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Various parts of a typical ship: mostly stiffened plating that can buckle |
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Huge finite element model of a large section of a ship hull composed of a large number of stiffened panels |
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Keel and the neighboring structure of a ship |
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Buckled steel axially compressed stiffened panel |
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Buckled hydrostatically compressed ring-stiffened cylindrical shells. Left side cold formed & welded; Right side: machined |
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Stiffened panel used in the study to determine the effects of welding |
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Weakening of the material in the welding Heat Affected Zone |
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Residual stress pattern in the plate between adjacent stiffeners caused by welding |
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Residual stress patterns (a) in the plate and (b) in the stiffener web caused by welding |
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Finite element model of Friction Stir Welding Process (FSW) |
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Residual deformation of 3 stiffened panels from the Friction Stir Welding process (FSW) |
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Example of a spurous buckling mode |
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Another spurious buckling mode |
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Finite element model of stiffened fuselage section for simulation of drop testing |
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Isogrid-stiffened cylindrical shell to be uniformly axially compressed |
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