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The optimal design of shell structures undergoing buckling phenomena is nowadays an open problem, whose solution would provide interesting answers to both academy and industry. The main difficulty is represented by the high computational cost required for optimising a full-scale structure [...]

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The loss of stability is critical regarding thin-walled composite structures which are widespread in weight critical applications. For the example of omega-stringer stiffened panels, the buckling and postbuckling behavior is investigated using closed-form analytical approximate solutions. [...]

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Buckling is very important for structural design, especially when the structure is thin-walled. Slender plates are widely used as structural members in civil, naval and aerospace engineering and they are able to carry considerable additional loads in the postbuckling range. Engineers [...]