Experimental Nondestructive Test for Estimation of Buckling Load on Unstiffened Cylindrical Shells Using Vibration Correlation Technique

<table class="table-group" id="tab8"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Cylinder</td><td align="center">Predicted buckling load using VCT [kN]</td><td align="center">Deviation from experimental results [%]</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">R15</td><td align="center">26.62</td><td align="center">10</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Z37</td><td align="center">58.41</td><td align="center">1</td></tr><tr><td align="left">SST-1</td><td align="center">70.2</td><td align="center">0</td></tr><tr><td align="left">SST-2</td><td align="center">52.5</td><td align="center">5</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Buckling load prediction using the VCT approach for the different studied cases.

Shock and Vibration

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Table 8: Experimental Nondestructive Test for Estimation of Buckling Load on Unstiffened Cylindrical Shells Using Vibration Correlation Technique 