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Understanding Structural Buckling Mechanics

Buckling occurs when a structural member under high compressive stress suddenly fails sideways at a stress lower than its ultimate compressive strength. As load increases on a column, it will eventually buckle as the solution to the static equilibrium equations bifurcates, allowing two states of equilibrium - a purely compressed state or a laterally deformed one. Mathematical analysis of buckling uses an artificial eccentricity to model secondary bending, and buckling causes unpredictable deformations but the member may still carry load if not catastrophic.

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Understanding Structural Buckling Mechanics

Buckling occurs when a structural member under high compressive stress suddenly fails sideways at a stress lower than its ultimate compressive strength. As load increases on a column, it will eventually buckle as the solution to the static equilibrium equations bifurcates, allowing two states of equilibrium - a purely compressed state or a laterally deformed one. Mathematical analysis of buckling uses an artificial eccentricity to model secondary bending, and buckling causes unpredictable deformations but the member may still carry load if not catastrophic.

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Theoretically, buckling is caused by a bifurcation in the solution to the equations of static equilibrium.

At a certain stage under an increasing load, further load is able to be sustained in one of two states
of equilibrium: a purely compressed state (with no lateral deviation) or a laterally-deformed state.
Buckling is characterized by a sudden sideways failure of a structural member subjected to
high compressive stress, where the compressive stress at the point of failure is less than the
ultimate compressive stress that the material is capable of withstanding. Mathematical analysis of
buckling often makes use of an "artificial" axial load eccentricity that introduces a secondary bending
moment that is not a part of the primary applied forces being studied. As an applied load is increased
on a member, such as a column, it will ultimately become large enough to cause the member to
become unstable and is said to have buckled. Further load will cause significant and somewhat
unpredictable deformations, possibly leading to complete loss of the member's load-carrying
capacity. If the deformations that follow buckling are not catastrophic the member will continue to
carry the load that caused it to buckle. If the buckled member is part of a larger assemblage of
components such as a building, any load applied to the structure beyond that which caused the
member to buckle will be redistributed within the structure.

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