Research Article

Buckling Analyses of Axially Functionally Graded Nonuniform Columns with Elastic Restraint Using a Localized Differential Quadrature Method

Table 3

Non dimensional critical buckling loads ( ) for the columns of linearly varying width and constant height for .

BC Reference [28]Reference [3]Reference [30]LDQM

C-F−0.52.06209226
0.52.81006133
1.03.122772573.117696233.117696233.11769628

F-C−0.51.55884812
0.53.31117993
1.04.124184454.124184454.12418442

P-P−0.57.25562477
0.512.25041131
1.014.5052009214.5112495414.5112495414.51124954

C-P−0.514.73942213
0.524.99361144
1.029.4959646529.4489628129.4489628129.44896281

P-C−0.514.72448141
0.524.99874044
1.029.4788442629.4788442629.47884426

C-C−0.528.69697807
0.548.81145815
1.057.4452460957.3939561457.3939561457.39395614

C-G−0.57.16883539
0.512.19969805
1.014.33767077