In the present paper two forms of instability of monocoque structures in pure bending have been discussed in extenso, viz., the flattening and the local buckling. For ease of calculation it is assumed that the structure is cylindrical, of circular cross section and consisting of a great number of evenly spaced uniform longitudinal stiffeners, denoted stringers and of several evenly spaced uniform transverse stiffeners, called rings. The applicability of the results obtained to practical fuselages of non-circular cross section and the effect of different neglections have been dealt with in §§15 and 20.
I.—Preliminary to the discussion of the above problems, the results obtained by different authors concerning both the load carrying capacity of panels after buckling and the failure of stringers have been collected in Part I.