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Lecture 6.4 : General Methods for Assessing Critical Loads


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1. INTRODUCTION

2. GENERAL ENERGY METHODS APPLIED TO ELASTIC SYSTEMS

3. RAYLEIGH COEFFICIENT

4. THE RAYLEIGH-RITZ METHOD

5. THE GALERKIN METHOD

6. NUMERICAL METHODS

7. SOME TYPICAL STRAIN ENERGIES

8. EXAMPLE USING THE DIFFERENT METHODS

9. CONCLUDING SUMMARY

10. ADDITIONAL READING