RT Journal Article SR Electronic A1 Bocko, Jozef A1 Kostka, Ján A1 Pavelka, Peter A1 Kula, Tomáš A1 Čarák, Peter A1 Roszkos, Cosmin Stefan A1 Varga, Patrik T1 Study of Stability Loss of Cylindrical Shell Using Experimental and Numerical Methods JF Acta Mechanica Slovaca YR 2020 VO 24 IS 1 SP 6 OP 12 UL https://www.actamechanica.sk/artkey/ams-202001-0001.php AB The contribution of the paper is to determine the critical compressive force for a thin-walled cylindrical shell made of aluminium alloy. The solution of the problem involves use of the experimental method. A numerical approach, based on the finite strip method is chosen as the verification step. In order to determine the critical force, specimens representing a cylindrical thin-walled shell are used. Subsequently, the results obtained by the finite strip method are checked by experimental measurements.