Finite Element Analysis of Buckling of Thin Cylindrical Shell Subjected to Uniform External Pressure

Subject Areas : Engineering

B Prabu ¹ ( Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pondicherry Engineering College )
N Rathinam ² ( Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pondicherry Engineering College )
R Srinivasan ³ ( Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pondicherry Engineering College )
K.A.S Naarayen ⁴ ( Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pondicherry Engineering College )

Received: 2009-07-22 Accepted : 2009-08-03 Published : 2009-06-30

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