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.
The Lecture Slides
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