Experimental and numerical studies on the response of stiffened plates subjected to gas explosions

Journal of Constructional Steel Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-193

  Pan, Youguang ^a   Louca, Luke A ^b  

^a Waterman Partnership   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buckling; Contribution of stiffeners; Deformed shape of plates; Dynamic finite element analysis; Hydrocarbon explosion; Stiffened plates

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; DEFORMATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EXPLOSION TESTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STIFFNESS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRUCTURAL LOADS; STRUCTURAL PANELS;

HYDROCARBON EXPLOSION; STIFFENED PLATES;

STEEL STRUCTURES;

BUCKLING; DEFORMATION; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; EXPLOSION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBON;

BUCKLING; DEFORMATION; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; EXPLOSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDROCARBON;

EID: 0032721116     PISSN: 0143974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-974X(99)00022-X     Document Type: Article

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