Nonlinear deformation and stability of oval cylindrical shells under pure bending and internal pressure

The stability problem of a cylindrical shell of oval cross section loaded by a bending moment and internal pressure is studied. The variational displacement finite-element method is used. For the prebuckling stress-strain state, the bending and nonlinearity are taken into account. The effects of the nonlinear nature of the deformation and the cross-sectional ovality of the shells on the critical loads and buckling modes are determined.