Technical Brief: Knockdown Factor for the Buckling of Spherical Shells Containing Large-Amplitude Geometric Defects

Technical Brief: Knockdown Factor for the Buckling of Spherical Shells Containing Large-Amplitude Geometric Defects

We explore the effect of precisely defined geometric imperfections on the buckling load of spherical shells under external pressure loading, using finite-element analysis that was previously validated through precision experiments. Our numerical simulations focus on the limit of large amplitude defe...

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Main Authors: Lopez Jimenez, Francisco (Contributor), Marthelot, Joel (Contributor), Lee, Anna (Contributor), Hutchinson, John (Contributor), Reis, Pedro Miguel (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Contributor), Sloan School of Management (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ASME International, 2017-07-12T14:26:59Z.
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