Analysis and design of stiffened shells

Amit Kumar
CE18M021

Guided by

Prof P Alagusundaramoorthy 1
Scope of presentation…
Shells
- Introduction
- Membrane action
- Application
- stiffened shells

Review of Literature

Work done

Ascertaining scope of work and tentative finalization of way ahead for M-Tech
project

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 Shell Structures
 Structures which resist applied
external loads due to membrane
action.

 Membrane action gives rise to in-

plane forces only and this makes
entire cross section effective.

 An effective alternative to plates

where large span is required.

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Stiffening in Shells

To prevent buckling

and overall collapse of
the shell Combination of circumferential
and axial stiffeners Axial Stiffeners

To enable reduction in

thickness of the shell
plating and hence
economy

Ring Stiffeners
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Work Done so far….

• Review of Literature for analysis of shell theories

• Study of buckling modes of ring stiffened cylinders under

hydrostatic loads

• Study of design optimization for deep submerged pressure hull

• Finalisation of scope and way ahead for undertaking major

project
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 Review of Literature

Development of shell Development of shell theories depend on

theories depend on the the extent to which elasticity equations
extent to which elasticity could be simplified.
equations could be - 1st order approximation theory
simplified.
- Kirchoff & Love
- 2nd order approximation theory
- Reissner
- Lurye, Flugge & Byrne
- Shallow Shell theory
- Beltrami
- Sokolovskii
- Membrane theory

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 Buckling failure modes of cylindrical shells

Loads acting on
submarine:
- Hydrostatic loads
- Torsional loads
- Impact loads

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 Buckling failure modes of cylindrical shells

Shell Yielding Local buckling

Overall buckling Stiffener tripping 10

 Design Optimization of pressure hull
• Design variables- Number and • Advantages of optimization:
thickness of ring stiffeners, shell
radius and its thickness, depth of
ring stiffeners - Reduction in structural
weight
• Objective function- Minimization of
structural weight
- Increase in operating speed
thus reducing vulnerability
• Design constraints:
- Compatibility of deformation
- Material strength constraints
- Better utilization of internal
space
- Local buckling constraints
- Ring crippling constraints
- Overall buckling constraints - Increased payload 11
Finalisation of scope and way ahead…
• Analyze portion of the pressure hull of submarine with different
types of stiffening for large hydrostatic loads and blast loads
from explosion of underwater mines.

• Study various modes of buckling of the structure and carry out

post buckling analysis.

• Design the pressure hull of the submarine for above loads and
optimize the same for maximum payload and operating speed.

• Verification of the above results through a FEM software.

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References…
• Love, A.E.H., A Treatise on the Mathematical Theory of Elasticity, 1st
Edition, Cambridge University Press, 1892; 4th. Edition, Dover, New York,
1944.

• Reissner, E., A new derivation of the equations of the deformation of elastic

shells, Am J Math, vol. 63, No.1, pp. 177–184 (1941).

• Byrne, R., Theory of small deformations of a thin elastic shell, Seminar

Reports in Math, University of California, Publ in Math, N.S., vol. 2, No. 1,
pp. 103–152 (1944).

• Timoshenko, S.P. and Gere, J., Theory of Elastic Stability, McGraw-Hill, New
York, 1961.
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