Investigation of the stability of imperfect cylinders using structural models

Engineering Structures

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 792-800

  Schneider Jr , M H ^a  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis; Buckling; Cylinders; Experiment; Manufacturing imperfections

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; DEFECTS; FABRICATION; LOAD TESTING; MANUFACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODEL STRUCTURES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STABILITY;

AXIAL COMPRESSION; COMBINED LOADING; COMPUTER CODES; CYLINDRICAL BLANKS; IMPERFECT CYLINDERS; MANUFACTURING IMPERFECTIONS;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES);

EID: 0030271036     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0141-0296(96)00002-8     Document Type: Article

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