Part 1. Bifurcation in Structures
1. Introduction to Buckling and Bifurcation
2. Analysis of Buckling Load and Mode
3. Numerical Analysis I: Path Tracing
4. Numerical Analysis II: Branch Switching
5. Bifurcation Theory I: Basics
6. Bifurcation Theory II: Symmetric Structures
Part 2. Buckling of Structures
7. Member Buckling of Columns and Beams
8. Structural Buckling I: Truss
9. Structural Buckling II: Frame
10. Advanced Topics on Imperfect Systems
11. History of Imperfect Buckling
Appendix A. Answers to Problems
Biography
Kiyohiro Ikeda is Professor Emeritus at Tohoku University, Japan. His research interests include the application of bifurcation theory to bifurcation and buckling in structures and materials, as well as the theoretical and numerical analysis of structures with initial imperfections.
Kazuo Murota is a Project Professor at the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Japan, as well as Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, and Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan. His research interests include bifurcation theory, discrete optimization, and numerical analysis.
