Stability Of structures

Course Objectives
-To study the concepts of buckling and analysis of structural elements
To study the various techniques to solve the bucking problems

Contents
-Concept of Stability, Bending of prismatic bars under simultaneous action of axial
and lateral loads, Buckling
of sold and open web columns, Critical loading on laced and battened columns,
Lateral stability of beams,
Analysis of beam columns, Instability of frames, Local buckling and post-buckling
behaviour of plates and
shells, Bifurcation buckling and limit-load analysis, Application of Energy
methods, Numerical methods for
solving elastic stability problems

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