Finite Element Analysis of Buckling of Thin Cylindrical Shell Subjected to Uniform External Pressure
Subject Areas : EngineeringB Prabu 1 , N Rathinam 2 , R Srinivasan 3 , K.A.S Naarayen 4
1 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pondicherry Engineering College
2 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pondicherry Engineering College
3 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pondicherry Engineering College
4 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pondicherry Engineering College
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