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Nonaxisymmetric buckling of orthotropic spherical shells

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Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, No. 6, pp. 1056–1061, November–December, 1980.

The author expresses his gratitude to L. S. Srubshchik for the useful observations.

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Bermus, I.M. Nonaxisymmetric buckling of orthotropic spherical shells. Mech Compos Mater 16, 705–710 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00606261

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