Determination of Optimal Cylindrical Shells in the Form of Second-Order Surfaces

Thin shells with cylindrical and conical middle surfaces are most popular. Many shell-type structures have been built in the form of rotational and translational surfaces, for which there are several dozen optimality criteria. Hyperbolic, parabolic, elliptic, and circular cylindrical roofs with rect...

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Main Authors: Vyacheslav N. Ivanov, Olga O. Aleshina, Evgeny A. Larionov
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Language:English
Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2025-12-01
Series:Structural Mechanics of Engineering Constructions and Buildings
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Online Access:https://journals.rudn.ru/structural-mechanics/article/viewFile/44562/24868
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description Thin shells with cylindrical and conical middle surfaces are most popular. Many shell-type structures have been built in the form of rotational and translational surfaces, for which there are several dozen optimality criteria. Hyperbolic, parabolic, elliptic, and circular cylindrical roofs with rectangular base are considered, for which, as evidenced by thorough literature review, there is no comparative analysis of strength, stability, and dynamics. Nevertheless, architects are already trying to expand the classification range of ruled middle surfaces of zero Gaussian curvature with a rectangular base by including torse surfaces. Five thin cylindrical shells outlined by second-order algebraic surfaces with different generating plane curves are studied. The stress-strain state of hyperbolic, parabolic, elliptic and circular cylindrical roofs with rectangular base subjected to static load of self-weight type is investigated. The roofs have the same dimensions of the base, the same height, thickness and structural material, that is, a comparative calculation is performed. It is established that the smallest (maximum) membrane stresses occur in the ellipsoidal shell with an incomplete half-ellipse, and the smallest (maximum) bending and equivalent stresses occur in the parabolic cylindrical shell, which is confirmed by the results of previously performed calculations using the analytical momentless theory. Therefore, it is recommended to use ellipsoidal cylindrical shells with an incomplete half-ellipse in cross-section for building structures. Currently, almost all problems of structural mechanics of shells are solved by numerical methods, therefore, the displacement-based finite element method was chosen to solve this problem.
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spelling doaj-art-9f302c2de590435d95ca22cef7ea04242025-08-20T02:09:06ZengPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)Structural Mechanics of Engineering Constructions and Buildings1815-52352587-87002025-12-01211374710.22363/1815-5235-2025-21-1-37-4721069Determination of Optimal Cylindrical Shells in the Form of Second-Order SurfacesVyacheslav N. Ivanov0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4023-156XOlga O. Aleshina1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8832-6790Evgeny A. Larionov2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4906-5919RUDN UniversityRUDN UniversityRUDN UniversityThin shells with cylindrical and conical middle surfaces are most popular. Many shell-type structures have been built in the form of rotational and translational surfaces, for which there are several dozen optimality criteria. Hyperbolic, parabolic, elliptic, and circular cylindrical roofs with rectangular base are considered, for which, as evidenced by thorough literature review, there is no comparative analysis of strength, stability, and dynamics. Nevertheless, architects are already trying to expand the classification range of ruled middle surfaces of zero Gaussian curvature with a rectangular base by including torse surfaces. Five thin cylindrical shells outlined by second-order algebraic surfaces with different generating plane curves are studied. The stress-strain state of hyperbolic, parabolic, elliptic and circular cylindrical roofs with rectangular base subjected to static load of self-weight type is investigated. The roofs have the same dimensions of the base, the same height, thickness and structural material, that is, a comparative calculation is performed. It is established that the smallest (maximum) membrane stresses occur in the ellipsoidal shell with an incomplete half-ellipse, and the smallest (maximum) bending and equivalent stresses occur in the parabolic cylindrical shell, which is confirmed by the results of previously performed calculations using the analytical momentless theory. Therefore, it is recommended to use ellipsoidal cylindrical shells with an incomplete half-ellipse in cross-section for building structures. Currently, almost all problems of structural mechanics of shells are solved by numerical methods, therefore, the displacement-based finite element method was chosen to solve this problem.https://journals.rudn.ru/structural-mechanics/article/viewFile/44562/24868algebraic surfaces of the second orderthin shellhyperbolic cylindrical shellparabolic cylindrical shellcircular cylindrical shellellipticcylindrical shell
spellingShingle Vyacheslav N. Ivanov
Olga O. Aleshina
Evgeny A. Larionov
Determination of Optimal Cylindrical Shells in the Form of Second-Order Surfaces
Structural Mechanics of Engineering Constructions and Buildings
algebraic surfaces of the second order
thin shell
hyperbolic cylindrical shell
parabolic cylindrical shell
circular cylindrical shell
elliptic
cylindrical shell
title Determination of Optimal Cylindrical Shells in the Form of Second-Order Surfaces
title_full Determination of Optimal Cylindrical Shells in the Form of Second-Order Surfaces
title_fullStr Determination of Optimal Cylindrical Shells in the Form of Second-Order Surfaces
title_full_unstemmed Determination of Optimal Cylindrical Shells in the Form of Second-Order Surfaces
title_short Determination of Optimal Cylindrical Shells in the Form of Second-Order Surfaces
title_sort determination of optimal cylindrical shells in the form of second order surfaces
topic algebraic surfaces of the second order
thin shell
hyperbolic cylindrical shell
parabolic cylindrical shell
circular cylindrical shell
elliptic
cylindrical shell
url https://journals.rudn.ru/structural-mechanics/article/viewFile/44562/24868
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