Elastic Buckling Behaviour of a Four-Lobed Cross Section Cylindrical Shell with Variable Thickness under Non-Uniform Axial Loads

The static buckling of a cylindrical shell of a four-lobed cross section of variable thickness subjected to non-uniform circumferentially compressive loads is investigated based on the thin-shell theory. Modal displacements of the shell can be described by trigonometric functions, and Fourier's...

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Main Author: Mousa Khalifa Ahmed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2009-01-01
Series:Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/829703