Delamination buckling and postbuckling in composite cylindrical shells under external pressure

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1379-1404

  Tafreshi, Azam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buckling analysis; Composites; Delamination; External pressurea; Finite element method; Laminated cylindrical shells

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DELAMINATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

BUCKING ANALYSIS; EXTERNAL PRESSURE; LAMINATED CYLINDRICAL SHELLS; LOAD-CARRYING CAPACITY;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 3142688382     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2004.05.008     Document Type: Article

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