BUCKLING OF UNSTIFFENED CONICAL SHELLS UNDER COMBINED LOADING,

Abstract

An experimental program was conducted in order to determine the family of interaction curves for the buckling of unstiffened conical shells under combined axial compression, torsion, and external or internal pressure. Careful experimental technique permitted many repeated buckling tests on the same aluminum-alloy shell without noticeable damage and yielded reliable interaction curves. Results of combined loading tests are presented and compared with linear theory. Test results show that the interaction curve for compression-torsion-pressure loading is defined by superposition of compression-pressure, torsion-pressure and compression-torsion behavior. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0658815

Entities

People

  • A. Berkovits
  • J. Singer
  • T. Weller

Organizations

  • Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alloys
  • Aluminum
  • Aluminum Alloys
  • Buckling
  • Compression
  • Internal Pressure

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Structural Dynamics.