Published Resources Details
Journal Article
- Title
- Finite element analysis of arch lateral buckling
- In
- Transactions of The Institution of Engineers, Australia: Civil Engineering
- Imprint
- vol. CE29, no. 1, Feb 1987, pp. 34-39
- Description
Paper C1656
[This paper was awarded the R. W. Chapman Medal 1987]
- Abstract
A finite element analysis of the flexural-torsional buckling of arches of doubly symmetric cross-section is described. The lateral deflection and twist are expressed by quintic shape functions. These are substituted into the buckling equation for arches, and the resulting eigenvalue problem is solved numerically. The convergence is investigated for arches subjected to equal and opposite end moments, uniformly distributed radial loads and point loads. Closed form solutions are obtained for arches and rings subjected to uniformly distributed radial loads acting away from the centreline. A study is made of the effects of the distances from the arch centreline of point and uniformly distributed radial loads.
