A computer program for the elastostatics of a toroidal shell using the differential quadrature method

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Volumn 75, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 919-929

  Zhang, Y M ^a   Mirfakhraei, P ^a   Xu, B ^a   Redekop, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer program; Differential quadrature method; Fluid loading; Toroidal shell

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELASTICITY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

DIFFERENTIAL QUADRATURE METHOD; MUSHTARI-VLASOV-DONNEL SHELL THEORY; TOROIDAL SHELLS;

PIPE;

FLUID FORCE; PIPE BEND; PIPE JOINT;

EID: 0032214033     PISSN: 03080161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-0161(98)00092-1     Document Type: Article

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