Experimental and Numerical Analysis of a Composite Thin-Walled Cylindrical Structures with Different Variants of Stiffeners, Subjected to Torsion.

Tomasz Kopecki,Przemysław Mazurek,Tomasz Lis

doi:10.3390/ma12193230

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Abstract

The aim of the study was to determine the impact of the use of isogrid stiffeners on the stress and displacement distribution of a thin-walled cylindrical shell made of layered composites subjected to torsion. It also strives to define criteria for assessing the results of non-linear numerical analysis of models of the examined structures by comparing them with the results of the model experiment. The study contains the results of experimental research using models made of glass–epoxy composites and the results of numerical analyses in non-linear terms. The experiment was carried out using a special test stand. The research involved two types of considered structures. The results of the research allowed to create the concept of an adequate numerical model in terms of the finite element method, allowing to determine the distribution of stress and strain in the components of the studied structures. Simultaneously, the obtained conformity between the results of non-linear numerical analyses and the experiment allows to consider the results of analyses of the modified model in order to determine the properties of different stiffening variants as reliable. The presented research allows to determine the nature of the deformation of composite thin-walled structures in which local loss of stability of the covering is acceptable in the area of post-critical loads.

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Research devoted to the issue of loss of stability of systems that are elements of load-bearing structures used in technology, generally focuses on problems related to determining the value of critical loads
In the case of a reference structure containing areas of coverage characterized by a high ratio of curvature to their surface area, the post-critical deformations occurred with pronounced skips, which was reflected in the occurrence of a linear section and refraction of the characteristic and a further significant increase in the torsion angle of the structure with relatively small increase of torsional moment
The analysis analysis of the nature nature of of post-critical post-critical deformations deformations of the considered considered systems systems and and the the comparison of their masses, reveals a number of advantages of a structural solution based on an isogrid comparison of their masses, reveals a number of advantages of a structural solution based on an integral stiffener.stiffener

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Research devoted to the issue of loss of stability of systems that are elements of load-bearing structures used in technology, generally focuses on problems related to determining the value of critical loads. Analyses of post-critical conditions of structures become much more rarely the subjects thereof. This is due to the fact that in the vast majority of technical fields, the moment of loss of stability by the structure is identified with its destruction [1,2]. One of the principles, referring to the most commonly used in aviation metal structures, allows for post-critical deformations of selected types of systems, in the scope of operational loads [3,4]. Due to the need to minimize the mass of the object, loss of stability of the covering under operating conditions is allowed, if this phenomenon is elastic and occurs locally, i.e., within the shell segment limited by skeleton elements. The exceptions are coverings, e.g., of wing torsion box and other parts of the structure responsible for ensuring its appropriate torsional stiffness, as well as fragments of coverings, where large deformations are not desirable due to the need to maintain the aerodynamic properties [5,6]

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