Analysis of geometric imperfections in full-scale welded steel silos

Engineering Structures

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 938-950

  Teng, J G ^a   Lin, X ^a,b   Michael Rotter, J ^c   Ding, X L ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cylindrical shells; Fourier analysis; Full scale; Geometric imperfections; Imperfection data; Shell buckling; Silos

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

GEOMETRIC IMPERFECTIONS; SHELL BUCKLING; SILO STRUCTURES;

WELDED STEEL STRUCTURES;

CIVIL ENGINEERING;

EID: 18144415402     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2005.01.013     Document Type: Article

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