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Application of Membrane Theory to Circular Cylindrical Shells

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For a circular cylindrical shell, it is convenient to apply a polar co-ordinate system to the cross-sectional profile as illustrated in Fig. 4.1. The axes are chosen in the longitudinal, circumferential and transverse directions.

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Blaauwendraad, J., Hoefakker, J.H. (2014). Application of Membrane Theory to Circular Cylindrical Shells. In: Structural Shell Analysis. Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 200. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6701-0_4

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