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Buckling of a spherical dome in a centrifuge

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Prevost, J.H., Billington, D.P., Rowland, R. et al. Buckling of a spherical dome in a centrifuge. Experimental Mechanics 24, 203–207 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02323166

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