Gotkhindi, Tejas P and Simha, KRY (2014) Transverse orthotropic elastic moduli of bundled coated thin elliptical tubes. In: COMPOSITE STRUCTURES, 118 . pp. 178-199.
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Abstract
Light weight structures with tailored mechanical properties have evolved beyond regular hexagonal/circular honeycomb topology. For applications which demand anisotropic mechanical properties, elliptical-celled structures offer interesting features. This paper characterizes the anisotropic in-plane elastic response of coated thin elliptical tubes in different array patterns viz, close-packed, diagonal and rectangular patterns under compression. This paper also extends earlier works on elliptical close-packed structure to a more general case of coated tubes. Theoretical framework using thin ring theory provides formulae in terms of geometric and material parameters. These are compared with a series of FE simulations using contact elements. The FE results are presented as graphs to aid in design. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Item Type: | Journal Article |
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Publication: | COMPOSITE STRUCTURES |
Publisher: | ELSEVIER SCI LTD |
Additional Information: | Copy right for this article belongs to the ELSEVIER SCI LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND |
Keywords: | Coated thin elliptical tubes; Coated elliptical cellular solids; Thin ring theory; Diagonal/rectangular array; Hexagonal array; Power series |
Department/Centre: | Division of Mechanical Sciences > Mechanical Engineering |
Date Deposited: | 04 Dec 2014 04:46 |
Last Modified: | 04 Dec 2014 04:46 |
URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/50352 |
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