Problem-Oriented Functionals in the Theory of Nonlinearly Elastic Composite Shells

Based on the Kirchhoff-Love or Timoshenko hypotheses and with regard for a possible membrane or shear degeneration, mixed linearized functionals for four variants of shell theory are presented. The convergence of numerical methods is improved by choosing small strain components as additional variable functions. New classes of problems for thin and nonthin shells are solved. The stress-strain state of shells is studied using different variants of this theory.     

Stress Concentration near an Opening in a Composite Shell with Account of Material Inhomogeneity

Based on the theory of Timoshenko-type shells, the influence of material inhomogeneity on the stress concentration in a shell with an opening is investigated. Mechanical characteristics of the shell material in the opening zone vary according to a given linear law. The problem is solved by a variational-difference method. Results for a spherical orthotropic shell with a polar circular opening are presented.     

Multiobjective Optimization of a Composite Cylindrical Shell with an Elastic Core with Account of Reliability

Multiobjective optimization of the structure and geometry of a laminated anisotropic composite shell with an elastic core under thermal action is considered. The thermoelastic properties of the laminated composite are determined from the known properties of the monolayer and the given values of the variable structural and geometric parameters. The properties to be optimized - the critical load and thermal stresses - depend on two variable parameters, the stochastic properties of the composite, and the temperature. In the space of the properties being optimized, the domain of allowable solutions and the property scatter ellipses for the optimum compromise project are found. The reliability of the project is determined with regard for the correlation between the critical and thermal stresses.     

A Technique for Determining the Elastic and Dissipative Properties of Orthotropic Composites in Shear

A new method is presented for the characterization of three principal complex shear moduli of linear viscoelastic orthotropic materials, which is based on the measurement of complex torsional vibration frequencies of three rods of rectangular cross section. The rod-type test specimens are cut out from a composite plate along the principal material axes in the reinforcement plane. It is shown that the torsional stiffness of an elastic rod can be calculated not only by means of the Saint-Venant torsion theory, but also using a relationship obtained from the Reissner-Mindlin theory of plates. The transfer to a viscoelastic model of the material with complex moduli is realized with the help of the correspondence principle. By applying a numerical sensitivity analysis of natural frequencies to the shear moduli, the advisable width-to-thickness ratios of the specimens are found. As an illustration of data processing, the dynamic shear moduli and the loss factors for a GFRP fabric with an epoxy matrix are calculated. A comparison of the method offered with some known static and dynamic methods for determining the shear moduli of orthotropic materials is given.     

复合材料加筋薄壁圆锥壳体有限变形的混合型理论

本文利用变分原理和平均筋条刚度法,建立了在任意载荷作用下纵向和环向密加筋复合材料圆锥壳体有限变形的Donnell型理论.考虑了面板最一般的弯曲拉伸耦合关系和加筋筋条的偏心效应的影响.导出了平衡条件、边界条件和变形协调方程.给出了以应力函数和挠度函数表示的耦合形式的非性性变系数偏微分方程组.对于一些特殊情况,给出了相应的简化方程.     

Analysis of Thick Laminated Composite Plates on an Elastic Foundation with the Use of Various Plate Theories

In this study, various theories of composite laminated plates are extended to rectangular composite laminates resting on an elastic foundation. First, an analysis based on the classical theory of laminated plates is employed. Then the first-order Reissner-Mindlin theory is used for analyzing the laminates. At last, the Reddy shear deformation theory, which allows for the transverse shear strains, is applied to the bending analysis of the laminates. In the analysis, the two-parameter Pasternak and Winkler foundations are considered. The accuracy of the present analysis is demonstrated by solving problems numerical results for which are available in the literature. Some numerical examples are presented to compare the three methods and to illustrate the effects of parameters of the elastic foundations on the bending of shear-deformable laminated plates. __________ Russian translation published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 41, No. 5, pp. 663–682, September–October, 2005.     

带弹性范围物质理论和背应力定义

在推广Lucchesi和Podio-Guidugli(1988)的带弹性范围物质理论的基础上,表明了背应力作为Cauchy应力空间中屈服面“中心”的定义存在问题.背应力是Lagrange型变量,只能定义在Lagrange型应力空间上.     

A Generalized Nonclassical Model of Stress-Strain State in the Problems of Statics,Dynamics, and Contact Interaction of Layered Plates and Shells

A new generalized two-dimensional nonclassical model for the dynamic stress-strain state of layered anisotropic plates and shallow shells is constructed. A feature of the model is the complete account of the factors which represent the spatial character of their deformation; in particular, the transverse shear and transverse compression strains as well as the geometrical nonlinearity and dynamic action of the load are accounted for.     

Influence of Moisture on the Structure and Properties of the Interphase Layer of a Composite Based on an Epoxy Binder with a Disperse Filler

Properties of a model composite based on an ED-22 epoxy binder, cured with polyprophylene polyamine, and disperse LiF crystals as a filler were investigated by the methods of dilatometry and X-ray diffractometry. It was established that the density of cross-links of the epoxy binder in the interphase layer was lower than in a block specimen. Therefore, the thermal expansion of the composite on heating to 120°C, in terms of that of the binder, grew significantly with the degree of filling ϕ, and the water uptake also increased at the initial stage. The presence of absorbed water led to considerable changes in the structure and properties of the composite interphase: the binder became more cross-linked, its structural ordering decreased, the thermal expansion at heating diminished by a factor of 3. 7 (at ϕ = 50%), and the glass-transition temperature increased. As a result of long-term action of moisture, changes in the internal stresses had an extreme character.__________Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 535–544, July–August, 2005.