Stability of Composite Cylindrical Shells with Noncoincident Directions of Layer Reinforcement and Coordinate Lines

The stability problem is solved for cylindrical shells made of a laminated composite whose directions of layer reinforcement are not aligned with coordinate axes of the shell midsurface. Each layer of the composite is modeled by an anisotropic material with one plane of symmetry. The resolving functions of the mixed variant of shell theory are approximated by trigonometric series satisfying boundary conditions. The stability of the shells under axial compression, external pressure, and torsion is investigated. A comparison with calculation data obtained within the framework of an orthotropic body model is carried out. It is shown that this model leads to considerably erroneous critical loads for some structures of the composites. __________ Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 41, No. 5, pp. 651–662, September–October, 2005.     

Dynamic stability of a porous cylindrical shell

This paper is devoted to a closed cylindrical shell made of a porous-cellular material. The mechanical properties vary continuously on the thickness of a shell. The mechanical model of porosity is as described as presented by Magnucki, Stasiewicz. A shell is simply supported on edges. On the ground of assumed displacement functions the deformation of shell is defined. The displacement field of any cross section and linear geometrical and physical relationships are assumed in cylindrical coordinate system. The components of deformation and stress state were found. Using the Hamilton's principle the system of differential equations of dynamic stability is obtained. The forms of unknown functions are assumed and the system of a differential equations is reduced to a simple ordinary equation of dynamic stability of shell (Mathieu's equation). The derived equation are used for solving a problem of dynamic stability of porous-cellular shell with intensity of load directed in generators of shell. The critical loads are derived for a family of porous shells. The unstable space of family porous shells is found. The influence a coefficient of porosity on the stability regions in Figures is presented. The results obtained for porous shell are compared to a homogeneous isotropic cylindrical shell. (© 2006 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

球壳的环向剪切屈曲

通过球壳微元初始屈曲的微分几何分析,推导出一组新的精确的屈曲分支方程,并且应用Galerkin变分法研究铰支球壳承受环向剪切力时的整体稳定性,构造了接近分支点变形状态的屈曲模式,首次求得了从扁球壳到半球壳大范围内的扭转屈曲临界特征值,临界荷载强度和临界应力.     

扁球壳在均布压力与均匀温度场联合作用下的屈曲

根据扁壳几何非线性理论,推导了均布压力与均匀温度场联合作用下的扁球壳的位移型几何非线性控制方程.考虑夹紧边界条件,采用打靶法得到了扁球壳轴对称弯曲与屈曲的数值结果.讨论了壳体几何参数对平衡路径、临界荷载的影响.给出了壳体临界几何参数.当几何参数大于临界几何参数时,上、下临界荷载都随几何参数增加而增加.给定几何参数时,考察了不同均匀温度场对壳体上、下临界荷载、临界几何参数以及平衡构型的影响.均匀升温会使上临界荷载显著增加,会使下临界荷载略有减小.均匀变温会使临界几何参数改变.     

Mechanical stability of functionally graded stiffened cylindrical shells

This paper is concerned with the elastic buckling of stiffened cylindrical shells by rings and stringers made of functionally graded materials subjected to axial compression loading. The shell properties are assumed to vary continuously through the thickness direction. Fundamental relations, the equilibrium and stability equations are derived using the Sander’s assumption. Resulting equations are employed to obtain the closed-form solution for the critical buckling loads. The results show that the inhomogeneity parameter and geometry of shell significantly affect the critical buckling loads. The analytical results are compared and validated using the finite element method.     

湿热环境中复合材料层合圆柱薄壳的屈曲和后屈曲

在宏-细观力学模型框架下,讨论湿热环境对复合材料层合圆柱薄壳在轴向压缩作用下屈曲和后屈曲行为的影响.基于细观力学模型复合材料性能与湿度和温度变化有关.壳体控制方程基于经典层合壳理论,并包括湿热效应.壳体屈曲的边界层理论被推广用于湿热环境的情况,相应的奇异摄动法用于确定层合圆柱薄壳的屈曲荷载和后屈曲平衡路径.分析中同时计及壳体非线性前屈曲变形和初始几何缺陷的影响.数值算例给出完善和非完善正交铺设层合圆柱薄壳在不同湿热环境中的后屈曲行为.讨论了温度和湿度,纤维体积比率,壳体几何参数,铺层数,铺层方式和初始几何缺陷等各种参数变化的影响.     

湿热环境中复合材料层合圆柱薄壳屈曲和后屈曲

在宏-细观力学模型框架下,讨论湿热环境对复合材料层合圆柱薄壳在轴向压缩作用下屈曲和后屈曲行为的影响。基于细观力学模型复合材料性能与湿度和温度变化有关。壳体控制方程基于经典层合壳理论,并包括湿热效应。壳体屈曲的边界层理论被推广用于湿热环境的情况,相应的奇异摄动法用于确定层合圆柱薄壳的屈曲荷载和后屈曲平衡路径。分析中同时计及壳体非线性前屈曲变形和初始几何缺陷的影响。数值算例给出完善和非完善正交铺设层合圆柱薄壳在不同湿热环境中的后屈曲行为。讨论了温度和湿度,纤维体积比率,壳体几何参数,铺层数,铺层方式和初始几何缺陷等各种参数变化的影响。     

Behavior of composite cylindrical shells subjected to nonuniform heating

Nonlinear differential equations describing the thermoelastic behavior of closed orthotropic circular shells under nonuniform heating conditions are obtained; the temperature dependence of the elastic parameters of the material is taken into account. The problem of the stability of a glass-reinforced plastic shell hinged to fixed supports and heated nonuniformly over the thickness is solved. The results of tests on 27–63SV glass-reinforced plastic shells heated and subjected to additional compressive loads at various levels are presented. The theoretical and experimental data are compared.Zukovskii Air Force Engineering Academy. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 2, pp. 284–292, March–April, 1971.     

Design of anisotropic structures: Calculation,optimization, and tests

Conclusions A computational procedure based on a limiting state has been worked out which proposes the performance of tests of samples, small-scale models, and full-scale structures and a statistical analysis of the experimental data. Advantages of the method are shown in comparison with the computational method based on fracturing loads which pertain to estimating the accuracy of the computational scheme of structures and determining their safety coefficients. An optimality criterion is formulated within the framework of the method which is related to ensuring a maximum of the limiting (fracturing or critical) load with a constant mass of the structure.Applications of the method are given to estimation of the strength and stability of structures made out of polymeric and metal CM with the use of the Gol'denblat-Kopnov criterion and solutions based on linear shell theory. The conditions for realization of the optimality criterion of structures are determined. Recommendations are made for the rational reinforcement of structures made out of filamentary CM, and a procedure is proposed for the rational design of reinforced structures.As an example of the tests for stability of cylindrical shells made out of aluminum-magnesium alloy under external pressure, the legitimacy of the cause of the disagreement between the calculated and experimental critical loads, which consists of a discrepancy in the nature of wave formation at the instant of stability loss and initial imperfections, and the effectiveness of the computational method based on a limiting state are confirmed. Refined computational formulas for the critical loads of cylindrical shells made out of fiberglass, carbon fiber, and boraluminum under typical kinds of loading are proposed within the framework of the method and on the basis of an analysis of the results of tests, and a comparison is made of the effectiveness of the reinforcement of shells made out of aluminum-magnesium alloy and carbon fiber. The values of the safety coefficients of structures which guarantee their reliability are determined.Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, No. 2, pp. 262–271, March–April, 1980.     

严格求解夹层圆柱壳在轴压下的轴对称失稳问题

本文在文献[1]的基础上,用严格的方法求解两端简支的夹层圆柱壳在均匀轴压下的轴对称失稳问题.内、外表层很薄弹性模量又大,按薄壳理论处理;夹心较厚弹性模量又相当小,横向剪切变形的影响必须考虑,在研究夹层壳的整体失稳尤其是局部失稳时,横向的拉伸和压缩变形也不可忽略,用数学弹性力学的方法处理.本文导得了可求解轴对称整体失稳和局部失稳临界载荷的超越方程,用数值计算的方法可算得临界载荷的最小值.对于整体失稳的情况,给出算例,与夹层壳理论的解作了比较.     

具有非轴对称几何缺陷的双曲旋转壳应力分析

本文探讨了分析具有非轴对称几何缺陷的双曲旋转壳的一种近似方法,在这种方法中,缺陷的影响是由虚构的载荷模拟的.并提出了在非轴对称载荷作用下,使用该方法分析具有鼓包形缺陷壳体时的一种有效的算法.这种方法既分开了各种曲率误差对于内力和力矩的影响,又体现了它们之间的相互作用,避免了在非轴对称载荷下所需的重复运算,并能在一个仅有轴对称分析能力的程序上实现.本文用该方法分析了受自重载荷和风载荷作用的,具有鼓包形缺陷的双曲冷却塔,并同时用一个特殊的有限元程序直分析了缺陷塔.通过数字结果的比较,检查了等效载荷法的精度及适用性.     

Optimization of axisymmetric membrane shells

Problems of the joint optimization of the shape and distribution along the meridian of the thickness of membrane shells of revolution under the action of axisymmetric loads are considered, taking account of the constraints concerning the strength of the shell and the volume of its cavity. General formulations of problems of the optimal design of shells of revolution are given and the optimal shape of a shell and the corresponding thickness distribution are investigated. Results of the exact solution of problems of the optimal design of closed shells of revolution when there is an internal pressure are presented. The simultaneous introduction of two control functions, describing the shape of the shell and the distribution of its thickness, not only ensures a substantial reduction in the mass of a shell but also leads to significant mathematical simplifications, which enable the solution of the optimization problem being considered to be obtained in an analytical form.     

The dynamic behaviour of elastic coaxial cylindrical shells conveying fluid

The dynamic behaviour of elastic coaxial cylindrica shells, which interact with a flow of compressible fluid in the inner shell or in the annular gap between the shells when both flows are present, is investigated by the finite element method. A number of test problems is considered in the case of cantilevered coaxial shells. The effect on the stability limit of the gap between the two shells is investigated for different values of the stiffness parameters of the outer shell and the fluid flow. An important difference is found with existing solutions in cases when the loss of stability of the coaxial shells occurs at higher oscillation modes. It is established that, for a certain value of the gap between the shells, the elasticity of the outer shell may have a stabilizing effect. It is shown that the presence of internal and annular flows simultaneously has a considerable stabilizing effect, while a loss of stability when the flow rates increase occurs at extremely high oscillation modes.     

Minimization of the weight of ribbed cylindrical shells made of a viscoelastic composite

The minimization of the weight of ribbed viscoelastic composite cylindrical shells under a long-term external pressure is considered. The shells are strengthened with six inner stiffening rings with identical geometric parameters and a square cross section. It is assumed that the shell material obeys the linear law of hereditary creep and the displacements across the shell wall are distributed according to the Timoshenko hypothesis. The shell must withstand an external pressure of –0.5 MPa without the loss of stability for an unlimited time. The parameters of optimization are the intensity of reinforcement and thickness of its covering and the height and width of the stiffening rings. It is found that the weight of an optimum ribbed shell is 24% lower than that of an optimum cylindrical shell without ribs.     

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.     

Investigation of a Stressed State of Shells of Revolution Contacting with Bodies under the Action of Pulsating Loads

We propose an approach to determination of a stressed state of shells of revolution contacting with rigid bodies under the action of loads periodically varying with time and consider two variants of contact interaction: bilateral and unilateral connections of a shell with a rigid body. A stressed state of the shell on a rigid support is investigated.     

Dynamical stability and optimization of parameters of cylindrical shells under short-time influence of loads that increase in a power-wise way

Some criteria of dynamical nonstability are derived for smooth cylindrical shells under actions of axial contracting loads that increase fast in a power-wise way. In terms of nonlinear programming the optimization problem is formulated that determines parameters of shells of minimal mass under some restrictions with respect to local and global loss of stability and also with respect to strength. With the help of the Kuhn-Tucker theorem some variants of the optimal solution are obtained. As an example, we consider two characteristic forms of load: linearly increasing load, and a load that increases in the quadratic way. We study the influence of basic parameters of these loads on the mass, and geometric dimensions of the optimal shells. Some numerical examples are given.Translated from Dinamicheskie Sistemy, No. 8, pp. 47–53, 1989.     

旋转壳的一般轴对称问题及积分方程分析*

本文得到了旋转弹性薄壳在一般荷载下轴对称问题的一种简化形式的复变量方程,该方程准确度在薄壳理论误差范围,并消除了经线极值奇点;给出了问题的Voltera积分方程表述及其数值解.     

扁球壳在热-机械荷载作用下的稳定性分析

基于扁壳几何非线性理论,应用虚功原理和变分法推导了均匀变温场中圆底扁薄球壳在均布外侧压力作用下的位移型几何非线性控制方程.考虑周边不可移简支边界条件,运用打靶法计算获得了不同几何参数的扁球壳轴对称弯曲变形的数值结果.定义了壳体临界几何参数.考察了壳体几何参数对平衡路径和临界荷载的影响.当壳体几何参数大于壳体临界几何参数时,上临界荷载随几何参数的增加单调增加,下临界荷载在很小范围内随几何参数的增加而增加,之后随几何参数的增加而减小.给定几何参数时,考察了不同均匀温度变化对壳体临界几何参数、临界荷载和平衡构型的影响.均匀升温使上临界荷载显著增加,使下临界荷载和临界几何参数显著减小.     

Boundary-Value Problems of the Theory of Thin and Nonthin Orthotropic Shells with Account of Nonlinearly Elastic Properties and Low Shear Rigidity of Composite Materials

The basic geometric and physical relations and resolving equations of the theory of thin and nonthin orthotropic composite shells with account of nonlinear properties and low shear rigidity of their materials are presented. They are derived based on two theories, namely the theory of anisotropic shells employing the Timoshenko or Kirchhoff-Love hypothesis and the nonlinear theory of elasticity and plasticity of anisotropic media in combination with the Lagrange variational principle. The procedure and algorithm for the numerical solution of nonlinear (linear) problems are based on the method of successive approximations, the difference-variational method, and the Lagrange multiplier method. Calculations of the stress-strain state for a spherical shell with a circular opening loaded with internal pressure are presented. The effect of transverse shear strains and physical nonlinearity of the material on the distribution of maximum deflections and circumferential stresses in the shell, obtained according to two variants of the shell theories, is studied. A comparison of the results of the problem solution in linear and nonlinear statements with and without account of the shell shear strains is given. The numerical data obtained for thin and nonthin (medium thick) composite shells are analyzed.