Buckling analysis of cylindrical shells with cutouts including random boundary and geometric imperfections

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 196, Issue 35-36, 2007, Pages 3424-3434

  Schenk, C A ^a   Schueller G I ^b  

^a TIWAG Tiroler Wasserkraft AG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Buckling analysis; Karhunen Lo ve expansion; Monte Carlo simulation; Random geometric and boundary imperfections

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DEFECTS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS;

GEOMETRIC IMPERFECTION; RANDOM BOUNDARY; RESPONSE STATISTICS;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

BUCKLING; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DEFECTS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 34250307494     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2007.03.014     Document Type: Article

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