Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to present designers with accurate elastic buckling solutions for beams subjected to common loading and restraint conditions, so that a more economical design may be achieved. Simply supported beams and cantilevers under moment gradient loading, point loading and uniformly distributed loading are considered. Solutions are also presented for single span beams with a variety of end restraint conditions. The influence of the level of application of transverse loading is also examined. Elastic beams and cantilevers with internal bracing are examined. The influence of brace type and location is investigated along with that of the level of application of load above and below the shear centre. Moment gradient loading, point loading and uniformly distributed loading are considered. Data on optimum internal brace location is provided. A general method for determining the elastic buckling loads of laterally continuous structures is presented. These range from beams with multiple supports and braces to grid structures. An analysis procedure and worked examples are presented.
Publication Year: 1986
Publication Date: 1986-05-01
Language: en
Type: article
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