The course is addressed to undergraduate students (4th – 5th year) and consists of a continuation of courses on Statics and Strength of Materials I and II. The basic principles of Strength of Materials are applied to structural components and systems, with emphasis on the issue of strength against structural instability and buckling. In parallel, the course introduces modern computational methods and simplified approximate methods

• Equilibrium of discrete systems
• Stability of single‐degree‐of‐freedom systems
• Stability of multi‐degree‐of‐freedom systems
• Buckling of bars‐columns
• Buckling of rings
•  Buckling of plates
• Buckling of shells

Suggested literature

Class Notes (in Greek)

1. Σ. Α. Καραμάνος (2005), ΜΗ ΓΡΑΜΜΙΚΗ ΑΝΑΛΥΣΗ ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΥΩΝ – ΕΥΣΤΑΘΕΙΑ, Μέρος Α, Σημειώσεις Μαθήματος, Εκδόσεις Π.Θ., Βόλος.
2. Σ. Α. Καραμάνος (2005), ΜΗ ΓΡΑΜΜΙΚΗ ΑΝΑΛΥΣΗ ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΥΩΝ – ΕΥΣΤΑΘΕΙΑ, Μέρος Β, Σημειώσεις Μαθήματος, Εκδόσεις Π.Θ., Βόλος.
3. Σ. Α. Καραμάνος (2005), ΜΗ ΓΡΑΜΜΙΚΗ ΑΝΑΛΥΣΗ ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΥΩΝ – ΕΥΣΤΑΘΕΙΑ, Μέρος Γ, Σημειώσεις Μαθήματος, Εκδόσεις Π.Θ., Βόλος

Literature in Greek

1. Α. Ν. Κουνάδης, Γραμμική Θεωρία Ελαστικής Ευστάθειας, Εκδ. Συμεών, Αθήνα, 1997.
2. Α. Ν. Κουνάδης, Εισαγωγή εις την Μη‐γραμμική Θεωρία της Ελαστικής Ευστάθειας, Εκδ. ΕΜΠ, Αθήνα, 1984.

Literature in English

1. D. O. Brush & B. O. Almroth, Buckling of Bars, Plates and Shells, McGraw‐Hill, 1975.
2.  S. P. Timoshenko & J. M. Gere, Theory of Elastic Stability, McGraw‐Hill, 1960.
3.  Z. P. Bazant & L. Cedolin, Stability of Structures. Elastic, Inelastic, fracture, and Damage Theories, Oxford University Press, 1991.

Related Academic Journals

• International Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics
• International Journal of Solids and Structures
• ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics
• ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics
• International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics

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