Accession Number:

AD0601045

Title:

ENERGY SOLUTION TO BUCKLING OF SPHERICAL SHELLS BY USE OF THE RITZ METHOD

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY MISSILE COMMAND REDSTONE ARSENAL AL SYSTEMS RESEARCH DIRECTORATE

Personal Author(s):

• Patrick, Jr, G. E.

Report Date:

1964-01-31

Pagination or Media Count:

19.0

Abstract:

A closed solution was developed to calculate the critical buckling load of a uniformly loaded sphere which yields results that are in close agreement with test. This procedure permits the calculation of buckling loads of spherical shells with varying shell segments, varying loading provided axisymmetric and radial, and a varying thickness.

Descriptors:

• *SHELLS(STRUCTURAL FORMS)
• LOADS(FORCES)
• SPHERES
• BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS
• BUCKLING
• ELASTIC SHELLS

Subject Categories:

• Structural Engineering and Building Technology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE