A parametric study of bulging factors for unstiffened and stiffened cylindrical shells

3rd M.I.T. Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 220-223

  Furukawa, Christian Hideki ^a   Bucalem, Miguel Luiz ^a   Chaves, Carlos Eduardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE AERONÁUTICA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bulging; Crack propagation; Locking; Pressurized shell; Shell modeling; Stress intensity factors

Indexed keywords

BULGING; LOCKING; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PRESSURE LEVEL; PRESSURIZED SHELL; SKIN THICKNESS; STIFFENED CYLINDRICAL SHELL; STRESS INTENSITY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 80053456032     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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