An analog study of the thermal buckling behavior of thin cylindricalshells.

Abstract

Abstract : A simple beam-column model is utilized to study the thermal buckling behavior of similar shells. Closed-form solutions of the governing differential equation are presented for the cases of simply-supported ends and clamped ends. Numerical calculations are performed and the data obtained used to construct equilibrium curves relating the axial load to the axial end shortening and to the midlength lateral deflection. The theoretical curves obtained for the clamped beam-column are in good qualitative agreement with the experimental curves recorded in an equivalent problem of a previous investigation. (Author)