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Jan 1930

Problems Concerning Elastic Stability in Structures

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Publication: Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 94, Issue 1

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Sometimes the strength of a structure does not depend on the ultimate strength of the material used, but on the elastic stability of the members. Such problems become of great practical importance in steel structures where materials of high strength are used. Problems of this kind, involving buckling of built-up columns, buckling of a compressed top chord of a half-through span, and stability of webs in compressed members and girders, are considered.

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Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 94Issue 1January 1930
Pages: 1000 - 1020

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S. Timoshenko
Prof. of Eng. Mechanics, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.

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