Effects of Anisotropy in Axisymmetric Cylindrical Shells

Abstract

The solution of the problem of the generally anisotropic axisymmetric circular cylindrical shell is obtained employing a recent shell theory given by Naghdi. The practical importance of the presence of the circumferential displacement components and the twisting couple arising due to the presence of anisotropy, as well as the significance of the inclusion of the coupled effects of transverse shear deformation and anisotropy, are illustrated by a specific example.