Optimal design of cylindrical shells for enhanced buckling stability: Application to supercavitating underwater vehicles

Finite Elements in Analysis and Design

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 967-976

  Ahn, S S ^a   Ruzzene, M ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Optimization; Static and dynamic buckling; Stiffened shell; Supercavitating vehicles; Thick shell elements

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STABILITY; STIFFNESS; WATER CRAFT;

STATIC AND DYNAMIC BUCKLING; STIFFENED SHELL; SUPERCAVITATING VEHICLES; THICK SHELL ELEMENTS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 33646822807     PISSN: 0168874X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.finel.2006.01.015     Document Type: Article

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