Stability of the Shallow Axisymmetric Parabolic-Conic Bimetallic Shell by Nonlinear Theory

Figure 14

Geometry of a parabolic shell: (a) undeformed, (b) at the upper snap-through, (c) after the upper snap-through, (d) at the lower snap-through, and (e) after the lower snap-through.

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