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Buckling mode interaction of elastic systems in the presence of initial imperfections is well known to have a detrimental effect on the response of a wide range of structural systems. This has been demonstrated mostly analytically for simple models, assuming small displacements, thus obtaining results with questionable validity in the post-buckling range. In order to acquire additional insight into this issue, in the first part of the present paper, two different versions of the well-known 2-DOF Augusti model, whose independent buckling modes are both stable, are studied analytically without any simplifying assumptions with respect to the magnitude of deformation, in order to accurately demonstrate the coupling phenomena in the presence of imperfections in the pre- and post-buckling range. Depending on the nature of the structure’s rotational springs, its post-buckling equilibrium path may be either stable or unstable. Afterward, the elastic response of two examples of laced built-up columns is illustrated numerically, one characterized by interaction between in-plane global and local buckling and the other by in- and out-of-plane global buckling, featuring similar response to that of the two 2-DOF models, respectively, thus demonstrating occurrence of such behavior in actual structural systems.
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Gantes, C.J., Livanou, M.A. & Avraam, T.P. New Insight into Interaction of Buckling Modes with Stable Post-buckling Response. Arab J Sci Eng 39, 8559–8572 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-014-1436-5
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