Hello,

I am looking for a closed from analytical solution for the critical bucking load of a beam subjected to axial compression as well as uniformly distributed transverse load. I spent few hours searching for it and could not find one, but somehow I have the feeling that somebody should have worked out the solution. If anybody can point me in the right direction I will really appreciate it.

Ultimately, I want to see what's the affect of uniform transversly distributed load on critical buckling load, also FYI the end conditions are fixed -fixed.  I know somebody might say why not use FEA to solve this eigen value problem however, I am intersted in closed form solution.

Thanks in Advance

Nitesh