A Computer Study of the Buckling of an Imperfect Cylindrical Shell.

Abstract

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. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0736530

Entities

People

  • Joseph John Dantone

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Buckling
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Nonlinear Analysis
  • Revolutions

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Structural Dynamics.