Formulas for Stress and Strain

Abstract

systems, i.e., systems subjected to one independent loading parameter.Postbuckling behavior is analyzed and the corresponding influences of imperfections are examined.A chapter on simultaneous buckling is also included.Although this first part of the book is self-contained and is itself interesting reading, its primary purpose is to serve as an introduction to Part 2, which is devoted to multiple-parameter systems.It is this second part of the book which contains new and stimulating material.Here, the stability behavior of structures subjected to more than one independent loading parameter is explored.This subject matter is not included in other recent books on elastic stability (e.g., Thompson and Hunt) and thus makes Huseyin's monograph an excellent complement to these texts.In Part 2, a systematic stability analysis based on the "multipleparameter perturbation technique" is presented and applied to structures under combined loading.It is also shown how a multipleparameter analysis may be useful even for systems subjected to only one independent loading parameter.Some fundamental theorems are developed, for example, concerning the convexity of the stability boundary, and shown to have important practical applications in the estimation of bounds to this boundary.This book will be a useful reference for persons interested in elastic stability theory.However, its extremely specialized content limits its suitability as a textbook for a graduate course on structural stability.Formulas for Stress and Strain.By R. J. Roark and W. C. Young.McGraw-Hill, vi + 625 pp.Cost $19.50.