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| Silos or tanks on discrete supports |
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| Local buckling of a tank wall above a discrete support |
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| Profiles of the local lineaerly obtained deformation and linear buckling mode of a tank in the neighborhood of a discrete support |
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| Nonlinearly obtained profiles of the prebuckling and postbuckling deformations in the neighborhood of a discrete support |
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| Slotted and bolted friction joint between two adjacent cylindrical sections in the vertical support of a wind tower |
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| From the same dissertation as the previous image. Detail of slotted bolted friction joint |
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| From the same dissertation as the previous 2 images.Typical finite element models of nut and bolt |
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| From the same dissertation as the previous 3 images. Four-point loading of test specimens. |
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| From the same dissertation as the previous 4 images. |
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| From the same dissertation as the previous 5 images. |
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![From the same dissertation as the previous 8 images. Nonlinear deformations of models with three different lengths [L(f)] of friction joint](thumbnails/s133.jpg) |
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| From the same dissertation as the previous 6 images. Comparison of test (Exp) and finite element analysis (FEA) |
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| From the same dissertation as the previous 7 images. |
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| From the same dissertation as the previous 8 images. Nonlinear deformations of models with three different lengths [L(f)] of friction joint "fingers". |
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| From the same dissertation as the previous 9 images. |
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| An example of a piping system |
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