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Hyperboloidal lattice shell

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Atsushi Shitanaka, Takahira Aoki and Tomohiro Yokozeki, “Comparison of buckling loads of hyperboloidal and cylindrical lattice structures”, Composite Structures, Vol. 207, pp 877-888, 1 January 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.09.052

ABSTRACT: Cylindrical lattice structures are types of lightweight structures and can utilize the orthotropy of fiber-reinforced composite materials. Maximization of the buckling loads is important because they dominate the strength of the structures. On the basis of the fact that a hyperboloidal shape deviation increases the buckling loads of cylindrical homogeneous shells, the changes in the buckling loads of cylindrical lattice structures with a hyperboloidal shape deviation are discussed. Further, the buckling loads of both conventional cylindrical lattice structures and shape-deviated hyperboloidal lattice structures with respect to the compressive, bending, and torsional loads are calculated using a finite element method. The results show that the shape deviation decreases the buckling loads, while the change in mass is negligible. The effects of the shape deviation on the buckling loads differ between homogeneous shell structures and lattice structures.

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