The Geometric Role of Precisely Engineered Imperfections on the Critical Buckling Load of Spherical Elastic Shells

The Geometric Role of Precisely Engineered Imperfections on the Critical Buckling Load of Spherical Elastic Shells

We study the effect of a dimplelike geometric imperfection on the critical buckling load of spherical elastic shells under pressure loading. This investigation combines precision experiments, finite element modeling, and numerical solutions of a reduced shell theory, all of which are found to be in...

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Main Authors: Hutchinson, John W. (Author), Lee, Anna (Contributor), Lopez Jimenez, Francisco (Contributor), Marthelot, Joel (Contributor), Reis, Pedro Miguel (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ASME International, 2017-07-12T19:53:09Z.
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