Abstract (EN):
This paper concerns the finite element (FE) modeling of anisotropic laminated shells. A discrete
layer approach is employed in this work and a single layer is first considered and isolated
from the multilayer shell structure. The weak form of the governing equations of the
anisotropic single layer of the multilayer shell is derived with Hamilton¿s principle using a
¿mixed¿ (stresses/displacements) definition of the displacement field, which is obtained through
a semi-inverse (stresses/strains-displacements) approach. Results from 3-D elasticity solutions
are used to postulate adequate definitions of the out-of-plane shear stress components, which,
in conjunction with the Reissner-Mindlin theory (or first order shear deformation theory) de-
finitions of the shell in-plane stresses, are utilized to derive the ¿mixed¿ displacement field.
Afterward, the single layer shell FE is ¿regenerated¿ to a 3-D form, which allows interlayer
displacements and out-of-plane stresses continuity between adjacent interfaces of different layers
to be imposed, and a multilayer shell FE is obtained by assembling, at an elemental FE
level, all the ¿regenerated¿ single layer FE contributions. A fully refined shell theory, where
displacement and full out-of-plane stresses continuity and homogeneous stress conditions on
the top and bottom surfaces are assured, is conceptually proposed, and a partially refined shell
theory, where the out-of-plane normal stress continuity is relaxed and a plane stress state is considered,
is developed and used to derive a FE solution for segmented multilayer doubly-curved
anisotropic shells.
Idioma:
Inglês
Tipo (Avaliação Docente):
Científica
Nº de páginas:
44
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