An Algorithm for Estimating Minimum Strength of Thin-Walled Structures to Resist Elastic Buckling under Pressure

摘要

Elastic buckling, such as snap-through, that occurs in thin-walled structures subject to pressure is an important issue in the design of thin-walled structures. Radha and Rajagopalan [1] studied and identified failures in shell structures that occur because of elastic buckling. Huang [2] and Thurston [3] pointed out that dispersions in buckling strength caused by reducing the wall thickness of a structure is especially important in terms of design safety.