Static analysis of a thick laminated circular cylindrical shell subjected to axisymmetric load

Chandrashekhara, K and Kumar, BS (1993) Static analysis of a thick laminated circular cylindrical shell subjected to axisymmetric load. In: Composite Structures, 23 (1). pp. 1-9.

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Abstract

An exact solution for a thick, transversely isotropic, simply supported, circular cylindrical shell subjected to axisymmetric load has been obtained by using a displacement function approach. This solution has been extended to unidirectional hybrid laminates. However, this solution in general is not applicable to cross-ply laminates. An approximate solution using an elasticity approach also has been presented for the analysis of hybrid and cross-ply laminates.The results obtained from the approximate solution have been compared with the exact solution. Numerical results have been presented for 3-ply laminates subjected to sinusoidal and band loads. To make the method computationally efficient, particularly for a laminated shell, a transfer matrix approach has been presented and the application of this has been illustrated through an example of a 10-ply laminated shell.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Composite Structures
Publisher:	Elsevier
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier.
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Civil Engineering
Date Deposited:	05 Sep 2006
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:30
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/8112

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