Buckling Mode Interaction in Fixed-End Column with Central Brace
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 125, Issue 3
Abstract
The postbuckling behavior of an elastic fixed-end column with an elastic brace at the center is investigated. Attention is focused on those of brace stiffness near its threshold value at which, under axial load, the column becomes critical with respect to two buckling modes simultaneously. We show that, for the brace stiffness greater than the threshold value, there are precisely two secondary bifurcation points on each primary postbuckling path bifurcating from one of the least two classical buckling loads, and the corresponding secondary postbuckling paths connect all of these secondary bifurcation points in a loop. For the brace stiffness less than the threshold value, no secondary bifurcation occurs. The asymptotic expansions of the primary and secondary postbuckling paths are constructed. The stability analysis indicates that, when the brace stiffness goes beyond its threshold value, the primary postbuckling path with a node in the center becomes unstable from stable by means of the secondary bifurcation (i.e., secondary buckling occurs).
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Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 125 • Issue 3 • March 1999
Pages: 316 - 322
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Received: May 5, 1997
Published online: Mar 1, 1999
Published in print: Mar 1999
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