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cylinder using frame structure

Thread starter dravid
Start date Mar 15, 2004

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Mar 15, 2004

dravid

Aerospace

Hi,

I want to design the cylinder made solely from frame (no skin) to connect two different cylinderical sections. The major loading conditions are axial compression and bending moments. Can anyone give me good refrence for designing such type of structure.