Shock-sensitivity in shell-like structures: with simulations of spherical shell buckling

DOI10.1142/S0218127416300032zbMATH Open1334.74038arXiv1509.06803OpenAlexW2300899990MaRDI QIDQ2800705FDOQ2800705

Authors: J. Michael T. Thompson, Jan Sieber 

Publication date: 18 April 2016

Published in: International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Applied Sciences and Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Under increasing compression, an unbuckled shell is in a metastable state which becomes increasingly precarious as the buckling load is approached. So to induce premature buckling a lateral disturbance will have to overcome a decreasing energy barrier which reaches zero at buckling. Two archetypal problems that exhibit a severe form of this behaviour are the axially-compressed cylindrical shell and the externally pressurized spherical shell. Focussing on the cylinder, a non-destructive technique was recently proposed to estimate the 'shock sensitivity' of a laboratory specimen using a lateral probe to measure the nonlinear load-deflection characteristic. If a symmetry-breaking bifurcation is encountered on the path, computer simulations showed how this can be suppressed by a controlled secondary probe. Here, we extend our understanding by assessing in general terms how a single control can capture remote saddle solutions: in particular how a symmetric probe could locate an asymmetric solution. Then, more specifically, we analyse the spherical shell with point and ring probes, to test the procedure under challenging conditions to assess its range of applicability. Rather than a bifurcation, the spherical shell offers the challenge of a de-stabilizing fold (limit point) under the rigid control of the probe.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.06803

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zbMATH Keywords

stabilitynondestructive testingimperfection sensitivitycontrolled probesshell buckling experimentsshell buckling theoryshock-sensitivity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical approximation of solutions of dynamical problems in solid mechanics (74H15) Stability of dynamical problems in solid mechanics (74H55) Shells (74K25) Bifurcation and buckling (74G60)

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