Abstract: The transient fluid-shell interaction problem is investigated for thin shells constructed of other than linearly elastic materials. Specifically, solutions are developed in terms of elementary ...

Abstract: Significant changes were made in design limits for pressurized vessels in the 2007 version of the ASME code (Sec. VIII, Div. 3) and 2008 and 2009 Addenda, and these are now a part of the ...

Abstract: A crashworthy package was developed for the air transport of plutonium. The package utilizes redwood, with embedded metal shells, for shock mitigation and fire retardation. The innermost structural ...

Abstract: The response of steel containment vessels to the blast loading produced by the detonation of high explosives is investigated by experiments, computations, and analysis. The vessels are thin-wall ...

Abstract: Conditions leading to the growth of initial imperfections for rings or long cylindrical shells subjected to initial uniform inward impulsive velocity loading are investigated. The work is motivated ...

Abstract: A method is derived to detect and localize linear damage in a structure using the measured modal vibration parameters. This method is applicable when the vibration strain energy is stored in ...