Analysis of laminated glass arches and cylindrical shells

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Dural, Ebru

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In this study, a laminated glass unit which consists of two glass sheets bonded together by PVB is analyzed as a curved beam and as a cylindrical shell. Laminated glass curved beams and shells are used in architecture, aerospace, automobile and aircraft industries. Curved beam and shell structures differ from straight structures because of their initial curvature. Because of mathematical complexity most of the studies are about linear behavior rather than nonlinear behavior of curved beam and shell units. Therefore it is necessary to develop a mathematical model considering large deflection theory to analyze the behavior of curved beams and shells. Mechanical behavior of laminated glass structures are complicated because they can easily perform large displacement since they are very thin and the materials with the elastic modulus have order difference. To be more precise modulus of elasticity of glass is about 7*104 times greater than the modulus of elasticity of PVB interlayer. Because of the nonlinearity, analysis of the laminated glass has to be performed by considering large deflection effects. The mathematical model is developed for curved beams and shells by applying both the variational and the minimum potential energy principles to obtain nonlinear governing differential equations. The iterative technique is employed to obtain the deflections. Computer programs are developed to analyze the behavior of cylindrical shell and curved beam. For the verification of the results obtained from the developed model, the results from finite element models and experiments are used. Results used for verification of the model and the explanation of the bahavior of the laminated glass curved beams and shells are presented in figures.

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Laminated materials, Elastic plates and shells.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/21236

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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

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E. Dural, “Analysis of laminated glass arches and cylindrical shells,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2011.