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Fundamental Concepts in Static Stability.
| Title: | Fundamental Concepts in Static Stability. |
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| Authors: | Hjelmstad, Keith D. |
| Source: | Fundamentals of Structural Mechanics; 2005, p359-388, 30p |
| Abstract: | The limit to the load carrying capacity of many structures is buckling resulting from the loss of stability of equilibrium. Any structure that carries load through compression is a candidate for loss of stability. (Some tensile structures are candidates for instability, but that is less common, and it remains a good rule of thumb to think of tensile forces as essentially stabilizing). The primary function of many structures is to elevate space and the fight with gravitational forces can induce compression in many members of a structure. Hence, structures subjected to gravity forces can suffer stability problems. Loss of stability must be well understood and accounted for in the design of structural systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| DOI: | 10.1007/0-387-23331-8_10 |
| Database: | Supplemental Index |
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