Local Dynamic Buckling of C-Shape Profile Subjected to Bending

Abstract

This paper deals with local dynamic buckling of thin-walled girder segments (short beam-columns) subjected to bending. Various shapes of pulse loading (triangle, trapezoid and rectangle) with a duration corresponding to the fundamental period of vibration were taken into account. Assumed boundary conditions correspond to a simple support, this agrees with conditions that exist in the place of the diaphragm in a long spar. The problem was solved by finite element method. In order to determine the critical load pulse amplitudes Volmir, Budiansky-Hutchinson, Ari-Gur and Simonetta criteria were employed.