This study investigates the buckling behavior of short cylindrical shells with hemi-spherical heads subjected to hydrostatic pressure. It is assumed that the length of the cylindrical part is smaller than or equal to its diameter while its material may be dif-ferent from that of hemispherical heads. Finite element analysis was used to seek out the effect of geometric parameters such as thicknes...

This paper treats the stress distribution in an ellipsoidal shell of revolution with a hole. The problem is reduced to the solution of sets of eight simultaneous equations. If interest is restricted to the neighborhood of the hole, a simplification occurs requiring the solution of sets of four simultaneous equations.

The asymptotic behaviour of the smallest eigenvalue in linear Koiter shell problems is studied, as the thickness parameter tends to zero. In particular, three types of shells of revolution are considered. A result concerning the ratio between the bending and the total elastic energy is also provided, by using the general theory detailed in [2, 3].

A procedure is devised for the calculation of hydrodynamic properties of rigid macromolecules composed subunits that are modeled as ellipsoids of revolution and cylinders. Owing to the axial symmetry of these shapes, smooth shell models can be constructured for the subunit structure. The bead shell model so constructed is employed for the calculation of the properties. A computer program, HYDRO...

A numerical procedure is described in which the aerodynamic drag and torque in low Earth orbit are calculated for a prototype Space Shuttle external tank and its components, the "LO2" and "LH2" tanks, carrying liquid oxygen and hydrogen, respectively, for any given angle of attack. Calculations assume the hypersonic limit of free molecular flow theory. Each shell of revolution is assumed to be ...

A method for analyzing the structural behavior of toroidal magnet systems subjected to Lorentz fomes both in and out of the winding planes, and thermal loads is considered in this paper. The toroidal coil assembly is treated as a finite thickness, orthotropic, rotationally symmetric shell of revolution acted upon by symmetrical and antisymmetrical loads. The equations based on Reissner's shell ...