In this paper the individual and combined effects of random boundary and geometric imperfections on the limit loads of isotropic, thin-walled, cylindrical shells under axial compression are presented. Second moment characteristics of these imperfections are estimated by data of available measurements of imperfections, a simulation procedure based on the Karhunen-Loéve expansion is applied for g...

This study aims to investigate the effects of geometric imperfections on buckling of thin cylindrical shells due to global shear. To this end, more than 320 finite element models of cylindrical shells with different diameter to thickness ratios were prepared. Random imperfections with different amplitudes were applied to numerical models. The results revealed that global buckling of cylindrical...

Topology optimization is a method to find the best distribution of material in a given design domain. The use of topology optimization for structural design often leads to slender structures which are sensitive to geometric imperfections such as the misplacement or misalignment of material. A robust approach to topology optimization is therefore presented which takes into account these geometri...

This paper focuses on the wall reinforcement design of toroidal shells with openings. Five 304 stainless steel test models were manufactured, and geometric measurements, three-dimensional scanning, hydrostatic tests carried out. The scanning established according to measured geometrical imperfections. Linear buckling analysis (LBA), geometrically materially nonlinear (GMNA), imperfections (GMNI...

In this paper the effect of random geometric imperfections on the critical load of isotropic, thin-walled, cylindrical shells under axial compression with rectangular cutouts is presented. Second moment characteristics of geometric imperfections are estimated by data of available measurements, a simulation procedure based on the Karhunen-Loève expansion is applied for generating realizations of...

Risk-based design of marine pressure hulls require computationally efficient and precise models predicting collapse pressures ring stiffened cylindrical shells as a function realistic geometrical imperfections. However, the empirical interframe commonly implemented in codes do not explicitly depend on imperfections, existing analytical are only valid for axisymmetrically imperfect shells. The g...