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Large deflections and imperfection sensitivity of structural systems Stephenson, Norman G

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The sensitivity of a structural system to initial imperfections is known to be largely determined by the post-buckling behaviour of the ideal system and further the rate at which the load capacity of the ideal system changes near the critical load. A general non-linear stiffness matrix capable of predicting the post-buckling behaviour of structural systems is developed and tested. A procedure is formulated for predicting the stable equilibrium zones of structural systems and examples are investigated to verify the correctness of the method.

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Title	Large deflections and imperfection sensitivity of structural systems
Creator	Stephenson, Norman G
Publisher	University of British Columbia
Date Issued	1971
Description	The sensitivity of a structural system to initial imperfections is known to be largely determined by the post-buckling behaviour of the ideal system and further the rate at which the load capacity of the ideal system changes near the critical load. A general non-linear stiffness matrix capable of predicting the post-buckling behaviour of structural systems is developed and tested. A procedure is formulated for predicting the stable equilibrium zones of structural systems and examples are investigated to verify the correctness of the method.
Genre	Thesis/Dissertation
Type	Text
Language	eng
Date Available	2011-05-12
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.
DOI	10.14288/1.0050549
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/34509
Degree	Master of Applied Science - MASc
Program	Civil Engineering
Affiliation	Applied Science, Faculty of; Civil Engineering, Department of
Degree Grantor	University of British Columbia
Campus	UBCV
Scholarly Level	Graduate
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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