Zero stiffness elastic structures

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 425-431

  Tarnai, T ^a  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bar structures; Bifurcation of equilibrium paths; Critical load; Elastic stability; Mechanism; Neutral equilibrium; State of self stress

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELASTICITY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; STIFFNESS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CRITICAL LOADS;

STRUCTURAL LOADS;

EID: 0037562077     PISSN: 00207403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7403(03)00063-8     Document Type: Article

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