-Thedynamicbucklingofelasto-plasticcylindricalshellsunderaxialfluid-solidimpactisinvestigatedtheoretically.Asimplifiedliquid-gas-structuremodelisgiventoapproximatelyimitatetheproblem.Thebasicequationofthestructureisderivedfromaminimumprincipleindynamicsofelasto-plasticcontinuaatfinitedeformation,andtheflowtheoryofplasticityisemployed.Theliquidisincompressibleandthegasiscompressedadiabatically.Anumberofnumericalresultsarepresentedandthecharacteristicsofthebucklingbehaviorunderfluid-solidimpactareillustrated.