APPLICATION OF THE MATRIX DISPLACEMENT METHOD TO THE LINEAR ELASTIC ANALYSIS OF SHELLS OF REVOLUTION,
Abstract
The report describes the application of the matrix displacement method to the linear elastic analysis of shells of revolution. The shell is idealized as a series of conical frusta, joined at nodal circles. The use of this idealization to handle asymmetric deformations is demonstrated. It is shown how approximations to the mass and stiffness matrices may be consistently derived; these may then be used to solve both static and dynamic problems. The effect on the results of static analyses of improving the approximation to the stiffness matrix is demonstrated and discussed. Results of static analyses of several shell configurations are presented and these are compared with solutions by other methods. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0615121
Entities
People
- Dhirendra R. Navaratna
- John H. Percy
- Stanley Klein
- Theodore H. H. Pian
Organizations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology