A NOTE ON THE CLASSICAL BUCKLING LOAD OF CIRCULAR CYLINDRICAL SHELLS UNDER AXIAL COMPRESSION

AIAA Journal ◽  
1963 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 475-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. C. TENNYSON
Keyword(s):  
Axial Compression ◽  
Cylindrical Shells ◽  
Buckling Load ◽  
Circular Cylindrical Shells

Axial Buckling of Cylindrical Shells With Prismatic Imperfections

1974 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 731-736 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Bhatia ◽  
C. D. Babcock
Keyword(s):  
Axial Compression ◽  
Cylindrical Shells ◽  
Numerical Results ◽  
Geometric Parameters ◽  
Buckling Load ◽  
Axial Buckling ◽  
Circular Cylindrical Shells

The effect of prismatic imperfections on the buckling load of circular cylindrical shells under axial compression is examined by considering the problem as one of interaction between panels forming the shell. The imperfections are in the form of flat spots. Numerical results are presented to show the effect of shell geometric parameters and the number, size, and the type of flat spots on the buckling load.

Buckling of Circular Cylindrical Shells Using a Displacement Function

1974 ◽  
Vol 96 (4) ◽  
pp. 1322-1327
Author(s):  
Shun Cheng ◽  
C. K. Chang
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Axial Compression ◽  
Cylindrical Shells ◽  
External Pressure ◽  
Displacement Function ◽  
Combined Loading ◽  
Trial Solution ◽  
Governing Differential Equation ◽  
Circular Cylindrical Shells ◽  
The Stability

The buckling problem of circular cylindrical shells under axial compression, external pressure, and torsion is investigated using a displacement function φ. A governing differential equation for the stability of thin cylindrical shells under combined loading of axial compression, external pressure, and torsion is derived. A method for the solutions of this equation is also presented. The advantage in using the present equation over the customary three differential equations for displacements is that only one trial solution is needed in solving the buckling problems as shown in the paper. Four possible combinations of boundary conditions for a simply supported edge are treated. The case of a cylinder under axial compression is carried out in detail. For two types of simple supported boundary conditions, SS1 and SS2, the minimum critical axial buckling stress is found to be 43.5 percent of the well-known classical value Eh/R3(1−ν2) against the 50 percent of the classical value presently known.

RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT OF AXIALLY COMPRESSED COMPOSITE CYLINDRICAL SHELLS WITH RANDOM IMPERFECTIONS

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (02) ◽  
pp. 215-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
MATTEO BROGGI ◽  
ADRIANO CALVI ◽  
GERHART I. SCHUËLLER
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Models ◽  
Axial Compression ◽  
Cylindrical Shells ◽  
Reliability Assessment ◽  
Buckling Analysis ◽  
Buckling Load ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Drastic Decrease ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Probability And Statistics

Cylindrical shells under axial compression are susceptible to buckling and hence require the development of enhanced underlying mathematical models in order to accurately predict the buckling load. Imperfections of the geometry of the cylinders may cause a drastic decrease of the buckling load and give rise to the need of advanced techniques in order to consider these imperfections in a buckling analysis. A deterministic buckling analysis is based on the use of the so-called knockdown factors, which specifies the reduction of the buckling load of the perfect shell in order to account for the inherent uncertainties in the geometry. In this paper, it is shown that these knockdown factors are overly conservative and that the fields of probability and statistics provide a mathematical vehicle for realistically modeling the imperfections. Furthermore, the influence of different types of imperfection on the buckling load are examined and validated with experimental results.

Dynamic Buckling of Externally Pressurized Imperfect Cylindrical Shells

1975 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 316-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Lockhart ◽  
J. C. Amazigo
Keyword(s):  
Asymptotic Expression ◽  
Cylindrical Shells ◽  
Simple Relation ◽  
Dynamic Buckling ◽  
Fourier Component ◽  
Buckling Load ◽  
Buckling Mode ◽  
Geometric Imperfections ◽  
Circular Cylindrical Shells ◽  
Step Loading

The dynamic buckling of imperfect finite circular cylindrical shells subjected to suddenly applied and subsequently maintained lateral or hydrostatic pressure is studied using a perturbation method. The geometric imperfections are assumed small but arbitrary. A simple asymptotic expression is obtained for the dynamic buckling load in terms of the amplitude of the Fourier component of the imperfection in the shape of the classical buckling mode. Consequently, for small imperfection, there is a simple relation between the dynamic buckling load under step-loading and the static buckling load. This relation is independent of the shape of the imperfection.

scholarly journals Solving nonlinear stability problem of imperfect functionally graded circular cylindrical shells under axial compression by Galerkin's method

2012 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 139-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dao Van Dung ◽  
Le Kha Hoa
Keyword(s):  
Axial Compression ◽  
Nonlinear Stability ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Cylindrical Shells ◽  
Geometrical Nonlinearity ◽  
Functionally Graded ◽  
Galerkin’S Method ◽  
Galerkin's Method ◽  
Method Effects ◽  
Circular Cylindrical Shells

This paper presents an analytical approach to analyze the nonlinear stability of thin closed circular cylindrical shells under axial compression with material properties varying smoothly along the thickness in the power and exponential distribution laws. Equilibrium and compatibility equations are obtained by using Donnel shell theory taking into account the geometrical nonlinearity in von Karman and initial geometrical imperfection.  Equations to find the critical load and the load-deflection curve are established by Galerkin's method. Effects of buckling modes, of imperfection, of dimensional parameters and of volume fraction indexes to buckling loads and postbuckling load-deflection curves of cylindrical shells are investigated. In case of perfect cylindrical shell, the present results coincide with the ones of the paper  [13] which were solved by Ritz energy method.

Axisymmetric Buckling of Ring-Stiffened Cylindrical Shells Under Axial Compression

1965 ◽  
Vol 9 (02) ◽  
pp. 66-73
Author(s):  
Thein Wah
Keyword(s):  
Finite Difference ◽  
Axial Compression ◽  
Torsional Rigidity ◽  
Cylindrical Shells ◽  
Axisymmetric Buckling ◽  
Circular Cylindrical Shells ◽  
Stiffened Cylindrical Shells

The possibility of axisymmetric modes of buckling of ring-stiffened circular cylindrical shells under axial compression is investigated by the use of finite-difference calculus. The theory accounts for both the extensional as well as torsional rigidity of the rings.

Postbuckling Analyses of Elastic Cylindrical Shells Under Axial Compression

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takaya Kobayashi ◽  
Yasuko Mihara
Keyword(s):  
Critical Load ◽  
Axial Compression ◽  
Cylindrical Shells ◽  
General Purpose ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Ideal Condition ◽  
Postbuckling Behavior ◽  
Mode Shift ◽  
Applied Loading ◽  
Circular Cylindrical Shells

In designing a modern lightweight structure, it is of technical importance to assure its safety against buckling under the applied loading conditions. For this issue, the determination of the critical load in an ideal condition is not sufficient, but it is further required to clarify the postbuckling behavior, that is, the behavior of the structure after passing through the critical load. One of the reasons is to estimate the effect of practically unavoidable imperfections on the critical load, and the second reason is to evaluate the ultimate strength to exploit the load-carrying capacity of the structure. For the buckling problem of circular cylindrical shells under axial compression, a number of experimental and theoretical studies have been made by many researchers. In the case of the very thin shell that exhibits elastic buckling, experimental results show that after the primary buckling, secondary buckling takes place accompanying successive reductions in the number of circumferential waves at every mode shift on systematic (one-by-one) basis. In this paper, we traced this successive buckling of circular cylindrical shells using the latest in general-purpose FEM technology. We carried out our studies with three approaches: the arc-length method (the modified Riks method); the static stabilizing method with the aid of (artificial) damping especially, for the local instability; and the explicit dynamic procedure. The studies accomplished the simulation of successive buckling following unstable paths, and showed agreement with the experimental results.

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