Long-time stability of orthotropic cylindrical shells under external pressure

Abstract

The problem is solved using a refined theory of shells that takes shear strains into account. The shell deformations are described by means of the relations for an orthotropic material, it being assumed that creep strains develop only as a result of shear forces. The geometrically linear problem is considered. For the sake of comparison, the long-time critical load is calculated on a Minsk-22 computer using the Kirchhoff-Love and refined models. It is shown that when shears are taken into account, in certain cases the critical load may be reduced by 30%.