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Table 13 ASTER VM14 shells: comparison of the calculated and experimental buckling loads

From: ASTER Shell: a simple concept to significantly increase the plastic buckling strength of short cylinders subjected to combined external pressure and axial compression

Specimen

Loading type

Experimental buckling load

\(\frac{\Lambda _{exp}}{\Lambda _{E}}\)

\(\frac{\Lambda _{exp}}{\Lambda _{NL}}\)

\(\frac{\Lambda _{exp}}{\Lambda _{NLP}}\)

C1

Pressure

0.054 MPa

2.7

0.99

0.93

C2

Pressure

0.046 MPa

2.6

0.85

0.87

C3

Axial load

6200 N

0.48

0.97

1.0

C4

Axial load

5100 N

0.39

0.78

0.83