A COMPUTER STUDY OF THE BUCKLING OF AN INPERFECT CYLINDRICAL SHELL

An existing computer program for the geometrically nonlinear analysis of arbitrarily loaded shells of revolution was modified to incorporate initial geometric imperfections into the buckling solution of an axially loaded circular cylindrical shell. Several different boundary conditions were considered, and the predicted buckling loads were examined to determine the significance of the initial imperfections and the boundary conditions for the shell stability problem.

• Corporate Authors:

  Naval Postgraduate School

  1 University Circle
  Monterey, CA  United States  93943
• Authors:
  • Dantone, J J
• Publication Date: 1971-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 40 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buckling; Cylinders (Geometry); Shells (Structural forms)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cylindrical shells
• Old TRIS Terms: Shell theory
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00033670
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: MA Thesis
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 15 1972 12:00AM