Solid-shell models are developed for the geometrically nonlinear analysis of multi-layered composite structures made of alternating layers with large difference in material properties. Exemplificative applications are presented for aminated glass, in which a number of stiff plies of glass are permanently shear-coupled by soft interlayers. The sectional warping due to significant transverse shear strains in the soft layers makes theories of laminated plates based on the plane-section hypothesis unreliable. The proposed approach is based on a geometrically exact solid-shell finite element model with one element per layer in the thickness direction, as alternative to solid discretization. The element approximation is based on the displacement nodal values at the top and bottom surfaces of the layers, with a natural 𝐶0 continuity. An alternative solid-shell model with fewer parameters is derived imposing the equal finite rotation of the stiff layers at each surface point by a local rotation-free re-parametrization of the nodal displacements and enforcing the plane stress condition. The approach permits an easy coupling with a fully solid discretization, e.g. to model connections, and is based on a simple strain measure quadratic in the displacement unknowns and suitable for finite strains. Extensive numerical examples for laminated glass plates and curved shells susceptible to large deflections and buckling are provided, comparing the results with those from a fully solid approach.

A constrained solid-shell model for the geometric nonlinear finite-element analysis of laminates with alternating stiff/soft layers. Applications to laminated glass / Magisano, D.; Leonetti, L.; Garcea, G.; Royer-Carfagni, G.. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES. - ISSN 0020-7683. - 274:(2023), p. 112287. [10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2023.112287]

A constrained solid-shell model for the geometric nonlinear finite-element analysis of laminates with alternating stiff/soft layers. Applications to laminated glass

Garcea G.;Royer-Carfagni G.
2023-01-01

Abstract

Solid-shell models are developed for the geometrically nonlinear analysis of multi-layered composite structures made of alternating layers with large difference in material properties. Exemplificative applications are presented for aminated glass, in which a number of stiff plies of glass are permanently shear-coupled by soft interlayers. The sectional warping due to significant transverse shear strains in the soft layers makes theories of laminated plates based on the plane-section hypothesis unreliable. The proposed approach is based on a geometrically exact solid-shell finite element model with one element per layer in the thickness direction, as alternative to solid discretization. The element approximation is based on the displacement nodal values at the top and bottom surfaces of the layers, with a natural 𝐶0 continuity. An alternative solid-shell model with fewer parameters is derived imposing the equal finite rotation of the stiff layers at each surface point by a local rotation-free re-parametrization of the nodal displacements and enforcing the plane stress condition. The approach permits an easy coupling with a fully solid discretization, e.g. to model connections, and is based on a simple strain measure quadratic in the displacement unknowns and suitable for finite strains. Extensive numerical examples for laminated glass plates and curved shells susceptible to large deflections and buckling are provided, comparing the results with those from a fully solid approach.
2023
A constrained solid-shell model for the geometric nonlinear finite-element analysis of laminates with alternating stiff/soft layers. Applications to laminated glass / Magisano, D.; Leonetti, L.; Garcea, G.; Royer-Carfagni, G.. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES. - ISSN 0020-7683. - 274:(2023), p. 112287. [10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2023.112287]
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