Optimization of plastic spherical shells of von Mises material

An optimization procedure is developed for spherical shells pierced with a central hole. The outer edge of the shell is simply supported whereas the inner edge is absolutely free. The material of the shell is assumed to be an ideal plastic material obeying the von Mises yield condition. Resorting to...

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Published in:Structural and multidisciplinary optimization 2005-11, Vol.30 (5), p.381-387
Main Authors: Lellep, J, Tungel, E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bearing strength
Limit analysis
Load carrying capacity
Lower bounds
Nonlinear programming
Optimal control
Optimization
Spherical shells
Variational methods
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Summary:An optimization procedure is developed for spherical shells pierced with a central hole. The outer edge of the shell is simply supported whereas the inner edge is absolutely free. The material of the shell is assumed to be an ideal plastic material obeying the von Mises yield condition. Resorting to the lower bound theorem of limit analysis, shells with constant and piece-wise constant thickness are considered. The designs of spherical shells corresponding to maximal load carrying capacity are established for a given weight. Necessary optimality conditions are derived with the aid of variational methods from the theory of optimal control. The obtained set of equations is solved numerically.
ISSN:1615-147X
1615-1488
DOI:10.1007/s00158-004-0449-1