Buckling of metallic shells: Buckling and postbuckling behaviour of isotropic shells, especially cylinders

Structural Control and Health Monitoring

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 693-713

  Edlund, Bo L O ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Buckling; Computer simulation; Cylindrical shells; Imperfections; Numerical analysis; Shells; Stability

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DEFECTS; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

CLASSICAL THEORY; CYLINDRICAL SHELLS; ISOTROPIC SHELLS; METALLIC SHELLS; POSTBUCKLING BEHAVIOUR; THIN SHELLS;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 34250370102     PISSN: 15452255     EISSN: 15452263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stc.202     Document Type: Review

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