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Steel and Composite Structures
  Volume 48, Number 6, September 25 2023 , pages 681-691
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/scs.2023.48.6.681
 


Buckling of axially loaded shell structures made of stainless steel
Ozer Zeybek, Ali İhsan Celik and Yasin Onuralp Ozkilic

 
Abstract
    Stainless steels are commonly employed in engineering applications since they have superior properties such as low maintenance cost, and high temperature and corrosion resistance. These features allow them to be preferred in cylindrical shell structures as well. The behavior of a cylindrical shell structure made of stainless steel can be quite different from that made of carbon steel, as the material properties differ from each other. This paper deals with buckling behavior of axially loaded cylindrical shells made of stainless-steel. For this purpose, a combined experimental and numerical study was carried out. The experimental study comprised of testing of 18 cylindrical specimens. Following the experimental study, a numerical study was first conducted to validate test results. The comparisons show that finite element models provide good agreement with test results. Then, a numerical parametric study consisting of 450 models was performed to develop more generalized design recommendations for axially compressed cylindrical shell structures made of stainless steel. A simple formula was proposed for the practical design purposes. In other words, buckling strength curve equation is developed for three different fabrication quality.
 
Key Words
    buckling; axial compression; cylindrical shells; resistance curve; stainless steel
 
Address
Ozer Zeybek:1)Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Mugla, 48000, Turkey
2)Lyles School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA

Ali İhsan Celik:Tomarza Mustafa Akincioglu Vocational School, Department of Construction, Kayseri University, Kayseri, 38940, Turkey

Yasin Onuralp Ozkilic:1)Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya 42000, Turkey
2)Department of Civil Engineering, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon
3)World Class Research Center Advanced Digital Technologies State Marine Technical University,
SaintPetersburg, 190121, Russian Federation
 

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