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| Typical discretizations and thin-walled structures: (left side=parametric images; right side=geometric images |
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| Inflatable hanger and model of it |
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| Three vibration modes of the inflatable hanger: Top row=reference FEM solution; bottom row = NURBS multipatch solution |
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| Large deformation of an automobile tire caused by rolling contact with the pavement |
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| Solar sail held in tension by slender struts that may buckle and defrom well into the postbuckling regime |
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| Axially compressed thin-walled tubes with "windows" (cut-outs) |
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| Large deformation of axially compressed tubes with axial shortening at various angles from horizontal |
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| Buckling of a steel shear wall from test and finite element model |
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| Crushing of "AuxHex" thin-walled cellular structure |
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| Plate under shear loading: The appropriately placed holes raise the buckling load |
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| A snapshot of a self-oscillating thin compliant tube conveying flowing fluid |
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| Cantilever pipe conveying fluid |
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| Bifurcation diagram showing the dependence of pipe displacement on flow velocity |
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| Buckling of two stiffened panels under shear loading |
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| Snap-back of a metamaterial under tension in the vertical direction |
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