A theory for inflated thin-wall cylindrical beams

Abstract

Nonlinear equilibrium equations are derived for the twisting, bending, and stretching of pressurized thin-wall cylindrical beams.which depend on internal pressure for their load-carrying ability, appear to have application where lightweight structural members a r e required.column buckling and the bending of a beam column are solved with a set of linearized equations to illustrate the theory.beam equations when internal pressure and axial force a r e set equal to zero. Thin-wall beams, including those Example problems involvingThe linearized equations reduce to the Timoshenko