Post-buckling analysis of slender elastic rods subjected to terminal forces

International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 483-492

  Vaz, M A ^a   Silva, D F C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Elastica; Post buckling; Slender rods

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELASTICITY; GRAPH THEORY; INTEGRATION; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STIFFNESS;

SLENDER RODS;

BUCKLING;

EID: 0037408880     PISSN: 00207462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7462(01)00072-5     Document Type: Article

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