Minimum weight design of stiffened cylinders is of fundamental importance in design of launch vehicles; since such structures are susceptible to compressive loads, they tend to fail due to instability rather than yielding; hence, minimum weight design of these cylinders may be governed by stability considerations rather than yielding; theoretical predictions have shown that both stiffener eccentricity and stiffener location have considerable influence on buckling stress of stiffened cylinders; hence, rigorous approach to minimum weight design of stiffened cylinders must take into account influence of stiffener eccentricity and location.
Minimum weight design aspects of stiffened cylinders under compression
NASA CR
NASA Contractor Reports ; n 963
1967
16 pages
Report
English
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