Nonlinear elasto-plastic analysis of a sandwich cylindrical shell with core plasticity included

Abstract

In this paper, static response of a sandwich cylindrical shell under elasto-plastic deformation is investigated. The faces are made of some isotropic materials and the core is made of an orthotropic material both with linear work hardening behavior. The faces are modeled as thin cylindrical shells obeying the Kirchhoff-Love assumptions. The core material is modeled as a special orthotropic solid in which its in-plane stresses are assumed to be negligible. The Prandtl-Reuss plastic flow theory and von Mises yield criterion are used in the analysis. The governing equations are derived using the principle of virtual displacements. Using Ritz method, the equations are solved for deformation components. After verification of the results, the analysis is extended by changing the values of different parameters.

Keywords

Sandwich cylindrical shells bi-linear behavior elasto-plasticity core plasticity Ritz method

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