Material orientation optimisation of finite deformable orthotropic thin-shells

2021 ◽  
pp. 103811
Author(s):  
Sumudu Herath
Keyword(s):  
Thin Shells ◽  
Material Orientation

Maysel's formula generalized for piezoelectric vibrations - Application to thin shells of revolution

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Irschik ◽  
Franz Ziegler ◽  
Hans Irschik ◽  
Franz Ziegler
Keyword(s):  
Thin Shells ◽  
Shells Of Revolution

scholarly journals Analytical solution for torsion of cylindrical orthotropic annular wedge-shaped bars reinforced by thin shells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
István Ecsedi ◽  
Attila Baksa
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Solution ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Analytical Method ◽  
Torsional Rigidity ◽  
Circular Ring ◽  
Thin Shells ◽  
Elastic Wedge ◽  
Curved Boundary ◽  
Cylindrically Orthotropic ◽  
Boundary Surfaces

AbstractThis paper deals with the Saint-Venant torsion of elastic, cylindrically orthotropic bar whose cross section is a sector of a circular ring shaped bar. The cylindrically orthotropic homogeneous elastic wedge-shaped bar strengthened by on its curved boundary surfaces by thin isotropic elastic shells. An analytical method is presented to obtain the Prandtl’s stress function, torsion function, torsional rigidity and shearing stresses. A numerical example illustrates the application of the developed analytical method.

scholarly journals From the herringbone dome by Sangallo to the Serlio floor of Emy (and beyond)

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 259-270
Author(s):  
Giulio Mirabella Roberti ◽  
Giuseppe Ruscica ◽  
Vittorio Paris
Keyword(s):  
Thin Shells ◽  
Spiral Pattern ◽  
Structural Scheme ◽  
Wooden Floor ◽  
Construction Stage ◽  
Structural Role ◽  
Double Spiral ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Structural Solutions ◽  
Geometrical Relationship

Abstract The research starts from an analogy found between two apparently very different structural solutions: the double spiral pattern of the herringbone brick courses in the domes built by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (1484-1546) during the Renaissance, and the particular pattern of a wooden floor ‘à la Serlio’, described by Amand Rose Emy in his Treatise at the beginning of 19th century, made by diagonal beams reciprocally sustained. The diagonal pattern of the floor has a geometrical relationship with the cross-herringbone pattern, so that the latter can be obtained by some geometrical transformations of the former. This pattern was also used in thin shells built by Nervi, from the destroyed airplane hangars in Tuscany to the Palazzetto dello sport in Rome, and even by Piacentini in 1936 and earlier in some neoclassical domes. Thus the construction tool, useful for building domes without expensive scaffolding, could have a structural role at the completed construction stage. Within the research different structures were investigated, in order to observe the relevance of this peculiar structural scheme particularly in the construction of modern domes.

scholarly journals The elastic stability of an annular plate

1924 ◽  
Vol 106 (737) ◽  
pp. 268-284 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Annular Plate ◽  
Practical Interest ◽  
Middle Surface ◽  
Elastic Stability ◽  
Thin Plates ◽  
Thin Shells ◽  
Stability Equation ◽  
Inner Radius ◽  
Plane Plate ◽  
The Stability

1. Introduction and Summary. —This paper deals with the elastic stability of a circular annular plate under uniform shearing forces applied at its edges. Investigations of the stability of plane plates are altogether simpler than those necessary in the case of curved plates or shells. In the first place, as shown by Mr. R. V. Southwell, two of the three equations of stability relate to a mode of instability that is not of practical interest, and are entirely independent of the third equation which gives the ordinary mode of instability resulting in the familiar bending of the middle surface of the plate. Consequently with a plane plate there is only one equation of stability to be solved, as contrasted with the case of a shell where the three equations are dependent, and must all be solved. In the second place the theory of thin shells can be used with confidence in a plane plate problem, though a more laborious procedure is necessary to deal adequately with a shell. The only stability equation required for the annular plate is therefore deduced without trouble from the theory of thin shells, and its solution presents no difficulty in the case of uniform shearing forces. A numerical discussion is given of the stability of the plate under such forces, the “favourite type of distortion” and the stess that will produce it being obtained for plates with clamped edges in wich the ratio of the outer to the inner radius exceeds 3·2. To some extent to results have been checked by experiment, in which part of the work the viter is indebted to Prof. G. I. Taylor for his valuable help and advice. Distrtion of the type predicted by the theory took place in the two thin plates of rober different ratio of radii, which were used. The disposition of the loci of points which undergo maximum normal displace nt gives some idea of the appearance of the plate after distortion has taken pce. The points have been calculated for a plate in which the ratio of radii 4·18, and the loci are shown on a diagram, which may be compared with a potograph of a distorted plate in which this ratio is 4·3. The ratio of normal dplacements of points of the plate can be seen from contours drawn on the ne diagram. (See pp. 280, 281.)

scholarly journals Enhancement of a New Methodology Based on the Impulse Excitation Technique for the Nondestructive Determination of Local Material Properties in Composite Laminates

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Carlo Boursier Niutta
Keyword(s):  
Resonant Frequency ◽  
Elastic Properties ◽  
Composite Laminates ◽  
Concentrated Mass ◽  
Modal Shape ◽  
Nondestructive Determination ◽  
Material Orientation ◽  
Impulse Excitation ◽  
Clamping System

A new approach for the nondestructive determination of the elastic properties of composite laminates is presented. The approach represents an improvement of a recently published experimental methodology based on the Impulse Excitation Technique, which allows nondestructively assessing local elastic properties of composite laminates by isolating a region of interest through a proper clamping system. Different measures of the first resonant frequency are obtained by rotating the clamping system with respect to the material orientation. Here, in order to increase the robustness of the inverse problem, which determines the elastic properties from the measured resonant frequencies, information related to the modal shape is retained by considering the effect of an additional concentrated mass on the first resonant frequency. According to the modal shape and the position of the mass, different values of the first resonant frequency are obtained. Here, two positions of the additional mass, i.e., two values of the resonant frequency in addition to the unloaded frequency value, are considered for each material orientation. A Rayleigh–Ritz formulation based on higher order theory is adopted to compute the first resonant frequency of the clamped plate with concentrated mass. The elastic properties are finally determined through an optimization problem that minimizes the discrepancy on the frequency reference values. The proposed approach is validated on several materials taken from the literature. Finally, advantages and possible limitations are discussed.

Acoustic Scattering From Thin Shells In Bounded Media And In Sediments

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.H. Hackman ◽  
V.B. Johnson ◽  
R. Lirn ◽  
J.L. Lopes ◽  
G.S. Sammelmann
Keyword(s):  
Acoustic Scattering ◽  
Thin Shells
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