Torsion of laminated cylindrical shells with adhesive interlayers

Based on refined equations of the Timoshenko-type shell theory, the contact stresses in torsion of a two-layer cylindrical shell with an adhesive interlayer are numerically studied. The effect of the geometric and physical-mechanical parameters of the load-carrying layers and adhesive interlayer of the shell on the distribution of the interlaminar tangential stress is analyzed. The results are presented graphically.Presented at the 10th International Conference on the Mechanics of Composite Materials (Riga, April 20–23, 1998).Pidstryhach Institute of Applied Problems of Mechanics and Mathematics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine. Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 501–506, July–August, 1998.