Madureira, LuísaFonseca, E.M.M.Barros, Rui2014-09-122014-09-122013Madureira, Luísa; Fonseca, E.M.M.; Barros, Rui Carneiro de (2013). A displacement formulation for cylindrical shells under radial loads. In 4th International Conference on Integrity, Reliability & Failure IRF2013. Funchal. ISBN: 978-972-8826-28-4.978-972-8826-28-4http://hdl.handle.net/10198/10421A displacement formulation for cylindrical shells subjected to radial loads is presented. Static loads are applied to straight thin pipes using a variational method and results are compared both to finite element analysis and a shell element from Ansys program. The formulation includes a combination of trigonometric functions in two variables, longitudinal and circumferential direction. Then a system of differential equations is solved for two different load cases and the vertical displacement is obtained in the points where the load is applied.engCylindrical shellTrigonometric functionsPoint loadconference object