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Experimental buckling of GRP cylindrical shells

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During the setup of an experiment, errors may occur. Sources of such errors may be due to several factors which sometimes accumulate and then cause erroneous results. An experimental investigation on buckling of GRP (glass-reinforced-plastic) cylindrical shells, subject to axial compression and/or external pressure loading, has been carried out. At the beginning of the experiment, the initial geometrical imperfections were measured. Because of the small size of these quantities and the great effect these imperfections had on buckling loads, any small errors in the measurement procedure may lead to unreasonable results. Attempts have been made to detect these errors, and to identify and minimize their effect on experimental results. Tables are provided to show a comparison between the final experimental results and the corresponding theoretical ones.

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Abbreviations

Ax :

axial-compression load

E :

elasticity modulus

p :

external-pressure load

L :

length of cylinder

R :

radius of cylinder

T :

wall thickness

u, v, w :

generalized displacements in α, β, and γ directions, respectively

V :

variable load, either equal toAx orp according to the case

w α,w β :

slopes in α and β directions, respectively

α, β, γ:

curvilinear-orthogonal-shell general coordinates

ν:

Poisson's ratio

ave :

average

ex :

experimental

im :

imperfect

pr :

perfect

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan

    Ghazi Abu-Farsakh (Assistant Professor)

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Abu-Farsakh, G. Experimental buckling of GRP cylindrical shells. Experimental Mechanics 27, 1–9 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02318856

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