A GENERALIZED FINITE-DIFFERENCE SOLUTION OF AXISYMMETRIC ELASTIC STRESS STATES IN THIN SHELLS OF REVOLUTION
Abstract
A generalized finite-difference method for the determination of axisymmetric elastic stress states in thin shells of revolution is presented. Orthotropy, arbitrarily varying thickness and loading along the meridian, temperature variation both along the meridian and through the thickness, variation of material properties with respect to temperature, and linearized large deflection effects are considered. For isotropic shells of uniform temperature, the governing equations of equilibrium and compatibility, with the large deflection effects neglected, reduce to the finite-difference equivalent oian elimination method by specializing the technique of application to the band matrix of the problem. Numerical results are compared with those given by other methods, and the procedure used in obtaining a small-deflection solution to a missile pressure chamber problem is outlined. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0264445
Entities
People
- Ralph E. Hubka
Organizations
- TRW Inc.