Theory of composite grid shells

The grid shells formed by a system of edges are currently used in structures of various destination. In the last years, geodesic grid structures manufactured of modern composite materials by the winding method find increasingly wider applications in rocket-space technology as rocket transfer modules, spacecraft bodies, and load-carrying components of space platforms which have the form of cylindrical or conic shells. Grid composite shells are considered as promising elements of the passenger aircraft wing, empennage, and fuselage structures of sufficiently irregular shapes. In the present paper, general equations of the theory of composite grid shells are derived and their possible simplifications are considered.