Abstract: A general solution method of a system of coupled differential equations governing the elastic buckling of thin‐walled curved members is presented. The finite element displacement method is formulated based on a variational ...

Abstract: A method of analyzing the elastic flexural‐torsional buckling of curved beams is presented. Included in the solution is warping contribution to the bifurcation buckling load. Since the coefficients of the general differential ...

Abstract: The previously derived size effect law for blunt fracture is exploited for determining the parameters of the R‐curve, of the crack band model, and of Hillerborg's fictitious crack model. No measurements of the crack length ...