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![Buckling of perfect and imperfect cylindrical shell under a localized axial compression](thumbnails/s301.jpg) |
![Typical construction of a cylindrical storage tank with weld sinkages developed during fabrication and resulting loss of axial load bearing capability](thumbnails/s302.jpg) |
![Incremental bifurcation buckling modes for bending of cylindrical shells of various lengths with r/t = 100.](thumbnails/s303.jpg) |
![Normalized critical bending moment versus dimensionless length](thumbnails/s304.jpg) |
![Buckling modes of Longitudinally Welded Tube (LWT) columns](thumbnails/s305.jpg) |
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Buckling of perfect and imperfect cylindrical shell under a localized axial compression |
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Typical construction of a cylindrical storage tank with weld sinkages developed during fabrication and resulting loss of axial load bearing capability |
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Incremental bifurcation buckling modes for bending of cylindrical shells of various lengths with r/t = 100. |
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Normalized critical bending moment versus dimensionless length |
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Buckling modes of Longitudinally Welded Tube (LWT) columns |
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![Buckling of Spirally Welded Tube (SWT) columns](thumbnails/s306.jpg) |
![Test rig and specimen for bending of a large, spirally welded tube](thumbnails/s307.jpg) |
![Buckled spirally welded large tube](thumbnails/s308.jpg) |
![Spirally welded slightly tapered](thumbnails/s309.jpg) |
![windtowerspiral2](thumbnails/s310.jpg) |
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Buckling of Spirally Welded Tube (SWT) columns |
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Test rig and specimen for bending of a large, spirally welded tube |
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Buckled spirally welded large tube |
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Spirally welded slightly tapered "cylindrical" shell support of a wind-powered turbine |
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![windtowerspiral3](thumbnails/s311.jpg) |
![Buckling and postbuckling of spirally welded wind tower cylindrical shell](thumbnails/s312.jpg) |
![How a tapered thin-walled cylindrical shell support for a wind tower is fabricated](thumbnails/s313.jpg) |
![Spiral imperfection from spiral welding](thumbnails/s314.jpg) |
![Bifurcation buckling modes from spirally welded cylindrical shells under bending (a and c) and uniform axial compression (b and d)](thumbnails/s315.jpg) |
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Buckling and postbuckling of spirally welded wind tower cylindrical shell |
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How a tapered thin-walled cylindrical shell support for a wind tower is fabricated |
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Spiral imperfection from spiral welding |
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Bifurcation buckling modes from spirally welded cylindrical shells under bending (a and c) and uniform axial compression (b and d) |
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