-In the present work an attempt is made to evaluate the suitability of composite material such as E-Glass/Epoxy and HMCarbon/Epoxy for the purpose of automotive transmission applications. A one-piece composite drive shaft for automobile is designed and analyzed using ANSYS software respectively for E-Glass/ Epoxy and HM-Carbon/Epoxy composites with the objective of minimization of weight of the...

The paper presents the development of a new plate/shell stiffener element and the subsequent application in determine frequencies, mode shapes and buckling loads of different stiffened panels. In structural modelling, the plate and the stiffener are treated as separate finite elements where the displacement compatibility transformation takes into account the torsion – flexural coupling in the s...

A simple algorithm to calculate the maximum torsional load for a cylindrical shaft is presented. The algorithm is based on the notion of viscosity solutions to the eikonal equation, and is not restricted to simply-connected cross-sections. Applications to other, related problems, such as ferromagnetic thin lms, and elastic buckling of thin lm blisters are also discussed. 1. Introduction A class...

This paper presents a parametric study of steel I- beam with stepped flanges by using finite element analysis. Stepped flange beam is used in structures to decrease the negative bending moments near interior supports that causes failure due to buckling. Steps in the cross section can be achieved by adding cover plates to the beam flanges, changing the size of the hot rolled section, or changing...

Rising world trade and the following consolidation of material flows cause a growing need for bigger bulk carriers. Therefore, quay walls harbours to be adjusted realize depth channels. Combined sheet pile are used build walls. They consist out up 45 m long H-shaped beams Z-shaped intermediate piles. As result loads, which normal forces bending moments, stability slender profiles is endangered,...

In this study, nineteen 3-ply laminated glass beams of 1.0 m span with different and interlayer types were tested to failure. Annealed generally failed in shear facture, whereas toughened displayed lateral-torsional buckling (LTB) response, a bow-shaped out-of-plane deflected shape significant bending. The experimental failure loads had scatter for nominally similar beams, highlighting the vari...