The catenary shells of revolution are widely used in church constructions due to their unique mechanics'features.To have a better understanding of the deformation and stress of the catenary shells of revolution,we...The catenary shells of revolution are widely used in church constructions due to their unique mechanics'features.To have a better understanding of the deformation and stress of the catenary shells of revolution,we formulate the principal radii for two kinds of catenary shells of revolution and their displacement type governing equations.Numerical simulations are carried out based on both Reissner-Meissner(R-M)mixed formulations and displacement formulations.Our investigations show that both deformation and stress response of elastic catenary shells of revolution are sensitive to its geometric parameter c,and reveal that the mechanics of the catenary shells of revolution has some advantages over the spherical shell for some loadings.Two complete codes in Maple are provided.展开更多
基金supported by Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology(Grant No.002/2040221134).
文摘The catenary shells of revolution are widely used in church constructions due to their unique mechanics'features.To have a better understanding of the deformation and stress of the catenary shells of revolution,we formulate the principal radii for two kinds of catenary shells of revolution and their displacement type governing equations.Numerical simulations are carried out based on both Reissner-Meissner(R-M)mixed formulations and displacement formulations.Our investigations show that both deformation and stress response of elastic catenary shells of revolution are sensitive to its geometric parameter c,and reveal that the mechanics of the catenary shells of revolution has some advantages over the spherical shell for some loadings.Two complete codes in Maple are provided.
