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Buckling and Post-Buckling

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The role of experiments in buckling and postbuckling studies of structures is examined. The essential elements of the experimental approach are discussed for a simple buckling test — a column under axial compression — and typical modern techniques are enumerated. The theory of modeling and its applications are summarized. The problems of buckling and postbuckling experiments for plates and shells are then discussed in detail, with emphasis on comparison with theoretical results and recent developments like initial imperfection measurements, definition of boundary condition and nondestructive methods.

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Singer, J. (1987). Experimental techniques and comparison with theoretical results. In: Buckling and Post-Buckling. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 288. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0009200

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