A long heavy elastic column is supported at the top end. The bottom end is subjected to a compressive force. The critical buckling loads, related to zeroes of Airy functions, are quite different from the Euler buckling loads. Postbuckling shapes are integrated numerically.

Issue Section:
Research Papers
Topics:
Buckling, Stress, Shapes
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