Abstract: Methods of analysis are presented for very thick-walled cylindrical, isotropic shells subjected to axially symmetric lateral and in-plane loads. These methods are developed for shells with ratios ...

Abstract: An analysis is presented for the study of the effect of transverse shear deformation on the natural frequencies of layered composite paraboloidal shells. The applicability of linear shell theory ...

Abstract: A mathematical model is developed and methods of analysis are formulated for determining the structural response of the single-lap and symmetric-lap joints composed of generally orthotropic material ...

Abstract: An experimental method for measuring material damping is described, which employs a free-free beam lightly supported at the nodes. A thermal space environment is simulated by measuring the ...

Abstract: A theory for the analysis of stresses in laminated circular cylindrical shells subjected to arbitrary axisymmetric mechanical and thermal loadings has been developed. This theory, specifically for ...

Abstract: In the present paper, using an improved Reissner’s variational theorem along with Berger’s hypothesis, a set of governing equations which include the effects of transverse shear deformation and ...

Abstract: A mathematical model is developed and methods of analysis are formulated for determining the structural response of textile fabric flat panels subjected to ballistic impact by a dense projectile. ...

Abstract: In order to better understand the response of spherical portions of composite material pressure vessels, the stresses and deformations in a thin, specially polar orthotropic shallow spherical ...