A stiffness method is proposed for the analysis of elastic-plastic shells of revolution with axisymmetric loading. A step-by-step method of integration is used in a computer programme developed to implement the method. Calculations were performed for a toroidal bellows and a torispherical pressure vessel head; the results agree with experimental values.
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