Theory of Elastic Stability, 1936, 1936

Document Type: Textbook (Technical).

Purpose: Training and Education.

Authority: Author Expertise.

Series: Engineeering Societies Monographs

NB: "For many years those who have been interested in the publication of papers, articles, and books devoted to engineering topics have been impressed with the number of important technical manuscripts which have proved too extensive, on the one hand, for publication in the periodicals or proceedings of engineering societies or in other journals, and of too specialized a character, on the other hand, to justify ordinary commercial publication in book form."

Scope (from Preface): "The modern use of steel and high-strength alloys in engineering structures, especially in bridges, ships, and aircraft, has made elastic instability a problem of great importance. Urgent practical requirements have given rise in recent years to extensive investigations, both theoretical and experimental, of the conditions governing the stability of such structural elements as bars, plates, and shells. It seems that the time has come when this work, recorded in various places and languages, often difficult of access to engineers who need it for guidance in design, should be brought together and put in the form of a book."

Contents (from Table of Contents): Engineering Societies Monographs Preface Notations 1. Bending of Prismatic Bars Under the Simultaneous Action of Axial and Lateral Loads 2. Buckling of Centrally Compressed Bars 3. Experiments and Design Formulas 4. Buckling of Compressed Rings and Curved Bars 5. Lateral Buckling of Beams 6. Bending of Thin Plates 7. Buckling of Thin Plates 8. Bending of Thin Shells 9. Buckling of Shells Appendix Author Index Subject Index