Axial Buckling of Cylindrical Shells With Prismatic Imperfections

1974 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 731-736 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Bhatia ◽  
C. D. Babcock

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.

2014 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 255-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dao Van Dung ◽  
Vu Hoai Nam

Based on the classical thin shell theory with the geometrical nonlinearity in von Karman-Donnell sense, the smeared stiffener technique, Galerkin method and an approximate three-term solution of deflection taking into account the nonlinear buckling shape is chosen, the governing nonlinear dynamic equations of eccentrically stiffened functionally graded circular cylindrical shells subjected to time dependent axial compression and external pressure is established in part 1. In this study, the nonlinear dynamic responses are obtained by fourth order Runge-Kutta method and the nonlinear dynamic buckling behavior of stiffened functionally graded shells under linear-time loading is determined by according to Budiansky-Roth criterion. Numerical results are investigated to reveal effects of stiffener, input factors on the vibration and nonlinear dynamic buckling loads of stiffened functionally graded circular cylindrical shells.


2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (8) ◽  
pp. 2000-2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Zaharia ◽  
Alexandru Pupazescu ◽  
Cristian Mihai Petre

As demonstrated in numerous theoretical and experimental studies [1], the buckling behaviour of stiffened cylindrical shells (SCS) is strongly influenced by the presence of geometric imperfections caused by the manufacturing process and/or exploitation. Therefore, the design norms recommend the use of reduction coefficients with very low values, resulting in a significant reduction of the maximum load applied. In order to calculate the critical buckling load as accurately as possible it is necessary to know the real geometry of SCS. In case of SCS, the structural analysis based on the use of the finite element method (FEM), using models that reflect the real geometry of the shell determined from measurements, lead to a better evaluation of the critical buckling load. The structural analysis with FEM is accepted more and more by standards, EN 1993-1-6:2007 [2] specifying the types of numerical analysis accepted for cylindrical shells. The aim of this study is to compare the results concerning the critical buckling load for SCS under axial compression, obtained with both the analytical and FEM methods for real geometries obtained from measurements. For this purpose, scale models of SCS were used, for which were determined, by measuring, the values of the deviations from the median radius at several points on the shells surface. These deviations were then incorporated in the numerical analysis with FEM and it was determined, for each cylindrical shell, the value of the critical axial buckling load, by using geometrically nonlinear analysis. In order to validate the results of the numerical analysis, the analysed SCS were subjected to axial compression within an experimental program and the experimental data were compared with the results established on the basis of analytical and numerical calculation.


1974 ◽  
Vol 96 (4) ◽  
pp. 1322-1327
Author(s):  
Shun Cheng ◽  
C. K. Chang

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.


2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (02) ◽  
pp. 215-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
MATTEO BROGGI ◽  
ADRIANO CALVI ◽  
GERHART I. SCHUËLLER

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.


1975 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 316-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Lockhart ◽  
J. C. Amazigo

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.


2012 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 139-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dao Van Dung ◽  
Le Kha Hoa

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.


1965 ◽  
Vol 9 (02) ◽  
pp. 66-73
Author(s):  
Thein Wah

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.


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