Dynamic Response of Pre-Stressed Spatially Curved Thin-Walled Beams of Open Profile

• Main Authors: Rossikhin, Yury A. (Author), Shitikova, Marina V. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Computer mathematics.; Mechanics.; Continuum mechanics.; Civil engineering.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Computational Science and Engineering.; Civil Engineering.

This short book analyses the dynamic stability with respect to small perturbations, as well as the local damage of geometrically nonlinear elastic, spatially curved, open section beams with axial precompression. Transient waves, which are the surfaces of strong discontinuity and wherein the stress a...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Problem Formulation and Governing Equations
• Impact Response of a Thin-walled Beam of Open Profile
• Conclusion
• Appendix.