Instability of moderately thick, laminated, cylindrical shells under combined axial compression and pressure
Abstract
This paper presents theoretical predictions on the buckling of cylindrical shells subjected to simultaneous loading of axial compression and lateral pressure. The theoretical analysis took into account the effects of transverse shear deformation. The equilibrium equations and the related boundary conditions were derived through the variational method. The buckling equations were derived through the perturbation technique. A solution procedure is developed for computer-generated numerical results. This procedure is based on the Galerkin method. Solutions are obtained and results used to examine the effects of shear deformations for several stacking sequence, length-to-radius ratios, and radius-to-thickness ratios. The numerical results are presented both in tabular and in graphical forms.
- Publication:
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Composite Structures
- Pub Date:
- 1994
- Bibcode:
- 1994CmpSt..27..367A
- Keywords:
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- Axial Loads;
- Axial Strain;
- Compression Loads;
- Compression Tests;
- Cylindrical Shells;
- Elastic Buckling;
- Laminates;
- Mathematical Models;
- Pressure Effects;
- Shear Strain;
- Shell Stability;
- Structural Failure;
- Transverse Loads;
- Computational Grids;
- Computerized Simulation;
- Donnell Equations;
- Equilibrium Equations;
- Galerkin Method;
- Graphs (Charts);
- Perturbation Theory;
- Thickness Ratio;
- Variational Principles;
- Structural Mechanics