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Imperfection Sensitivity

Imperfection Sensitivity is a structural stability phenomenon characterized by the pronounced reduction in load-carrying capacity of a system—particularly in buckling of aircraft structures and columns—due to deviations from ideal geometric or boundary conditions, distinguishing it from perfect bifurcation behavior by its dependence on initial imperfections.

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From wrinkles to creases in elastomers: the instability and imperfection-sensitivity of wrinkling

Yanping Cao, John W. Hutchinson · Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences · 2011 · 244 citations · Full text

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Imperfection Sensitivity of Externally Pressurized Spherical Shells

John W. Hutchinson · Journal of Applied Mechanics · 1967 · 227 citations · Full text

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Dynamic buckling estimates.

John W. Hutchinson, Bernard Budiansky · AIAA Journal · 1966 · 212 citations · Full text

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Mode interaction in axially stiffened cylindrical shells

Esben Byskov, John W. Hutchinson · AIAA Journal · 1977 · 180 citations

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Buckling of spherical shells revisited

John W. Hutchinson · Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences · 2016 · 178 citations

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  1. JW
    John W. Hutchinson

    Harvard University, United States

    9 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. KI
    Kiyohiro Ikeda

    Tohoku University, Japan

    9 publications · 155 citations

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  3. BW
    Bo Wang

    Dalian University of Technology, China

    7 publications · 305 citations

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  4. MA
    M. Ahmer Wadee

    Imperial College London, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 204 citations

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  5. IS
    Izhak Sheinman

    Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

    6 publications · 163 citations

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  1. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    16 h-index

    33 publications

    1.3K citations

  2. Delft University of Technology

    Delft, The Netherlands

    10 h-index

    18 publications

    717 citations

  3. Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

    Haifa, Israel

    10 h-index

    20 publications

    574 citations

  4. Dalian University of Technology

    Dalian, China

    9 h-index

    41 publications

    1.7K citations

  5. University of Calabria

    Rende, Italy

    8 h-index

    23 publications

    890 citations

  6. Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)

    Cologne, Germany

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    605 citations

  7. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    692 citations

  8. Tohoku University

    Sendai, Japan

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    185 citations

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  1. Thin-Walled Structures

    27 publications · 845 citations

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  2. International Journal of Solids and Structures

    25 publications · 915 citations

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  3. AIAA Journal

    18 publications · 964 citations

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  4. Journal of Applied Mechanics

    15 publications · 885 citations

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  5. Engineering Structures

    13 publications · 428 citations

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