STATIC BUCKLING AND POSTBUCKLING CHARACTERISTICS OF THIN-WALL ALUMINUM CYLINDERS UNDER ECCENTRIC COMPRESSIVE AXIAL LOADS

Abstract

Results from experimental measurements of buckling threshold and postbuckling characteristics of thin-wall aluminum-alloy circular cylinders loaded at various fixed ratios of axial compressive load to applied bending moment are reported. Buckling modes, both symmetric and antisymmetric, with respect to the plane of loading occurred and are presented. Typical results are shown. Postbuckling measurements of load-deflection characteristics are extended to very large deflections, and include a number of measurements during unloading and reversed loading.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0614711

Entities

People

  • Emmett A. Witmer
  • James J. Kotanchik
  • Theodore H. H. Pian

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aluminum
  • Aluminum Alloys
  • Axial Loads
  • Bending Moments
  • Chemical Milling
  • Dynamic Response
  • Eccentricity
  • Geometry
  • Guidance
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Nomenclature
  • Personality
  • Stresses
  • Test Methods
  • Thin Walls
  • Walls

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Structural Dynamics.