Analysis of Pressurized Arch-Shells

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dc.contributor.authorGoh, Julian Kok Sengen
dc.contributor.committeechairPlaut, Raymond H.en
dc.contributor.committeememberKapania, Rakesh K.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHolzer, Siegfried M.en
dc.contributor.departmentCivil Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:47:23Zen
dc.date.adate1998-04-11en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:47:23Zen
dc.date.issued1998-11-19en
dc.date.rdate1999-04-11en
dc.date.sdate1998-11-03en
dc.description.abstractA pressurized arch-shell structural component made of flexible material is considered. The component is inflated with high internal pressure. The behavior of similar types of structures, such as a pair of leaning pressurized arches and pressurized arch-supported membrane shelters, has been investigated in the past. More recently, several types of pressurized structures have been incorporated as part of the framework for a variety of structural systems. Particularly, the U.S. Army has been investigating the use of large lightweight and transportable pressurized arch-shell structures to be used as maintenance shelters for vehicles, helicopters, and airplanes. The formulated equations using thin shell theory are applied to a pressurized arch-shell component. A numerical investigation based on the Rayleigh-Ritz method is utilized to determine the behavior of arch-shells under various types of loading. The types of loading include a uniformly distributed vertical load representing snow, a wind load, and a horizontal side load distributed along the arc length. Deflections, stress resultants, and moments at various locations are computed for two types of shapes: circular and non-circular arch-shells.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-110298-213557en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-110298-213557/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/35576en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartjkgoh.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectshellen
dc.subjectarchen
dc.subjectRayleigh-Ritz methoden
dc.subjectwind loaden
dc.subjectstructural analysisen
dc.subjectsnow loaden
dc.titleAnalysis of Pressurized Arch-Shellsen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineCivil Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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