Analysis and optimal design of pressurized, imperfect, anisotropic ring-stiffened cylinders

Development of an algorithm to perform the structural analysis and optimal sizing of buckling resistant, imperfect, anisotropic ring-stiffened cylinders subjected to axial compression, torsion, and internal pressure is presented. The structure is modeled as a branched shell. A nonlinear axisymmetric...

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Main Author: Ley, Robert Paul
Other Authors: Engineering Mechanics
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40442
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12222005-090627/