STAGS model of an externally stiffened cylindrical shell previously optimized by PANDA2

This is Fig. 1 in the 2006 difficult paper. This slide shows a STAGS model generated by the PANDA2 processor called “STAGSUNIT”.

The loading used for all the configurations studied in this paper is as follows:

Axial Resultant (lb/in), Nx Load Set A = -100000 lb/in
Hoop Resultant (lb/in), Ny(Load Set A = -20000 lb/in
In-plane shear (lb/in), Nxy Load Set A = 20000 lb/in
Uniform pressure, (psi),p Load Set A = -200 psi
Zero loading in Load Set B

In this slide different shell units ("shell unit" is STAGS jargon) are shown in different colors.

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