Abstract: Brillouin optical time domain reflectometry or analysis (BOTDR/A) is one of the strain measurement technologies that is suitable for smart monitoring of civil engineering infrastructures. Although the technology has the ...

Abstract: The imperfection sensitivity of laminated cylindrical shells is considered—via the initial postbuckling analysis—on the basis of three different shell theories: Donnell in 1933; Sanders in 1963; and Timoshenko in 1961. The ...

Abstract: A hierarchical high-fidelity analysis procedure is adopted for predicting the critical buckling load of filament wound laminated conical shells. This hierarchical procedure includes three levels of fidelity for the analysis. ...

Abstract: The discontinuity in the sensitivity of laminated cylindrical shells is investigated via the initial post-buckling analysis. A general procedure for sensitivity, based on Koiter’s parameters and ...