Buckling and post-buckling of a nonlinearly elastic column

Nonlinear Dynamic Buckling of a Compressed Elastic Column*

Elastic Initial and Post-local Buckling of Profiled through Girders

An experiment investigating the elastic local buckling response of trough girders composed of thin profiled steel sheeting has been undertaken Beam tests were performed to promote initial local buckling in a region of constant moment in the elastic range of structural response. The results of the experiments were compared with an elastic complex semi-analytical finite strip method of analysis, ...

On the buckling of an elastic holey column

We report the results of a numerical and theoretical study of buckling in elastic columns containing a line of holes. Buckling is a common failure mode of elastic columns under compression, found over scales ranging from metres in buildings and aircraft to tens of nanometers in DNA. This failure usually occurs through lateral buckling, described for slender columns by Euler's theory. When the c...

Thermal buckling and post-buckling of FGM Timoshenko beams on nonlinear elastic foundation

Buckling and post-buckling thermomechanical deformations of a functionally graded material (FGM) Timoshenko beam resting on a two-parameter nonlinear elastic foundation and subjected to only a temperature rise have been numerically investigated with the shooting method. The material properties are assumed to vary only in the thickness direction according to a power law function. Through-the-thi...

Elastic Properties and Buckling of Silicon Nanowires

Silicon is the most important material for the electronics industry. Its unique electronic, optoelectronic, thermal, and mechanical properties have made Si an ideal choice for integrated circuits, memory devices, solar cells, and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). Considering onedimensional (1D) nanomaterials, carbon nanotubes, silicon nanowires, and ZnO nanowires/nanobelts are the three pr...