Elastic buckling of imperfect circular toroidal shells under external pressure

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 212, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 197-209

  Galletly, G D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circular toroidal shells; Elastic buckling; External buckling pressure; Geometric imperfections

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; DEFECTS; ELASTICITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

BUCKLING RESISTANCE;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

BUCKLING;

EID: 0032425001     PISSN: 09544089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954408981529411     Document Type: Article

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