Nonlinear response and failure characteristics of internally pressurized composite cylindrical panels

Thesis/Dissertation · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:6882586

Boitnott, R L

Results of an experimental and analytical study of the nonlinear response and failure characteristics of internally pressurized 4- to 16-ply-thick graphite-epoxy cylindrical panels are presented. Specimens with clamped boundaries simulating the skin between two frames and two stringers of a typical transport fuselage were tested to failure. Failure results of aluminum specimens are compared with the graphite-epoxy test results. The specimens failed at their edges where the local bending gradients and interlaminar stresses are maximum. STAGS nonlinear two-dimensional shell analysis computer code results are used to identify regions of the panels where the response is independent of the axial coordinate. A geometrically nonlinear one-dimensional cylindrical panel analysis was derived and used to determine panel response and interlaminar stresses. Inclusion of the geometric nonlinearity was essential for accurate prediction of panel response. Measurements of panel radius and edge circumferential displacements associated with specimen slipping were also required in the one-dimensional analysis for good correlation between analytical and experimental results. Some panels failed with significant damage in the form of tensile fiber breaks and ply delaminations preceding the ultimate pressure. Other panels failed suddenly without any apparent damage preceding the ultimate pressure.

• Research Organization: Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Blacksburg (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6882586
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
360603* -- Materials-- Properties
ALUMINIUM
CARBON
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COMPOSITE MATERIALS
CONFIGURATION
CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION
ELEMENTAL MINERALS
ELEMENTS
EPOXIDES
FAILURES
GRAPHITE
MATERIALS
METALS
MINERALS
NONLINEAR PROBLEMS
NONMETALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLATES
PRESSURE EFFECTS