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Some Recent Studies of the Buckling of Thin Shells

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

N. J. Hoff*
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University, California

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The purpose of this paper is to summarise some recent results obtained at Standford University regarding the buckling of thin shells. A detailed review of work done by other investigators will not be given here because this was done recently in two papers written by the author. However, a few important steps in the evolution of our knowledge of the buckling of thin .shells will be mentioned to put the new results in proper perspective.

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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1969 

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