Js. Anastasiadis et al., INSTABILITY OF MODERATELY THICK, LAMINATED, CYLINDRICAL-SHELLS UNDER COMBINED AXIAL-COMPRESSION AND PRESSURE, Composite structures, 27(4), 1994, pp. 367-378
This paper presents theoretical predictions on the buckling of cylindr
ical shells subjected to simultaneous loading of axial compression and
lateral pressure. The theoretical analysis took into account the effe
cts of transverse shear deformation. The equilibrium equations and the
related boundary conditions were derived by variational methods. The
buckling equations were derived through the perturbation technique. A
solution procedure is developed for computer-generated numerical resul
ts. This procedure is based on the Galerkin method. Solutions are obta
ined and results used to examine the effects of shear deformations for
several stacking sequences, length-to-radius ratios, and radius-to-th
ickness ratios. The numerical results are presented both in tabular an
d in graphical forms.