Critical-stress of thin-walled cylinders in axial compression
By: by S.B. Batdorf, Murry Schildcrout, and Manuel Stein, Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, Langley Field, Va
Contributors: Schildcrout, Murry, author; Stein, Manuel, author; United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics; Langley Aeronautical Laboratory
Series: Technical note -- no. 1343; Technical note (United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) -- 1343.
Publisher: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
Published: 1947
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 17
ISBN-13: 9781680156119
Subjects: Thin-walled structures; Cylinders; Strains and stresses; Structures à parois minces; Cylindres; Contraintes (Mécanique); Cylinders (solids)
Description: Empirical design curves are presented for the critical stress of thin-walled cylinders loaded in axial compression. These curves are plotted in terms of nondimensional parameters of small-deflection theory and are compared with theoretical curves derived for the buckling of cylinders with simply supported and clamped edges. An empirical equation is given for the buckling of cylinders having a length-radius ratio greater than about 0.75. The test data obtained from various sources follow the general trend of the theoretical curve for cylinders with clamped edges, agreeing closely with the theory in the case of short cylinders, but falling considerably below the theoretical results for long cylinders. --
Notes: "Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory."

Date of issue: June 1947.

Report no. NACA-TN-1343.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 15-16)

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