Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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510395 | Computers & Structures | 2007 | 15 Pages |
In this paper, the nonlinear stability of circular cylindrical shells subjected to internal incompressible flow is studied by means of the Donnell nonlinear shallow shell equations and a linear fluid–structure interaction model. Specifically, the effect of varying the thickness-to-radius (h/R) and length-to-radius (L/R) ratios is investigated. In general, the system loses stability by a subcritical pitchfork bifurcation, leading to a stable divergence of increasing amplitude with flow; no oscillatory solutions are found. Increasing the value of the circumferential wavenumber for shells with the same h/R ratio reduces the natural frequency and enhances the subcritical behaviour of the shell. Interesting results are found for different L/R cases in which the solution changes from subcritical to supercritical nonlinear behaviour.