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1. Laboratoire Physique de la Matière condensée, Faculté des Sciences, BP.2121, Tétouan 93002, Maroc
1. ikramfeddal@gmail.com
2. Laboratoire Systèmes de Communications et de Détection, Faculté des Sciences, BP.2121, Tétouan, Maroc
2. khamlichi7@yahoo.es
Paramètres w0 wH EH υH
(mm) (mm) (GPa)
Niveau min 2 25 50.19 0.297
Niveau moy 4 50 57.36 0.33
Niveau max 6 75 64.53 0.363
Tableau 1: Niveaux des paramètres considérés
considérés des paramètres, l’amplitude du défaut Les largeurs intermédiaires sont plus critiques que les
géométrique initial réparti, la larguer de la zone HAZ et autres.
l’interaction de ces deux facteurs expliquent la variabilité
1
de la charge critique de flambage.
En écartant le coefficient de Poisson dans la zone HAZ
qui n’a qu’une très faible influence sur les résultats, le
0.9
2
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Industrial and civil Sciences and technologies Department – National School of Applied Sciences
Tetouan - Morocco
1feddal.ikram-etu@uae.ac.ma
2Khamlichi7@yahoo.es
Abstract— Stiffened panels are commonly used in several The researchers around the world has shown a
activities of aerospace, mechanical, marine and civil engineering noticeable interest in linear buckling analysis
structures. The biggest advantage of the stiffeners is that they because of the harmonization of the stability-based
increase hugely the bending stiffness of the panel with a
minimum additional volume of material. However, any structural verifications within European Design Standards
system may reach its limit and buckle under extreme such as those set out by the Advisory Council for
circumstances by a progressive failure of local components. In Aeronautics. Research in Europe related to the
this work, the effect of a localized defect on the critical buckling
load was investigated. Also, other parameters were studied such strategic research agenda in aeronautics aim at
as the stiffness of the stiffeners as well as their thickness. This was reducing aircraft emissions by 80%[5]. To achieve
done using finite element analysis, the first one is a linear analysis optimization of these structures with the objective to
which is aimed to guess the first buckling mode. The second one is
a nonlinear analysis using the results we obtained in the first minimize weight and fuel consumption, it is
analysis to introduce localized geometrical defect by means of essential that dynamic buckling should be taken into
Riks algorithm under Abaqus CAE. It was found that the size of consideration[6]. The consequences of lightening
the defect has a huge influence on the buckling strength of the
panel. the weight could be in fact critical for some load
patterns that should be comprehensively
Keywords— Finite element analysis- buckling- stiffened panel- investigated.
Abaqus- defect
In a previous study, we’ve investigated the
I. INTRODUCTION
relationship of the welding parameters: the welding
Buckling is a sort of instability that differs from speed and the rotary speed, with the mechanical
bending, as it occurs when an axial load is applied properties of the panel, also, we’ve studied their
in compression on slender members. For a safe effects on the buckling strength of the panel[7]. In
design, it’s crucial to understand the behavior of this work, a parametric analysis on the influence of
buckling considering an airframe is constructed of a localized geometric defect and the material
long slender plates and stiffeners of which half will degradation in the stiffeners, as well as their
usually experience a compressive load leading to thickness on the buckling strength of a stiffened
buckling and crippling of the structures if panels under distributed axial compression is
overloaded. Even for marine structures, the performed. The objective is to predict the critical
consequences of buckling can be disastrous[1][2]. buckling load based on full factorial DOE table; the
In fact, those structures are likely subjected to material degradation is described by Young’s
various types of loading and deformations which modulus in both the stiffeners as well as the safe
include fabrication related initial imperfections, one. A quadratic polynomial surface response is
such as initial distortions, welding residual stress, derived.
softening in the heat affected zone of welded
aluminum structures, dynamic pressure II. NONLINEAR STATIC BUCKLING ANALYSIS OF STIFFENED
PANELS
loads[3][4]…, For this reason, we use the stiffeners
in the stiffened panels in order to improve the Under a given pattern of applied loading, the
structural response while optimizing the structure, equilibrium equations obtained by finite element
as the stiffeners are usually helping to increase the discretisation of the buckling problem take the
second moment of area of the skin. following general form:
f (u ) = 0 (1)
Where f is a nonlinear function of the nodal thickness as shown in table 1. The material
displacement vector u. To solve equation (1) for a properties in the safe and in the stiffeners part of the
given load history on a considered time interval, stiffened panel are different, the Young’s modulus E
Newton’s method is usually used. The idea is to and Poisson’s coefficient v are taken to be those of
expand the function f around the actual Steel. It is assumed here that this performance
approximation of the solution uk according to Taylor decreases and it is such that the behaviour remains
expansion as: linear elastic.
f k t f
2
f (u k ) + ( u ) uik + ( u kj ) (u k )( u kj ) + ... = 0
ui ui u j
(2)
material is assumed to have linear elastic behaviour. The lateral edges have the following boundary
The shell element S4R of the finite element Abaqus conditions u x = x = z = 0 . The edge z=0 is
software package is used. This element has four
assumed to be perfectly anchored
nodes with six degrees of freedom at each node and
can account for both material and geometric ux = u y = uz = x = y = z = 0 , while a uniform
nonlinearities. In the present analysis, the distributed edge load P is applied on the edge
geometrical configuration of the stiffened panel is z=a with the rigid wall boundary conditions
fixed according to figure 1. As for the defect, it has u x = x = z = 0 . The considered boundary
a square shape as it shown in figure 2. conditions are intermediate between the two limit
cases: lateral edges completely fixed and these
The modelled stiffened panel has two full equal edges fully free. Thus, the static buckling load is
segments and two half equal edge segments. The expected to be greater than that of free edges and
stiffeners take the form of three equal webs. The lower than that of fixed edges.
total length of the base plate is a=958mm and its
width is b=757.5mm. The plate has a thickness of
t=0.003m which is assumed to be uniform. The
stiffeners are I-shaped webs and have a variable
Fig. 3 The first buckling mode with the first eigenvalue P1 =1.19321.106N