Experiment and Theoretical Analysis Study of ETFE Inflatable Tubes

Table 6

Comparison of results between experiment and shell model.

Internal pressure (Pa)	The highest point		First jump point		Experimental critical load (N)
	Maximum force (N)	Error	Buckling force (N)	Error
3000	57	7.5%	54.2	2.26%	52.9
4000	76	4.8%	72.2	0.4%	72.5
5000	94	3.9%	92.5	2.32%	90.4