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The paper outlines a numerical method for stability analysis of cylindrical shells with initial imperfections. We solve a nonlinear buckling problem for a cylindrical shell with variable wall thickness under surface pressure. The imperfections of the shell are modeled as the first buckling mode. A probabilistic approach is used to determine the reliability against buckling of the cylindrical shell with the probability density of initial imperfections represented by uniform distribution, triangular distribution, or Gaussian distribution [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper studies the stress rupture behavior of a reinforced viscoelastic composite through which a penny-shaped mode I crack propagates under a constant load. The composite has hexagonal symmetry and consists of elastic isotropic fibers and viscoelastic isotropic matrix. The material is modeled as a transversely isotropic homogeneous viscoelastic medium with effective characteristics. The crack is in the isotropy plane. The ring-shaped fracture process zone at the crack front is modeled by a modified Dugdale zone with time-dependent stresses. The viscoelastic properties of the matrix are characterized using a resolvent integral operator. Use is made of Volterra's principle, the method of operator continued fractions, and the theory of precritical crack growth in viscoelastic bodies. The problem is reduced to nonlinear integral equations. Numerical results are obtained for certain components of the composite, constant volume fractions, and different fracture strengths [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper compares two approaches to determining the axisymmetric elastoplastic stress-strain state of laminated shells made of isotropic and transversely isotropic materials with different elastic moduli in tension and compression. The approaches use different nonlinear constitutive equations describing the elastic deformation of the transversally isotropic bimodulus materials. Both approaches employ the theory of deformation along paths of small curvature and the Kirchhoff-Love hypothesis for the whole laminate to describe the deformation of the isotropic materials. The problem is solved by the method of successive approximations. The solutions of specific problems obtained by the two approaches are analyzed [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is concerned with dynamic problems in fracture mechanics for elastic solids having cracks with contacting faces. The contact problem for a penny-shaped crack with a nonzero initial opening under normally incident harmonic wave is solved by the method of boundary integral equations. The solutions are compared with those that neglect the contact interaction of the crack faces. Results are presented for different values of the initial crack opening [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents experimental results on elastic deformation of perforated thin plates made of glass-fiber laminate and subjected to weak shock waves. The characteristics of the dynamic process in the plates are determined [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents experimental results on the deformation, local buckling, and fracture of D16AT plates with two parallel edge cracks under tension. The distribution of strains and deflections over typical cross-sections and buckling modes are determined. The influence of the crack length and the distance between the cracks on the local buckling stresses and breaking stresses is studied. The effect of local buckling on the strength of the plate is evaluated [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper reports on the results from an experimental study of the nonlinear deformation of the elastic bottom of and the free liquid surface in a rigid shell. The shell and liquid interact with each other and with a cluster of gas bubbles produced by vibrational excitation [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a rigorous procedure, based on the concepts of nonlinear continuum mechanics, to derive nonlinear wave equations that describe the propagation and interaction of plane hyperelastic waves. The nonlinearity is introduced by the Signorini potential and represents the quadratic nonlinearity of all governing relations with respect to displacements. A configuration (state) of the elastic medium dependent on the abscissa is analyzed. Analytic transformations are used to go over from the Eulerian to the Lagrangian description of nonlinear deformation and from the invariants of the Almansi finite-strain tensor to the invariants of the Cauchy-Green finite-strain tensor. Nonlinear wave equations describing the propagation of plane longitudinal and transverse waves in Signorini’s materials are derived, and the strain and true-stress tensors are analytically expressed in terms of the deformation gradient. These wave equations are compared with those based on the Murnaghan model. Their similarities and differences are indicated. It is shown that the new Signorini constant can be identified from the Lamé and Murnaghan constants [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper reports on the results from analysis of some nonclassical fracture problems that allow for stresses along cracks. The results have been obtained by the author and his collaborators at the Institute of Mechanics (Kiev) since 1980 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper proposes an approach to solving three-dimensional stress problems for hollow orthotropic cylinders with noncircular cross section and certain end conditions. The approach is based on the method of separation of generatrix and directrix variables, discrete Fourier series, and the stable method of discrete orthogonalization. The results of analysis of an orthotropic cylinder are presented [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The statement of static problems for elastoplastic spherical shells with a number of identical circular holes is presented and the technique of numerical solution of nonlinear problems of the given class is developed. The technique is based on the use of the secondary-stress and variational vector-difference methods. For a shell under internal pressure, it is studied how plastic deformations and geometrical parameters affect distributions of stresses, strains, and displacements in the zone of their concentration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Methods and results of studying the three-dimensional viscoplastic stress-strain state of engineering structures under thermomechanical loading are presented. The following classes of thermoviscoelastic problems are considered: axisymmetric problems, nonaxisymmetric problems for bodies of revolution, three-dimensional problems for arbitrarily shaped bodies, three-dimensional problems for isotropic and anisotropic bodies of revolution [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The stress-strain state of thin spherical, conical, and ellipsoidal shells made of nonlinear elastic orthotropic composites is analyzed numerically. The methods of successive approximations, the finite-difference method, and an original algorithm for the numerical discretization of a plane curve are used. The effect of the orthotropy and nonlinearity of composite materials, the geometry of shells, and the stiffness of the reinforcement (rings, inclusions) on the stress-strain state is studied [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The analytical expressions for the elements of the Jacobian matrix of the tensor-matrix system of FEM equations that describes the large deformations of an incompressible elastic body are derived using derivatives with respect to a tensor argument. The results are obtained for the general three-dimensional case, including the case of plane strain. The stress-strain state of a hollow square prism turned inside out is determined with a numerical method using the Jacobian matrix [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The studies on the deformation and short- and long-term damage of homogeneous and composite materials are systematized. In the case of short-term damage, a single microdamage is modeled by an empty quasispherical pore formed in place of a microvolume damaged in accordance with the Huber-Mises or Schleicher-Nadai failure criterion. The ultimate microstrength is assumed to be a random function of coordinates. In the case of long-term damage, the damage of a single microvolume is characterized by its stress-rupture strength determined by the dependence of the time to brittle fracture on the difference between the equivalent stress and its limit, which is the ultimate strength. The equation of porosity balance at an arbitrary time and the equations relating macrostresses and macrostrains constitute a closed system. Algorithms of calculating the dependence of microdamage and macrostresses on time and macrostrains are developed. The effect of temperature and the resistance of particles of damaged material on the curves is studied [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The failure criterion for a microvolume is characterized by its stress-rupture strength. It is determined by the dependence of the time to brittle fracture on the difference between the equivalent stress and its limit, which is the ultimate strength, according to the Schleicher-Nadai failure criterion, and assumed to be a random function of coordinates. An equation of damage (porosity) balance in the layers at an arbitrary time is formulated taking into account the thermal component. Algorithms of calculating the time dependence of microdamage and macrostresses are developed. Corresponding curves are plotted. The effect of temperature on the deformation and microdamage of the layers is studied [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The plane problem for a cracked body with a piecewise-linear stress-strain diagram under tension is reduced by the Fourier transformation to a system of nonlinear algebraic equations. The system is numerically solved for plane strain and stress states of a perfect elastoplastic material to study plastic zones, stress and strain distributions, and displacements of crack faces [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The equations describing thermoelastoplastic deformation along nonstraight paths and taking into account the third invariant of the stress deviator are experimentally validated. The equations contain two scalar functions that are specified in base tests on tubular specimens. The test data are tabulated. The values of the scalar functions for strains, temperature, and stress mode are found by using nonlinear interpolation of the data and the temperature similarity of the functions. The stresses in elements of the body are calculated from given strains by the method of successive approximations [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

technique to determine the axisymmetric elastoplastic state of thin shells with allowance for the third invariant of the stress deviator is developed. The technique is based on the theory of thin shells that takes into account transverse shear and torsional strains. Plastic equations that relate the components of the stress tensor in Eulerian coordinates with the linear components of the finite-strain tensor are used as constitutive equations. The nonlinear scalar functions in the constitutive equations are found from base tests on tubular specimens under proportional loading for different stress modes. The boundary-value problem is solved by numerically integrating a system of ordinary differential equations [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

method for solving boundary-value problems of plasticity with allowance for the stress mode is developed. To describe the elastoplastic deformation of an isotropic material, use is made of constitutive equations that include two nonlinear functions dependent on the stress mode and determined experimentally. The elastoplastic state of a thin cylindrical shell under axisymmetric loading is calculated as a numerical example. The numerical results demonstrate good convergence of the method. The effect of the stress mode on the strain distribution in a cylindrical shell is assessed [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The results of theoretical and experimental studies of contact interaction in frame-and-shell structures under local loading are analyzed. Contact problems for elements of frame-and-shell structures and structures with various foundations such as supports are solved. Critical states (local instability and ultimate plasticity) of frame-and-shell structures under local loading are examined. Numerous experimental results are presented [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The results obtained in setting up a theory of stability of fibrous and laminated composites in the case where the plane Π is in an arbitrary position are analyzed. The plane Π is formed by the points of a buckling mode that have equal phases relative to the line of compression. This theory follows from the linearized three-dimensional theory of stability of deformable bodies and is used to determine the critical compressive load and the associated position of the plane Π. Numerical examples are presented. A brief historical sketch is given [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Linearized solid mechanics is used to solve an axisymmetric problem for an infinite body with a periodic set of coaxial cracks. Two nonclassical fracture mechanisms are considered: fracture of a body with initial stresses acting in parallel to crack planes and fracture of materials compressed along cracks. Numerical results are obtained for highly elastic materials described by the Bartenev–Khazanovich, Treloar, and harmonic elastic potentials. The dependence of the fracture parameters on the loading conditions, the physical and mechanical characteristics of the material, and the geometrical parameters is analyzed [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The influence of the length of a mode I crack on the plastic zone in an anisotropic body under hard loading is studied. The case of a generalized plane stress state is examined. A boundary-value problem is solved numerically to study the behavior of the main plastic zone at the crack tip, the additional plastic zone on the lateral face of the body, and the merged plastic zone [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Bodner-Partom nonisothermal flow model and the generalized method of harmonic linearization are used to calculate the complex shear modulus and compliance for AMg-6 aluminum alloy. The strain-and stress-controlled cycles of loading in the temperature range 20–400°C are considered. The correspondence between the shear modulus and the compliance is studied. It is similar to the inverse proportionality condition in the theory of linear viscoelasticity. It is established that representing the modulus and compliance as functions of the strain amplitude is better than as functions of the stress amplitude due to the universal description of the characteristics for soft and hard cycles and high accuracy of correspondence [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A modified δc-model is used to study the limiting state of an orthotropic plate weakened by a periodic row of collinear cracks and satisfying a general failure criterion. The failure mechanism of the plate is analyzed.Astudy is made of the effects of the degree of orthotropy, the biaxiality of external loading, and the geometrical parameters on the fracture process zones at the crack tips and the limiting state of the plate. The safe loading of an orthotropic viscoelastic plate with a periodic row of collinear cracks is examined. The effect of the rheological parameters on the safe-load region is studied [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The coupled equations of inhomogeneous deformation and short-time damage are formulated for problems of three-dimensional elasticity, plane strain, and plane stress. Initial representations based on the stochastic inhomogeneity of macrostrength are given. A special case of microstrength distribution which simplifies the equations is examined. The cylindrical bending of an elastic layer is considered as a numerical example [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The problems of nonlinear deformation of a thin current-carrying shell under the coupled action of an unsteady electromagnetic field and a mechanical field are studied. The nonlinear magneto-elastic kinetic equations, the physical equations, the geometric equations, the electrodynamics equations, and the expressions of Lorentz force of a thin current-carrying shell under the action of a coupled field are given. Normal Cauchy form nonlinear differential equations, which include ten basic unknown functions in all, are obtained by the variable replacement method. Using the difference and quasilinearization methods, the nonlinear magneto-elastic equations are reduced to a sequence of quasilinear differential equations, which can be solved by the method of discrete orthogonalization. Numerical solutions for the stresses and deformations in the thin current-carrying strip-shell with two simply supported edges are obtained by considering a specific example. The results that the stresses and deformations in a thin current-carrying strip-shell with two simply supported edges change with variation of the electromagnetic parameters are discussed, through a special case. It is shown that the deformations of the shell can be controlled by changing the electromagnetic parameters [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A system of boundary integral equations that allows evaluating the displacement and stress fields for an interfacial crack under harmonic loading is presented. Expressions for the integral kernels are obtained. A numerical solution for a penny-shaped crack between steel and aluminum half-spaces under normally incident compression-rarefaction wave is given [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The elastoplastic state of isotropic homogeneous cylindrical shells with elliptic holes and finite deflections under internal pressure is studied. Problems are formulated and numerically solved taking into account physical and geometrical nonlinearities. The distribution of stresses (displacements, strains) along the boundary of the hole and in the zone of their concentration is analyzed. The data obtained are compared with the numerical solutions of the physically nonlinear, geometrically nonlinear, and linear problems. The stress-strain state of cylindrical shells in the neighborhood of the elliptic hole is analyzed with allowance for nonlinear factors [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The elastoplastic state of thin conical shells with a curvilinear (circular) hole is analyzed assuming finite deflections. The distribution of stresses, strains, and displacements along the hole boundary and in the zone of their concentration are studied. The stress-strain state around a circular hole in shells subject to internal pressure of prescribed intensity is analyzed taking into account two nonlinear factors [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The elastoplastic state of thin cylindrical shells weakened by a curvilinear (circular) hole is analyzed considering finite deflections. The shells are made of an isotropic homogeneous material. The load is internal pressure of given intensity. The distributions of stresses (strains, displacements) along the hole boundary and in the zone of their concentration are studied. The results obtained are compared with solutions that account for physical (plastic strains) or geometrical (finite deflections) nonlinearity alone and with a numerical linear elastic solution. The stress-strain state around a circular hole is analyzed for different geometries in the case where both nonlinearities are taken into account [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The structural theory of short-term damage is generalized to the case where the undamaged components of a particulate composite deform nonlinearly under loads that induce a compound stress state. The basis for this generalization is the stochastic elasticity equations for a particulate composite with porous components whose skeletons deform nonlinearly. Damage in a microvolume of the material is assumed to occur in accordance with the Huber-Mises failure criterion. Balance equations for damaged microvolume are derived for the physically nonlinear materials of the components. Together with the macrostress-macrostrain relationship for a particulate composite with porous nonlinear components, they constitute a closed-form system of equations. This system describes the coupled processes of physically nonlinear deformation and microdamage. Algorithms for calculating the microdamage-macrostrain relationship and plotting stress-strain curves are proposed. Such curves are plotted for the case where the composite is subjected to a combination of normal and tangential loads, and microdamages occur in the linearly hardened matrix and do not in the linearly elastic inclusions. The stress-strain curves are examined depending on the volume fraction of inclusions and presence of tangential stresses [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An exact analytical solution is found to a nonlinear boundary-value deformation problem for a long noncircular cylindrical shell of variable curvature. The shell is subject to bending moments at the edges. The dependence of the stress-strain state of the shell on the curvature is analyzed [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The structural theory of short-term damage is used to study the coupled processes of deformation and microdamage of a physically nonlinear material in a combined stress state. The basis for the analysis is the stochastic elasticity equations for a physically nonlinear porous medium. Damage in a microvolume of the material is assumed to occur in accordance with the Huber-Mises failure criterion. The balance equation for damaged microvolumes is derived and added to the macrostress-macrostrain relations to produce a closed-form system of equations. It describes the coupled processes of nonlinear deformation and microdamage of the porous material. Algorithms are developed for calculating the dependence of microdamage on macrostresses and macrostrains and plotting stress-strain curves for a homogeneous material under either biaxial normal loading or combined normal and tangential loading. The plots are analyzed depending on the type of stress state [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The bifurcation instability problem for rectangular plates made of physically nonlinear materials progressively damaged with increasing load is formulated and solved [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The electroelastic state of a bent inhomogeneous piezoceramic cylinder with sliding restraints at the ends is examined. The boundary-value problem is reduced to a system of 12 k ( k = 1, 2,...) integro-differential equations. Expressions for stresses characterizing the stress state of the cylinder are derived. Relative hoop stresses are calculated [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Local buckling and fracture of plates with an edge crack under tension are studied. The crack is at an arbitrary angle to the load line. The relationship between the crack-growth initiation stress and the bending strain is established [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A numerical analysis is made of the joint effect of two factors of asymmetry—ellipticity and eccentricity—on the stress distribution near a free hole in a spherical shell. The nature of deformation is determined by the predominant factor. Whether there are “fixed” points on the graphs of stress distribution around a small hole at which they intersect depends on how rigidly the outer edge is fixed. As the rigidity of fixation is increased, the points smear [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

General principles are formulated for modeling the elastic deformation of materials and analyzing plane waves in nonlinearly elastic materials such as hyperelastic, hypoelastic, and those governed by the general law of elasticity. The results of studying the propagation of plane waves in hypoelastic materials are further outlined. The influence of initial stresses and initial velocities on the types and number of plane waves is studied. Wave effects characteristic of hypoelastic materials are predicted theoretically. One of such effects is blocking of certain types of plane waves by initial stresses [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nonstationary axisymetric waves in a disk excited by an impulsive radial load are analyzed numerically. The nonlinear deformation of the material is described by the Bodner-Partom model. The model parameters are derived from experimental data for samples subjected to tension followed by compression over a wide range of strain rates. The temporal and spatial characteristics of the wave process are studied. The influence of hardening on wave focusing and residual strain distribution is examined [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The problem of contact interaction of the opposite faces of a linear crack under a normally incident harmonic tension-compression wave is numerically solved by the Galerkin method with piecewise-linear continuous elements. The dependence of the stress intensity factor (opening mode) on the wave number is investigated [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The finite-element method is used together with the theory of growing bodies to model the residual stress-strain state of cylindrical bodies with built-up layers. The case of two built-up layers is analyzed. Numerical and experimental results are compared [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A method is proposed to allow for the difference of the tensile and compressive moduli of compound orthotropic bodies of revolution subject to nonaxisymmetric loading and heating. The compliance matrix is symmetrized by introducing weighting coefficients that take into account the influence of the sign of stresses in two mutually perpendicular directions on the corresponding coefficients of this matrix [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The nonlinearity of the creep of nylon fibers is justified based on the similarity of a set of isochronous creep curves, which also includes the instantaneous deformation curve. Nonlinear hereditary constitutive equations of creep are derived. The real values of the influence function are determined as the basic rheological characteristic of the material. The applicability of Boltzmann's, Abel's, Rzhanitsyn's, and Rabotnov's kernels is estimated quantitatively. The choice of an Abel-type kernel is justified. The calculated and experimental data are in satisfactory agreement for a loading duration of up to 1,000 hours and an order of magnitude change in the stresses [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Dugdale crack model is generalized to the case of plane strain. The governing equations are set up to determine the stresses in the plastic zone. Numerical results from specific problems are analyzed and compared with those for plane stress state and other cases. A relationship between the crack model and KI- T theory is established in the case of small-scale yielding at the crack tip [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The linearity domain for the viscoelastic properties of high-molecular organic fibers is determined. The linearity criteria are coincidence of experimental compliance curves and linearity of isochronic creep curves. Statistical criteria are used to establish linearity. The influence function in the constitutive equation of linear viscoelasticity is an Abel-type power kernel. The calculated and experimental creep strains are in good agreement both at the initial stage of deformation and after long-term loading [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A mathematical model is proposed to describe the static deformation of a unidirectional fiber-reinforced composite under plane-strain conditions in a plane perpendicular to the fiber direction. The model is based on the stochastic static equations for an elastic homogeneous two-component medium with nonzero body forces. Applying the method of conditional moments and double Fourier transform yields a nonlocal model in the form of integro-differential equations. Expanding the integral kernels into series in expansion coefficients yields differential equations whose order depends on the number of terms in the series. The zero-order approximation leads to the theory of effective moduli, the first-order approximation to the refined theory of effective moduli, and the second-order approximation to fourth-order equilibrium equations for mean displacements (mathematical expectations) and formulas for displacements, strains, and stresses averaged over the composite and its components. All the coefficients in theses formulas are expressed in terms of the elastic constants of the components and the geometric parameters of the structure. The model is valid for heavy stress gradients. In a particular case, the static theory of two-component elastic mixtures follows from the model [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The interaction of creep and fatigue in structural materials under high-cycle loading is modeled using isochronic limit stress diagrams. The hypothesis of a unified limit diagram invariant to the time to failure is used. The unified diagram is given by a cosine power function with the exponent describing creep-fatigue interaction and encompasses convex, concave, and S-like curves. The models build are tested for aluminum alloys, heat-resistant steels, creep-resistant steels and alloys, and laminates [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A method is proposed for the numerical analysis of the thermoelastoplastic stress-strain state of laminated shells of revolution, made of isotropic and orthotropic materials, under axisymmetric loading. The method is based on the Kirchhoff-Love hypotheses for a layer stack, the theory of deformation along paths of small curvature for isotropic materials, and Hill’s theory of flow with isotropic hardening for orthotropic materials. The problem is solved by the method of successive approximations. A numerical example is given. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]