Accession Number:

AD0294878

Title:

A SURVEY OF BUCKLING THEORY AND EXPERIMENT FOR CIRCULAR CONICAL SHELLS OF CONSTANT THICKNESS

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

AEROSPACE CORP EL SEGUNDO CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• SEIDE,PAUL

Report Date:

1962-09-24

Pagination or Media Count:

1.0

Abstract:

A survey of the state-of-the-art for the stability of thin-walled conical shells is presented. Known theoretical results are summarized and compared with experiment. The shortcomings of present knowledge and recommended work for the future are discussed. Author

Descriptors:

• *CONICAL BODIES
• *SHELLS(STRUCTURAL FORMS)
• AXISYMMETRIC FLOW
• BUCKLING
• COMPRESSIBLE FLOW
• CURVED PROFILES
• CYLINDRICAL BODIES
• DEFLECTION
• DEFORMATION
• ELASTIC SHELLS
• EXPERIMENTAL DATA
• HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE
• NOSE CONES
• PRESSURE
• SHOCK WAVES
• STABILITY
• STABILIZATION SYSTEMS
• STRUCTURES
• THICKNESS
• TORQUE
• TORSION METERS

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE