Abstract
AbstractThis review highlights some practical aspects of the design of thin‐walled shells for aerospace applications. This type of shell must comply with the mission profile. It is therefore necessary to find an optimum structural concept with low weight, high strength, high buckling load and a low imperfection sensitivity. In an optimum design, structural instability occurs slightly below the material strength or yield strength. In general, and by contrast with other structural elements such as beam and plates, a thin‐walled cylindrical shell shows a high imperfection sensitivity. Hence, recommendations are given concerning the design of shells and approximate stability analyses are presented for different mechanical loading conditions.
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