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Introduction# Buckling Phenomenon and Its Physical Explanation, Non-linear Behaviour, Definition of Critical Load By Different Approaches, Small Perturbations. The Principle of Conservation Of Energy, Etc., Conservative and Non-conservative Systems. The Differential Equation and Its Linearization, Boundary Condition And Eigenvalues. Approximate Methods of Analysis, Approximate Deflection Curve, Calculus of Variations, Rayleigh-ritz Method. Galerkin's Method. Vianello-s Method. Finite Differences Method. Stiffness-matrix Method. Various Structural Elements. "beam-columns", Frames, Lateral Buckling of Beams, Buckling of Plates.

Faculty: Civil and Environmental Engineering
|Graduate Studies

Pre-required courses

14145 - Strength of Materials 2

Course with no extra credit (contains)

36102 - Stability of Structures

• An introduction to the elastic stability of structures - Simitses, George J.
• An introduction to the elastic stability of structures. - Simitses, George J.
• Buckling of bars, plates, and shells - Brush, Don O.
• Fundamentals of structural stability [electronic resource] - Simitses, George J.,
• Introductory nuclear physics - Krane, Kenneth S.
• Principles of stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis - Clayton, Donald D.
• Principles of stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis - Clayton, Donald D.
• Solid Mechanics [electronic resource] : A Variational Approach, Augmented Edition - Dym, Clive L.
• Solid mechanics: a variational approach - Dym, Clive L.