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Derivation of geometrical buckling for cylindrical geometry

Consider the Helmhotz equation as follow:

 
 2 (r )  B 2 (r )  0 (0)

The above equation is actually about the Eigen value problem.

For cylindrical geometry, the Laplacian takes the form:

1   1 2 2
2  r  2  (0)
r r r r  2 z 2

And by assuming that the system under consideration has azimuthal symmetry, the Laplacian
simplifies as follow:

1   2
 
2
r  (0)
r r r z 2

And now substitute eq. (0) to eq. (0):

 1   2 
 r  2   (r , z )  B 2 ( r , z )  0 (0)
 r r r z 

Now apply the separation of variable:

 (r , z )  r (r )z ( z ) (0)

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Substitute eq. (0) to eq. (0), and divide by r (r )z ( z ) , we will get:

1 1  r 1  2z
r   B2  0 (0)
r r r r z z 2

By defining B 2  Br2  Bz2 , we will get:

1 d dr
r  Br2r  0 (0)
r dr dr
With boundary condition: r ( R
 )0 and   R  0.7104  3D
R

d 2z
2
 Bz2z  0 (0)
dz

With boundary condition: z (  H

 / 2)  0 and   H  2  0.7104  3D
H

Eq. (0) is just a harmonic function, which has general solution as follow:

z ( z )  A cos( Bz z )  B sin( Bz z ) (0)

z (0)  0 and symmetric, therefore:

z ( z )  A cos( Bz z )  The Eigen Function (0)

 / 2)  0  B  n
z ( H  The Eigen Value
z 
H (0)
n  1,3,5,...

We will use the zeroth order Bessel function as the general solution of eq. (0):

r (r )  CJ 0 ( Br r )  DY0 ( Br r ) (0)

Since Y0 ( Br r )   as r  0 , we must set D  0 :

r (r )  CJ 0 ( Br r )  The Eigen Function (0)

By applying the boundary condition:

r ( R
 )  CJ ( B R )  0  B  vn  The Eigen Value
0 r r 
R (0)
n  0,1, 2,...
Note that vn are the zeros of J 0 .

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The geometrical buckling is then defined as the basic mode of the Eigen functions, which is to
take n=1 for eq. (0) and n=0 for eq. (0):

Bz  (0)

H
v0 2.405
Br   (0)

R 
R

2 2
 2.405    
B  B B 
2 2 2
  Geometrical Buckling for Cylindrical Geometry (0)
r z
 R    H
 

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