Minimum weight design of fuselage type stiffened circular cylindrical shells subject to uniform axial compression

Abstract : This report contains a technical procedure by which one may design a fuselage-type stiffened thin circular cylindrical shell to carry safely a specified uniform axial compression with minimum weight.

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