Instabilities in torispheres and toroids under suddenly applied external pressure

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 511-530

  Blachut J ^a   Jaiswal, O R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; DYNAMIC LOADS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ELASTICITY; PRESSURE; STABILITY;

CRITICAL PRESSURE; ELASTIC ANALYSIS; INDIRECT AXISYMMETRIC SNAPPING; SUDDENLY APPLIED EXTERNAL PRESSURE; TORISPHERES; TOROIDS;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 0033132553     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0734-743X(98)00067-0     Document Type: Article

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