method produces significantly higher compressing stresses in the shell, thus improving the quality of the material.Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 2, pp. 220–224, March–April, 1977.     

Behavior of cylindrical panels made of composite materials subjected to longitudinal impact in a gas flow

The dynamic properties of plates and cylindrical panels made of composite materials subjected to axial impact in a supersonic gas flow are investigated on the basis of a geometrically nonlinear orthotropic model and a linear wave equation for a one-dimensional medium. A solution is obtained by applying the Bubnov—Galerkin procedure with respect to the arc coordinate and a finite-difference method with respect to the axial coordinate and time. The aerodynamic pressure is found by means of an improved variant of linearized piston aerodynamics with a correction for curvature. Numerical results are presented and analyzed.