Nonlinear dynamic buckling for truncated sandwich shallow conical shell structure subjected to pulse impact

Nonlinear dynamic buckling for sandwich shallow conical shell structure under uniform triangular pulse is investigated. Based on the Reissner's assumption and Hamiton's principle, the nonlinear dynamic governing equation of sandwich shallow spherical shells is derived. The corresponding nonlinear dynamic response equations are obtained by Galerkin method and solved by Runge-Kutta method. Budiansky-Roth criterion expressed by displacements of rigid center is employed to determine the critical impact bucking load. The effects of geometric parameters and physical parameters on impact buckling are discussed.