Cylindrical shells under shear stresses

215

1.50 1.25 Nx0 1.00

max / xRc

Bending buckling Shear buckling

R/t = 25

50 100 200 500

0.75 0.50 L 0.25 y 0 2 4 Q Nx

0

Nx0=

R x 6 L/R Nx0 8

Figure 8.8 Buckling of cantilevered cylindrical shells with a transverse load T (called Q in the diagram) at the free end, according to linear elastic eigenvalue analysis (Schrder 1972; reproduced by kind permission of Wiley-VCH).
103

kq

kq = Tl2/ 3rD D = Et3/12(1 2)

103

R/t =100 200 405 1000 10 5 10 102 Z 103 104

Z = 1 2l 2/rt

Figure 8.9 Critical shear buckling transverse loads Tcr (reproduced from Elastic Stability of Cylindrical Shells, Yamaki, 1984).

with Eq. (3) shows that the transverse load shear buckling stress is nearly the same as the shear buckling stress under pure torsion. Much research work has been done in Japan and France related to the design of nuclear containments against horizontal seismic actions. Results of elasticplastic