Buckling of thin cylindrical shells heated along an axial strip

The results of buckling tests on circular cylinders heated uniformly along axial strips are presented and discussed. Calculations of critical temperature based upon the small-deflection theory for thin circular cylindrical shells are included and a comparison is made between theoretical and experimental results. Cylinders heated along axial strips of given widths have a theoretically predicted behaivor which corresponds reasonably well to the behavior obtained by experiment. Curves are included showing the variation of critical temperature with respect to heated axial-strip width.