A "Twist" in the Buckling of Beams Three-dimensional beam models are widely used to represent structural behaviors. Bridges, buildings, rotor blades, components of motorcars, and many other slender structures can frequently be modeled, in the first…

Simulation of Buckling of Bridge Braces - T he San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) initiated the California Toll Bridge Seismic Retrofit Program to determine the vulnerability of California's major…