Post-buckling analysis of a strut with general initial imperfection

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1017-1028

  Lam, S S E ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Initial imperfection; Post buckling analysis; Strut

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; DEFECTS; DEFORMATION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; POLYNOMIALS; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

NEWTON-RAPHSON METHOD;

STRUTS;

EID: 0032202620     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19981130)43:6<1017::AID-NME458>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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