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Rayleigh Quotient

Course week(s) Week 5
Course subject(s) Beams

An approximate energy method is explained in this lecture, called the Rayleigh quotient. This is a quick way of calculating buckling loads of structures such as beams, plates and shells. An example for beams is given in this lecture. A more refined method for beams, called the Timoshenko method, which is based on the Rayleigh method, is explained in this lecture as well.

Rayleigh quotient

The Lecture Slides

Lecture_Slides_3._Beams_-_Rayleigh_Quotient.pdf
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