Hilltop buckling as the a and Ω in sensitivity analysis of the initial postbuckling behavior of elastic structures

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-46

  Mang, Herbert A ^a   Jia, Xin ^a   Hoefinger, Gerhard ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Consistently linearized eigenproblem; Hilltop buckling; Imperfection (in)sensitivity; Koiter's initial postbuckling analysis; Sensitivity analysis; Symmetric bifurcation; Zero stiffness postbuckling

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BUCKLING; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELASTICITY; LINEARIZATION; STIFFNESS;

CONSISTENTLY LINEARIZED EIGENPROBLEM; HILLTOP BUCKLING; IMPERFECTION (IN)SENSITIVITY; KOITER'S INITIAL POSTBUCKLING ANALYSIS; SYMMETRIC BIFURCATION; ZERO-STIFFNESS POSTBUCKLING;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 63049112909     PISSN: 13923730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/1392-3730.2009.15.35-46     Document Type: Conference Paper

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