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Various cylindrical shells possibly with the same Batdorf parameter, Z |
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Linear buckling coefficients k from tests and theory for cylindrical shells under axial compression, torsion and external pressure |
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Industrial revolution meets space age: A circa 1965 device at the California Institute of Technology for testing cylindrical shells under axial compression |
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(a) Pre-buckling and (b,c) bifurcation buckling modes of uniformly axially compressed cylindrical shell |
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Plan views of typical bifurcation buckling modes of an axially compressed cylindrical shell. n is the number of full circumferential waves in the buckling mode. |
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Buckling of axially compressed cylindrical shell: buckling modes vs shell length |
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Three dimensional rendering of a typical buckling mode with 2 axial half-waves and 4 full circumferential waves |
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Buckling curves for axially compressed isotropic cylindrical shells |
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Variation of critical stress in simply supported cylindrical shells from Donnell’s and Sanders’ theories (a=radius, n=circ.waves) |
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Buckled axially compressed cylindrical shell |
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Buckled thin unstiffened axially compressed cylindrical shell |
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"Classical" buckling stress of a thin, monocoque, perfect, elastic, uniformly axially compressed cylindrical shell |
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Buckling of thin isotropic cylindrical shells under uniform axial compression |
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Comparison of test versus theory for buckling of axially compressed isotropic cylindrical shells |
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Comparison of test versus theory for buckling of axially compressed isotropic cylindrical shells |
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