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Can an elastic structure buckle under tensile dead load?

Submitted by Davide Bigoni on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 08:19

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We all know Euler buckling of a beam under axial thrust, but can buckling occur in an elastic structure in which all elements are subject to tensile dead loading?

We provide a positive answer to this question, see http://www.youtube.com/user/RoyalSociety#p/u/0/EKngs1vvcJU

Can an elastic structure buckle under tensile dead load?

Submitted by Davide Bigoni on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 08:12

We all know Euler buckling of a beam under axial thrust, but can buckling occur in an elastic structure in which all elements are subject to tensile dead loading?

We provide a positive answer to this question, see http://www.youtube.com/user/RoyalSociety#p/u/0/EKngs1vvcJU

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