Imperfection sensitivity analysis of composite cylindrical shells using Koiter’s method

E. J. Barbero, A. Madeo, G. Zagari, R. Zinno, G. Zucco

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Abstract

The novel methodology for imperfection sensitivity analysis, presented in Barbero et al. [1], is here applied for the evaluation of limit load of composite cylindrical shells. Koiter’s perturbation method is used to calculate the imperfection paths emanating from mode interaction bifurcations, and the Monte Carlo method is used to test a large number of modes and all possible interactions among them. The computational cost is low because of the efficiency of Koiter’s method. The demands of Koiter’s method for accurate evaluations of higher order derivatives of the potential energy are met by a mixed, corotational element.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)105-111
Number of pages7
JournalInternational Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics
Volume18
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Jan 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Composite cylinder
  • corotational kinematics
  • imperfection sensitivity
  • Koiter’s asymptotic approach
  • Monte Carlo

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