Analyzing buckling mode interactions in elastic structures using an asymptotic approach; theory and experiments

Computers and Structures

Volumn 64, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 473-480

  Menken, C M ^a   Schreppers, G M A ^a   Groot, W J ^a   Petterson, R ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

POST-BUCKLING BEHAVIOR;

BUCKLING;

EID: 0031187445     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(96)00139-3     Document Type: Article

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