Modeling of Dynamic Thermo-Elastic-Viscous-Plastic Deformation of Flexible Shallow Reinforced Shells

Abstract

A mathematical model of non-isothermal elastic-viscous-plastic deformation of flexible shallow shells with multidirectional reinforcement structures has been developed. Wave processes and weak resistance to transverse shear in curved panels are modeled in terms of Ambartsumian’s bending theory. The geometric nonlinearity of the problem is taken into account in the Karman approximation. The composition components are assumed to be isotropic materials, and their plasticity is described by the flow theory with a loading function depending on the strain rate and temperature. The connectedness of the thermomechanical problem under dynamic loading of composite shallow shells is taken into account. In the transverse direction of constructions, the temperature is approximated by a 7th order polynomial. The formulated two-dimensional nonlinear initial-boundary value problem is solved using an explicit numerical scheme of time steps. The thermo-elastic-visco-plastic and thermo-elastic-plastic behavior of fiberglass and metal-composite shallow shells orthogonally reinforced in two tangential directions, loaded in the transverse direction by an air blast wave, has been studied. It is shown that flexible curved fiberglass panels at certain points can additionally heat up by 14…27°C, and similar metal-composite conctructions – by 70°С or more. In this case, peak temperature values are kept at short-term intervals – on the order of fractions of 1 ms. It is shown that, unlike flexible plates, similar shallow shells (with the same reinforcement structure and the same characteristic dimensions) under dynamic loading in the transverse direction must be calculated not only taking into account the dependence of the plastic properties of the composition components on their strain rate, but also taking into account thermal response in such thin-walled constructions. A more intense inelastic deformation of curved composite panels is observed when they are loaded from the side of the convex front surface.