
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
On load drop phenomenon in axially compressed elasto-plastic columns
L. Kwasniewski
Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
ABSTRACT: Ziolkowski & Imielowski’s (2011) recent experimental study, revealing appearance of FDB in
aluminum columns with slenderness remaining within a specific range only, raises questions about its physical
sources and mechanism. The present study is a continuation of the work of Kwasniewski & Ziolkowski (2013)
which provided a theoretical explanation and quantitativ ...