On the buckling of imperfect squarely-reticulated shallow spherical shells supported by elastic media

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-13

  Nie, G H ^a,b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Oklahoma State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic iteration method; Imperfection; Non linear buckling; Reticulated shallow spherical shells; Single layer; Supporting springs

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BUCKLING; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

NONLINEAR BUCKLING;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 0037243781     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0263-8231(02)00069-1     Document Type: Article

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