Action of Forces and Moments Symmetrically Distributed Along a Generatrix of a Thin Cylindrical Shell

Abstract

Applications of the present subject theory have been made to monolithic structures by certain Scandinavian engineers who have treated the subject and related problems in a series of papers. The author has confined his studies to more slender structures, such as welded and riveted plate containers, ship hulls, and similar applications, to which a simplified form of the theory may be applied. For an isotropic shell with no stiffeners, explicit formulas are developed in important cases, where the external load is applied to a cylindrical shell, distributed along a generatrix.