Buckling of thin cylindrical shells with a creased surface
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26 March 2021

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Buckling of thin cylindrical shells with a creased surface

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Date published

26 March 2021

Price

Free

A poster from a project funded by the Institution's 2019/20 Undergraduate Research Grants

This poster describes the project investigating the buckling behaviour of thin cylindrical shells when compressed axially.

Author: Alejandro Gomez Gomez
Poster: Alejandro Gomez Gomez
Supervisor: Dr Martin Walker
University: University of Oxford
 

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IStructE

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