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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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