Buckling of sharp knuckle torispheres under external pressure

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 30, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 55-77

  Blachut J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ELASTOPLASTICITY; FLANGES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAFETY FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

SHARP KNUCKLE TORISPHERES;

DOMES;

EID: 0031598976     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8231(97)00032-3     Document Type: Article

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