GEOMETRICALLY NONLINEAR DEFORMATION AND BUCKLING OF SMOOTH AND FACETED SHELLS

Abstract

Practical using of curvilinear shape shells is related with significant problems during their production especially for metal structures. Therefore during such shells production curvilinear shape is replaced by faceted. Realization of this method when designing needs additional investigations performing of faceted shells bearing capacity on the basis of appropriate numerical calculation method using. Problems of solving such tasks are practically not displayed in the literature. Break-in of the middle surface affect significantly to the shell stress-strain state. Accounting of temperature fields’ influence in the problems of their stability complicates their behavior research even more. In this paper the research results comparing analysis of static problems about smooth and faceted shells nonlinear deformation and stability under mechanical loads is presented. The problem is solving with using of software that are based on the finite element method: by method that realized the moment finite-element scheme and using software package LIRA. The solving method that used the moment finite-element scheme is based on the geometrically nonlinear equations of the 3D theory of thermoelasticity without application of theory of shells simplifying hypothesis and on the applications of the universal three-dimensional solid finite element.