Buckling of Shells

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XV

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2. Theoretical Concepts — Numerical Methods

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Application of the Initial Post-Buckling Analysis to Shells

      • W. T. Koiter

      Pages 3-17

   3. Nonlinear Behavior and Elastic Stability of Shells — Theoretical Concepts — Numerical Computations — Results

      • W. B. Krätzig, Y. Basar, U. Wittek

      Pages 19-56

   4. The Natural Method: Simple and Elegant

      • J. H. Argyris, H. Balmer, J. Bühlmeier, M. Haase, H.-P. Mlejnek, P. K. Schmolz

      Pages 57-89

   5. Different Levels of Nonlinear Shell Theory in Finite Element Stability Analysis

      • E. Stein, A. Berg, W. Wagner

      Pages 91-136

   6. Analysis of Elastic-Plastic Buckling and Imperfection — Sensitivity of Shells of Revolution

      • W. Wunderlich, H. J. Rensch, H. Obrecht

      Pages 137-174

   7. Postbuckling Instability Analysis of Shells Using the Mixed Method

      • B.-H. Kröplin

      Pages 175-199

   8. The Displacement Finite Element Method in Nonlinear Buckling Analysis of Shells

      • E. Ramm, H. Stegmüller

      Pages 201-235

3. Cylindrical Shells

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 237-237

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   2. Buckling of Orthogonally Stiffened Cylindrical Shells Used in Offshore Engineering

      • P. J. Dowling, J. E. Harding, N. Agelidis, W. Fahy

      Pages 239-273

   3. The Buckling of Thin-Walled Ring-Stiffened Steel Shells

      • A. C. Walker, Y. Segal, S. McCall

      Pages 275-304

   4. Buckling of Wind Loaded Cylindrical Shells — Application to Unstiffened and Ring-Stiffened Tanks

      • F. Resinger, R. Greiner

      Pages 305-331

   5. Buckling of Long Liquid-Filled Cylindrical Shells

      • H. Saal

      Pages 333-352

4. Conical and Spherical Shells

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 353-353

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   2. Buckling of Thin Conical Shells under Axial Loads with and without Internal Pressure

      • M. Esslinger, J. Ciprian

      Pages 355-374

   3. Experimental Investigation of Buckling of Hydrostatically Loaded, Conical Shells and Practical Evaluation of the Buckling Load

      • D. Vandepitte, J. Rathe, B. Verhegghe, R. Paridaens, C. Verschaeve

      Pages 375-399

   4. Buckling of Complete Spherical Shells and Spherical Caps

      • L. Kollár

      Pages 401-425

5. Torispherical and Hyperboloidal Shells

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 427-427

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   2. The Buckling of Fabricated Torispherical Shells Under Internal Pressure

      • G. D. Galletly

      Pages 429-466

Thin shells are very popular structures in many different branches of engineering. There are the domes, water and cooling towers, the contain­ ments in civil engineering, the pressure vessels and pipes in mechanical and nuclear engineering, storage tanks and platform components in marine and offshore engineering, the car bodies in the automobile industry, planes, rockets and space structures in aeronautical engineering, to mention only a few examples of the broad spectrum of application. In addition there is the large applied mechanics group involved in all the computational and experimental work in this area. Thin shells are in a way optimal structures. They play the role of·the "primadonnas" among all kinds of structures. Their performance can be extraordinary, but they can also be very sensitive. The susceptibility to buckling is a typical example. David Bushnell says in his recent review paper entitled "Buckling of Shells - Pitfall for DeSigners": "To the layman buckling is a mysterious, perhaps even awe inspiring phenomenon that transforms objects originally imbued with symmetrical beauty into junk".

• Automobil
• Schalenbeulung
• Shells
• civil engineering
• concrete
• design
• dynamics
• finite element method
• mechanics
• platform
• safety
• stability

• Institut für Baustatik, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart 80, Germany

  E. Ramm

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