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    Dynamic stability analysis of stiffened shell panels with cutouts
    (ASCE, 2009-04) Patel, S. N.
    A finite element dynamic instability analysis of stiffened shell panels with cutout subjected to uniform in-plane harmonic edge loading along the two opposite edges is presented in this paper. The eight-noded isoparametric degenerated shell element and a compatible three-noded curved beam element are used to model the shell panels and the stiffeners, respectively. As the usual formulation of degenerated beam element is found to overestimate the torsional rigidity, an attempt has been made to reformulate it in an efficient manner. Moreover the new formulation for the beam element requires five degrees of freedom per node as that of shell element. Bolotin method is applied to analyze the dynamic instability regions. Numerical results of convergence studies are presented and comparison is made with the published results from literature. The effects of various parameters such as shell geometry, radius of curvature, cutout size, stiffening scheme, and dynamic load factors are considered in dynamic instability analysis of stiffened shell panels with cutout. The free vibration and static stability (buckling) results are also presented. With the consideration of radius of curvatures the panels reduce from deep shell case to shallow shell case and finally become flat plate.
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    Dynamic buckling analysis of a composite stiffened cylindrical shell
    (Korea Science, 2011) Patel, S. N.
    The paper investigates the dynamic buckling behaviour of a laminated composite stiffened cylindrical shell using the commercial finite element code ABAQUS. The numerical model of the composite shell is validated by static tests. In particular, the experimental collapse test is numerically simulated by a quasi static analysis carried out by both ABAQUS/Standard and ABAQUS/Explicit. The behaviour in the post-buckling field and the collapse load obtained by the analyses are close to the experimental data. The validated model is then used to study the dynamic buckling behaviour with ABAQUS/Explicit. The effects of the loading magnitude and of the loading duration are investigated, implementing in the analysis also first-ply failure criteria. It is observed that the dynamic buckling load is highly affected by the loading duration.