PROBLEM STATEMENT

The elastic buckling load for a pin-ended column is:

                         E*I
    Buckling Load = pi^2 ---
                         L^2

where E is Young's modulus of elasticity, I is the moment of inertia, and L is the length of the column.

THE APPLET

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

This applet is a minor extension of the temperature conversion program described in Chapter 19 of the book.

Developed in Decembe, 1998, by Mark Austin
Last Modified December 10, 1998
Copyright © 1998, Mark Austin and David Chancogne