A thin-walled cylinder subjected to a continuous internal pressure and an alternating axial deformation is shown to exhibit ratchetting. This ratchetting manifests itself as a growth in the diameter of the cylinder and a reduction in its wall thickness. For an elastic-perfectly-plastic material the ratchetting rates are established and the boundaries of ratchetting behaviour determined. These ratchetting rates are compared with the results from a simple experiment and other available data. It is noted that the analysis is very sensitive to the yield criterion adopted.
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