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| Axisymmetric and non-axisymmetric post-buckling of a very thin spherical shell under uniform external pressure |
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| Axisymmetric pre- and post-buckling of perfect complete spherical shell under uniform external pressure |
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| Axisymmetric and non-axisymmetric post-buckling of a very thin spherical shell under uniform external pressure |
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| Formula for buckling pressure of an elastic, perfect spherical shell |
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| Buckling of imperfect thin spherical shells under uniform external pressure |
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| Axisymmetric (N=0) linear bifurcation buckling of an externally pressurized monocoque elastic spherical shell from BIGBOSOR4 (r/t)=100 |
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| Extreme sensitivity of buckling loads of externally pressurized spherical and axially compressed cylindrical shells to initial geometric imperfections |
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| Axisymmetric prebuckled & early post-buckled states of an externally pressurized clamped spherical cap |
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| Static axisymmetric buckling and postbuckling of perfect and imperfect spherical shells under uniform external pressure |
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| Dynamic behavior of a spherical shell with an external step loading of uniform external pressure |
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| Axisymmetric normal displacement, w/h, of the step-loaded externally pressurized imperfect spherical shell with a polar initial dimple amplitude delta/h=0.25 |
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| Buckling knockdown factor from tests of "perfect" and imperfect externally pressurized spherical shells |
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| Fabrication process of the thin spherical hemispheres corresponding to the red and blue dots plotted in the previous image |
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| Knockdown factor versus normalized imperfection amplitude |
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| Post-buckling of complete spherical shells |
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