Effect of Structural Dimensions on Strain Growth of Cylindrical Vessels

Author(s):  
Q. Dong ◽  
Y. Gu

Strain growth is a phenomenon observed in the elastic response of containment vessels subjected to internal blast loading. The local dynamic response of a containment vessel may become larger in a later stage than its response in the earlier stage. To further study the mechanism of strain growth, the effect of structural dimensions on strain growth of cylindrical vessels subjected to internal blast loading is thoroughly investigated in this paper. The dynamic response characteristics of eight cylindrical shells with different lengths and thicknesses are studied by finite element software LS-DYNA. It is shown that the structural dimension is a dominant influencing factor of strain growth.

Author(s):  
Q. Dong ◽  
Y. Gu ◽  
B. Y. Hu

Strain growth is a phenomenon observed in the elastic response of containment vessels subjected to internal blast loading. The local response of the vessel may become larger in a later stage than its breathing mode response during the initial stage. The strain growth phenomenon has attracted great attention since it was first observed in 1976, and numerous researches have been conducted to investigate the mechanisms of the strain growth phenomenon in containment vessels. In this paper, some typical results on studying the mechanisms of strain growth in cylindrical and spherical containment vessels will be given, and the discovery of the mechanism of nonlinear modal coupling is especially highlighted. The present review may provide a good understanding on the dynamic response characteristics of cylindrical and spherical containment vessels subjected to internal blast loading.


Author(s):  
Q. Dong ◽  
Q. M. Li ◽  
J. Y. Zheng

Strain growth is a phenomenon observed in the elastic response of containment vessels subjected to internal blast loading. The local dynamic response of a containment vessel may become larger in a later stage than its response in the earlier stage. In order to find out the possible mechanisms of the strain growth phenomenon, the natural frequencies and mode shapes of various vibration modes in cylindrical shells with different boundary conditions are obtained theoretically and numerically. The dynamic elastic responses of cylindrical shells subjected to internal blast loading are studied by theoretical analysis and finite element simulation using LS-DYNA. It is found that strain growth in cylindrical containment vessels is mainly caused by linear modal superposition and nonlinear modal coupling. The effects of the reflected blast shock waves and structural perturbation are discussed. The proposed theory for the strain growth mechanisms may guide the safe design of cylindrical containment vessels.


1984 ◽  
Vol 16 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 119-122
Author(s):  
Y. Morit ◽  
K. Segi ◽  
M. Samejima ◽  
T. Nakamura

1995 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 465-472 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. E. M. Sefton ◽  
P. G. Whitehead ◽  
A. Eatherall ◽  
I. G. Littlewood ◽  
A. J. Jakeman

2012 ◽  
Vol 499 ◽  
pp. 238-242
Author(s):  
Li Zhang ◽  
Hong Wu ◽  
Yan Jue Gong ◽  
Shuo Zhang

Based on the 3D model of refrigeration's compressor by Pro/E software, the analyses of theoretical and experimental mode are carried out in this paper. The results show that the finite element models of compressor have high precision dynamic response characteristics and the natural frequency of the compressor, based on experimental modal analysis, can be accurately obtained, which will contribute to further dynamic designs of mechanical structures.


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