Calculation of the Stability Index in Parameter-Dependent Calculus of Variations Problems: Buckling of a Twisted Elastic Strut

DOI10.1137/S1111111101396622zbMath1008.49013MaRDI QIDQ4785600

Robert S. Manning, Kathleen A. Hoffman, Randy C. Paffenroth

Publication date: 5 January 2003

Published in: SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

elastic rods; conjugate points; buckling; anisotropy; local minima; equilibria; stability index; Jacobi equation; isoperimetric constraints; parameter continuation; Euler-Lagrange ODE

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

74K10: Rods (beams, columns, shafts, arches, rings, etc.)

74G60: Bifurcation and buckling

65L10: Numerical solution of boundary value problems involving ordinary differential equations

34B08: Parameter dependent boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations

49K15: Optimality conditions for problems involving ordinary differential equations

65P30: Numerical bifurcation problems

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