COMPOUND BRANCHING IN ELASTIC-SYSTEMS

Authors
LAZOPOULOS KA MARKATIS S
Citation
Ka. Lazopoulos et S. Markatis, COMPOUND BRANCHING IN ELASTIC-SYSTEMS, Computer methods in applied mechanics and engineering, 135(1-2), 1996, pp. 187-200
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Application, Chemistry & Engineering",Mechanics,"Engineering, Mechanical","Computer Science Interdisciplinary Applications
Journal title
Computer methods in applied mechanics and engineering → ACNP
ISSN journal
00457825
Volume
135
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
187 - 200
Database
ISI
SICI code
0045-7825(1996)135:1-2<187:CBIE>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
The compound branching problem of elastic systems is discussed with ne ither elimination of the passive coordinates nor orthogonalization of the energy function. Critical conditions will be defined and the post- critical equilibrium paths are described. Formulae are derived that ar e proper for numerical techniques such as the Finite Element method. A pplications illustrating the theory for a five rigid-bar model and for the buckling of a spherical shell under hydrostatic pressure will be presented.