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Caustics and Buckling of Cracked Columns

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The experimental method of caustics is applied to buckling behaviour of straight cracked columns. Two major parameters of the problem may be defined through the caustics method: the SIF and the high strain internal region. The knowledge of these parameters may be used to improve predictions of the buckling behaviour of cracked columns.

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  1. Department of Mechanics, National Technical University of Athens, 5, Heroes of Polytechnion Av., GR-157 73, Zografou, Athens, Greece

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Lazopoulos, K., Papadopoulos, G.A. Caustics and Buckling of Cracked Columns. Int J Fract 136, L3–L7 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10704-006-6692-2

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