Asymptotic Analysis of the Stresses in Thin Elastic Shells

. In this paper, we identify the limiting stress tensor of a thin elastic shell whose thickness approaches zero. In the linear case, we use a convergence result established for the displacement field in order to get the convergence of the contravariant components of the linearised stress tensor. In the nonlinear case, the identification of the first Piola‐Kirchhoff stress tensor is made through a formal asymptotic analysis. In both cases, we show that these limiting stress fields depend on the geometry of the shell and on the boundary conditions. (Accepted June 1, 1998)     

On the Buckling of Axially Compressed Thin Cylindrical Shells

ABSTRACT

A simple general method for the evaluation of the effect of shape imperfections on the buckling of thin shells is briefly presented. This method is applied to the axially compressed thin cylindrical shell resulting in an efficient numerical procedure for the computation of its buckling strength. The procedure is applicable to any sufficiently smooth imperfection pattern and has given results in good agreement with the available experimental data.     

弹性细杆螺旋线平衡的动态稳定性

本文从动力学观点讨论具有初扭率的非圆截面弹性细杆的螺旋线平衡稳定性。弹性杆平衡的动态稳定性建立在以弧坐标s和时间坐标t为双自变量的离散系统的Lyapunov稳定性概念基础上。对于两端约束状况固定不变的弹性杆,若静态稳定性条件已满足,其与弧坐标对应的本征值可根据端部约束条件确定。则螺旋线平衡的动态稳定性由时间域的本征值判断。在缓慢受扰运动条件下,引入尺度缩小的时间变量T=εt,可将动力学过程视为对平衡状态的摄动。证明在ε^2计算精度范围内,当螺旋线平衡的一次近似静态稳定性条件得到满足时,考虑动力学因素的稳定性条件必也同时满足。     

Stability of Laminated Shells Made of Materials with one Plane of Elastic Symmetry

The paper sets forth a technique, based on the Kirchhoff–Love theory of shells, for solving stability problems for thin-walled laminated shells of revolution made of an anisotropic material with one plane of elastic symmetry. The resolving system of differential equations is of the 16th order since the symmetric and asymmetric buckling modes are coupled. The results from a stability analysis of cylindrical shells made of carbon plastics and subjected to compression are analyzed against the angle of the principal directions of elasticity. The influence of boundary conditions is studied. The error due to neglecting the coupling of buckling modes is estimated     

Influence of Initial Geometric Imperfections on the Vibrations and Dynamic Stability of Elastic Shells

The results from studies into the vibrations and dynamic stability of thin elastic shells with initial geometric imperfections are analyzed. The corresponding dynamic problems are solved in both linear and nonlinear formulations. The influence of initial axisymmetric and nonaxisymmetric deflections on natural, forced, parametrically excited, and self-excited vibrations (flutter) is studied. The dynamic buckling of imperfect shells under short-term impulsive loading is examined. Some aspects of experimental investigation into the vibrations of shells with small geometric imperfections (deviations from the design shape) are considered     

Stability in Shells

This paper charts the various ways in which a close working relationship with Michael Thompson, during our early years within the Stability Research Group at UCL, came to have such a profound influence on the direction of my own research activities. In particular, his fascination with energy and its use in providing a systematic framework for looking at the initial post-buckling of systems was especially contagious, opening up for me new ways of approaching the interpretation of shell buckling. In a sense my own work moved from chaos to stability in shells while Mike's was the reverse.     

厚壁圆柱壳的弹性静力分析

本文研究了考虑横向剪切影响的弹性厚壁圆柱壳的静力问题。利用变分原理得到平衡微分方程组和相应的边界条件。将平衡方程组归并成一个高阶微分方程,用数值法求出它的特征根,得到问题的解。     

非圆截面弹性细杆的螺旋线平衡及稳定性

本文研究端部受力和力矩作用，且存在初曲率和初扭率的非圆截面弹性细杆的螺旋线平衡及其稳定性。描述弹性细杆平衡状态的Kirchhoff方程存在与杆的螺旋线平衡状态相对应的特解。直杆和圆环杆为螺旋线状态的两种特例。文中分析了螺旋线的几何特性与作用力和力矩之间的相互关系，并导出螺旋线平衡的一次近似解析形式稳定性判据。分析表明，松弛状态下弹性杆可处于螺旋线状态，直杆只有在轴向压力的作用下才能保持螺旋线平衡。无初曲率和初扭率弹性杆的螺旋线平衡稳定性必要条件是杆截面绕副法线轴的抗弯刚度大于或等于绕法线轴的抗弯刚度。此条件也适用于带初扭率的圆环杆及更普遍情形。无初曲率和初扭率的圆截面杆的螺旋线平衡恒稳定。     

非圆截面弹性细杆的平衡稳定性与分岔

本文研究存在初始曲率或挠率的非圆截面弹性细杆的平衡及稳定性问题,在两端受力矩单儿作用的条件下,杆的平衡微分方程可转换为用欧拉角表述的一阶自治系统,并有可能利用相平面的奇点理论分析弹性细杆平衡状态的稳定性,文中对杆截面的对称性,以及杆的初始曲率和挠率对平衡状态性的影响进行了定性分析,导出了解析形式的稳定性判据,揭示了杆平衡状态的列态分岔现象。     

On Design Models in Stability Problems for Corrugated Cylindrical Shells

Three design techniques for stability analysis of longitudinally corrugated cylindrical shells are examined. The first two account for the true geometry of the shell and the third one replaces the corrugated shell with an equivalent orthotropic shell using reduction formulas. The exact formulations employ classical and Timoshenko-type theories. The techniques are analyzed by an example of sinusoidally corrugated shells. It is shown that the exact formulation permits finding practically important relations for corrugation parameters, which raises considerably the specific critical loads.     

Asymptotic Analysis of the Eversion of Nonlinearly Elastic Shells II. Incompressible Shells

This paper treats the eversion of axisymmetric, strictly convex, incompressible nonlinearly elastic shells within a general geometrically exact theory in which the shell can suffer flexure, shear, and both midsurface and transverse extension. The governing equations differ considerably from those for compressible shells. We first formulate the governing equations carefully, showing how to handle the 3-dimensional notion of incompressibility, and paying special attention to the constitutive equations. We prove that when a thickness parameter is sufficiently small, there is an everted state, having a lip near the edge, that can be approximated effectively by an asymptotic series whose error we estimate.     

Anticavitation and Differential Growth in Elastic Shells

Elastic anticavitation is the phenomenon of a void in an elastic solid collapsing on itself. Under the action of mechanical loading alone typical materials do not admit anticavitation. We study the possibility of anticavitation as a consequence of an imposed differential growth. Working in the geometry of a spherical shell, we seek radial growth functions which cause the shell to deform to a solid sphere. It is shown, surprisingly, that most material models do not admit full anticavitation, even when infinite growth or resorption is imposed at the inner surface of the shell. However, void collapse can occur in a limiting sense when radial and circumferential growth are properly balanced. Growth functions which diverge or vanish at a point arise naturally in a cumulative growth process.     

双轴对称截面薄壁圆弧曲梁的弹性稳定平衡方程

基于薄壁构件分析的基本假定,采用双轴对称截面薄壁圆弧曲梁的精确翘曲位移表达式,导出了曲梁考虑几何非线性情况下的总势能,根据欧拉公式得到了曲梁的稳定平衡方程。推导中采用横截面线性和非线性总应变为零的假定,从而无需考虑横向应力的影响,对应变高阶项采用合理的简化处理,使理论推导过程简单明了。在理论推导的基础上分析了简支拱在均布径向荷载和两端等弯矩荷载作用下的平面内和平面外屈曲问题,并与其他研究者的结果进行了比较,追溯了各理论结果存在差别的根源,论证了本文理论推导过程的合理性。使用通用有限元软件ANSYS进行了模拟,与本文的分析结果一致,证明了所得公式的正确性。通过一些无碍结果的近似使所得公式形式简洁,便于在工程中应用。     

Stability of Geometrically Imperfect General-View Shells

An efficient numerical algorithm is created on the basis of the method of curvilinear meshes, the method of basis reduction, and the asymptotic Koiter theory. It enables us to study load curves to reveal singular (limit and bifurcation) points and to analyze their behavior at branch points. Such an approach allows analyzing the nonlinear deformation of shell structures of arbitrary form and their sensitivity to imperfections. The technique is illustrated by an example of a conic panel with imperfections in the shape     

Stability of Orthotropic Corrugated Cylindrical Shells

A technique for stability analysis of cylindrical shells with a corrugated midsurface is proposed. The wave crests are directed along the generatrix. The relations of shell theory include terms of higher order of smallness than those in the Mushtari–Donnell–Vlasov theory. The problem is solved using a variational equation. The Lamé parameter and curvature radius are variable and approximated by a discrete Fourier transform. The critical load and buckling mode are determined in solving an infinite system of equations for the coefficients of expansion of the resolving functions into trigonometric series. The solution accuracy increases owing to the presence of an aggregate of independent subsystems. Singularities in the buckling modes of corrugated shells corresponding to the minimum critical loads are determined. The basic, practically important conclusion is that both isotropic and orthotropic shells with sinusoidal corrugation are efficient only when their length, which depends on the waveformation parameters and the geometric and mechanical characteristics, is small     

Stability of Cylindrical Shells with Microdamages

Problems on bifurcational stability of cylindrical shells are formulated and solved within the framework of the Kirchhoff–Love hypotheses with regard for damageability in the precritical stress state. The damageability of the material is due to the inhomogeneity of its microstrength and is modeled by empty quasispherical pores whose distribution over the shell volume is statistically homogeneous and isotropic. The problems are solved for shells under axial and radial compression.     

Polyconvexity and Existence Theorem for Nonlinearly Elastic Shells

We present an existence theorem for a large class of nonlinearly elastic shells with low regularity in the framework of a two-dimensional theory involving the mean and Gaussian curvatures. We restrict our discussion to hyperelastic materials, that is to elastic materials possessing a stored energy function. Under some specific conditions of polyconvexity, coerciveness and growth of the stored energy function, we prove the existence of global minimizers. In addition, we define a general class of polyconvex stored energy functions which satisfies a coerciveness inequality.