Imperfection sensitivity of an orthotropic spherical shell under external pressure

International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics

Volumn 37, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 669-686

  Ory H ^a   Reimerdes, H G ^a   Schmid, T ^a   Rittweger, A ^b   Gomez Garcia J ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

SPHERICAL SHELLS;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 0036604686     PISSN: 00207462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7462(01)00091-9     Document Type: Article

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