Abstract
Applying Galerkin procedure to the Donnell type basic equations, approximate solutions are obtained for the buckling of truncated conical shells subjected to torsion under four different boundary conditions. Through detailed calculations, the correlations of the buckling of conical shells with that of equivalent cylindrical shells are clarified, which facilitate the fairly accurate estimation of the critical load and wave number for conical shells with arbitrary geometrical configurations.

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