RADIAL DISPLACEMENT OF A LONG CYLINDRICAL

SHELL SU]JJECTED TO RADIAL CONCENTRATED FORCES

]3. V. Nerubailo UDC539.3

The question of d e t e r m i n i n g the radial displacement of an infinite c i r c u l a r cylindrical shell subjected

to r a d i a l c o n c e n t r a t e d f o r c e s has been c o n s i d e r e d in [5-8, 10, 12-15]. The main attention has been paid to
the effect of two opposite c o n c e n t r a t e d f o r c e s applied to the same d i a m e t e r . To solve the problem posed,
the authors used e i g h t h - o r d e r s h e l l t h e o r y equations in two coordinates. The exception is [81 in which
s e m i - m e m b r a n e t h e o r y equations a r e taken as the basis together with the exact equations of shell theory;
some r e s u l t s of a c o m p a r i s o n between the approximate and exact solutions are p r e s e n t e d .

The p r o b l e m posed is solved here on the basis of the s e m i - m e m b r a n e equations of the V. Z. Vlasov
shell t h e o r y . * Final f o r m u l a s convenient for p r a c t i c a l application are obtained for the m a x i m u m value of
the radial displacement at points of application of the concentrated f o r c e s .
w The fundamental governing equation of a c i r c u l a r cylindrical shell is written as

V2V2V2V2q)q- 2V2V2V2(D~- vI2V2(I)- 2 (t -- v) ~ ~_V-~r

' O~zO~ /
q_ 1 - - v 2 O4(D R4
c2 &z4 D p(c~, [~). (1.1)

if we s t a r t f r o m the g e n e r a l V. Z. Vlasov theory of shells [1]. The displacements are related to the
governing function r (a, /3) by the relationships

'03~ '03~ c2 ( 0 % 0 % '~.

v = (2 q- v) ~ q- ~ - - 2C (1.2)

w = V2V~I~.
If t e r m s containing the f a c t o r c 2 << 1 a r e d i s c a r d e d in (1.1), (1.2) and 32f/ap 2 >> a2f/a~Zis t a k e n f o l -
lowing [2, 9] (f is any factor), then we obtain one of the modifications of s e m i - m e m b r a s t e shell t h e o r y .
Under the effect of a radial load, the governing equation of s e m i - m e m b r a n e theory wilt be

Oa4 k- 1 ~ v20~ \ 0[~ + 1 = )~h- p (cz,[~). (1.3)

The displacements are connected with 9 (a, fi) by the relationships

03~ 04(1) (1.4 )
u O~zOf ; 013~ ; 0[~4 "
~,2. Let us determine the radial displacement of an infinite shell loaded by a self-equilibrated s y s -
tem of periodically disposed f o r c e s P, as shown in the figure, Let us place the origin at the point of ap-
plication of one of the f o r c e s , then (1.3) b e c o m e s
9 S t r e s s e s in the neighborhood of the point of application of the concentrated force should be determined
by the m o r e exact shell theory [1].
Moscow. T r a n s l a t e d f r o m Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol, 10, No. 10, pp. 109-113, October, 1974.
Original a r t i c l e submitted May 15, 1973.

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 TABLE i
i

s n"16k I~_A__
i~/bk %

2 0,286 0,822 35
3 0,069 0,548 13
4 0,027 0,411 6,6
6 0,008 0,270 2,8
8 0,003 0,206 1,6
12 0,001 0,137 0,7

(2.1)

w h e r e A is the o p e r a t o r c o r r e s p o n d i n g to the l e f t s i d e of (1.35, a n d 5 ( a , fi) = b ( a ) 6 (13) is the b - f u n c t i o n

f o r the c o n c e n t r a t e d f o r c e to the a c c u r a c y of a f a c t o r .
The f u n c t i o n 5 ( a , 13) c a n be r e p r e s e n t e d a s the e x p a n s i o n [4]

5 (c~, ~) = 1 +
-2- cos kn~ ' cos ~d)~. (2.2)

In c o n f o r m i t y w i t h the l o a d r e p r e s e n t a t i o n , l e t u s s e e k the s o l u t i o n of (2.1) f o r n >- 1

,:I) (~, ~) = cos kn[3 I 9 (X) cos ~z~. (2.3)

n=l 6

A f t e r s u b s t i t u t i n g (2.25 a n d (2.3) into ( 2 . 1 ) , we d e t e r m i n e 6 (X) a n d t h e n the g o v e r n i n g f u n c t i o n

cc~
~ cos ~ ,
r = ~kP
-~ V cos kn[3 -A(~,, n) dX.
n~l 0

H e r e A(X, n) = 24 + c2/(1_p2 5 k4n 4 (k2n2 1)2 = X4 + 4/~n"

We o b t a i n f o r the r a d i a l d i s p l a c e m e n t

~ cos~z%
kP ~-1 (kn54 cos kn~ j -1~4 +
- 4~ d~.

rt~l 0

After having taken the integral [3] and some manipulations, we have for ~ -> 0

3(1 --v2) k2 P (_~_)'~/~ ~ ne -~"~

(k2n2 - 1)Vk2n 2 - 1
rill

• (cos p a + sin 9. a) cos kn~.

F o r the m a x i m u m v a l u e of the d i s p l a c e m e n t a t the p o i n t of a p p l i c a t i o n of the f o r c e we r e d u c e (2.45 to

a form convenient for calculations

3 (i - - ~2)
(o, o) = i

oo

= .-~V (~2n~_ 1) Vk~n2 - 1 ~ 9 (2.5)

The v a l u e s of (k = 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12) a r e r e p r e s e n t e d in T a b l e 1 f o r a d i f f e r e n t n u m b e r of f o r c e s .
A s s u m i n g an e r r o r l e s s than 5~ f o r k > 4, the q u a n t i t y e c a n b e n e g l e c t e d in (2.55 a s c o m p a r e d w i t h 7r2/6k.
Then
"('-r P
2 k ~ / 3 ( t - - v 2) k h } V h ER" (2,6)

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 P a s s a g e f r o m (2.5) to (2.6) d e n o t e s the r e p l a c e m e n t of (1.3) b y the s t i l l s i m p l e r e q u a t i o n w h i c h is
o b t a i n e d if we p u t D2~/D/~ 2 >> 1 in ( 1 . 3 ) , w h e r e ~ ( a , p) is the g o v e r n i n g f u n c t i o n .

T h e g r e a t e s t a t t e n t i o n is p a i d in the l i t e r a t u r e to the e f f e c t of two o p p o s i t e l y d i r e c t e d c o n c e n t r a t e d

f o r c e s on a s h e l l . F o r t h i s c a s e (k = 2), w i t h v = 0 . 3 we o b t a i n f r o m (2.5)

a (0, 0) = 0,75 ( hR____)2~ / ~ ~ - p

h ER 9

L e t u s p r e s e n t a m o r e e x a c t v a l u e of the c o e f f i c i e n t : 0 . 7 4 9 5 9 .
w A s o l u t i o n c o r r e s p o n d i n g to m e m b e r s of the e x p a n s i o n s t a r t i n g w i t h n = 1 h a s b e e n o b t a i n e d
a b o v e . F o r n = 0 we s u p p l e m e n t it with the s o l u t i o n f o r the a x i s y m m e t r i c e d g e e f f e c t Wk(0) w h i c h is in [11],
f o r e x a m p l e . T a k i n g a c c o u n t of Wk (0), l e t u s w r i t e the f i n a l , m o s t c o m p l e t e f o r m u l a f o r the r a d i a l d i s -
p l a c e m e n t a t the p o i n t s of a p p l i c a t i o n of c o n c e n t r a t e d f o r c e s

R R VafT~-k-" (3.1)
4n n ~r~-~ __ v2)

The still simpler formula

w(0'0) = [ k r 4~
(1 - ~ 2 ) -{- ~(i - v 2 ) RiRr (3.2)
2k~/3(l__v~) h -h- -h E-R

w h o s e e r r o r a s c o m p a r e d w i t h ( 3 . 1 ) is s e e n f r o m T a b l e 1 f o r a d i f f e r e n t n u m b e r of f o r c e s , c a n be r e c o m -
m e n d e d in p l a c e of (3.1) f o r a l a r g e n u m b e r of c o n c e n t r a t e d f o r c e s (k > 4).
L e t u s n o t e t h a t the e r r o r is l e s s t h a n 5% e v e n f o r k > 4, h e n c e the p a s s a g e f r o m (3.1) to (3.2) is
p u r e l y a m a t t e r of p r i n c i p l e f o r the n e g l i g i b l e l a b o r in c a l c u l a t i n g the d i s p l a c e m e n t s b y m e a n s of (3.1) a n d
(3.2) s i n c e i t p e r m i t s g e t t i n g r i d of s e r i e s c o m p l e t e l y .
w L e t u s e x a m i n e the q u e s t i o n of the e r r o r in the d i s p l a c e m e n t w h e n u s i n g the s e m i - m e m b r a n e
t h e o r y . It h a s b e e n r e m a r k e d in [8] t h a t the p a s s a g e f r o m the e x a c t e q u a t i o n s to the s e m i m e m b r a n e t h e o r y
e q u a t i o n s r e s u l t s in a 5-8% e r r o r f o r the m a x i m u m d i s p l a c e m e n t ( c o n s i d e r i n g the c a s e of two c o n c e n t r a t e d
f o r c e s a c t i n g on a s h e l l ) . V a l u e s of the r a d i a l d i s p t a c e m e n t a r e p r e s e n t e d in [6, 7] f o r two c o a c e n t r a t e d
f o r c e s a c t i n g on a n i n f i n i t e s h e l l , w h i c h h a v e b e e n o b t a i n e d on a d i g i t a l c o m p u t e r f o r a b r o a d r a n g e of
v a r i a t i o n in the r a d i a l s h e l l t h i c k n e s s . T h e c a l c u l a t i o n s w e r e p e r f o r m e d with h i g h a c c u r a c y s i n c e 400
t e r m s of the s e r i e s w e r e t a k e n into a c c o u n t .
A c o m p u t a t i o n w a s p e r f o r m e d by the f o r m u l a s d e r i v e d in o r d e r to c o m p a r e with the n u m e r i c a l i n f o r -
m a t i o n a v a i l a b l e in the l i t e r a t u r e ; the r e s u l t s a r e r e p r e s e n t e d in T a b l e 2. D a t a t a k e n f r o m [7] a r e p l a c e d
t h e r e . F o r c o m p l e t e n e s s we p r e s e n t the v a l u e of the d i s p l a c e m e n t f o r R / h = 100, k = 2 t a k e n f r o m a g r a p h
in [15] (w (0, 0) E R P - i = 7 4 , 0 0 0 ) , a n d a l s o c a l c u l a t e d b y m e a n s of g e n e r a l s h e l l t h e o r y a c c o r d i n g to (1.1)
(w (0, 0) E R P - i = 7 4 , 3 5 9 ) .
T h e i n f l u e n c e of the n u m b e r of c o n c e n t r a t e d f o r c e s on the m a g n i t u d e of the d i s p l a c e m e n t is s e e n
f r o m T a b l e 3 in w h i c h r e s u l t s of c a l c u l a t i o n s b y m e a n s (3.1) f o r R / h = 100 a r e p r e s e n t e d . P r e s e n t e d t h e r e
f o r c o m p a r i s o n a r e the r e s u l t s found b y m e a n s of ( 3 . 2 ) , o b t a i n e d f o r a l a r g e n u m b e r of c o n c e n t r a t e d f o r c e s . .
A c o m p a r i s o n w i t h the e x a c t s o l u t i o n c o u l d n o t be m a d e s u c c e s s f u l l y f o r k > 2 b e c a u s e of the l a c k of s u c h
information.

TABLE 2 TABLE 3
,Fo~Tnula Formula Lit. Cite Fom-nula Formula
Rib (2.7) (3. ~) [7] k (3.1) (3.2-)

30 3695 3729 3640 2 75163 55505

50 13251 13323 13132 3 42048 37507
100 74959 75163 74622 4 30001 28209
200 424031 424610 423107 6 19672 19LL4
300 1168493 [t69556 1165655 8 14937 14738
599" 4190328 41926[5 4171102 12 10559 1fl480
$09 13569003 13573532 1.3989528

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 It is seen f r o m the c o m p a r i s o n of the r e s u l t s in Table 2 that the radial displacement calculated by
means of the formulas obtained differs by not m o r e than 5~ f r o m the exact value. Since additional a s s u m p -
tions were not introduced in deriving the f o r m u l a s , this e r r o r can be c o n s i d e r e d the e r r o r of s e m i - m e m -
brane shell theory for the radial displacement.

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