Abstract: Load‐transfer mechanisms in wind‐loaded cylindrical shells are described and interpreted using a simple analytical model. This model generalizes to the higher load harmonics

Abstract: Steel tanks contained wheat in Zaïre, West Africa. They were provided with a conical hopper. After one hopper collapsed abruptly during emptying, inspection disclosed that failure had occurred at the bolted seams. Grain-induced ...

Abstract: The ovaling behavior of a ring‐stiffened thin‐walled cylinder subjected to a static circumferentially varying pressure load is explained, and some useful approximate solutions are obtained. The important effects due to the ...

Abstract: A new method, termed simulated micromechanical models using artificial neural networks (MMANN), is proposed to generate micromechanical material models for nonlinear and damage behavior of heterogeneous materials. Artificial ...