The behaviour of collapsed or stenotic vessels in the human body can be studied by means of simplified geometries like a collapsible tube. The objective of this work is to determine the value of the ...

When a strut is loaded in compression it may be unable to support the applied load and fail by Buckling rather than by Plastic Deformation. The buckling process involves the primary elastic response ...

An engineer has designed a model to guide better design of thin-walled structures, like planes, cars and submersibles, to avoid catastrophe like sudden collapse due to buckling. A University of ...

Linear finite-element analysis does not provide enough information about buckling to make correct design decisions, especially when designing lightweight components ...