This phenomenon is said to occur when the primary equilibrium path bifurcates into two secondary paths.
This phenomenon is said to occur when the primary equilibrium path bifurcates into two secondary paths. A 2011 paper by Zaccaria et al. demonstrates that this phenomenon can occur in tension when a structural member is divided by a "slider." "Snap-through" is sometimes considered a form of this phenomenon although it occurs at a limit point rather than the usual bifurcation point. A formula for determining the onset of this phenomenon in plates has a leading coefficient which depends on the (*) "wavelength" parameter, and asymptotically approaches 4 as aspect ratio increases. Classically, this phenomenon happens when the load exceeds pi-squared times stiffness divided by effective length squared, a formula named for Euler. For 10 points, identify this failure mode, which most commonly occurs when a slender column fails below its ultimate strength when loaded in compression.
This phenomenon is said to occur when the primary equilibrium path bifurcates into two secondary paths.
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