• Title of article

    Local Imperfection Effects on Thermal Buckling Behavior of Composite Fiber Reinforced Truncated Conical Liner

  • Author/Authors

    Hosseini Kordkheili, S.A Department of Aerospace Engineering - Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran , Soltani, Z Department of Aerospace Engineering - Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran , Merati, A Department of Aerospace Engineering - Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

  • Pages
    14
  • From page
    21
  • To page
    34
  • Abstract
    Thermal buckling behavior of truncated conical liner reinforced by laminated composite is investigated in the presence of a general initial imperfection. For this purpose, the method of virtual work and first-order strain-deformation shell theory are employed to extract equilibrium equations. To this end, a finite element code is developed using the 3D 8-node shell element with six degrees of freedom as an analysis tool. Also, the variation of thickness in conical composite shell is considered. Several problems withc-c, s-s, c-f boundary conditions are solved using code to highlight the effect of imperfection size and position. In this way, the most effective imperfection at each boundary condition is determined.
  • Keywords
    Truncated conical liner , Local imperfection , Thermal buckling , Composite shell , Finite element method
  • Journal title
    Astroparticle Physics
  • Serial Year
    2017
  • Record number

    2451618