Theoretical and Experimental Investigations of the Stress Concentration in Nonthin Cylindrical Shells with Rectangular Openings

The problem on the stress state of cylindrical shells with rectangular openings under axial compression is considered based on the theory of shells of average thickness. For a shell with two diametrical openings, numerical calculations are carried out by the finite-difference method for anisotropic and isotropic materials. The anisotropy of the material and the sizes of the openings are shown to affect the displacements and stresses on the opening periphery. An experiment is implemented for a cylindrical shell with rectangular openings under axial compression. The experimental and numerical data are compared