ABSTRACT

This book provides engineering tools for the design of shells against buckling. A simplified approach is given in a number of cases which are not addressed in current design codes.

chapter 1|32 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter 2|24 pages

DESIGN PHILOSOPHY

chapter 3|101 pages

ELEMENTARY CASES

chapter 4|28 pages

EFFECT OF LOCAL LOADS AND DISTURBANCES

chapter 5|17 pages

INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE

chapter 7|6 pages

SHELLS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS

chapter 8|21 pages

EXAMPLES