Buckling of axially compressed cylinders with imperfect length

  • Authors:
  • J. Błachut

  • Affiliations:
  • The University of Liverpool, Mechanical Engineering, Liverpool L69 3GH, UK

  • Venue:
  • Computers and Structures
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

The load bearing capacity has been computed for axially compressed mild steel cylinders with non-uniform axial length. The initial geometric imperfection had a sinusoidal shape along the compressed edge. Computations were carried out for the radius-to-thickness ratio, 165=