Deformation and Stress in a Cylindrical Shell under Concentrated Loading : 3rd Report, Axial Loading

Abstract

In the present paper, the displacements and stresses as well as the singularities in a thin cylindrical shell subjected to an axial concentrated load with both ends built-in are discussed. In this state of the load the cylindrical shell is subjected to two kinds of loads, that is, an in-plane concentrated load and a concentrated couple in the axial direction. Solutions obtained are all represented in the forms of uniformly convergent series and closed form expressions. The singularities of the displacements, the stress resultants, the stress couples, etc., at the point of application of the load in the cylindrical shell are explained in detail and compared with those in a plate. For practical applications in engineering some numerical results are shown for the displacements, the membrane stresses and the bending stresses.