Variational derivation of equilibrium equations of arbitrarily loaded pre-stressed shear deformable non-prismatic composite beams and solution by the DQEM buckling analysis

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-154

  Chen, Chang New ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Buckling equilibrium equation; Differential quadrature element method; Shear deformable bar; Transition conditions

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BUCKLING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SHEAR DEFORMATION;

SHEAR DEFORMABLE BEAMS;

COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

BEAM;

EID: 0037294519     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.577     Document Type: Article

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