Using symbolic computation in buckling analysis (Q1075807)

Asymptotic buckling analysis of elastic structures can be considered a well established procedure. It consists in bifurcation analysis of a system of one-parameter differential equations: balance, compatibility and constitutive equations. The aim of this work was to experiment with the use of automatic symbolic computation in the asymptotic bifurcation analysis of elastic beams. To this end an application of the system REDUCE has been devised in particular for (a) the generation of the formal perturbation equations and (b) the construction of a procedure for solving a specific problem.