TY - JOUR
T1 - Buckling optimization of laminated truncated conical shells subjected to external hydrostatic compression
AU - Hu, Hsuan Teh
AU - Chen, Hsien Chih
N1 - Funding Information:
This research work was financially supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Republic of China under Grant MOST 103-2221-E-006-275 .
PY - 2018/2/15
Y1 - 2018/2/15
N2 - Buckling analyses of laminated truncated conical shells subjected to external hydrostatic compression are carried out by employing the Abaqus finite element program. The critical buckling loads of these truncated conical shells with a given material system are maximized with respect to fiber orientations by using the golden section method. Through parametric studies, the influences of the end condition, shell thickness, shell length, shell radius ratio and cutout size on the optimal buckling loads, the associated optimal fiber orientations and the associated buckling modes are demonstrated and discussed.
AB - Buckling analyses of laminated truncated conical shells subjected to external hydrostatic compression are carried out by employing the Abaqus finite element program. The critical buckling loads of these truncated conical shells with a given material system are maximized with respect to fiber orientations by using the golden section method. Through parametric studies, the influences of the end condition, shell thickness, shell length, shell radius ratio and cutout size on the optimal buckling loads, the associated optimal fiber orientations and the associated buckling modes are demonstrated and discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.compositesb.2017.09.065
DO - 10.1016/j.compositesb.2017.09.065
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85030866628
VL - 135
SP - 95
EP - 109
JO - Composites Part B: Engineering
JF - Composites Part B: Engineering
SN - 1359-8368
ER -