Divergence and flutter of nonconservative systems with intermediate support
College
Engineering and Computer Science
Department
Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Document Type
Article
Publication/Event/Conference Title
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
Publication Status
Version of Record
Abstract
Exact solutions are reported for the instability of uniform columns of length L resting on intermediate support at location q and under tangential loading. Two cases of boundary conditions are considered at the left end of the column: simply supported or clamped. In both cases the transition phenomenon is reported: for small q/L the column becomes unstable by flutter, and for large q/L, it loses stability by divergence. In contrast to the two-term Galerkin approximation, reported before, no jump phenomenon is found. © 1988.
First Page
241
Last Page
250
DOI
10.1016/0045-7825(88)90078-3
Publication Date
1-1-1988
Recommended Citation
Elishakoff, Isaac and Lottati, Itzhak, "Divergence and flutter of nonconservative systems with intermediate support" (1988). Faculty Scholarship. 628.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/faculty_papers/628