On the investigation of shell buckling due to random geometrical imperfections implemented using Karhunen-Loève expansions

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1715-1726

  Craig, K J ^a   Roux, W J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b LIVERMORE SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Karhunen Lo ve expansion; Random geometrical imperfections

Indexed keywords

GALERKIN METHODS; GEOMETRY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); WAVELET ANALYSIS;

RANDOM GEOMETRICAL IMPERFECTIONS; SHELL BUCKLING; THIN CYLINDRICAL SHELLS;

BUCKLING;

BUCKLING; GALERKIN METHODS; GEOMETRY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 41449096401     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2141     Document Type: Article

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