Research Article

An Analytical Insight into the Buckling Paradox for Circular Cylindrical Shells under Axial and Lateral Loading

Table 2

Experimental versus BOSOR5 results (NA = not available).

Sp.Experimental resultsBOSOR5 results: deformation theoryBOSOR5 results: flow theory
Number of wavesAxial tension (N)External pressure (MPa)Number of wavesBuckling pressure (MPa)Number of wavesBuckling pressure (MPa)

S1NA179604.07NA5.65NANA
S2NA012.76NA13.29NA13.15
S5NA120108.28NA8.63NANA
M2NA106708.14NA7.75NANA
SP.1-Set B405.2655.9856.22
SP.6-Set B4117713.0053.3246.20
SP.3-Set A523416.2756.2546.49