Axial buckling of composite cylindrical shells with periodic thickness variation
College
Engineering and Computer Science
Department
Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Document Type
Article
Publication/Event/Conference Title
Computers and Structures
Publication Status
Version of Record
Abstract
This study addresses the effect of thickness variation on the stability of the composite cylindrical shells under axial compression. Various lamination configurations and three commonly used composite materials are considered. Numerical results show that certain types of thickness variation patterns can greatly reduce the classical buckling load. Results indicate that the most detrimental effect of the thickness variation occurs when the wave number of the thickness variation is twice that of the classical buckling mode. For this case, an asymptotic formula is established by use of a computer algebra, which relates the buckling load reduction rate to the thickness variation parameter. © 1995.
First Page
65
Last Page
74
DOI
10.1016/0045-7949(94)00527-A
Publication Date
7-3-1995
Recommended Citation
Li, Y. W.; Elishakoff, I.; and Starnes, J. H., "Axial buckling of composite cylindrical shells with periodic thickness variation" (1995). Faculty Scholarship. 542.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/faculty_papers/542