Stability of Elastic Orthotropic Circular Cylindrical Vessels

Author(s):  
Krzysztof Magnucki ◽  
Leszek Wittenbeck

This paper is devoted to stability investigation of orthotropic circular cylindrical vessels subjected to external pressure. An untypical orthotropic structure that consist of two layers: smooth-external and corrugated-internal is proposed. The investigation is divided into two steps. In first one analytical formulas describing buckling behaviour are derived. In second step numerical analysis is performed by using FEM to obtain the correlation between analytical and numerical results. Authors also considered linear and nonlinear buckling analysis. During the linear analysis the influence of vessel geometry on critical pressure is determined. Nonlinear analysis is carried out to create equilibrium paths which show the behaviour of vessels in post-buckling state. The results of the analysis are presented in figures.

2011 ◽  
Vol 697-698 ◽  
pp. 769-773
Author(s):  
D.D. Bian ◽  
H.W. Zhang ◽  
Y.H. Liu ◽  
H.Z. Liu

Stability is the key of designing thin-walled external-pressure Vessels. Nonlinear buckling analysis using finite element method has been carried out on a processor unit of an autonomous underwater vehicle to study the stability of the processor unit considering the screw tightening. Effects of the cylinder thickness on the critical pressure are discussed. Results show that the buckling wave number is 4 in the circumferential direction, and the critical pressure decreases with decreasing the cylinder thickness exponentially, which is in good agreement with the theoretical calculation.


2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (8) ◽  
pp. 3607-3613 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madina Kilardj ◽  
Ghania Ikhenazen ◽  
Tanguy Messager ◽  
Toufik Kanit

Author(s):  
Jun Shen ◽  
Yanfang Tang ◽  
Heng Peng ◽  
Hui Peng ◽  
Yinghua Liu

Thermal load is one of the most important design conditions that should be considered carefully in engineering practice. Most inner-pressure vessels suffer thermo-mechanical ratcheting or unacceptable plastic deformation under cyclic thermal stress produced by inside heat source and pressure-induced primary stress. However, thermal load is also a crucial factor for external-pressure vessels where the failure model of buckling should not be ignored. The effect of thermal load on buckling is not only thermal stress itself but also shape distortion due to thermal load. In some cases, the latter is more important. In this paper, an external-pressure thin-walled ellipsoidal head with heating jackets has been studied. The temperature of this structure is uniformly distributed along the thickness direction but changes alternately between hot and cold along the meridional direction, which will have a significant effect on buckling behavior of this typical structure. Buckling load is sensitive to initial defect and small deformation. Several comparative calculations based on nonlinear buckling analysis have been conducted and some laws are established. Finally, some useful conclusions and suggestions are proposed for engineering design.


2011 ◽  
Vol 368-373 ◽  
pp. 114-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bing Wu ◽  
Mei Li Meng ◽  
Xue Yi Fu ◽  
Can Sun ◽  
Ye Wen Feng

The suspend-dome structure is designed for the steel roof of Pingshan Basketball Gymnasium for Universidad 2011 Shenzhen, the overlapping diameter is 72m, supporting by 24 RC columns evenly distributed along the periphery. The following analyses were carried out: the design criterion of the suspend-dome; the linear and nonlinear buckling analysis; the detail analysis of the complex key joint, the arrangement analysis of the suspending chord and the prestressed cable; the construction stage modeling and construction scheme analysis. The key issues and relevant construction method were summarized, which could be used as reference in the similar design.


Author(s):  
Nguyen Van Tien ◽  
Vu Minh Duc ◽  
Vu Hoai Nam ◽  
Nguyen Thi Phuong ◽  
Lanh Si Ho ◽  
...  

Nonlinear buckling analysis for honeycomb auxetic-core sandwich toroidal shell segments with CNT-reinforced face sheets surrounded by elastic foundations under the radial pressure is presented in this study. The basic equation system of shells is established based on the von Kármán–Donnell nonlinear shell theory, combined with Stein and McElman approximation. Meanwhile, the foundation-shell elastic interaction is simulated by the foundation model based on the Pasternak assumption. The Galerkin procedure is utilized to achieve the pre-buckling and post-buckling responses for the shell, from which the radially critical buckling load is determined. Numerical analysis shows the various influences of auxetic-core layer, CNT-reinforced face sheets, and elastic foundation on the pre-buckling and postbuckling behavior of sandwich shells with CNT reinforced face sheets.


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