Effects of Prescribed End Motion on the Dynamic Stability of a Shallow Arch on an Elastic Foundation
by Jen-San Chen, (Prof., Dept. of Mech. Engrg., Natl. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan 10617. E-mail: jschen@ccms.ntu.edu.tw) and Jian-San Lin, (Grad. Student, Dept. of Mech. Engrg., Natl. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan 10617)
Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 130, No. 3, March 2004, pp. 359-362, (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2004)130:3(359))
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Technical Note |
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The emphasis of this note is placed on finding out whether dynamic snap-through will occur when a shallow arch resting on an elastic foundation with elastic constant β is stretched or compressed with constant speed. It is found that for β>8/7 no dynamic snap-through will occur when the arch is stretched. However, as long as β<4, dynamic snap-through is still possible when the arch is compressed. |
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