Numerical and experimental investigations of the response of aluminum cylinders with a cutout subject to axial compression

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 254-270

  Han, Haipeng ^a   Cheng, Jinquan ^a   Taheri, Farid ^a   Pegg, Neil ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Buckling; Cutout; Cylindrical shell structures; Finite element analysis

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ALUMINUM; AUTOMOBILES; BUCKLING; COMPACTION; CORRELATION THEORY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MARINE APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

AXIAL COMPRESSIONS; CUTOUTS; CYLINDRICAL SHELL STRUCTURES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES);

EID: 33646124247     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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