Steel and Composite Structures

Volume 46, Number 4, 2023, pages 513-523

DOI: 10.12989/scs.2023.46.4.513

Assessment of multi-physical field effects on nonlinear static stability behavior of nanoshells based on a numerical approach

Zhanlei Wang and Ye Chen

Abstract

Buckling and post-buckling behaviors of geometrically perfect double-curvature shells made from smart composites have been investigated. The shell has been supposed to be exposed to transverse mechanical loading and magneto-electro-elastic (MEE) coupling. The composite shell has been made of two constituents which are piezoelectric and magnetic ingredients. Thus, the elastic properties might be variable based upon the percentages of the constituents. Incorporating small scale impacts in regard to nonlocal theory leads to the establishment of the governing equations for the double-curvature nanoshell. Such nanoshell stability will be shown to be affected by composite ingredients. More focus has been paid to the effects of small scale factor, electric voltage and magnetic intensity on stability curves of the nanoshell.

Key Words

nonlocal scale; numerical analysis; post-buckling; shell; stability; static response

Address

Zhanlei Wang:College of Civil and Architecture Engineering, Chuzhou University, Chuzhou 239000, Anhui, China Ye Chen:Shijiazhuang Institute of Railway Technology, Shijiazhuang 050000, Hebei, China