A variety of seismic testing techniques rely on the use of seismic sources, detectors, or both, placed at some depth below the ground surface; these are often installed within fluid-filled boreholes. The interpretation of the records obtained in the course of such explorations requires a thorough understanding of how waves propagate in the borehole and its immediate vicinity. Depending on the d...

It is well known that it is very difficult to manufacture perfect thin cylindrical shell. Initial geometrical imperfections existing in the shell structure is one of the main determining factor for load bearing capacity of thin cylindrical shell under uniform lateral pressure. As these imperfections are random, the strength of same size cylindrical shell will also random and a statistical metho...

Hydrogels are hydrophilic polymer networks that swell upon submersion in water. Thanks to their bio-compatibility, compliance, and ability undergo large deformations, hydrogels can be used a wide variety of applications such as situ sensors for measuring cell-generated forces drug delivery vehicles. In this work we investigate the equilibrium mechanical responses achieved with hydrogel-based sh...

Generally, thin cylindrical shells are susceptible for geometrical imperfections like non-circularity, non-cylindricity, dents, swellings etc. All these geometrical imperfections decrease the static buckling strength of thin cylindrical shells. In this work, neighbourhood effect of two circumferential short dents on the buckling behaviour of thin short stainless steel cylindrical shell is studi...

In this paper, the buckling behavior of a composite lattice cylindrical shell is studied and effects of rib defects on the distribution of stress field and buckling response of the shell is investigated. A three dimensional finite element buckling analysis of the lattice shell is carried out using ANSYS suit of program. Geometrical data and material properties of the shell are obtained from the...