Influence of Defect Distribution on Dynamic Elastic Buckling of Rings Under Internal Uniformly-Distributed Pressure Pulse

In our previous papers, it has been reported that when rings and shells are subjected to an internal uniformly-distributed pressure pulse, dynamic elastic buckling due to the nonlinear coupling between the breathing mode and bending modes may occur and further cause the strain growth phenomenon in explosion containment vessels. In this study, the influence of defect distribution on dynamic buckling of plane-strain rings under internal uniformly-distributed pressure pulse is studied, in which three cases with one defect, six defects and twelve defects are employed in the finite element model. It is found that defects influence the initial buckling response shapes and occurrence of dynamic buckling. However, the excited bending mode is the same for the different defect distribution cases.