Abstract: There are many applications of thin-walled axisymmetric structures as pressure vessels in which buckle-free in-service behavior can only be guaranteed by reinforcements, such as stringers and ...

Abstract: Approximate sufficiency conditions for almost sure stability of the equilibrium state of some second-order linear systems with stationary-Gaussian random coefficients are obtained in analytical form.

Abstract: Thin-walled spherical pressure vessels, the bending and compressive stiffnesses of which are small in comparison with their tensile stiffness, are discussed using membrane theory. In the first ...

Abstract: Optimal contours for heads of cylindrical pressure vessels are discussed. As opposed to the common method of preventing buckling in pressure vessel ends by means of increased wall thickness or ...

Abstract: Dynamic stability of a Kelvin‐viscoelastic column subjected to a time varying axial load is considered. Deterministic loads with sinusoidal time variation is studied which reduces to a Mathieu equation. Special attention ...