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Structural Engineering and Mechanics
  Volume 19, Number 6, April20 2005 , pages 749-755
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/sem.2005.19.6.749
 


Thermo-elastic stability behavior of laminated cross-ply elliptical shells
B. P. Patel, K. K. Shukla and Y. Nath

 
Abstract
    In this work, thermo-elastic stability behavior of laminated cross-ply elliptical cylindrical shells subjected to uniform temperature rise is studied employing the finite element approach based on higher-order theory that accounts for the transverse shear and transverse normal deformations, and nonlinear in-plane displacement approximations through the thickness with slope discontinuity at the layer interfaces. The combined influence of higher-order shear deformation, shell geometry and non-circularity on the prebuckling thermal stress distribution and critical temperature parameter of laminated elliptical cylindrical shells is examined.
 
Key Words
    laminated shell; cross-ply; thermal buckling; critical temperature; non-circular; higher-order; finite element; elliptical cross-section.
 
Address
B. P. Patel; Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi-110 016, India
K. K. Shukla; Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad-211 004, India
Y. Nath; Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi-110 016, India
 

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