Research Article

Study on the Axial Compression Postbuckling Similitude Model of the Stiffened Cylindrical Shell with Dimple Imperfections

Table 4

Parameters of the completely similar model of the longitudinal-ring stiffened cylindrical shell.

Material parametersGeometric parameters of skin (m)Stiffeners parameters
E (GPa)μRmLmtmhsm (mm)tsm (mm)Nsmhrm (mm)trm (mm)Nrm

72.400.30.242570.608850.001273.83542.4384603.83542.438424

Note. t-skin thickness, hr and hs-height of rectangular stiffeners, tr and ts-thickness of rectangular stiffeners, and Nr and Ns-number of stiffeners.