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Title: Nonconservative components of follower forces in the classical shell theory

Conference · · Applied Mechanics Reviews; (United States)
OSTI ID:5563441
 [1];  [2]
  1. Universidade de Sao Paulo (Brazil)
  2. Universidade Federa do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

An analysis of follower forces acting on shell structures is presented. Attention is focused on the expression of such forces as functions of the generalized displacements. Specific expressions for the follower forces are obtained, according to the order of magnitude of the strains and angles of rotation. For small strains the follower forces allow a decomposition into conservative and non-conservative components. This leads to the equations of dynamic stability of shell problems subjected to follower loads. The dynamic counterparts of Donnell-Mushtari-Vlasov stability equations are presented, by either retaining or omitting the prebuckling rotations.

OSTI ID:
5563441
Report Number(s):
CONF-8901202-; CODEN: AMREA
Journal Information:
Applied Mechanics Reviews; (United States), Vol. 42:11; Conference: PACAM '89: 1st Pan American congress of applied mechanics, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Jan 1989; ISSN 0003-6900
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English