GATE Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2018 Shift 2 Solved Paper

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The minimum axial compressive load,

p

, required to initiate buckling for a pinned-pinned slender column with bending stiffness

E I

and length

L

Solution:

Pinned-pinned column means hinged on both sides. And the minimum load required to buckle is given by

P=\;{π^{2} E I}/{L^{2}}

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