Buckling behaviour of elliptical cylindrical shells and tubes under compression

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 45, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 4427-4447

  Silvestre, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Compression; Cylinders; Elliptical hollow sections (EHS); Generalised beam theory (GBT); Local buckling; Non circular hollow sections (NCHS); Tubes; Warping

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DEFORMATION;

ELLIPTICAL HOLLOW SECTIONS (EHS); LOCAL BUCKLING; NON-CIRCULAR HOLLOW SECTIONS (NCHS);

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 44549088737     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2008.03.019     Document Type: Article

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