GEOMETRIC SHAPES OF MEMBRANE SHELLS STIFFENED WITH AN ELASTIC RING

T. M. Martynenko

UDC 539.3:531.2.001:621.81

A nonlinear integro-differential equation for determination 
of the shape of the meridian of a shell of revolution for which a 
prescribed external load produces no change in the curvature and torsion 
of the median surface has been derived. A formula for determination 
of the cross-sectional area of an elastic stiffening ring has been 
obtained.

Command-Engineering Institute, Ministry of Emergencies of the Republic 
of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii 
Zhurnal, Vol. 77, No. 1, pp. 179-180, January-February, 2004. Original 
article submitted May 20, 2003; revision submitted July 31, 2003.