LOCAL PLASTIC COLLAPSE OF RING-STIFFENED CYLINDERS.

Keywords: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ST. LOUIS, SURREY UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON, LOCAL, CYLINDERS, AXIAL, CYLINDRICAL, CONSTRUCTION, SUPPORTS, DISPLACEMENT, ELASTOPLASTIC, EDGES, BUCKLING, DEFLECTION, GEOMETRY, STRENGTH, BOUNDARIES, STRAIN, POTENTIAL, PROCEDURE, ECCENTRIC, PLASTIC, RINGS, COMPRESSION, SHELLS, TESTS, STIFFENERS, PATTERNS, ANALYSIS, LOADS, FINITE ELEMENTS, EFFECT, PARAMETERS, BEHAVIOUR, FORMATION, ENERGY, PERFECT, EXPERIMENTS, COLLAPSE, STIFFENED, STEEL, OFFSHORE, FAILURES, ENDS, AXISYMMETRIC, IMPERFECTIONS, THEORY, PLASTICITY, CONDITIONS, MATERIALS