The effect of a rotational spring on the global stability aspects of the classical von mises model under step loading

CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 15-26

  Sophianopoulos, D S ^a   Michaltsos, G T ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dynamic buckling; Global stability; Modeling; Point attractors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042993870     PISSN: 15261492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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