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Good Book on Elastic Stability?

Good Book on Elastic Stability?

Good Book on Elastic Stability?

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Does anyone know of a good (but practical) book on elastic stability?  I have Timoshenko's "Theory of Elastic Stability", but to be perfectly honest, it's so numerical that I get lost in the math and numbers of it and don't catch on to the big picture practical aspects of it.  

I also have a Structural Stability of Steel book by Galambos, but that's not quite as in depth as I would like.  

Does anyone know of a book that might be somewhere between the two?  I normally don't mind spending a little money to try books out, but all the books I'm finding on elastic stability are in the $150-$250 range.  I don't want to spend that kind of money to not get what I'm looking for.

RE: Good Book on Elastic Stability?

Robert M. Jones, "Buckling of Bars, Plates, and Shells".  

Search for it on google books, I believe you can read the whole book there.  I don't have Timoshenko of Galambos so I'm not sure if it will meet your criteria, but at least you can look through for free.

 

RE: Good Book on Elastic Stability?

Good luck.  I have several such books and can't understand one of them.  Closest thing, for me, is the S&J steel textbook.

RE: Good Book on Elastic Stability?

I know of a few:

1) Stability Design of Steel Frames by WF Chen and EM Lui:
I probably like this one the best.

2) Guide to Stability Design Criteria for Metal Structures, 5th Edition by the SSRC (structural stability research council?)
This one is a bit more academic. But, it provides a sound theoretical basis for much that is in the design codes.

3) Structural Stability of Steel: Concepts and Applications for Structural Engineers, by Ted Galambos
I haven't actually read this one yet.  But, I think it's intended to bridge the gap between the overly academic and research oriented SSRC guide and what students and engineers actually need in a reference.  
 

RE: Good Book on Elastic Stability?

You may try a book by Bleich, titled something like "Buckling of Metal Structures."  It is from the 1950's I believe and it helped me through my advanced steel class.  It is more approachable than the Timoshenko book but still pretty hairy.  I found it in the university library and checked it out for a semester, so I don't know how you would obtain one.  

I don't know much about statistics, but I do know that if something has a 50-50 chance of going wrong, 9 times out of 10 it will.

RE: Good Book on Elastic Stability?

There are two books by J. P. Den Hartog which may prove helpful:

*  Strength of Materials
*  Advanced Strength of Materials

I do not have them myself, but noted they were mentioned on another forum:

http://cr4.globalspec.com/thread/44607/energy-methods-of-buckling

They are available at a very reasonable cost.

BA

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