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Instability of an elastically restrained column subjected to a follower force
Auther : JASIM ALSAIGH AND PAUL CHRISTIANO
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Kuwait, and Department of Civil Engineering, Carnegi Mellon University, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
ABSTRACT
Theoretical investigation of a cantilever column restrained at its tip by a rotational spring and subjected to a follower force is made. Depending on the stiffness of the spring either flutter (i.e. self-excited oscillation) or divergent (i.e. static) type instability is reported.