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Description / Abstract:
This report provides comparisons of creep-buckling calculations
and provides guidance on approximate methods which are feasible for
design. This report includes a discussion of the various creep
models, presents creep buckling analysis techniques, and provides
several comparative example calculations.
The techniques discussed in this report include:
1. Baseline analysis. Finite element creep analysis with
different creep models and full non-linear strain-displacement
(geometrical) analysis.
2. Critical strain technique. Elastic buckling strain defines
the creep buckling strain.
3. Tangent/secant modulus approaches. Combinations of tangent
and secant moduli of the isochronous stress-strain curve are used
in calculations that reduce to elastic buckling calculations in the
elastic case.
4. Use of an isochronous stress-strain curve in a
limit/instability analysis of the imperfect structure. An
instability (buckling) analysis would be in principle the same as
Technique 3, and should generate the same answer. Adding plastic
collapse as a failure mode ensures that the yield strength of the
structure is not exceeded. This analysis therefore reflects the
failure modes which are covered by the baseline technique.