Abstract:
This thesis is focused on the large deflection analysis of a cantilever column made from the non-linear material obeying the Ludwicks law subjected to the tension from a guyed cable. One end of the cable is attached to the free end of the column. The cable is pulled through a frictionless anchorage which is nailed apart from the fixed end of the column. Consequently, the direction of the tensile force in the cable always passes through the anchorage of the cable.
The presented problem concerns with the nonlinearities in both geometry and material. A set of governing differential equations of the problem is obtained from the moment-curvature expression of the column made from the Ludwicks material model and the geometric relations. The results of the problem can be computed by the shooting method incorporated with the 7th order Runge-Kutta integration technique and appropriate boundary conditions. The non-linear material used in this model is characterized by n = 0.5, 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0. The numerical results are compared and contrasted with achieved research papers and from the experiment.
From this study, the solution can be computed by a numerical method. In the case of the tensile force in the cable always passes through the fixed end of the column, it is found that the critical load of a cantilever column is about 9.869 (π2 ) for n = 1.0 only. For n < 1.0 (i.e., n = 0.5) and n >1.0 (i.e., n = 2.0 and 3.0), the critical loads become zero and infinity, respectively. The results are in good agreement with those from the predecessors. In the case of the cable passes through the anchorage of the cable, it is found that the change of column behavior in terms of stiffness and flexibility can be observed when the material nonlinearity is introduced. In addition, the experiment for the case of n =1.0 is conducted and the experimental results are in good agreement with those from the theoretical results.