AXISYMMETRIC BUCKLING OF THIN PRESSURIZED CYLINDRICAL SHELLS UNDER AXIAL COMPRESSION

A theoretical and experimental investigation of buckling characteristics of thin pressurized cylindrical shells under axial compression is presented. Theoretical analyses, restricted to the case of small-finite displacements, of axisymmetric elastic as well as plastic buckling are included. General...

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Main Authors: Connor,Jerome J ,Jr, Campo,John
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
BUCKLING
ELASTIC PROPERTIES
LOADS(FORCES)
MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
PRESSURE
PRESSURE VESSELS
SHELLS(STRUCTURAL FORMS)
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Summary:A theoretical and experimental investigation of buckling characteristics of thin pressurized cylindrical shells under axial compression is presented. Theoretical analyses, restricted to the case of small-finite displacements, of axisymmetric elastic as well as plastic buckling are included. General dimensionless expressions for radial displacement, principal shear stress, and unit end shortening are determined. In addition, a general relationship is established between plastic buckling load and several parameters, including that of internal pressure. For a given cylinder the experimental results indicate that increasing the internal pressure increases the buckling load as long as the buckling remains eleastic. For plastic buckling, on the other hand, both the theoretical and experimental results show that increasing the internal pressure decreases the buckling load. (Author)