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Volume 1, Number 4, October 2016 , pages 345-356 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/acd.2016.1.4.345 |
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Buckling assessment of dented truncated cones under external pressure |
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Tohid Ghanbari Ghazijahani, Hossein Showkati and Hui Jiao
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| Abstract | ||
| Notwithstanding a considerable body of references in the literature on the buckling response of conical shell structures, it seems imperative to provide further insight on the buckling response of locally imperfect steel cones. This paper contains different simulations including non-linear FE analysis and discusses the influence of dent imperfection on the buckling load of these structures subject to external pressure. Data of the present work are evaluated against available experimental results, codes and recommendations and the effect of the local damages is exhaustively set forth. It is also found that the employed FE program can reliably predict the structural response of locally damaged conical shells. | ||
| Key Words | ||
| conical shells; dent imperfection; external pressure; FE analysis | ||
| Address | ||
| Tohid Ghanbari Ghazijahani, Hui Jiao: School of Engineering and ICT, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay Campus, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia Hossein Showkati: Department of Civil Engineering, Urmia University, Iran | ||
