Abstract
Laminated composite shells are frequently used in various engineering applications including aerospace, mechanical, marine, and automotive engineering. This article reviews the recent literature on the static analysis of composite shells. It follows up with the previous work published by the first author [1-4] and it is a continuation of another recent article that focused on the dynamics of composite shells [3]. This paper reviews most of the research done in recent years (2000-2010) on the static and buckling behavior (including postbuckling) of composite shells. This review is conducted with an emphasis on the analysis performed (static, buckling, postbuckling, and others), complicating effects in both material (e.g. piezoelectric) and structure (e.g. stiffened shells), and the various shell geometries (cylindrical, conical, spherical and others). Attention is also given to the theory being applied (thin, thick, 3D, nonlinear …). However, more details regarding the theories have been described in previous work [1,3].
Highlights
The use of laminated composite shells in many engineering applications has been expanding rapidly in the past four decades due to their higher strength and stiffness to weight ratios when compared to most metallic materials
This article reviews the recent literature on the static analysis of composite shells
It follows up with the previous work published by the first author [1,2,3,4] and it is a continuation of another recent article that focused on the dynamics of composite shells [3]
Summary
The use of laminated composite shells in many engineering applications has been expanding rapidly in the past four decades due to their higher strength and stiffness to weight ratios when compared to most metallic materials. Composite shells constitute a large percentage of recent aerospace or submarine structures. They are used increasingly in areas such as automotive engineering, biomedical engineering and other applications. Present article reviews only recent research (2000 through 2010) done on the static and buckling analyses of composite shells. It includes stress, deformation, buckling and post buckling analyses under mechanical, thermal, hygrothermal or electrical loading. In which various boundary conditions and/or shell geometries are considered, buckling and post-buckling problems, and research dealing with thermal and/or hygrothermal environments will be reviewed. This will include stiffened shells, shells with cut-outs, shells with imperfections or other complexities
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