Thermal-Magnetic-Elastic Effect Analysis of a Thin Current-Carrying Conical Frustum Shell*

Abstract

A thermal-magnetic-elastic problem for a thin current-carrying conical frustum shell in a magnetic field is studied. The normal Cauchy form of nonlinear differential equations, which include in total eight basic unknown variables, are obtained by the variable replacement method. Using Newmark’s stable finite equidifferent formulas and the quasi-linearization method, the nonlinear partial differential equations are reduced to a sequence of quasi-linear differential equations, which can be solved by the discrete-orthogonalization method. The temperature field in a thin conical frustum shell and the integral eigenvalues are derived after considering Joule’s heat effect in an electromagnetic field and the thermal equilibrium equation. The change of stresses, displacements, and temperatures in the thin current-carrying conical frustum shell with variation of the electromagnetic parameters is discussed. It is proved that the stresses, strains, and temperatures in thin shells can be controlled by changing the electromagnetic and mechanical parameters by considering a specific example. These results are expected to be a theoretical reference for further analysis of this case.