Date of Award
Summer 1974
Document Type
Thesis
Department
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Program/Concentration
Mechanical Engineering
Committee Director
K. H. Murray
Committee Member
G. L. Goglia
Committee Member
A. S. Roberts
Committee Member
J. H. Starnes
Call Number for Print
Special Collections; LD4331.E56A64
Abstract
Analytical trends for the linear bifurcation buckling of thin isotropic right-circular-conical shells with unreinforced cutouts are investigated. Clamped, constant-thickness conical shells with homogeneous, isotropical material properties are analyzed for uniform axial compression. The buck ling loads are obtained by the use of the STAGS (Structural Analysis of General Shells) computer program which is based on a finite difference numerical approach. Variables defining the geometry of the cutout and the cone are nondimensionalized and the relationship between the nondimensional buckling load and nondimensional cutout parameter is established. A range of the cutout sizes is investigated for which linear bifurcation buckling results are expected to be reasonable approximations to the actual buckling loads.
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DOI
10.25777/jc5r-kx87
Recommended Citation
Arjuna, Garla.
"The Effect of Unreinforced Cutouts on the Buckling of Thin Conical Shells Loaded by Central Axial Compression"
(1974). Thesis, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/jc5r-kx87
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