บุญชัย ผึ้งไผ่งาม. Postbuckling Behavior of Spatial Variable-arc-length Elastica Subjected to Terminal Forces. Doctoral Degree(Civil Engineering). King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi. KMUTT Library. : King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, 2009.
Postbuckling Behavior of Spatial Variable-arc-length Elastica Subjected to Terminal Forces
Abstract:
This dissertation aims to study the postbuckling behavior of the variable-arc-length (VAL)
elastica subjected to terminal forces especially to axial forces and torque in three dimensional
space. Based on the Kirchhoff's rod theory, there are two approaches dealing
with this problem. One is an analytical approach in which the closed form solutions are
obtained in terms of elliptic integrals of the first, the second and the third kinds. The
configuration of the rod is described by the position vector and the director of the centerline
of the rod. The position vector can be expressed in the form of the elliptic integrals by
using the cylindrical coordinates. The director of the rod can be presented by the triad unit
vectors in terms of the Euler angles. The other approach is the shooting method. In this
method, the set of nonlinear governing differential equations is established together with
boundary conditions. The Euler parameters are utilized for singularity-free in the
transformation matrix. The highly accurate numerical integrator, the seventh-eighth order
Runge-Kutta with adaptive step-size scheme, is utilized in this problem. The errors of
norms at end conditions are minimized within the prescribed tolerance. The behavior of the
spatial VAL elastica is studied by two loading-schemes. The first is the rod bent by an axial
force at first step and then twisted by the end twist at the sleeve joint. For the second
loading-scheme, the rod is pre-twisted at the first sequence and then the axial force is
applied at the sleeve end.
The results from both analytical and numerical approaches are validated such that the
results from the elliptic integral technique are in excellent agreement with those from the
shooting method. The equilibrium configurations in three-dimensional space are presented
together with the stability diagrams of the problem. In addition, for a special case, an
experiment was set up in order to verify the computational results. It is found that the
theoretical and the experimental results are in the same trend and in good correlation with
each other. Much of interesting behaviors such as snap-through phenomenon, secondary
bifurcation points and equilibrium shapes in three-dimensions would be highlighted.