A Theorem on Buckling and Structural Stiffness

1965 ◽  
Vol 9 (02) ◽  
pp. 9-10
Author(s):  
William P. Vafakos
Keyword(s):  
Cylindrical Shell ◽  
Axial Compression ◽  
Circular Cylindrical Shell ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Buckling Load ◽  
Structural Stiffness ◽  
Axisymmetric Buckling

Sufficient conditions are presented under which an increase (decrease) of the flexural, torsional, or extensional stiffness in any part of a structure cannot result in a decrease (increase) of the classical buckling load. A problem of axisymmetric buckling of a ringstiffened circular cylindrical shell under axial compression is considered for illustration.

Buckling of Composite and Homogeneous Isotropic Cylindrical Shells Under Axial and Radial Loading

1969 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 791-798 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. M. Lei ◽  
Shun Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Axial Compression ◽  
Circular Cylindrical Shell ◽  
Radial Pressure ◽  
Buckling Load ◽  
Simply Supported ◽  
Classical Boundary ◽  
Axial Compressive Stress ◽  
Radial Loading ◽  
Geometrical Dimensions

A theoretical analysis of the buckling of a multilayered thin orthotropic composite circular cylindrical shell of finite length, subjected to (a) uniform axial compression, and (b) axial compression combined with radial pressure, is presented. At each end of the shell, four boundary conditions are satisfied. Four combinations of boundary conditions for simply supported shells, and four combinations of boundary conditions for clamped shells, are treated. These boundary conditions are reduced to the vanishing of a fourth-order determinant. Buckling loads for boron-epoxy composite shells are determined and the results are shown in a series of diagrams. The effect of boundary conditions on the buckling load for various geometrical dimensions of composite cylinders is investigated. Details of the boundary conditions are shown to have strong influence on the buckling load of the shell. The minimum critical axial compression for a simply supported shell with boundary conditions SS1 is as low as 79 percent of the minimum critical axial compression for a shell with classical boundary conditions SS3. As a special case of a composite shell, the minimum critical axial compressive stress for a homogeneous, isotropic, simply supported shell with end conditions SS1 is found to be 43.7 percent of the classical critical stress.

Creep Buckling Analyses of Circular Cylindrical Shells Under Axial Compression—Bifurcation Buckling Analysis by the Finite Element Method

1987 ◽  
Vol 109 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Miyazaki
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Cylindrical Shell ◽  
Axial Compression ◽  
Circular Cylindrical Shell ◽  
Cylindrical Shells ◽  
The Finite Element Method ◽  
Bifurcation Buckling ◽  
Creep Buckling ◽  
Circular Cylindrical Shells

The finite element method is applied to the creep buckling of circular cylindrical shells under axial compression. Not only the axisymmetric mode but also the bifurcation mode of the creep buckling are considered in the analysis. The critical time for creep buckling is defined as either the time when a slope of a displacement versus time curve becomes infinite or the time when the bifurcation buckling occurs. The creep buckling analyses are carried out for an infinitely long and axially compressed circular cylindrical shell with an axisymmetric initial imperfection and for a finitely long and axially compressed circular cylindrical shell. The numerical results are compared with available analytical ones and experimental data.

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