Catastrophe Theory in Mechanics: Progress or Digression
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Structural Mechanics
- Vol. 10 (2) , 167-175
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03601218208907408
Abstract
A Strong case can be made for the contributin of catastrophe theory to the fundamental mechanics of elastic buckling. The nature of the contribution is explored, and some important recent contributions are outlined.Keywords
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