3D Analyses of the symmetric local stability loss of the circular hollow cylinder made from viscoelastic composite material

Abstract

The 3D approach was employed for investigations of the symmetric local stability loss of the circular hollow cylinder made from the viscoelastic composite materials. This approach is based on investigations of the development of the initial rotationally symmetric infinitesimal local imperfections of the circular hollow cylinder within the scope of 3D geometrically nonlinear field equations of the theory of viscoelasticity for anisotropic bodies. The numerical results of the critical force and critical time are presented and discussed. For comparison and estimation of the accuracy of the results given by the 3D approach, the same problem is also solved by using various approximate shell theories. The viscoelasticity properties of the plate material are described by the fractional-exponential operator. The numerical results and their discussion are presented for the case where the cylinder is made of a uni-directional fibrous viscoelastic composite material. In particular, it is established that the difference between the critical times obtained by employing 3D and third order refined shell theories becomes more non-negligible if the values of the external compressive force are close to the critical compressive force which is obtained at t = infinity (t denotes a time). (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.