Important announcement

Dear visitor,

Please note that this OpenCourseWare platform will be replaced at the end of 2026 by a new platform (under the same url ocw.tudelft.nl).

Courses and their contents that are currently available the platform will partly be migrated. URL’s for this content will change and content might be unavailable for some time. In addition, some courses will not be available anymore.

If you are linking to specific courses on this platform (for instance for your students), please take timely measures to avoid problems with access. Possible actions are:

  • Download the materials to your local platform (laptop, server)
  • For educators only (including TU Delft lecturers): Contact us at ocw@tudelft.nl and inform us what course you are using in what context (institute, program, period of use, number of students). We will research (in collaboration with the authors of the course) and decide if we will migrate the course, and if yes, can supply you with a new url.

Thank you.

Home Courses Buckling of Structures

Overview

The course is concerned with the concept of structural stability. This concept is applied to discrete and continuous basic structural elements (beams, frames, plates and shells). The fundamental concepts are introduced on the basis of the governing differential equations. The course includes the following topics:

  • Equations of motion, nonlinear equilibrium equations, stationary potential energy criterion.
  • Stability analysis for the basic structural elements.
  • Design methods for stability of basic structural elements.

What you will learn

After completing this course, the student should have acquired a basic understanding of the concepts used in stability analysis of beams, frames. He should be able to apply this knowledge to characteristic aerospace analysis cases.  There are five assignments in this course. If all assignments are completed the students are eligible for the oral exam.

Creative Commons License
Buckling of Structures by TU Delft OpenCourseWare is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at https://ocw.tudelft.nl/courses/buckling-of-structures/.
Back to top
[sg_popup id=6]