Mechanical buckling of a functionally graded cylindrical shell with axial and circumferential stiffeners using the third-order shear deformation theory

This paper deals with an analytical approach of the buckling behavior of a functionally graded circular cylindrical shell under axial pressure with external axial and circumferential stiffeners. The shell properties are assumed to vary continuously through the thickness direction. Fundamental relations and equilibrium and stability equations are derived using the third-order shear deformation theory. The resulting equations are employed to obtain the closed-form solution for the critical buckling loads. A simply supported boundary condition is considered for both edges of the shell. The comparison of the results of this study with those in the literature validates the present analysis. The effects of material composition (volume fraction exponent), of the number of stiffeners and of shell geometry parameters on the characteristics of the critical buckling load are described. The analytical results are compared and validated using the finite-element method. The results show that the inhomogeneity parameter, the geometry of the shell and the number of stiffeners considerably affect the critical buckling loads.     

Buckling behavior of an underwater storage vessel

Optimum design considerations for an underwater storage vessel to contain liquid gases and oils led to the assessment of an axisymmetric shell of revolution—the Echinodome or drop shape. Analytical treatment of the various types of loading to which the shell could be subjected indicated that buckling was the more critical design criteria. A small GRP spherical shell under hydrostatic pressure was investigated for its buckling behavior both experimentally and theoretically. In the experimental approach surface strains were measured using electric resistance strain-gage rosettes on the inner and outer surfaces. Predictions of critical buckling pressure were made from the experimental results using a Southwell technique and numerically by the finite-element method. The influence of the results on design procedures is discussed. Paper was presented at V International Congress on Experimental Mechanics held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on June 10–15, 1984.     

Experimental Study of Supersonic Flow Around Truncated Cones at Incidence

Results of an experimental study of supersonic flow around truncated cones with cone half-angles of 20, 30, and 40°, performed at Mach numbers M = 2, 3, and 4 within the range of angles of attack up to 20°, are presented. A relationship is established between the emergence of an internal shock wave and the character of pressure distribution along the generatrix of the truncated cone. It is shown that the known boundaries of regimes obtained for axisymmetric flow around sharp and blunt cones can be used to predict flow regimes in the vertical plane of symmetry of the truncated cone at incidence.     

考虑范德华力曲率效应的双壁碳纳米管外压屈曲

针对双壁碳纳米管外压屈曲问题,研究了层间范德华力的曲率效应对临界外压的影响。应用弹性双层圆柱壳模型,考虑层间范德华力不仅与层间距有关而且与挠度曲率的变化有关,导出了外压屈曲临界压力解析公式。计算得出在不同半径、不同长细比下,外压屈曲临界压力的数值结果,并与经典壳的结果和忽略范德华力曲率效应的结果做了比较。结果显示,对于小半径的双壁碳纳米管曲率效应对外压屈曲有效明显的影响。     

Combined torsional buckling of multi-walled carbon nanotubes coupling with axial loading and radial pressures

This paper reports the results of an investigation on combined torsional buckling of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) under combined torque, axial loading and radial pressures based on the continuum mechanics model, which takes into account the effect of the van der Waals interaction between adjacent tubes. A buckling condition is derived for determining the critical buckling torque and associated buckling mode. In particular, for combined torsional buckling of double-walled carbon nanotubes, an explicit expression is obtained and some detailed results are demonstrated. According to the innermost radius-to-thickness ratio, MWNTs are classified into three types: thin, thick, and (almost) solid. Numerical results are worked out for the critical buckling torque and associated buckling mode for all the three types of MWNTs subjected to various axial stresses (axial tensile stresses or axial compressive stresses), internal pressures, and external pressures. It is shown that, the axial tensile stress or the internal pressure will make the MWNTs resist higher critical buckling torque, while the axial compressive stress or external pressure will lead to a lower critical buckling torque. The effect of axial stress (axial tensile stress or axial compressive stress) on the critical buckling torque of MWNTs is very small for all the three types of MWNTs, while the effect of the internal pressure or external pressure is related to the types of MWNTs, which is strong for the thin MWNTs, moderate for the thick MWNTs, and small for the solid MWNTs. Numerical results also indicate that, the associated buckling mode is unique and dependent on the structure of MWNTs. Especially, for combined torsional buckling of MWNTs with very small axial stress and radial pressures, the buckling mode is just the one for the corresponding pure torsional buckling.     

Analysis of bending and buckling of pre-twisted beams: A bioinspired study

Twisting chirality is widely observed in artificial and natural materials and structures at different length scales. In this paper, we theoretically investigate the effect of twisting chiral morphology on the mechanical properties of elas- tic beams by using the Timoshenko beam model. Particular attention is paid to the transverse bending and axial buckling of a pre-twisted rectangular beam. The analytical solution is first derived for the deflection of a clamped-free beam under a uniformly or periodically distributed transverse force. The critical buckling condition of the beam subjected to its self- weight and an axial compressive force is further solved. The results show that the twisting morphology can significantly improve the resistance of beams to both transverse bending and axial buckling. This study helps understand some phenomena associated with twisting chirality in nature and provides inspirations for the design of novel devices and structures.     

Buckling and postbuckling of concentric cylindrical tubes under external pressure

The problem considered involves a structure composed of two concentric and bonded tubes subjected to external and uniform pressure. Compression tests are conducted using structures formed by a thin-walled internal rubber tube and a thick-walled external foam tube. Experimental results are plotted under the form of a bifurcation diagram representing the inner cross-sectional area of the thin tube as a function of pressure. The buckling pressure P_b and the contact pressure P_co are determined from this non linear diagram. A numerical computation by the Finite Element Method (FEM) is used in order to calculate the Euler buckling pressure P_b and the results are compared with experimental data. It is shown that the buckling pressure and the associated buckling mode n, strongly depend upon the elastic and geometrical parameters of both the tubes. The experimental and numerical investigations are also extended to postbuckling behaviour. The contact between the opposite sides of the inner wall is occured with a buckling mode index n = 2, 3. This contact phenomenon is given rise to the discontinuity of a previous diagram and was characterized by the contact pressure P_co.     

深海保温输油管后屈曲及屈曲传播的有限元分析

本文运用ABAQUS有限元软件模拟深海输油管道的后屈曲及屈曲传播现象．将深海输油管道视为内、外层为合金钢材,夹心为聚氨酯泡沫的输油管道．采用线弹性-线性硬化的本构关系,运用Riks分析法获得后屈曲平衡路径,以此模拟管道中的屈曲传播过程,并获得屈曲传播压力．通过数值算例,综合讨论了不同初始缺陷、不同径厚比、不同夹层与夹心厚度比对、不同的材料弹性模量对屈曲传播过程和压力的影响．最后将输油管退化为单层管,将传播压力的有限元结果与实验结果、 Palmer理论解比较．结果表明有限元值、实验结果、理论值三者比较吻合．验证了有限元分析的正确性．     

Buckling of unstiffened conical shells under combined loading

An experimental program was conducted in order to determine the family of interaction curves for the buckling of unstiffened conical shells under combined axial compression, torsion, and external or internal pressure. Careful experimental technique permitted many repeated buckling tests on the same aluminumalloy shell without noticeable damage and yielded reliable interaction curves. Results of combined-loading tests are presented and compared with linear theory. Test results show that the interaction curve for compression-torsion-pressure loading is defined by superposition of compression-pressure, torsion-pressure and compression-torsion behavior.     

Koiter circles in the buckling of axially compressed conical shells

As is well known, the elastic stability of shell structures under certain loading conditions is characterised by a severely unstable postbuckling behaviour. The presence of simultaneous buckling modes (‘competing’ modes corresponding to the same critical buckling load) is deemed to be largely responsible for such a behaviour. In the present paper, within the framework of the so-called classical theory (linear bifurcation eigenvalue analysis), the buckling behaviour of axially compressed cylindrical shells is firstly reviewed. Accordingly, doubly periodic eigenvectors (buckling modes) corresponding to the same eigenvalue (critical buckling load) can be determined, and their locus in a dimensionless meridional and circumferential buckling wavenumber space is described by a circle (known as the Koiter circle). In the case of axially compressed conical shells, no clear evidence of the existence of simultaneous buckling modes can be found in the literature. Then, such a problem is studied here via linear eigenvalue finite element analyses, showing that simultaneous doubly periodic modes do also occur for cones, and that their locus in a specifically defined dimensionless wavenumber space can be described by an ellipse (hereafter termed as the Koiter ellipse) whose aspect ratio is dependent on the tapering angle of the cone.     

微尺度金属薄膜屈曲稳定性的实验研究

微尺度金属薄膜的脱粘和屈曲严重影响着膜基结构的性能和使用寿命。本文对微尺度的金属铜薄膜在残余应力和外部压力共同作用下的脱粘屈曲和后屈曲模式进行了研究,用自行设计的单轴对称加载装置进行压力加载,用一台光学显微镜观察薄膜表面的屈曲形貌。在外力作用下薄膜会出现垂直于加载方向的直线型屈曲,但在外力卸载过程中该屈曲并不稳定,会演化成电话线型屈曲,完全卸载后形成泡状屈曲。再次加载后,恢复到直线型屈曲。研究表明:直线型屈曲的不稳定现象主要与薄膜的残余应力、基底的泊松比以及薄膜沿纵向与横向的应力比有关。     

电磁内爆套筒动力屈曲的实验和数值模拟

用实验及数值模拟方法研究了电磁内爆套筒的屈曲响应规律。用电容器组脉冲发生器装置作为驱动源,设计4种不同材料、不同尺寸的金属套筒,通过调节电容器组的充电电压得到不同的加载电流,研究材料及几何参数、加载脉冲特性对套筒屈曲的影响;采用瞬态非线性有限元方法对实验结果进行了数值模拟。研究表明,在同样加载电流作用下相同材料套筒形成的屈曲波数随半径/厚度比增大而增大,不同材料套筒的屈曲波数随屈服强度/塑性强化模量比值增大而增大,而相同材料的屈曲波数不随加载电流的大小而改变;模拟计算结果与实验结果基本吻合。     

局部径向载荷作用下外压薄壁圆筒稳定性分析

为简化真空塔器外挂件支撑区局部失稳分析,提炼出局部径向载荷作用下外压薄壁圆筒稳定性计算模型. 以易拉罐为薄壁圆筒试件,对不同外压下试件的局部径向临界载荷进行了测试. 利用有限元法对各实验模型进行了特征值屈曲分析,结果与实验数据能较好地吻合. 采用正交设计及参数化计算,得到了各结构参数及外压下的局部径向临界载荷经验公式. 实例计算表明,所得经验公式稍有保守,可用于真空塔器外挂件支撑件区的局部稳定性分析.     

在均布外压作用下复合材料三角形网格加筋圆锥壳体总体稳定性分析

本文在文献[1]的基础上加以推广,分析了在均布外压作用下复合材料三角形网格加筋圆锥壳体总体稳定性,考虑了蒙皮的正交拉弯耦合效应和加筋筋条的偏心效应.基于外压实验观察结果,通过选择恰当的位移分量表达式,本文利用Galerkin法获得了临界外压的近似表达式,并对某一C/E复合材料三角形内网格加筋圆锥壳体的临界外压值进行了理论计算,所得结果与实验值相当吻合.文中所得结果可供工程应用参考.     

Plastic buckling of cylindrical shells under biaxial loading

The predictions for plastic buckling of shells are significantly affected by the plasticity model employed, in particular in the case of nonproportional loading. A series of experiments on plastic buckling of cylindrical aluminum alloy shells under biaxial loading (external pressure and axial tension), with well-defined loading and boundary conditions, was therefore carried out to provide experimental data for evaluation of the suitability of different, plasticity models. In the experiments, initial imperfections and their growth under load were measured and special attention was paid to buckling detection and load path control. The Southwell plot was applied with success to smooth the results. The results show that axial tension decreases resistance to buckling under external pressure in the plastic region due to softening of the material behavior. Comparison with numerical calculations usingJ ₂ deformation and incremental theories indicate that both theories do not predict correctly plastic buckling under nonproportional loading.Babcock (SEM Member), deceased, was Professor of Aeronautics and Applied Mechanics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125.     

Simplified prediction of the creep buckling of cylinders under external pressure. Part 2: Experimental verification

In this paper, the simplified method, proposed in (Combescure, 1998), for the prediction of creep buckling is compared to experimental results. The model is applied to predict the buckling time of two sets of experiments on cylinders subjected to uniform external pressure. It is shown that the proposed model is satisfactory for this type of prediction: in all cases, the times up to failure predicted by the model are generally lower than the experimental failure times. The model is rather conservative for thicker cylinders. However, it appears that a very detailed geometrical imperfection survey would be necessary if a highly accurate assessement of the creep failure time were sought. It has been observed experimentally that creep buckling is a very dangerous failure mode: nothing seems to happen during a very long “incubation” period but, when the initial imperfection reaches some critical value, buckling then suddenly occurs. For thin cylinders, the level of creep strain at which the instability starts to develop is much lower than the strain at which the tertiary creep initiates; the instability is thus clearly generated from the interaction between the material and the geometrical nonlinearity.     

充液圆柱壳轴向冲击屈曲的实验研究与计算机数值模拟

借助落锤装置实现冲击加载,完成了一组充满水的金属薄壁圆柱壳试件轴向冲击屈曲过程的实验研究,同时利用LS－DYNA大型动力软件对冲击屈曲的全过程进行了计算机模拟,对于屈曲模态发展过程以及冲击力和液压的动态时程曲线,实验观察和数值结果均表现出较好的一致性,研究表明,在撞击过程中壳内形成很大的液体压力,在此内压和轴向压缩的联合作用下,壳壁发生轴对称塑性屈曲,屈曲模态为一系列依次发展的环带波纹。     

U型波纹管及相关结构环向屈曲的有限元分析(Ⅲ)--波纹管平面失稳的机理

波纹管无论是在内压还是在外压作用下都会发生环向屈曲或平面失稳,问题很复杂至今未得到妥善解决。本文首先指出了现行的有关“塑性铰”概念的某些不足之处,然后按文[8]的有限元法(考虑了屈曲前的弯曲和屈曲时载荷的转动并按线性化特征值问题处理)对波纹管的环向屈曲进行了计算,并与前人的有关实验进行了对比分析,在此基础上解释了波纹管平面失稳的原因和发展过程。     

Stability and limit states of elastoplastic spherical shells under static and dynamic loading

The problem of elastoplastic deformation, buckling, and postcritical behavior of spherical shells is solved using a finite element method and a cross-type explicit scheme of time integration. Stability problems for hemispherical shells under external pressure and compression between rigid plates are considered. The influence of holes and boundary conditions on shell deformation is investigated. It is shown that the calculation results are in good agreement with experimental data.