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Civil-Comp Proceedings
ISSN 1759-3433
CCP: 59
DEVELOPMENTS IN ANALYSIS AND DESIGN USING FINITE ELEMENT METHODS
Edited by: B.H.V. Topping and B. Kumar
Paper XIII.1

The Buckling and Vibration of Tube-Stiffened Axisymmetric Shells under External Hydrostatic Pressure

C.T.F. Ross* and J. Etheridge+

*Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Portsmouth, England
+Rolls-Royce & Associates, Derby, England

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
C.T.F. Ross, J. Etheridge, "The Buckling and Vibration of Tube-Stiffened Axisymmetric Shells under External Hydrostatic Pressure", in B.H.V. Topping, B. Kumar, (Editors), "Developments in Analysis and Design using Finite Element Methods", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 277-282, 1999. doi:10.4203/ccp.59.13.1
Abstract
The paper reports on a theoretical and an experimental investigation into the buckling and vibration of prolate hemi-ellipsoidal tube-stiffened domes under external water pressure. The theoretical analyses were via the finite element method, where both the fluid and the structure were modelled with finite elements. The dome was modelled with a varying meridional curvature element and with eight displacement degrees of freedom and the water was modelled by solid annular elements where each had eight element pressure degrees of freedom in its cross-section. Comparison was good between experiment and theory.

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