204 Tertional Stickling

Cl,

Torpronai Buckling of Columns 205

Arf, 5.4

expression gives

Making use of the definite integrals

Eq. (5.28) simplifies to

Fig. 5-6 Lateral deformations of

longitudinal fiber due to bending.

(Adapted from Ref. 1.5,1

)+

The potential energy of the external loads is equal to the negative product
of the loads and the distances they move as the column deforms. Figure 5-5

of this fiber. After deformation has

taken place the x and y displacements of the lower end of the element are
and the corresponding displacements at the upper end are

and

From the Pythagorean theorem, the length di of the deformed

element is

[( )

( )

(5.31)

It has previously been shown (Article 2.2) that the expression (

In view of this relationship and because

can be replaced by

and

Fig- 3 5 Axial shortening of tongitodinal fiber rine in bending,

are very small quantities, Eq. (5.31) reduces to

[ (

shows a longitudinal fiber whose ends approach one another by an amount

Li when the fiber bends, The distance Air is equal to the difference heiwcen
the arc length S and the chord length L. of the fiber, IC the cross-sectional
area of the fiber is SA and the load it supports is cf deli, then the potential
energy of the load acting on the fiber is ti.er dA. The total potential energy
for the entire member is obtained by integrating over the cross-sectional area.
Thus

(5.30)

To determine A., consider fiber AR in Fig. 5-6, whose coordinates in the

undeformed state are x and y. We shall direct our attention to an element

dz

Integrating the left-hand side of this equation from 0 to S and the right hand
side from 0 to L gives
-

[ (

From which
[(

) ]

The translations and of a fiber whose coordinates are x and y consist of

the 'translation of the shear centers u and v, plus an additional translation due
to the rotation ofthe fiber about the shear center. These latter translations, in
the x and y directions. are denoted, as shown in Fig, 5-7, by -- a and b. From