Edge Influence Coefficients for Toroidal Shells of Negative Gaussian Curvature

1960 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. D. Galletly

Continuing the work presented in reference [1], the present paper gives additional tables for the edge deformations of constant-thickness toroidal shells subject to edge bending loads and uniform pressure. The two papers together thus cover a wide variety of toroidal shell geometries and enable a designer to calculate in a simple manner the edge moments and shears at toroidal shell junctions.

1960 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. D. Galletly

Tables are given for the edge deformations of constant-thickness toroidal shells subject to uniform pressure and edge bending loads. Over one hundred different shell geometries were investigated and the results are presented in dimensionless form. Possession of these coefficients, which were obtained on a digital computer, means that a rapid and accurate formulation of the compatibility equations at toroidal shell junctions is now possible.


1959 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 577-583
Author(s):  
G. D. Galletly ◽  
J. R. M. Radok

Abstract R. B. Dingle’s method [1] for finding asymptotic solutions of ordinary differential equations of a type such as occur in the bending theory of thin shells of revolution is presented in outline. This method leads to the same results as R. E. Langer’s method [2], recently used for problems of this kind, and permits a simple analytical and less formal interpretation of the asymptotic treatment of such equations. A comparison is given of edge influence coefficients due to bending loads, obtained by use of these asymptotic solutions and numerical integration of the equilibrium equations, respectively. The particular shells investigated are of the open-crown, ellipsoidal, and negative-curvature toroidal types. The results indicate that the agreement between these solutions is satisfactory. In the presence of uniform pressure, the use of the membrane solutions for the determination of the particular integrals appears to lead to acceptable results in the case of ellipsoidal shells. However, in the case of toroidal shells, the membrane and the numerical solutions disagree significantly.


1968 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 160-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaan Kiusalaas ◽  
K. S. Dhanju

The intent of this note is to point out the role of initial displacements (due to manufacturing errors) in the analysis of toroidal shells by linear bending theory. It is shown that the stresses and displacement are very sensitive to small variations of the meridional curvature in the case of uniform pressure. On the other hand, the analysis is comparatively immune to these imperfections when the loading consists of forces or moments applied to the edges of the shell. These conclusions are drawn from the toroidal shell equations of Novozhilov and Zienova, which have been modified such as to include highest-order terms in initial displacements. No solution of the equations is attempted.


Nanoscale ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (37) ◽  
pp. 14208-14214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhongwei Zhang ◽  
Jie Chen ◽  
Baowen Li

From the mathematic category of surface Gaussian curvature, carbon allotropes can be classified into three types: zero curvature, positive curvature, and negative curvature.


1980 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 861-865 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. V. Ranjan ◽  
C. R. Steele

Asymptotic expansions for self-equilibrating edge loading are derived in terms of exponential functions, from which formulas for the stiffness and flexibility edge influence coefficients are obtained, which include the quadratic nonlinear terms. The flexibility coefficients agree with those previously obtained by Van Dyke for the pressurized spherical shell and provide the generalization to general geometry and loading. In addition, the axial displacement is obtained. The nonlinear terms in the differential equations can be identified as “prestress” and “quadratic rotation.” To assess the importance of the latter, the problem of a pressurized spherical cap with roller supported edges is considered. Results show that whether the rotation at the edge is constrained or not, the quadratic rotation terms do not have a large effect on the axial displacement. The effect will be large for problems with small membrane stresses.


2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 1643-1660 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Rickhaus ◽  
Marcel Mayor ◽  
Michal Juríček

Chiral non-planar polyaromatic systems that display zero, positive or negative Gaussian curvature are analysed and their potential to ‘encode’ chirality of larger sp2-carbon allotropes is evaluated. Shown is a hypothetical peanut-shaped carbon allotrope, where helical chirality results from the interplay of various curvature types.


1955 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-24
Author(s):  
G. D. Galletly

Abstract Three methods of obtaining the influence coefficients for a thin, constant-thickness, hemispherical shell with a circular opening at the vertex were investigated and utilized in a numerical example. Bearing in mind both accuracy and calculation time, it was concluded that when the total central angle subtended by the opening is less than approximately 30 deg, good results for the influence coefficient calculation will be obtained by using Method II in the text of the paper.


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