Determination of the critical loads of shells by nondestructive methods

Autor: E. M. Nassar, M. K. Singhal, W. H. Horton
Rok vydání: 1977
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Zdroj: Experimental Mechanics. 17:154-160
ISSN: 1741-2765
0014-4851
DOI: 10.1007/bf02324214
Popis: Two methods for determining the location of and load level to produce instability of compressed cylindrical shells are presented. The first relates the variation in the wall normal stiffness as a function of applied compressive force to the critical load. It uses the distribution of stiffness over the surface of the shell as a guide to buckle location. The second method associates the local dynamic mass with instability behavior. The test data presented show that either method will give excellent prediction capability from low-load-level data for shells of orthodox form. Neither method appears to apply to spirally stiffened shells. This is thought to be due to the fact that there is a substantial difference between the buckle pattern under axial compression and the imperfection shape induced by the normal displacement which is used to ascertain the wall stiffness and the dynamic mass.
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