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Complete spherical shells with radius-to-thickness ratios of from 1570 to 2120 were produced by electroforming. For specimens of good quality and for optimum testing conditions, buckling pressures up to 86 percent of the classical value were obtained.
The effect of loading-system characteristics was examined by pressurizing spherical shells in rigid and soft systems and no difference in buckling pressure was observed. It was found that buckling behavior is strongly influenced by the nature and severity of flaws or imperfections; i.e., low buckling pressures can be correlated with the presence of severe flaws or nonuniformities.
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Carlson, R.L., Sendelbeck, R.L. & Hoff, N.J. Experimental studies of the buckling of complete spherical shells. Experimental Mechanics 7, 281–288 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02327133
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