The calculation of critical buckling loads for externally constrained structures
โ Scribed by Hexiang, Lu ;Minghui, Feng ;Lark, R. J. ;Williams, F. W.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 112 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1069-8299
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โฆ Synopsis
A method of identifying the critical load of structures, the buckling shape of which is constrained, is presented based on two novel techniques. The ยฎrst identiยฎes this critical or limit point buckling value using a linear, complementary algorithm to solve what is shown to be a quadratic programming problem, while the second adopts a generalized inverse iteration technique. The critical load of a circular ring conยฎned by a rigid circular boundary and subject to thermal expansion is then obtained using this technique, and it is found that it is lower than that previously obtained from a traditional approach based on energy considerations.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
A new technique of approximating design sensitivities of the critical load is presented in this paper. The technique results in stable and reliable estimations of design sensitivities at prebuckling points. Since taking derivatives of an approximated eigenvalue problem gives unstable sensitivities a