Handbook of structural stability
Subtitle: Buckling of curved plates and shells
By: George Gerard and Herbert Becker
Contributors: Becker, Herbert, 1918-; United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
Series: Technical note / National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics -- 3783; Technical note (United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) -- no. 3783.
Publisher: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
Published: 1957
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9781680156287
Subjects: Structural analysis (Engineering); Stability; Plates (Engineering); Curvature; Shells (Engineering); Buckling (Mechanics); Loads (Mechanics); Strains and stresses; Théorie des constructions; Stabilité; Flambage (Résistance des matériaux); Charges; Contraintes (Mécanique); Structural analysis
Description: Available theories and test data on buckling of curved plates and shells are reviewed. For torsion and external-pressure loadings, the test data are correlated in terms of linear buckling theories for both the elastic and inelastic ranges.

The cases which exhibit a marked disagreement between linear theory and test data include those of curved plates and cylinders under axial compression, cylinders under bending, and spherical plates under external pressure. These cases have been analyzed by a unified semiempirical approach for both the elastic and inelastic ranges which is satisfactory for analysis and design purposes.

The effects of internal pressure on buckling of elements under uniaxial loads are discussed and data on various combined loadings are presented in interaction form.
Notes: NACA TN No. 3783.

Includes bibliographical references.