NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY , SURATHKAL - KARNATAKA

BUCKLING AND FREE VIBRATION

CHARACTERISTICS OF A UNIFORMLY HEATED
ISOTROPIC CYLINDRICAL PANEL

ICVOP 2015
Vinod Bhagat, P Jeyaraj and
S M Murigendrappa
OUTLINE

Introduction
Geometry of cylindrical panel
Methodology adopted
Results and Discussion
oBuckling behaviour
oFree Vibration Characteristics
Conclusions
References
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 INTRODUCTION

Today cylindrical panel plays an important role in many engineering application. Some
of them are listed below:

The cylindrical panels are used in many engineering structures, industries, naval and
space projects.

Many of structural component of space project like rocket, launch vehicles, etc. are
made up of cylindrical shell panel.

Cylindrical panel are also used in Pressure vessels, nuclear reactors and boilers.
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APPLICATION OF CYLINDRICAL PANEL

(a) Air plane

(b) Nuclear /Pressure vessels (c) Sattelite

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DESIGN REQUIREMENT OF CYLINDRICAL
SHELL PANEL
The strength of thin cylindrical structures is limited to their buckling strength
when subjected to thermal and mechanical load.
Failure of these thin curved shells under buckling loads is a matter of concern for
engineers, while predicting the reliability of these structures.
Knowledge of
- Stress distribution
- Vibration Pattern
- Buckling Behavior
is very important in the design of thin curved shells.

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 THERMAL STRESSES

Thermal load becomes predominant when shell structure is subjected to high temperature
as it induces thermal stress in the shell panel.

Thermal expansion is the change in size or volume of a given mass with changing
temperature.

Thermal stress is created when thermal expansion is constrained.

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 INFLUENCE OF THERMAL STRESSES

It can have significant effect on a structures strength and stability, potentially causing
cracks or breaks within certain components.

Leads to weakening and deformation.

It can induce buckling.

It also affects the dynamic behavior since it influences the stiffness of structure.

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GEOMETRY OF CYLINDRICAL PANEL

Thickness (h) ,
Angle of curvature (),
Radius of curvature (R),
Length of panel (B) and
Width of panel (A).

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ANALYSIS APPROACH

Buckling behaviour
Critical Buckling Temperature Tcr

Free vibration behaviour

Natural frequencies
as a function of Tcr
Mode shapes

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 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

The changes to the cylindrical shells are based on several variables:

Aspect ratio (B/A) , Curvature ratio (R/A), Thickness ratio (A/h) and Boundary conditions.

Influence of aspect ratio (1, 1.5, 2 ), thickness ratio (100,150,200), curvature ratio (1, 2, 3) and
the three boundary condition (CCCC, CCFC, and CFCF) .

Assumption made:

Temperature distribution profile remains to be uniform throughout.

Material properties are temperature independent.

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 THERMAL BUCKLING

Effect of thickness ratio on thermal Effect of Aspect ratio on thermal Effect of Curvature ratio on thermal
buckling strength buckling strength buckling strength

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 FREE VIBRATION ANALYSIS

R/A=1 R/A=2 R/A=3

Boundry Mode Ambient Ambient
0.5*Tcr 0.95*Tcr 0.5*Tcr 0.95*Tcr 0*Tcr 0.5*Tcr 0.95*Tcr
condition temp temp
1 135 118 93 99 85 52 86 72 38
2 142 129 98 118 107 57 96 86 47
CCCC 3 204 161 100 150 114 58 122 91 51
4 212 174 100 155 122 66 129 96 56
5 213 201 102 171 143 71 142 118 75
1 86 83 74 70 65 44 66 60 30
2 103 98 86 103 99 58 86 81 55
CCFC 3 150 133 91 114 99 67 98 84 57
4 176 151 96 127 113 79 102 90 75
5 185 178 100 162 132 89 126 107 76
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 FREE VIBRATION ANALYSIS

Effect of curvature ratio, boundary conditions and thermal Effect of aspect ratio, boundary conditions and thermal load
load on Non-dimensional free vibration frequency on Non-dimensional free vibration frequency
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FREE VIBRATION ANALYSIS

Effect of thickness ratio, boundary conditions and thermal load on Non-dimensional

free vibration frequency 14
 FREE VIBRATION ANALYSIS

Mode at B/A=1 B/A=1.5 B/A=2

Ambient Ambient Ambient Ambient
Boundary temp.* 0.5*Tcr 0.95*Tcr 0.5*Tcr 0.95*Tcr 0.5*Tcr 0.95*Tcr
condition temp. temp. temp.
1,2 99 85 52(3,1) 80 72 48(5,1) 71 66 50(7,1)
1,3 118 107 57(3,2) 108 95(2,2) 53(6,1) 95(2,2) 83(2,2) 52(6,1)
CCCC 2,2 150 114 58(4,1) 113 102(1,3) 65(1,2) 104(1,3) 99(3,2) 61(1,2)
2,3 155 122 66(2,2) 126 109 66(4,2) 116 100(1,3) 69(6,1)
1,2 171 143(3,1) 71(1,2) 146(3,2) 114(3,2) 71(4,2) 121(3,2) 105(2,3) 69(4,2)
1,2 70 65 44(2,2) 65 61 47(2,2) 62 60 50(4,1)
1,3 103 99 58(2,2) 91(2,2) 81(2,2) 51(3,1) 80(2,2) 74(2,2) 57(2,2)
CCFC 2,2 114 99 67(1,3) 102(1,3) 99(1,3) 57(1,2) 100(1,3) 91(3,2) 58(4,2)
2,3 127 113 79(3,2) 112(2,3) 104(2,3) 69(2,2) 104(3,2) 99(1,3) 63(4,1)
3,2 162 132 89(3,2) 123(3,2) 104(3,2) 75(2,1) 107(2,3) 102(2,3) 66(2,2)

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 FREE VIBRATION ANALYSIS

Mode at A/h=100 A/h=150 A/h=200

Boundry ambient Ambient Ambient Ambient
0.5*Tcr 0.95*Tcr 0.5*Tcr 0.95*Tcr 0.5*Tcr 0.95*Tcr
condition Temp.* temp. temp. temp.
1,2 99 85 52(3,1) 55 48 32(4,1) 36(1,3) 30(1,3) 24(5,3)
1,3 118 107 57(3,2) 58 52 33(4,2) 37(1,2) 33(1,2) 25(4,2)
CCCC 2,2 150 114 58(4,1) 82(2,3) 65(2,3) 36(3,2) 52(2,3) 41(2,3) 27(5,2)
2,3 155 122 66(2,2) 82(2,2) 66(2,2) 37(5,2) 55(2,2) 44(2,2) 27(2,3)
1,2 171 143(3,1) 71(1,2) 96(1,4) 81(3,2) 41(3,3) 56(1,4) 53(3,3) 27(1,3)

1,2 70 65 44(2,2) 36 33 29 23 22 19(2,2)

1,3 103 99 58(2,2) 48 46 30(2,3) 28 27 22(2,3)
CCFC 2,2 114 99 67(1,3) 63(2,3) 56(2,3) 33(3,2) 39(2,3) 34(2,3) 24(2,3)
2,3 127 113 79(3,2) 63(2,2) 57(2,2) 42(4,2) 42(2,2) 39(2,2) 25(3,2)
3,2 162 132 89(3,2) 89(1,4) 75(3,3) 43(3,3) 51(1,4) 48(1,4) 25(2,3)
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EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON THE FREE VIBRATION MODE
SHAPES UNDER CCCC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

Number of modes

1 2 3 4 5

Ambient
temperature

0.55*Tcr

0.99*Tcr

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CONCLUSIONS

As the aspect ratio, curvature ratio and thickness ratio increases the critical buckling
temperature decreases.
Boundary conditions has noticeable effect on the critical buckling temperature.
The free vibration of cylindrical panel decreases as the aspect ratio, curvature ratio and
thickness ratio increases.
Free vibration and its corresponding mode shape is highly influenced by boundary
conditions
Fall in natural frequency is very drastic for the mode corresponding to the lowest
buckling temperature mode.

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