INVESTIGATION OF HYPERELASTIC SOFT SHELLS NONSTATIONARY DYNAMICS PROBLEMS SOLUTION FEATURES

Results of hyperelastic soft shells nonlinear axisymmetric dynamic deforming problems solution algorithm testing are represented in the work. Equations of motion are given in vector-matrix form. For the nonlinear initial-boundary value problem solution an algorithm which lies in reduction of the system of partial differential equations of motion to the system of ordinary differential equations with the help of lines method is developed. At this finite-difference approximation of partial time derivatives is used. The system of ordinary differential equations obtained as a result of this approximation is solved using parameter differentiation method at each time step. The algorithm testing results are represented for the case of pressure uniformly distributed along the meridian of the shell and linearly increasing in time. Three types of elastic potential characterizing shell material are considered: Neo-hookean, Mooney – Rivlin and Yeoh. Features of numerical realization of the algorithm used are pointed out. These features are connected both with the properties of soft shells deforming equations system and with the features of the algorithm itself. The results are compared with analytical solution of the problem considered. Solution behavior at critical pressure value is investigated. Formulations and conclusions given in analytical studies of the problem are clarified. Applicability of the used algorithm to solution of the problems of soft shells dynamic deforming in the range of displacements several times greater than initial dimensions of the shell and deformations much greater than unity is shown. The numerical solution of the initial boundary value problem of nonstationary dynamic deformation of the soft shell is obtained without assumptions about the limitation of displacements and deformations. The results of the calculations are in good agreement with the results of analytical studies of the test problem.