Written by eminent researchers and renown authors of numerous publications in the buckling structures field. * Deals with experimental investigation in the industry. * Covers the conventional and more unconventional methods for testing for a wide variety of structures. * Various parameters which may influence the test results are systemically highlighted including, imperfections, boundary conditions, loading conditions as well as the effects of holes and cut-outs.
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978-0-470-17298-8 (9780470172988)
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Josef Singer Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel Johann Arbocz Technical University, Delft, The Netherlands Tanchum Weller Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Aus dem Inhalt: Introduction; Concepts of Elastic Stability; Postbuckling Behaviour of Structures; Elements of a Simple Buckling Test - a Column under Axial Compression; Modelling - Theory and Practice; Columns, Beams and Frameworks; Arches and Rings; Plate Buckling Experiments.