Theory of Elastic Stability II

3 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: AEROSP 518 or equivalent and graduate standing. Enforced Prerequisite: None. (3 credits) Koiter’s theory for buckling, post-buckling, mode interaction and imperfection sensitivity behavior in nonlinear solids. Applications to thin-walled beams, cylindrical and spherical shells as well as to 3-D hyperelastic solids. Loss of ellipticity in finitely strained solids. Hill’s theory on bifurcation, uniqueness and post-bifurcation analysis in elastic-plastic solids with applications.