A modified FSDT-based four nodes finite shell element for thermal buckling analysis of functionally graded plates and cylindrical shells

S Trabelsi, A Frikha, S Zghal, F Dammak - Engineering Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, the thermal buckling behavior of functionally graded plates and cylindrical
shells is investigated. By considering a modified First order Shear Deformation Theory, the …

Dynamic responses of corrugated cylindrical shells subjected to nonlinear low-velocity impact

Y Liu, W Hu, R Zhu, B Safaei, Z Qin, F Chu - Aerospace Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Owing to high capacity of energy absorption, high compressive strength, high stiffness to
weight ratio, good ductility and other excellent characteristics, corrugated structures are …

A FSDT meshfree method for free vibration analysis of arbitrary laminated composite shells and spatial structures

W Chen, WM Luo, SY Chen, LX Peng - Composite Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, a FSDT meshfree method based on the 3D continuous shell theory and
moving-least squares approximation is proposed for the first time to investigate the free …

A couple-stress-based moving Kriging meshfree shell model for axial postbuckling analysis of random checkerboard composite cylindrical microshells

Z Yang, B Safaei, S Sahmani, Y Zhang - Thin-Walled Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
The current investigation intends to devise a couple stress continuum-based moving Kriging
meshfree shell model for axial nonlinear buckling and postbuckling responses of random …

Rectangular and skew shear buckling of FG-CNT reinforced composite skew plates using Ritz method

Y Kiani, M Mirzaei - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Present research deals with the shear buckling behaviour of composite skew plates
reinforced with aligned single walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Distribution of CNTs across …

NURBS-based analyses of functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced composite shells

TN Nguyen, CH Thai, H Nguyen-Xuan, J Lee - Composite Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
We in this paper present an effective computational approach for static and free vibration
analyses of functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced composite (FG-CNTRC) shells …

Buckling analysis of stiffened plate structures by an improved meshfree flat shell formulation

S Sadamoto, S Tanaka, K Taniguchi, M Ozdemir… - Thin-Walled …, 2017 - Elsevier
An efficient Galerkin meshfree flat shell formulation is presented for the analysis of buckling
behaviors of stiffened plate structures. Both plate bending and membrane deformations are …

New analytic buckling solutions of non-Lévy-type cylindrical panels within the symplectic framework

X Zheng, Z Ni, D Xu, Z Wang, M Liu, Y Li, J Du… - Applied Mathematical …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the analytic modeling of shell buckling, much attention has been paid to closed cylindrical
shells or cylindrical panels with at least two opposite edges simply supported whose …

Advanced reproducing kernel meshfree modeling of cracked curved shells for mixed-mode stress resultant intensity factors

MJ Dai, S Tanaka, S Sadamoto, T Yu, TQ Bui - Engineering Fracture …, 2020 - Elsevier
A meshfree approach for analyzing the fracture mechanics parameters in cracked curved
shells is presented. The reproducing kernel (RK) meshfree method and map** technique …