Research Article

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

Table 5

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

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

C-F−0.51.68296637
0.53.17193009
1.03.857630063.836376923.836376923.83637679

F-C−0.50.95909423
0.54.40655924
1.06.731865416.731865416.73186555

P-P−0.55.19807211
0.515.07084413
1.020.7916333020.7922884620.7922884620.79228846

C-P−0.510.52729403
0.530.72425899
1.042.3134510042.1091761242.1091761242.10917612

P-C−0.510.52729403
0.530.72425899
1.042.1091761242.1091761242.10917612

C-C−0.520.48084102
0.559.97123859
1.082.2284456181.9233638881.9233636481.92336379

C-G−0.55.19807212
0.515.07084413
1.020.79228847