Axisymmetric Deformation of a Pressurized Thin Elastic Membrane with Nonuniform Thickness
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 133, Issue 10
Abstract
Many circular elastic membranes used in practice involve nonuniform thickness, which is a main source of error that affects the functionality of the membrane. An analytical framework is developed in this paper to solve the deflection profile of a pressurized circular membrane with nonuniform thickness. The nonlinear solution is established within the deformed configuration. The results are compared with finite-element simulation with good agreement.
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Acknowledgments
The work was supported in part by the Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, New York, NY, and in part by NSF CMMI-0407743 and CMMI-0643726. The writer is benefited from discussion with Professor John Hutchinson at Harvard University.
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Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 133 • Issue 10 • October 2007
Pages: 1146 - 1150
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© 2007 ASCE.
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Received: Dec 29, 2005
Accepted: Apr 19, 2007
Published online: Oct 1, 2007
Published in print: Oct 2007
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Note. Associate Editor: Bojan B. Guzina
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