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Helical Buckling of Slender Beam Structures Surrounded by an Elastic Medium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2015

S. Harasawa  and
M. Sato
S. Harasawa
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
M. Sato*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
*
*Corresponding author (tayu@eng.hokudai.ac.jp)
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Abstract

The goal of this study was to investigate analytically the buckling phenomena of slender beam structures embedded in an elastic medium. In such cases, there is a possibility that spiral-shaped buckling modes can occur due to the restraining effect of the surrounding medium. As a result of analytical investigations, helical buckling occurs radically. Furthermore the pitch of the helix does not fluctuate as the radius of the helix increases. The interesting mechanical implications of the embedding effect are demonstrated by the theoretical approach established in this study.

Keywords

Helical bucklingHelixStrainElastic medium

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Journal of Mechanics , Volume 31 , Issue 3 , June 2015 , pp. 241 - 247
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Copyright © The Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, R.O.C. 2014 

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