JSTE_V1_N1_RP4 Siva Konda Reddy Ch. Srikanth G. Sandeep Kumar Journal on Structural Engineering 2320 - 2343 1 1 34 38 Composite Cylindrical Shell, Cutouts, Buckling Load, Fiber Orientation, Size, Positioning Of Cutouts Laminated composite thin cylindrical shells are most widely used structural forms in Aerospace and Missile applications. These structures may experience axial compression loads in their longevity and yield to buckling. Furthermore, these structures usually have disruptions, such as cutouts, which may have adverse effects on their stability and buckling loads of laminated cylinders can strongly depend on the stacking sequence and number of layers in a laminate. This paper investigates the effect of stacking, number of layers and size and positioning of cutouts on bucking load of a laminated cylindrical shell. ANSYS software is been used for analysis of cylindrical shells. March - May 2012 Copyright © 2012 i-manager publications. All rights reserved. i-manager Publications http://www.imanagerpublications.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=1703