PSO-Based Approach for Buckling Analysis of Shell Structures with Geometric Imperfections

Table 1

Resulting geometric-position deviations of the joints.

Nodal number	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
CIMM	3.464	0.489	0.489	0.497	0.489	0.489	0.497
PSO	3.464	3.464	3.464	3.464	3.464	3.464	3.464