A Theoretical Approach In The Analysis Of Multilayered Cross-Ply GRP Cylindrical Shell

Abstract

The constitutive relations for the specially orthotropic lamina under a plane stress state are employed with a linear shell theory, to obtain the governing equations for the multilayered cross-ply cylindrical shell with through thickness symmetry. The well known Fourier expansion method, used extensively in the analysis of isotropic shell problems, are extended to handle the more complex case of the anisotropic shell subject to a general loading case. Attention is confined to those loads which are symmetric with respect to the generator passing through the lowest point of the shell, that is liquid-filled, self-weight, support loading, etc.