Computer Analysis of Shells and Composites.
Abstract
Task I Hygrothermal, viscoelastic plane stress and generalized palne strain analysis codes were developed and employed to determine the influence of hygrothermal history on laminate inplane and free edge stresses and dimensional stability. Task II Monographs were written on plastic buckling, stability and optimization of panels, and buckling of shells. The surveys include many examples of nonlinear collapse and bifurcation buckling in which moderately large deflections, nonlinear material effects, and imperfections are accounted for. Their purpose is to give the reader a physical 'feel for thin shell behavior that will help him to design appropriate tests and perform efficient numerical analyses with existing computer programs for the treatemnt of structures composed of thin sections. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA081469
Entities
People
- David Bushnell
- Frank W. Crossman
Organizations
- Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space