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| Test v. theory for five specimens with the same axial wavelength of manufactured axisymmetric sinusoidal imperfections with various amplitudes |
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| Buckling of axisymmetrically imperfect cylindrical shells with normalized imperfection amplitude = 0.047 and various imperfection axial wavelengths |
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| Spun cast cylindrical shell with intentionally manufactured non-axisymmetric imperfection pattern |
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| Buckling of a nonsymmetrically imperfect axially compressed photoelastic cylindrical shell from high-speed photography of 45 deg. isoclinics |
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| Near-perfect (middle), axisymmetrically imperfect (left) and non-axisymmetrically imperfect (right) cylindrical shells |
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| Oval photoelastic cylindrical shell with intentionally manufactured "axisymmetric" initial imperfection |
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| Elastic and plastic buckling of an axially compressed cylindrical shell |
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| High-speed film of dynamic buckling of a thin cylindrical shell under axial impact |
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| Buckling of a cylindrical shell under torsion |
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| Buckled cylindrical shell installed in Yamaki's test rig |
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| Buckled short cylindrical shell under torsion |
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| Buckled longer cylindrical shell under torsion |
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| Deep post-buckling of skin of cylindrical shell with widely spaced stiffeners; loading=torque: from test (left); from finite element model (right) |
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| Post-buckling of skin of cylindrical shell with widely spaced rings and stringers; loading=torque: from test (left); from finite element model (right) |
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| A typical imperfection shape (greatly exaggerated) in a STAGS finite element model of a thin cylindrical shell |
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