Theoretical and experimental studies of the stress–strain state of expansion bellows as elastic shells

This paper studies the stress–strain state of an U-shaped expansion bellows under an internal-pressure induced load. The bellows is considered as a corrugated shell of revolution under axisymmetric load. The governing equations have been derived and the numerical calculations of the stress–strain st...

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Published in:St. Petersburg Polytechnical University Journal. Physics and Mathematics 2017-03, Vol.3 (1), p.7-14
Main Authors: Belyaev, Aleksander K., Zinovieva, Tatiana V., Smirnov, Kirill K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Corrugation
Elastic shell
Expansion bellows
Finite Element Method
Stability
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Summary:This paper studies the stress–strain state of an U-shaped expansion bellows under an internal-pressure induced load. The bellows is considered as a corrugated shell of revolution under axisymmetric load. The governing equations have been derived and the numerical calculations of the stress–strain state were carried out. A variant of the classical shell theory based upon Lagrangian mechanics was used. The finite-difference method was applied to solve the obtained system of ordinary differential equations. The ultimate internal pressure resulting in plastic deformations was determined. A simulation of the loss of equilibrium stability of the expansion bellows was performed. The ANSYS software was used for Finite-Element Method (FEM) in order to calculate the stress–strain state in the bellows.
ISSN:2405-7223
2405-7223
DOI:10.1016/j.spjpm.2017.03.003