
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Nonplanar vibration and dynamics instability of slender cruciform columns
E.C. Carvalho & P.B. Gonçalves
Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Z.J.G.N. Del Prado
Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
G. Rega
University of Rome, Rome, Italy
ABSTRACT: The three-dimensional motions and instabilities of a clamped-free, inextensible cruciform col-
umn under axial loads are investigated in this paper. Special attention is given to the nonlinear oscillations of
columns with ...