Post-buckling behavior estimation of rigidly supported cylindrical composite panels in case shear

We present the solution of the geometrically nonlinear problem of the shear-critical behavior of a thin composite cylindrical panel of small curvature of orthotropic structure. The obtained solution considers the conditions of all-round rigid support. The expression for determining the membrane stresses arising in the supercritical state is given. When considering a linear problem, expressions for determining the critical shear flow are given. A method for determining the nonlinear stress-strain state in the overcritical state for a given thickness and stacking of an orthotropic panel is presented. The obtained solutions can be used in the design of load-bearing cylindrical panels, as well as in the analysis of geometrically nonlinear behavior of defects such as delaminations.

Parametric vibrations of piezoelectric viscoelastic cylindrical panels taking into account transverse shear deformations

The paper presents a numerical-analytical approach to solving problems of parametric vibrations of layered hinged piezoelectric viscoelastic cylindrical panels under electromechanical harmonic loading. The mathematical model is constructed using mechanical hypotheses about layer-by-layer approximation of shear deformations by quadratic functions on the thickness of panel, which are supplemented by adequate hypotheses on the distribution of electric field quantities when the components of the electric field strength vector and the normal component of the electric induction vector are different from zero. The dissipative properties of materials are taken into account on the basis of the theory of linear viscoelectric elasticity. To solve the problems, a technique based on the use of the variation principle and the representation of the required quantities in the form of decomposition into double trigonometric series has been developed. This makes it possible to reduce the considered problems to Mathieu-Hill-type equations taking into account energy dissipation, which are solved by the method of harmonic linearization, which allows to determine the boundaries of the regions of dynamic instability.

Thermoelastic stability of thin CNT-reinforced composite cylindrical panels with elastically restrained edges under nonuniform in-plane temperature distribution

In order to fill the evident lack of investigations on nonlinear response of nanocomposite curved panels under nonuniform temperature, this paper aims to analyze the nonlinear thermoelastic stability of cylindrical panels made of carbon nanotube (CNT) reinforced composite, rested on elastic foundations and subjected to sinusoidal-type in-plane temperature distribution. Reinforcement is carried out through functional rules of CNT volume fraction. An extended rule of mixture is adopted to estimate the effective properties of CNT-reinforced composite. Governing equations are derived based on classical shell theory accounting for von Kármán–Donnell nonlinearity, initial imperfection, interactive pressure from elastic foundation, and preexisting lateral pressure. In addition, the elasticity of in-plane constraints of boundary edges is included. Approximate analytical solutions are assumed to satisfy simply supported boundary conditions and Galerkin procedure is adopted to derive nonlinear closed-form relation between thermal load and deflection. Parametric studies are carried out and interesting remarks are obtained. The present study finds that, unlike case of uniform temperature rise, thermal instability of cylindrical panels under sinusoidal temperature distribution still occurs even though all edges are movable and load carrying capacity is the weakest for an intermediate value of CNT volume fraction. Under sinusoidal temperature distribution, the cylindrical panel may be deflected at the onset of loading and, for the most part, has no longer bifurcation-type buckling response. Furthermore, small values of preexisting external pressure have beneficial influences on the stability of nanocomposite cylindrical panels under nonuniform thermal loads.