THE ASYMPTOTIC SOLVING EQUATIONS OF THICK RING SHELL AND ITS SOLUTION UNDER MOMENT M＿O

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The second order approximation theory of three dimensional elastic plates and its boundary conditions without using kirchhoff-love assumptions

The first order approximation theory of three dimensional elastic plates and its boundary conditions presented in the previous paper^[1] establishes six differential equations for the solutions of six undetermined functions u_o, u_a, A_(o) and S_(2)a defined in the x, y plane. They can be divided into two groups, each constitutes three equations to calculate u_o, S_(2)a and u_a, A_(o) respectively. Their boundary conditions as well as these equations are derived from the stationary conditions of variations of a functional for this problem based on the generalized variational principle. The solutions given by this theory are close to those given by the classical theory of thin plates as the ratio of thickness h to width a is small. For large ratio, say h/a=0.3 a considerable difference arises between the two theories. It has not been made clear that in what range of the ratio such difference is reasonable to give more precise solutions. In order, to solve this problem, we must study the second order approximation theory. In this paper following the previous one, we shall establish the second order approximation theory by applying the, stationary condition of variations of a functional for this problem based on the generalized variational principle, to derive nine differential equations and the relate boundary conditions, which are used to calculate nine undetermined functions u_o u_a, A_(o), A₍₁₎, S_(2)a and S_(3)a. And the range of the validity of the first order approximation theory can be found out by comparing the second order theory with the first order theory and the classical theory. It should be pointed out here that the equations of, the second order theory can also be divided into two groups to be solved separately, and the procedure of solution is not too complicate to perform as well. Here, we will use the same notations adopted in the previous paper, and not repeat their definitions.     

STRESS ANALYSIS OF THICK RING SHELL SUBMITTED TO THE ACTION OF INTERNAL PRESSURE

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Axisymmetric static and dynamic buckling of laminated thick truncated conical cap

Axisymmetric buckling analysis is presented for moderately thick laminated shallow, truncated conical caps under transverse load. Buckling under uniformly distributed loads and ring loads applied statically or as step function loads is considered. Marguerre-type, first-order shear deformation shallow shell theory is formulated in terms of transverse deflection w, the rotation ψ of the normal to the mid-surface and the stress function Φ. The governing equations are solved by the orthogonal point collocation method. Truncated conical caps with a circular opening, which is either free or plugged by a rigid central mass, have been analysed for clamped and simple supports with movable and immovable edge conditions. Typical numerical results are presented illustrating the effect of various parameters.     

Three-dimensional free vibration analysis of rotating laminated conical shells: layerwise differential quadrature (LW-DQ) method

This paper focuses on the free vibration analysis of thick, rotating laminated composite conical shells with different boundary conditions based on the three-dimensional theory, using the layerwise differential quadrature method (LW-DQM). The equations of motion are derived applying the Hamilton’s principle. In order to accurately account for the thickness effects, the layerwise theory is used to discretize the equations of motion and the related boundary conditions through the thickness of the shells. Then, the equations of motion as well as the boundary condition equations are transformed into a set of algebraic equation applying the DQM in the meridional direction. This study demonstrates the applicability, accuracy, stability and the fast rate of convergence of the present method, for free vibration analyses of rotating thick laminated conical shells. The presented results are compared with those of other shell theories obtained using conventional methods and a special case where the angle of the conical shell approaches zero, that is, a cylindrical shell and excellent agreements are achieved.     

Arching Action in Elastic-Plastic Plates

Abstract

The rate equation method is used to determine the large displacement static and dynamic response of viscoelastic shells of revolution. Among the results presented are those for which the effects of changes in the dimension of lineal elements through the thickness of the shell have been included. This effect has been incorporated within the confines of a structural theory, and full nonlinear shell equations are used to perform the analyses. Both the accuracy and economy of the rate equation method applied to problems of this nature are demonstrated through comparisons of solutions obtained by other methods.     

Natural convection in an infinite square under low-gravity conditions

In order to study natural convection effects on fluid flows under low-gravity in space, we have expanded variables into a power series of Grashof number by using perturbation theory to reduce the Navier-Stokes equations to the Poisson equation for temperature T and biharmonic equation for stream function φ. Suppose that a square infinite closed cylinder horizontally imposes a specified temperature of linear distribution on the boundaries, we investigate the two dimensional steady flows in detail. The results for stream function φ, velocity u and temperature T are gained. The analysis of the influences of some parameters such as Grashof number G_r and Prandtl number P_r on the fluid motion lead to several interesting conclusions. At last, we make a comparison between two results, one from approximate equations, the other from the original version. It shows that the approximate theory correctly simplifies the physical problem, so that we can expect the theory will be applied to unsteady or three-dimensi     

Equation in complex variable of axisymmetrical deformation problems for a general shell of revolution

In this paper, the equation of axisymmetrical deformation problems for a general shell of revolution is derived in one complex variable under the usual Love-Kirchhoff assumption. In the case of circular ring shells, this equation may be simplified into the equation given by F.Tölke(1938)^[3], R.A.Clark(1950)^[4]and V.V.Novozhilov(1951)^[5]. When the horizontal radius of the shell of revolution is much larger than the average radius of curvature of meridian curve, this equation in complex variable may be simplified into the equation for slander ring shells. If the ring shell is circular in shape, then this equation can be reduced into the equation in complex variable for slander circular ring shells given by this author (1979)^[6]. If the form of elliptic cross-section is near a circle, then the equation of slander ring shell with near-circle ellipitic cross-section may be reduced to the complex variable equation similar in form for circular slander ring shells.     

On non-linear vibration analyses of continuous systems with quadratic and cubic non-linearities

This paper examines the validity of non-linear vibration analyses of continuous systems with quadratic and cubic non-linearities. As an example, we treat a hinged-hinged Euler-Bernoulli beam resting on a non-linear elastic foundation with distributed quadratic and cubic non-linearities, and investigate the primary (Ω≈ω_n) and subharmonic (Ω≈2ω_n) resonances, in which Ω and ω_n are the driving and natural frequencies, respectively. The steady-state responses are found by using two different approaches. In the first approach, the method of multiple scales is applied directly to the governing equation that is a non-linear partial differential equation. In the second approach, we discretize the governing equation by using Galerkin's procedure, and then apply the shooting method to the obtained ordinary differential equations. In order to check the validity of the solutions obtained by the two approaches, they are compared with the solutions obtained numerically by the finite difference method.     

Exact electroelastic analysis of functionally graded piezoelectric shells

A paper focuses on implementation of the sampling surfaces (SaS) method for the three-dimensional (3D) exact solutions for functionally graded (FG) piezoelectric laminated shells. According to this method, we introduce inside the nth layer I_n not equally spaced SaS parallel to the middle surface of the shell and choose displacements and electric potentials of these surfaces as basic shell variables. Such choice of unknowns yields, first, a very compact form of governing equations of the FG piezoelectric shell formulation and, second, allows the use of strain–displacement equations, which exactly represent rigid-body motions of the shell in any convected curvilinear coordinate system. It is worth noting that the SaS are located inside each layer at Chebyshev polynomial nodes that leads to a uniform convergence of the SaS method. As a result, the SaS method can be applied efficiently to 3D exact solutions of electroelasticity for FG piezoelectric cross-ply and angle-ply shells with a specified accuracy by using a sufficient number of SaS.     

THE GENERALIZED GALERKIN’S EQUATION OF THE FINITE ELEMENT,THE BOUNDARY VARIATIONAL EQUATIONS AND THE BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATIONS

Based on[1 ],we have further applied the variational princi-ple of the variable boundary to investigate the discretizationanalysis of the solid system and derived the generalized Ga-lerkin’s equations of the finite element.the boundary varia-tional equations and the boundary integral equations.These e-quations indicate that the unknown functions of the solid sys-tem must satisfy the conditions in the element S_a or on the boun-dariesГ_a.These equations are applied to establishing the discreti-zation equations in order to obtain the numerical solution ofthe unknown functions.At a time these equations can be usedas the basis for the simplified calculation in various corres-ponding cases.In this paper,the results of boundary integral equationsshow that the calculation of integration is not accurate alongthe surfaceГ_a of interior element S_a by J-integral suggestedby Rice[2].     

TRANSIENT THERMAL RESPONSE IN THICK ORTHOTROPIC HOLLOW CYLINDERS WITH FINITE LENGTH： HIGH ORDER SHELL THEORY

The transient thermal response of a thick orthotropic hollow cylinder with finite length is studied by a high order shell theory. The radial and axial displacements are assumed to have quadratic and cubic variations through the thickness, respectively. It is important that the radial stress is approximated by a cubic expansion satisfying the boundary conditions at the inner and outer surfaces, and the corresponding strain should be least-squares compatible with the strain derived from the strain-displacement relation. The equations of motion are derived from the integration of the equilibrium equations of stresses, which are solved by precise integration method （PIM）. Numerical results are.obtained, and compared with FE simulations and dynamic thermo-elasticity solutions, which indicates that the high order shell theory is capable of predicting the transient thermal response of an orthotropic （or isotropic） thick hollow cylinder efficiently, and for the detonation tube of actual pulse detonation engines （PDE） heated continuously, the thermal stresses will become too large to be neglected, which are not like those in the one time experiments with very short time.     

The uniqueness of the Einstein field equations in a four-dimensional space

The Euler-Lagrange equations corresponding to a Lagrange density which is a function of g _ij and its first two derivatives are investigated. In general these equations will be of fourth order in g _ij. Necessary and sufficient conditions for these Euler-Lagrange equations to be of second order are obtained and it is shown that in a four-dimensional space the Einstein field equations (with cosmological term) are the only permissible second order Euler-Lagrange equations. This result is false in a space of higher dimension. Furthermore, the only permissible third order equation in the four-dimensional case is exhibited.     

A sampling surfaces method and its application to three-dimensional exact solutions for piezoelectric laminated shells

The application of the sampling surfaces (SaS) method to piezoelectric laminated composite plates is presented in a companion paper (Kulikov, G.M., Plotnikova, S.V., Three-dimensional exact analysis of piezoelectric laminated plates via sampling surfaces method. International Journal of Solids and Structures 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2013.02.015). In this paper, we extend the SaS method to shells to solve the static problems of three-dimensional (3D) electroelasticity for cylindrical and spherical piezoelectric laminated shells. For this purpose, we introduce inside the nth layer I_n not equally spaced SaS parallel to the middle surface of the shell and choose displacements of these surfaces as basic kinematic variables. Such choice of displacements permits, first, the presentation of governing equations of the proposed piezoelectric shell formulation in a very compact form and, second, gives an opportunity to utilize the strain–displacement equations, which precisely represent all rigid-body shell motions in any convected curvilinear coordinate system. It is shown that the developed piezoelectric shell formulation can be applied efficiently to finding of 3D exact solutions for piezoelectric cross-ply and angle-ply shells with a specified accuracy using a sufficient number of SaS, which are located at Chebyshev polynomial nodes and layer interfaces as well.     

四边简支矩形中厚板的弯曲

本文采用Reissner中厚板理论求解了四边简支矩形中厚板的弯曲问题。文中首先对Reissner中厚板理论的控制方程进行了适当的变更,使之成为非耦联的二阶偏微分方程组,然后利用有限积分变换法求解所得新的控制方程,得到了四边简支矩形中厚板受均布载荷作用下的解析解。文中所述方法可用以求解具有其它边界条件和载荷的矩形中厚板的弯曲问题,同时还可移植应用于其它中厚板理论。     

On the non-classical mathematical models of coupled problems of thermo-elasticity for multi-layer shallow shells with initial imperfections

Mathematical modeling of evolutionary states of non-homogeneous multi-layer shallow shells with orthotropic initial imperfections belongs to one of the most important and necessary steps while constructing numerous technical devices, as well as aviation and ship structural members. In first part of the paper fundamental hypotheses are formulated which allow us to derive Hamilton–Ostrogradsky equations. The latter yield equations governing shell behavior within the applied hypotheses and modified Pelekh–Sheremetev conditions. The aim of second part of the paper is to formulate fundamental hypotheses in order to construct coupled boundary problems of thermo-elasticity which are used in non-classical mathematical models for multi-layer shallow shells with initial imperfections. In addition, a coupled problem for multi-layer shell taking into account a 3D heat transfer equation is formulated. Third part of the paper introduces necessary phase spaces for the second boundary value problem for evolutionary equations, defining the coupled problem of thermo-elasticity for a simply supported shallow shell. The theorem regarding uniqueness of the mentioned boundary value problem is proved. It is also proved that the approximate solution regarding the second boundary value problem defining condition for the thermo-mechanical evolution for rectangular shallow homogeneous and isotropic shells can be found using the Bubnov–Galerkin method.     

Energy conditions of gas laser cutting of thick steel sheets

Results of experimental determination of the energy balance in oxygen laser cutting of sheets 5–16 mm thick by a CO ₂ laser in the operation regime of high-quality cutting with the minimum possible degree of surface roughness are presented. Oxygen is used as an assisting gas. For sheets 5, 10, and 16 mm thick, the energy power fluxes, which are involved into the energy balance equation, normalized to the unit thickness of the sheet are found to be independent of the latter and to have close values.     

RESPONSE ANALYSIS OF PIEZOELECTRIC SHELLS IN PLANE STRAIN UNDER RANDOM EXCITATIONS

The random response of a piezoelectric thick shell in plane strain state under boundary random excitations is studied and illustrated with a piezoelectric cylindrical shell. The differential equation for electric potential is integrated radially to obtain the electric potential as a function of displacement. The random stress boundary conditions are converted into homogeneous ones by transformation,which yields the electrical and mechanical coupling differential equation for displacement under random excitations. Then this partial differential equation is converted into ordinary differential equations using the Galerkin method and the Legendre polynomials,which represent a random multi-degree-of-freedom system with asymmetric stiffness matrix due to the electrical and mechanical coupling and the transformed boundary conditions. The frequency-response function matrix and response power spectral density matrix of the system are derived based on the theory of random vibration. The mean-square displacement and electric potential of the piezoelectric shell are finally obtained,and the frequency-response characteristics and the electrical and mechanical coupling properties are explored.     

Buckling of thick cylindrical shells under external pressure: A new analytical expression for the critical load and comparison with elasticity solutions

In this paper a set of stability equations for thick cylindrical shells is derived and solved analytically. The set is obtained by integration of the differential stability equations across the thickness of the shell. The effects of transverse shear and the non-linear variation of the stresses and displacements are accounted for with the aid of the higher order shell theory proposed by [Voyiadjis, G.Z. and Shi, G., 1991, A refined two-dimensional theory for thick cylindrical shells, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 27(3), 261–282.]. For a thick shell under external hydrostatic pressure, the stability equations are solved analytically and yield an improved expression for the buckling load. Reference solutions are also obtained by solving numerically the differential stability equations. Both the full set that contains strains and rotations as well as the simplified set that contains rotations only were solved numerically. The relative magnitude of shear strain and rotation was examined and the effect of thickness was quantified. Differences between the benchmark solutions and the analytic expressions based on the refined theory and the classical shell theory are analysed and discussed. It is shown that the new analytic expression provides significantly improved predictions compared to the formula based on thin shell theory.