A perturbation method for the determination of the buckling strength of imperfection-sensitive structures

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 145, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 203-215

  Wu, Baisheng ^a,b   Wang, Zaishen ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); DEFECTS; FOUNDATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROBLEM SOLVING; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

BUCKLING STRENGTH; IMPERFECTION SENSITIVE STRUCTURES;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031170146     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(96)01197-8     Document Type: Article

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