AXIAL IMPACT BUCKLING OF A COLUMN WITH RANDOM INITIAL IMPERFECTIONS.

Author Type

Faculty

College

Engineering and Computer Science

Department

Ocean and Mechanical Engineering

Document Type

Article

Publication/Event/Conference Title

Journal of Applied Mechanics Transactions ASME

Publication Status

Version of Record

Abstract

Axial impact buckling of perfectly elastic bars with initial imperfections is considered in a probabilistic setting. It is assumed that the initial imperfection function involved a single parameter, which in turn is a continuous random variable with given probability distribution function. The structure is said to buckle if the absolute value of the total displacement exceeds a prescribed value. The probabilistic nature of the random, critical time when such a failure occurs for the first time, is studied.

First Page

361

Last Page

365

DOI

10.1115/1.3424302

Publication Date

1-1-1978

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