On buckling of toroidal shells under external pressure

Computers and Structures

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 233-251

  Blachut, J ^a   Jaiswal, O R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BUCKLING; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STEEL STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

TOROIDAL SHELLS;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 0033704140     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(99)00226-6     Document Type: Article

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