International Science Community Association Research Journal of Recent Sciences 2277 - 2502 1 8 2012 August 2 Buckling Load Analysis of Oblique Loaded Stainless Steel 316ti Cylindrical Shells with Elliptical Cutout 53 63 EN Renganathan Manimaran 1 Thermal and Automotive Division, School of Mechanical and Building Sciences, VIT University, Vellore, INDIA ThundilKaruppaRaj Rajagopal 2 Energy Division, School of Mechanical and Building Sciences, VIT University, Vellore, INDIA SenthilKumar K. 3 Sharifirad M. 1 Department of Chemistry, Teacher Research Bojnord, IRAN Koohyar F. 2 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Islamic Azad University, Babol Branch, Babol, IRAN Rahmanpour S.H. 3 Faculty of Chemistry, Iran University Science and Technology, IRAN Vahidifar M. 4 M. Sharifi 1 Mechanical Engineering, Guilan University, Rasht, IRAN Shahriari B. 2 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Malek Ashtar University of Technology, Shahin Shahr, IRAN Obasohan E. 1 Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, NIGERIA Emmanuel Obasohan 2 Department of Computer, Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City, NIGERIA Edward E. 3 Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Benin, Benin City, NIGERIA Oronsaye J.A.O. 4 Murat Demirbas 1 Kırıkkale University Faculty of Education, Kırıkkale, TURKEY EmreBozdogan Aykut 2 Giresun University Faculty of Education, Giresun, TURKEY Gamze ozbek 3 Kırıkkale University Institute of Science, Kırıkkale, TURKEY Behmaneshfar Ali 1 Young Researchers Club, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Isfahan, IRAN S. Shahbazi 2 Iran Research Center for Creatology, Innovation and TRIZ, Isfahan, Vaezi S. 3 IRAN Department of Industrial Engineering, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, IRAN SenthilKumar A.P. 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, INDIA Karthikeyan P. 2 Department of Automobile Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, INDIA SelvakumarB.Jagadheeshwaran M. 3 DineshJ. 4 K 5 asamy S. 6 Dhiman Pooja 1 Department of Physics, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla-5, INDIA Sharma S.K. 2 Instituto de Fisica GlebWataghin, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) Campinas,13.083-859, SP, BRAZIL Knobel M. 3 Rani Ritu 4 Singh M. 5 Shariati Mahmoud 1 Mechanical Department, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, IRAN Abdolhosein Fereidoon 2 Mechanical Department, Semnan University, Semnan, IRAN Akbarpour Amin 3 Young Researchers Club, Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, IRAN > Research Paper 2012 6 12 2012 August 2 This paper concerns with experimental and numerical studies on buckling of thin-walled cylindrical shells under oblique loading. The buckling loads are obtained from finite element models. Experiments are conducted on several Specimens made of stainless steel 316ti by using an INSTRON 8802 servo-hydraulic machine. Then results are compared. A very good correlation was observed between numerical simulation and experimental results. Investigations on buckling and post-buckling behavior of cylindrical shells with cutout were carried out for shell length (L), shell diameter (D) and cutout position (CP/L ratio). The specimens were constrained by fixtures that design for this result and inserted at both ends, which mimics the fixed boundary condition used in the finite element simulations. Copyright@ International Science Community Association