Koiter, W. T. <br/><br/>
W.T. Koiter's elastic stability of solids and structures / 
 W. T. Koiter's Elastic Stability of Solids & Structures 
edited by Arnold M.A. van der Heijden. 
 - 1 online resource (vii, 230 pages) :  digital, PDF file(s). 
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<br/><br/>Continuous elastic systems -- Applications. 
<br/><br/> This book deals with the elastic stability of solids and structures. It begins with fundamental aspects of stability, relating the basic notions of dynamic stability to more traditional quasi-static approaches. The book is concerned not only with buckling, or linear instability, but most importantly with nonlinear post-buckling behavior and imperfection-sensitivity. After laying out the general theory, Koiter applies the theory to a number of applications, with a chapter devoted to each. These include a variety of beam, plate, and shell structural problems and some basic continuum elasticity problems. Koiter's classic results on the nonlinear buckling and imperfection-sensitivity of cylindrical and spherical shells are included. The treatments of both the fundamental aspects and the applications are completely self contained. This book was recorded as a detailed set of notes by Arnold van der Heijden from W. T. Koiter's last set of lectures on stability theory, at TU Delft. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780511546174 (ebook) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Elastic analysis (Engineering)<br/>Structural stability.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TA653  / .K65 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>620.1/1232