Subject Code: CE6L313 Subject Name: Theory of Elastic Stability L-T-P: 3-1-0 Credit: 4
Pre-requisite(s): None
Principles of elastic stability; Approximate methods in elasticity; Variational principles in elasticity; Principles of total potential energy; Concepts of elastic stability; Stability of rigid body systems; Buckling of Euler column: Large deflection theory, buckling of column column with initial imperfection; Stability of columns with various boundary conditions; Eccentrically loaded columns; Inelastic stability analysis of column. Introduction to beam-columns with lateral loads; Rotationally restrained columns; Critical load of portal frames with different boundary conditions; Stability analysis of frames by matrix stiffness method; Slope deflection equation; Buckling of thin walled open cross- section: torsional buckling and torsional - flexural buckling; Lateral buckling due to various loads; Buckling and Post Buckling behaviour of Plate; Shell Buckling by using Small Deflection Theory and Finite Deflection Theory; Post Buckling of Axially Compressed Cylindrical Shell Panel; Buckling of rings, curved bars and arches.

Text/Reference Books:
  1. Chajes, A., Principles of Structures Stability Theory, Prentice Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1974.
  2. Timoshenko, S.P. and Gere, J.M., Theory of Elastic Stability, McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2012.
  3. Bazant, Z.P. and Cedolin, L., Stability of Structures, World Scientific, Singapore, 2010.
  4. Kumar, A., Stability Theory of Structures, Allied Publishers Ltd., New Delhi, 2003.
  5. Gambhir, M. L., Stability Analysis and Design of Structures, Springer, New York, 2004.
  6. Simitses, G.J, and Hodges D.H,. “Fundamentals of structural stability”. Butterworth-Heinemann, UK, 2006