COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MONOCOQUE AND SEMIMONOCOQUE FLIGHT VEHICLE STRUCTURES UNDER STRUCTURAL AND THERMO-STRUCTURAL LOADS.
Keywords:
monocoque, semi monocoque, axial strain, temperature, axial stress.Abstract
Analysis of monocoque and semi-monocoque cylindrical flight automobile systems by means of using the use
of finite element approach has been finished. Shell factors are used for idealizing pores and skin quantities and prevent rings
and beam factors are used for idealizing stiffeners. The behaviour of those systems is compared in phrases of mass,
deformation, stress and buckling underneath structural and thermo-structural masses to study the impact of quantity of
longitudinal stiffeners. They have a look at indicates that semi-monocoque structures offer better factor of safety and
buckling load component whilst most effective structural loads (axial strain and bending 2nd) are performing on them and
the same form supply lesser element of protection and buckling load aspect at the same time as thermal masses
(temperatures) and structural hundreds (axial stress and bending second) are performing on them in a combined way. It is
concluded that monocoque structures are great appropriate under thermo-structural load environments.
