In this study, nonlinear bending analysis of ring-stiffened annular laminated composite plates is studied. A discretely stiffened plate theory for elastic large deflection analysis of uniformly distributed loaded is introduced. The governing equations are derived based on a first-order shear deformation plate theory (FSDT) and large deflection von Karman equations. The numerical results are obtained using the dynamic relaxation (DR) method combined with the central finite difference discretization technique. For this purpose, a FORTRAN computer program is developed to generate the numerical results. In order to verify the accuracy of the present method the results are compared with those available in the literatures and ABAQUS finite element package as well. The computer code can handle symmetric, unsymmetrical and general theta-ply schemes. The effects of the plate thicknesses, different ratio of outer to inner radius, depth of stiffener, boundary condition and laminates lay-up are studied in detail.

Keywords: Annular laminated plates, Ring stiffener, Non-linear bending, Dynamic Relaxation Method, first-order shear deformation theory

Full-Text [PDF 1845 kb]   (6056 Downloads)