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.     

Buckled states of a spherical shell under uniform external pressure

A method is outlined to obtain the preferred buckled states of a (complete) spherical shell under uniform external pressure. The shell model investigated is that of the John equations, a system of six nonlinear partial differential equations. Methods in bifurcation theory and group representations are used to reduce the problem to a finite-dimensional problem whose solutions generate buckled states that are preferred in a certain least-energy sense. Asymptotic methods and Newton's method are used in some special cases to relate the preferred buckled states obtained by the above approach to actual buckled states observed in experimental studies.G. H. Knightly's research was supported in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation Grants No. MCS 77-04927 and No. MCS 79-03555; that of D. Sather, in part by U.S. National Science Foundation Grant No. MCS 78-02140 and in part by the Council on Research and Creative Work of the University of Colorado.     

Non-linear stability problem of an open conical sandwich shell under external pressure and compression

The stability problem of a shallow sandwich shell of conical segment shape, subjected to uniform external pressure and compression along generators is analysed based on the finitedeformation theory. With the help of the Ritz method the system of five non-linear, heterogeneous equations is obtained. They are the basic equations of elastic stability of the shell under consideration. The results of numerical calculations are presented in diagrams, which show the influence of basic mechanical properties and geometric parameters of the shell on the value of the upper and lower critical load.     

Stability of an irregularly reinforced cylindrical shell under varying external pressure

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Stability of corrugated composite noncircular cylindrical shells under external pressure

Cylindrical shells consisting of cylindrical panels of smaller radius and subjected to uniform external pressure are analyzed for stability. The geometrical parameters of the shells are approximated by Fourier series on a discrete set of points. The Timoshenko theory of shells is used. The solution is represented in the form of trigonometric series. It is shown that short-and medium-length shells with cylindrical panels are advantageous over circular shells. By selecting appropriate parameters of the panels, keeping the mass of the shell constant, it is possible to achieve a significant gain in critical loads. The shells under consideration are less effective than isotropic shells. Shells with sinusoidal corrugation under external pressure are of no practical interest __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 43, No. 12, pp. 91–102, December 2007.     

Stress-strain analysis of a composite truncated conical shell

The stress-strain state of a nonshallow truncated conical shell made of a composite material and subjected to axial forces at the ends is studied. A variational difference method is used. Calculations are carried out for an orthotropic shell with low shear stiffness __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 43, No. 7, pp. 66–72, July 2007.