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In this study, the influence of nonuniformity of eccentricity of stringers on the general axial buckling load of stiffened laminated cylindrical shells with simply supported end conditions is investigated. The critical loads are calculated using Love’s First-order Shear Deformation Theory and solved using the Rayleigh-Ritz procedure. The effects of the shell length-to-radius ratio, shell thickness-to-radius ratio, number of stringers, and stringers depth-to-width ratio on the buckling load of nonuniformly eccentric shells, are examined. The research demonstrates that an appropriate nonuniform distribution of eccentricity of stringers leads the buckling load to increase significantly.
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Sadeghifar, M., Bagheri, M. & Jafari, A.A. Buckling analysis of stringer-stiffened laminated cylindrical shells with nonuniform eccentricity. Arch Appl Mech 81, 875–886 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00419-010-0457-0
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