Shell structures: The new European standard and current research needs

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 31, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 3-23

  Rotter, J Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buckling; Cylinders; Design philosophy; European; Shell structures; Silos; Standards; Tanks

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; CODES (STANDARDS); CYLINDERS (SHAPES); STEEL STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

AXIAL COMPRESSION;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 0032058142     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0263-8231(98)00005-6     Document Type: Article

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