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HYDROMECHANICS 



AERODYNAMICS 



STRUCTURAL 

 MECHANICS 



APPLIED 

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A GRAPHICAL METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE 

 GENERAL-INSTABILITY STRENGTH OF 

 STIFFENED CYLINDRICAL SHELLS 



by 



Thomas E. Reynolds 



STRUCTURAL MECHANICS LABRATORY 

 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT REPORT 



September 1957 



Report 1106 



