Buckling pressure of "pumpkin" balloons

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 44, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 6963-6986

  Pagitz, M ^a   Pellegrino, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buckling; Isotensoid; Membrane structures; Scientific balloons; Symmetry transformation

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELASTIC MODULI; POISSON RATIO; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; STIFFNESS MATRIX;

ISOTENSOID; MEMBRANE STRUCTURES; SCIENTIFIC BALLOONS; SYMMETRY TRANSFORMATION;

BALLOONS;

EID: 34548421546     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2007.03.021     Document Type: Article

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