Influence of Concentrated Lateral Loads on the Elastic Stability of Cylinders in Bending

摘要

The character of the instability and the degradation of the moment-carrying capacity are found by Mylar model experiments for cylinders in bending when subjected to concentrated lateral loads. Lateral loads can seriously degrade the moment capability of cylinders. Critical combinations of moment and lateral load cause two distinct modes of failure - collapse and snapping. Collapse modes exhibit buckles which cover the compression half of the cylinder and are critical for large values of moment and small values of lateral load. Snapping modes of failure involve a single dimple and exist for smaller values of moment and larger values of lateral load. (Author)