A posteriori initial imperfection identification in shell buckling problems

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 260-268

  Stull, Christopher J ^a   Earls, Christopher J ^a   Aquino, Wilkins ^a  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Initial imperfections; Inverse problems; Shell buckling; Stochastic search

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INVERSE PROBLEMS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

A POSTERIORI; ACCURATE PREDICTIONS; CYLINDRICAL SHELLS; DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENTS; DIVIDE AND CONQUERS; INITIAL IMPERFECTIONS; INVERSE SOLUTIONS; NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSES; SERVICE LOADINGS; SHELL BUCKLING; SHELL STRUCTURES; STOCHASTIC SEARCH; STOCHASTIC SEARCH ALGORITHMS;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 54949134042     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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