An Energy Approach to the Dynamic Buckling of Spherical Caps

Author: Liu, Ting-Lung

Year: 1971

Degree: Engineer's thesis

Advisor: Babcock, Charles D.

Committee Member: Unknown, Unknown

Option: Aeronautics

DOI: 10.7907/8JD0-W843

Abstract

An experimental study to determine the dynamic buckling load of a spherical cap under impulsive loading was carried out. Impulsive loading was realized experimentally by use of a spray deposited explosive (Silver Acetylide-Silver Nitrate). The experimental dynamic buckling loads were compared to the dynamic buckling loads as calculated by using an energy criterion. The critical load from the energy criterion was determined by the conducting static pressure volume tests on the spherical caps. It was found that experimental results were consistently below the dynamic buckling load as predicted by the energy criterion. It was thought that this inconsistency resulted from the fact that transition state found in the static experiment was not the same as the dynamic transition state.

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