... with the onset of the plateau, is set by the critical buckling wavelength reported in the classic shell-buckling literature. Beyond this threshold, within the plateau regime, we demonstrate that the largest defect dictates the shell buckling. Email: fani.derveni@epfl.ch Email: arefeh.abbasi@epfl.ch...

... imperfections that can either increase or decrease the local curvature . We show that outward pointing dimples outperform inward-pointing dimples in such a structure and hence can be viewed as being favorable with regards to shell buckling under external pressure. With advances in precision manufacturing...