Buckling mode localisation in randomly disordered continuous beams using a simplified model

Chaos, Solitons and Fractals

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1127-1144

  Ariaratnam, S T ^a   Xie, Wei Chau ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 0043039769     PISSN: 09600779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0960-0779(96)89777-3     Document Type: Article

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