• Title of article

    Buckling of Cylindrical Steel Shells with Random Imperfections due to Global Shear

  • Author/Authors

    Rahmani, Nima Islamic Azad University, Qazvin Branch, Qazvin, Iran , Razzaghi, Mehran S. Islamic Azad University, Qazvin Branch, Qazvin, Iran , Hosseinic, Mahmoud International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Tehran, Iran

  • Pages
    5
  • From page
    39
  • To page
    43
  • Abstract
    This study aims to investigate the effects of geometric imperfections on buckling of thin cylindrical shells due to global shear. To this end, more than 320 finite element models of cylindrical shells with different diameter to thickness ratios were prepared. Random imperfections with different amplitudes were applied to numerical models. The results revealed that global buckling of cylindrical shells are susceptible to imperfection patterns. It was also shown that Yamaki’s expression can be considered as upper band for plastic shear buckling of thin cylindrical shells.
  • Keywords
    Cylindrical shell , Imperfection , Gobal shear buckling
  • Journal title
    Astroparticle Physics
  • Serial Year
    2011
  • Record number

    2435811