Stress Analysis of Orthotropic Hollow Noncircular Cylinders.

The paper proposes an approach to solving three-dimensional stress problems for hollow orthotropic cylinders with noncircular cross section and certain end conditions. The approach is based on the method of separation of generatrix and directrix variables, discrete Fourier series, and the stable method of discrete orthogonalization. The results of analysis of an orthotropic cylinder are presented [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]