Buckling of an axially compressed cylindrical shell of variable thickness

Authors

• W. T. Koiter, Delft University of Technology
• Isaac Elishakoff, Delft University of Technology
• Y. W. Li, Delft University of Technology
• J. H. Starnes, Delft University of Technology

Author Type

Outside Researcher

Co-Author Type 1

Outside Researcher

Co-Author Type 2

Outside Researcher

Co-Author Type 3

Outside Researcher

College

Engineering and Computer Science

Department

Ocean and Mechanical Engineering

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication/Event/Conference Title

American Society of Mechanical Engineers Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Publication PVP

Publication Status

Version of Record

Abstract

The study focuses on the buckling of cylindrical shells with small thickness variations. Two important cases of thickness variation pattern are considered. Asymptotic formulas up to the second order of the thickness variation parameter are derived by the combination of the perturbation and weighted residual methods. The expressions obtained in this study reduce to formulas obtained previously by the first author, when only the first order term of the thickness variation parameter is retained in the analysis. Results from the asymptotic formulas are compared with those obtained through the purely numerical techniques of the finite difference method and the shooting method.

First Page

23

Last Page

28

Publication Date

12-1-1993

Recommended Citation

Koiter, W. T.; Elishakoff, Isaac; Li, Y. W.; and Starnes, J. H., "Buckling of an axially compressed cylindrical shell of variable thickness" (1993). Faculty Scholarship. 576.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/faculty_papers/576