Abstract: A formulation for spherical cap strain-displacement relations including initial imperfections is adopted which is based on Donnell-type nonlinear cylindrical shell theory. A series of runs was ...

Abstract: The nonlinear relaxation method, an iterative approach used in conjunction with finite-difference approximations, is illustrated via the solution to a very simple problem. Subsequently, the method ...

Abstract: The title problem has been solved using the nonlinear relaxation technique to treat the finite-difference representation of the differential equations governing cap response. For clamped spherical ...