A study on buckling of thin conical frusta under axial loads

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 986-996

  Gupta, N K ^a   Sheriff, N Mohamed ^b   Velmurugan, R ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b MEPCO SCHLENK ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Axial load; Buckling strength; Dimpling; Dynamic; Energy absorption; Quasi static

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; BUCKLING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; LOADS (FORCES);

AXIAL LOAD; BUCKLING STRENGTH; DIMPLING; QUASI-STATIC;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 33750611159     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2006.08.010     Document Type: Article

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