In the previous discussions of solution of beam-column, the basic differential equation of beam-column and its boundary conditions are generally expressed in terms of the lateral deflection w as can ...

The integrations needed to determine beam deflections require the enforcement of the appropriate displacement and rotation boundary conditions (BCs). It is important that we be able to recognize these ...

In Chap. 3, the special case of flexural-torsional buckling strength of a plane beam-column subjected to loading in its plane is approached and solved from the standpoint of bifurcation. There, the ...