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Experimental investigations were undertaken to determine the collapse pressures of relatively thick circular cylindrical shells subjected to hydrostatic pressure. A total of twenty-three fiber glass reinforced plastic cylinders with thickness to diameter ratios ranging from 0.05 to 0.09 was tested to determine collapse pressures and the effective modulus of elasticity of the material. The length to diameter ratio was kept constant.Results were plotted non-dimensionally with P/E as the ordinate