Snap-through of shallow elastic arches under end moments

Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-3

  Plaut, Raymond H ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLED BEAMS; CIRCULAR SHAPE; CRITICAL MOMENT; CRITICAL VALUE; END MOMENT; MEMSDEVICES; SHALLOW ARCH; SINUSOIDAL ARCH; SNAP-THROUGH;

ARCHES;

EID: 67651156774     PISSN: 00218936     EISSN: 15289036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3000020     Document Type: Article

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