Questions tagged [buckling]
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MSC Nastran - BAR3/4 elements - can't assign any properties
I'm modeling a pipe in Patran, and I'd like to try bar3 and bar4 elements.
I assing the properties CBEAM to my geometry, but when I create the mesh, Patran tell me bar3 and bar4 don't support that ...
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MSC Nastran CQUAD8 on a pipe - excessive pivot ratio
I'm modelling a pipe in Patran with CQUAD8 elements, but I get this error, like the structure is not costrained. I do have costrains on both ends of the pipe. What can the problem be?
If I use ...
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2D Solid - Axisimmetric - Missing properties and material
Goodmorning,
I'm trying to understand how 2D solid elements work. I want to study the local buckling of a simple aluminium pipe with thin walls.
From what I understood, I can use 2D solid elements ...
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How to compute core stress in honeycomb structure?
Assume I have a honecomb(sandwich) panel under distributed normal load. Each edge of this panel is simply supported(pinned) as on the picture below:
The problem is how to find the core stresses σ-z (...
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Buckling of composite plates help
I am trying to write code for the buckling of composite plates using the Ritz approximation but I can't understand something. According to Reddy (Mechanics of laminated composites), this is the ...
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Hollow Steel Tubing: Critical Load for Sidewall Buckling
I'm looking to construct a something with hollow steel tubing (e.g. 10ga 2"x3" rectangular tubing) suspended horizontally welded to an outer frame on both sides.
I've already calculated the ...
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Can buckling failure at the first critical load be avoided by “instantaneous” loading?
Previously, I was told by someone I trust well that a column can avoid buckling at the first critical load by applying the load "instantaneously" with a magnitude between the first and second critical ...
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Eccentricity for staggered 2x4 wal
I have a staggered 2x4 wall on a 2x6 sill plate as illustrated below (16" on center on each side = 8" on center each stud). The wall is loaded from both sides by floor joists, so I would consider it ...
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Critical Buckling Load for a Spring Supported Bar
The above is a past exam question from an introductory structural analysis course, one in which although we have studied the Euler buckling load equation, we have just been given parameters for the ...
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Possibility of buckling in non-slender member?
The above diagram is misleading. In reality, both the length and thickness are equal to 8mm. As this is from a past paper (one notorious for awkward questions), I'm not sure if it's a typo (an 8m ...
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Inertia Relief and Buckling SOL105 in Nastran
Has anyone ever tried running buckling simulations in Nastran where inertia relief is invoked? I am just using a simple plate and I am getting "funny" modes (unrealistically low eigenvalues which ...
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Methods to Measure Buckling without Expensive Equipment
I'm working with some flexures (circularly symmetric tube with pins at the ends). Their bending stiffness matches my FEA. However, I'm concerned that they are buckling, reducing their overall axial ...
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Buckling of a cantilever with midway support
I'm trying to understand the implications for buckling and column sizing in the drawings below.
A 3000mm 120x60 RHS steel column supports a 350mm horizontal steel beam. The column base and right side ...
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Buckling: Do buckling mode shapes of n > 1 occur in reality?
In the buckling of columns we know that:
$$P = \dfrac{n^2\pi^2EI}{L^2}$$
The smallest value of P occurs when $n=1$ which gives a simple buckling shape (one wave):
$$P_{cr} = \dfrac{\pi^2EI}{L^2}$$
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How thick does an aluminium vacuum cylinder have to be?
Take a hollow aluminium cylinder with outer radius $r$ and length $h$, capped with two circular endcaps. How thick does the aluminium have to be, that is what is the inner diameter of the cylinder, ...
