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On the axial buckling of very thin-walled cylindrical shells

  • Major advances in the buckling analysis of cylindrical shells have been achieved in the last two decades. Eurocode nowadays provides rules for tanks up to r/t = 5000. However, since only few literature has become available in the past, dealing specifically with very thin walled shells in the range between r/t = 1500 and r/t = 10000, code provisions either are quite conservative or, in case of r/t > 5000, do barely exist. Employing modern construction methods, close-to perfect, very thin-walled shells can be built that are out of the scope of the design codes. Therefore, to achieve more economical designs and a better sustainability, sophisticated design tools have to be used. In this paper, modifications and extensions of the current design procedure are proposed to overcome current limitations and drawbacks. A review of experiments with a special focus on cylinders with high r/t-ratios was conducted and modified lower bound approximation curves for the knock-down factor α deduced. They were checked against representative experimentsMajor advances in the buckling analysis of cylindrical shells have been achieved in the last two decades. Eurocode nowadays provides rules for tanks up to r/t = 5000. However, since only few literature has become available in the past, dealing specifically with very thin walled shells in the range between r/t = 1500 and r/t = 10000, code provisions either are quite conservative or, in case of r/t > 5000, do barely exist. Employing modern construction methods, close-to perfect, very thin-walled shells can be built that are out of the scope of the design codes. Therefore, to achieve more economical designs and a better sustainability, sophisticated design tools have to be used. In this paper, modifications and extensions of the current design procedure are proposed to overcome current limitations and drawbacks. A review of experiments with a special focus on cylinders with high r/t-ratios was conducted and modified lower bound approximation curves for the knock-down factor α deduced. They were checked against representative experiments from literature. Test results recalculated using an axisymmetric imperfection to explore their equivalent imperfection depth, proved that even small imperfections drastically reduce the buckling strength. Using a parametric study, the result range of α was extended up to r/t = 10000. The design proposal could be approved and an equation for the determination of an equivalent imperfection depth that relates the dependence of α to the imperfection depth and the r/t-ratio is proposed.show moreshow less

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Author: Hartmut PasternakORCiD, Andreas Jäger-Cañás
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/cepa.127
ISSN:2509-7075
Title of the source (English):Ce/papers : the online collection for conference papers in civil engineering
Document Type:Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Year of publication:2017
Volume/Year:1
Issue number:2-3
First Page:868
Last Page:877
Faculty/Chair:Fakultät 6 Architektur, Bauingenieurwesen und Stadtplanung / FG Stahl- und Holzbau
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