Post-buckling of simply supported column made of nonlinear elastic materials obeying the generalized Ludwick constitutive law
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Author list: Saetiew W., Chucheepsakul S.
Publisher: Wiley
Publication year: 2012
Journal: Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (0044-2267)
Volume number: 92
Issue number: 6
Start page: 479
End page: 489
Number of pages: 11
ISSN: 0044-2267
eISSN: 1521-4001
Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)
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Abstract
In this article, the post-buckling behavior of a simply supported column made of nonlinear elastic materials subjected to an end axial force is investigated. The column has a uniform rectangular cross-section in which the stress-strain relationship of such materials is represented by the generalized Ludwick constitutive law. To derive the governing equations, both geometrical and material nonlinearities have been considered. Further, a set of highly nonlinear simultaneous first-order differential equations with boundary conditions is established and numerically solved by the shooting method. Several numerical results are carried out and discussed highlighting the significant influences of the material nonlinearity parameter n on the equilibrium configurations and the equilibrium paths. From the results, there are many interesting features associated with the nonlinear hardening column such as a non-monotonic bifurcation curve, the limit load point, snap-through phenomenon, and hysteresis loop. Furthermore, the numerical results are compared with previous studies in order to test the validity and accuracy of the present method. ฉ 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
Keywords
Generalized Ludwick constitutive law, Hysteresis loop., Limit load point, Nonlinear elastic material, Post-buckling
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