Abstract: This paper presents an analytical procedure for predicting instability loads of composite tires using a simplified tire model. The tire is modeled as a closed composite torus with geometric nonlinearities. The equations ...

Abstract: The symbolic manipulator Mathematica is used to model the nonlinear dynamic behavior of closed, elastic toroidal shells. Transverse shears are neglected and the nonlinearities are of the Von Kármán type. Two fiber-reinforcing ...

Abstract: The method of multiple scales is used to analyze the nonlinear response of infinitely long, circular cylindrical shells (thin circular rings) in the presence of a two-to-one internal (autoparametric) ...