To the problem of stability of a cylindrical shell under axial compression

• DOI: 10.3103/s0025654411020026
• Publication Date: 2011-05-24T01:57:19Z
• Authors: V. V. Vasil’ev
• Keywords: 0203 mechanical engineering; 02 engineering and technology

The classical problem of stability of a thin elastic cylindrical shell loaded by axial compressions forces is considered. The axially symmetric and non-axisymmetric buckling modes of isotropic and orthotropic shells are studied. In contrast to the traditional approach, the well-known expressions for the critical load are obtained by analyzing the equations for the shell behavior and are independent of the boundary conditions.