Abstract
This chapter discusses the bending theory of open circular cylindrical shells. If a circular cylindrical shell is formed such that the generator parallel to the x axis does not close on itself, the shell so formed is termed an open circular cylindrical shell. Such shells are commonly used as roofing structures and as such are normally supported at the ends by rigid diaphragms, termed traverses, which are in turn supported by columns. When such a shell is uniformly loaded, certain assumptions derived from the symmetry of the uniformly loaded closed shell no longer apply. The problem of analysing such a shell is very much more complicated than in the case for a closed cylindrical shell.
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