Buckling of spheres
Buckling of spheres
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I am investigating the buckling behaviour of spherical structures. I have found a reference to Timoshenko's "Theory of elasticity", but I read in a review that there are few worked-out examples in this book. Can anyone advise me about this book or recommend another?





RE: Buckling of spheres
I am sure it is available through www.amazon.com.
I also looked in another reference book and they site another book by Timoshenko that you may want to look at; Timoshenko, S., and S. Woinowsky-Kreiger: "Theory of Plates and Shells," 2d ed., McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York, 1959
Goodluck.
RE: Buckling of spheres
I have the Timoshenko books, good but does not cover what you are looking for. Another book by Timoshenko is "Strength of materials", but covers buckling of tubes
Roark' does have a table for buckling of a thin sphere under uniform pressure, table 35, case 22. I have the 6th ed.
Another good book is " Guide to stability design criteria for Metal structures", ed by Theodore V Galambos, John Wiley & Sons. This covers buckling of spheres. I have excel spreadsheet for this.
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I forget to mention that most pressure vessel codes (ASME, BS, AD Merkblatter) have sections on external pressure.
Other reference is Welding Research Council Bulletin WRC 406
& API 2U, Stability design of shells
RE: Buckling of spheres
RE: Buckling of spheres
thank you for your information. I already had the information from Roark's (this is the first book I consult whenever I have a question; it is the bible of engineering) and read the Von Karman solution on buckling. The book "Guide to stability design criteria for Metal structures" sounds promising and I wonder what your spreadsheet looks like.
Please contact me on vanbelle@gis.net.
I know that there are codes for designing vessels and such loaded under external pressure, but at the moment I am looking for failure strengths. This is why I find your reference intriguing.
Cheers,
Babe
RE: Buckling of spheres
If you need some assistance in analyzing a specfic design, I might be able to help. I have several computer methods that could be used.
Remember Spheres prefer hexagon buckling patterns, while cylinders prefer diamonds
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Yes, I would be very interested in looking at your codes. I have had some setbacks in retrieving test data and so I have not worked with some of the equations I found yet. Could you send me your email address to vanbelle@gis.net? I might need your help in the near future...