Thermomechanical Postbuckling Analysis of Cross-Ply Laminated Cylindrical Shell Panels
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Volume 132, Issue 2
Abstract
The postbuckling analysis of symmetric and antisymmetric cross-ply laminated cylindrical shell panels subjected to thermomechanical loading is examined in this paper. The formulation is based on an extension of Reissner’s shallow shell simplifications and accounts for parabolic distribution of transverse shear strains. Adopting a multiterm Galerkin’s method, the governing nonlinear partial differential equations are reduced into a set of nonlinear algebraic equations. The nonlinear equilibrium paths through limit points are traced using the Newton–Raphson method in conjunction with Riks approach. Numerical results are presented for symmetric and antisymmetric cross-ply laminated cylindrical shell panels, that illustrate the influence of mechanical edge loads, lateral distributed load, initial imperfection, and temperature field on the limit loads and snap-through behavior.
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Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 132 • Issue 2 • February 2006
Pages: 133 - 140
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© 2006 ASCE.
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Received: Aug 6, 2004
Accepted: May 31, 2005
Published online: Feb 1, 2006
Published in print: Feb 2006
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Note. Associate Editor: Hayder A. Rasheed
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