CONTENTS 



Page 



INTRODUCTION 1 



Background 1 



Objective 2 



Description of Tests 2 



DESIGN FOR IMPLOSION 3 



Thick-Walled Cylinders 3 



Thin-Walled Cylinders 9 



Factor of Safety 20 



SUMMARY -. 22 



CONCLUSIONS 23 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 24 



REFERENCES 24 



APPENDICES 



A - Thick-WaUed Cylinder Tests 29 



B - Thin-WaUed Cylinder Tests 39 



LIST OF SYMBOLS 81 



