1. The Axial Compressive Response of Thin, Elastic, Polygonal Shells.
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Tiwari, Vishwa Mohan, D'Mello, Royan J., Vijayachandran, Avinkrishnan Ambika, and Waas, Anthony M.
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CYLINDRICAL shells , *STRAINS & stresses (Mechanics) , *IMPERFECTION - Abstract
Thin-walled cylindrical shell structures are revisited with the objective of increasing the axial load-carrying capacity. By using the postbuckling reserve of rectangular plates, polygonal shells are studied, which combines the response of a plate-like structure with a shell-like structure. These "plate-shells" are shown to be imperfection insensitive for a range of polygonal shell designs. Furthermore, their collapse load exceeds the corresponding load for a circular cylindrical shell. These results are a significant departure from the well-known imperfection sensitivity in the axial compressive response of cylindrical shells. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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