Nonlinear Dynamics of Discrete and Continuous Mechanical Systems with Snap-through Instabilities

<p>The primary focus of this dissertation is the characterization of snap-through buckling of discrete and continuous systems. Snap-through buckling occurs as the consequence of two factors, first the destabilization, or more often the disappearance of, an equilibrium position under the change...

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Main Author: Wiebe, Richard
Other Authors: Virgin, Lawrence N
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10161/6176