On the buckling of cracked composite cylindrical shells under axial compression

Composite Structures

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 152-158

  Vaziri, Ashkan ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buckling behavior; Cracked cylindrical shell; Finite element model; Laminated composite

Indexed keywords

AXIAL COMPRESSION; BUCKLING; CRACK INITIATION; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; LOAD LIMITS; MESH GENERATION; SERVICE LIFE;

CRACKED COMPOSITE CYLINDRICAL SHELLS; POTENTIAL SENSITIVITY;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

BUCKLING; COMPOSITE; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKING; DEFECT; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LAMINATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL;

EID: 33847629298     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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