Finite Element Analysiss Of Composite Cylindrical Shells With And Without Cutouts

Vol.1 No.1

Year: 2012

Issue: Mar-May

Title: Finite Element Analysiss Of Composite Cylindrical Shells With And Without Cutouts   

Author Name: Siva Konda Reddy, Ch.Srikanth , G.Sandeep Kumar   

Synopsis:   

Laminated composite thin cylindrical shells are most widely used structural forms in Aerospace and Missile applications. These structures may experience axial compression loads in their longevity and yield to buckling. Furthermore, these structures usually have disruptions, such as cutouts, which may have adverse effects on their stability and  buckling loads of laminated cylinders can strongly depend on the stacking sequence & number of layers in a laminate. This paper investigates the effect of stacking, number of layers and size & positioning of cutouts on bucking load of a laminated cylindrical shell. ANSYS software is been used for analysis of cylindrical shells