Large Deflection Stability of Slender Beam-Columns with Semirigid Connections: Elastica Approach
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 130, Issue 3
Abstract
The large-deflection elastic analysis of slender beam-columns of symmetrical cross sections with semirigid connections under end loads (forces and moments) including the effects of out-of-plumbness is developed in a classical manner. The classical theory of the “Elastica” and the corresponding elliptical functions are utilized in the proposed method which can be used in the large-deflection stability analysis of slender beam-columns with rigid, semirigid, and simple connections under any combination of end loads (conservative and nonconservative). The proposed method consisting of a closed-form solution of the Elastica can also be utilized in the large deflection analysis of beam-columns whose connections suffer from flexural degradation or, on the contrary, flexural stiffening. The main limitation of the Elastica is that only flexural strains are considered (the effects of axial and shear strains are neglected). Therefore results from the proposed method are theoretically exact from small to very large curvatures and transverse and longitudinal displacements for plane beam-columns under bending actions. The large-deflection analysis of a beam-column with flexible connections at both ends becomes a complex problem requiring the simultaneous solution of at least two highly nonlinear equations with elliptical integrals. The solution of this problem becomes even more complex when the end connections are nonlinear or the direction of the applied end load changes (like “follower” loads). The validity and effectiveness of the proposed method and equations are verified against available solutions of very large deflection elastic analysis of beam-columns. Four comprehensive examples are included for verification and easy reference.
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Received: Jun 18, 2001
Accepted: Aug 10, 2003
Published online: Feb 19, 2004
Published in print: Mar 2004
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