Buckling and post-buckling analysis of extensible beam-columns by using the differential quadrature method

Buckling and post-buckling analysis of extensible beam-columns is performed numerically in this paper. It was experienced earlier that in some cases the numerical integration would not produce the convergent post-buckling solutions, especially under high loads. Therefore, a new differential quadrature (DQ) based iterative numerical integration method is proposed to solve post-buckling differential equations of extensible beam-columns. Six cases, including five classical Euler buckling cases, are analyzed. Critical loads and convergent post-buckling solutions under different applied loads are obtained. The results are compared with the existing multiple scales solutions. It is found that under high applied loads, the small rotation assumption in obtaining multiple scales solutions is no longer valid. The proposed iterative DQ based numerical integration method can yield reliable and accurate post-buckling solutions even at high applied loads for the cases investigated.

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