Virtual testing of post-buckling behaviour of metallic stiffened panel

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2011-12

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Cranfield University

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The aim of the project presented in this thesis is to demonstrate a modelling method for predicting the variability in the ultimate load of stiffened panel under axial compression due to manufacturing variability. Bulking is sensitive to imperfections. In the case of a post-buckled panel, manu-facturing variability produces a scatter in the ultimate load. Thus, reasonable leeway for imperfections and inherent variability must be allowed in their design. Firstly, a finite element model of a particular stiffened panel was developed, and all nonlinearities within the material, boundary condition and geometry were considered. Verification and validation were performed to examine the accuracy of the buckling behaviour prediction, especially ultimate load. Experiments on 5 identical panels in design were performed to determine the level of panel-panel variation in geometry and collapse load. A data reduction programme based on the practical geometry scanning was developed, in addi-tion to which, the procedure of importing measured imperfection into Finite Ele-ment model was introduced. To identify and apply representative imperfections to the panel model, a double Fourier series representation of the random geometric distributions is attempt-ed, and was used thereby to derive a series of shapes representing random ge-ometry scatters. With these newly generated geometric imperfections, the variation in collapse load was determined, using the validated FE analysis. And also, the probability of these predicted loads was generalized.

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Buckling and Postbuckling, Stiffened panel, Geometric Imperfection, FE method, ABAQUS, FE modelling, Compression

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© Cranfield University 2011. All rights reserved. No part of this pub-lication may be reproduced without the written permission of the copyright owner

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