Theory of stability of continuous elastic structures. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mario Como.
• Authors: Como, Mario; Grimaldi, Antonio
• Contents: An Introduction to Stability Analysis of Elastic Structural Systems; Introduction; A Review of the Common Approaches to Stability Analysis in Structural Engineering; A Review of the Energy Criteria of Stability for Finite Degrees of Freedom Systems; Conclusions; References; A Review of Some Functional Analysis Concepts; Introduction; Metric Spaces, Normed Spaces, and Branch Spaces; Finite and Infinite Dimensional Normed Spaces; Equivalence and Nonequivalence of Norms; Dense Subsets, Total Bounded, and Compact Spaces; Operators; Inner Product Spaces-Hilbert Spaces; Symmetric Positive, and Positive-Definite Operators and Their Energy Spaces; Calculus of Operators and Functionals-Extreme Values of Functionals; Generalized Derivatives and Sobolev Spaces; References; General Stability Analysis of Continuous Elastic Systems; Introduction; Formal Analysis of Stability; The Requirement of the Stability at the Unstressed State for a Physically Acceptable Theory of Stability-The Choice of the Energy Norm; Stability Analysis with Respect to the Energy Norm; References; Equilibrium Stability of Continuous Elastic Structures; Introduction; Buckling and Stability Analysis of the Undimensional Beam Model; Torsional-Flexural Buckling of Inextensible Rods; Basic Problems in Stability Analysis of Plates and Shells; Tridimensional Elasticity; References; Buckling of Continuous Elastic Structures; Introduction; The Structural Continuum-The General Formulation of the Neutral Equilibrium; The Additional Internal Work and the Neutral Equilibrium Equation; Comparisons with Other Formulations; Pure Strains in Curvilinear Coordinates; Buckling of Bars; Buckling by Torsion and Flexure of Thin-Walled Open Cross Sections; Lateral Buckling of Deep Beams; Buckling of Shells; References; Bifurcation or Snapping at the Critical State of Continuous Elastic Structures; Introduction; Equilibrium Paths of General Nonl
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 624.171; Elastic analysis (Engineering); Structural stability
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351408523
• Related ISBNs: 9781351408530; 9780203718865
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