Elastic analysis of pressurized thick hollow cylindrical shells with clamped-clamped ends

Abstract

In this paper, the differential equations governing the homogenous and isotropic axisymmetric thick-walled cylinders with different boundary conditions at the two ends were generally derived, making use of first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT) and the virtual work principle. Following that, the set of nonhomogenous linear differential equations for the cylinder with clamped-clamped ends was solved, and the effect of loading and supports on the stresses and displacements was investi-gated. The problem was also solved, using the finite ele-ment method (FEM), the results of which were compared with those of the analytical method