BUCKLING OF INTEGRALLY STIFFENED CYLINDRICAL SHELLS--A REVIEW OF EXPERIMENT AND THEORY

A survey of the state of the art of buckling analysis for integrally stiffened cylindrical shells is presented and the resulting design implications are discussed. The experimental evidence which supports the applicability of linear theory is summarized, and the factors that determine the bounds of this applicability are considered in detail. Simple 'smeared' stiffener theory is outlined, with emphasis on eccentricity effects and the results of more refined analyses, which take boundary effects into account, are discussed. Imperfection sensitivity is considered as well as some recently observed inelastic effects. The emphasis is mostly on axial compression, but other loading cases are also considered. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

  Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Haifa,   Israel  32000
• Authors:
  • SINGER, J
• Publication Date: 1972

Media Info

• Pagination: 35 p.

Subject/Index Terms

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

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00044246
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: AFOSR-TR-73-0013
• Contract Numbers: F44620-71-C-0116
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 11 1973 12:00AM