The shallow shell approach to Pogorelov's problem and the breakdown of `mirror buckling'

DOI10.1098/RSPA.2015.0732zbMATH Open1371.74199arXiv1604.03686OpenAlexW2330024894WikidataQ54652655 ScholiaQ54652655MaRDI QIDQ5363530FDOQ5363530

Michael Gomez, Dominic Vella, D. E. Moulton

Publication date: 29 September 2017

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present a detailed asymptotic analysis of the point indentation of an unpressurized, spherical elastic shell. Previous analyses of this classic problem have assumed that for sufficiently large indentation depths, such a shell deforms by `mirror buckling' --- a portion of the shell inverts to become a spherical cap with equal but opposite curvature to the undeformed shell. The energy of deformation is then localized in a ridge in which the deformed and undeformed portions of the shell join together, commonly referred to as Pogorelov's ridge. Rather than using an energy formulation, we revisit this problem from the point of view of the shallow shell equations and perform an asymptotic analysis that exploits the largeness of the indentation depth. This reveals first that the stress profile associated with mirror buckling is singular as the indenter is approached. This consequence of point indentation means that mirror buckling must be modified to incorporate the shell's bending stiffness close to the indenter and gives rise to an intricate asymptotic structure with seven different spatial regions. This is in contrast with the three regions (mirror-buckled, ridge and undeformed) that are usually assumed and yields new insight into the large compressive hoop stress that ultimately causes the shell to buckle azimuthally.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.03686

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Shells (74K25) Bifurcation and buckling (74G60)

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• Static bistability of spherical caps
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