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| << Previous article | Volume 41, Issue 2 / 2006 | Next article >> |  | S. A. Agafonov and G. A. Shcheglov,  "On the instability of a free elastic beam with non-linear internal viscosity under a follower force," Mech. Solids. 41 (2), 81-86 (2006) |  | Year | 2006 | Volume | 41 | Number | 2 | Pages | 81-86 |  | Title | On the instability of a free elastic beam with non-linear internal viscosity under a follower force |  | Author(s) | S. A. Agafonov G. A. Shcheglov
 |  | Abstract | Stability of elastic bodies and structural elements under
non-conservative loads is one of the subject areas in the mechanics
of deformable solids and stability theory which has been of
permanent interest through the entire past century [1-3]. 
 In the literature on dynamic stability, a phenomenon called
"Ziegler's paradox" is well known. An infinitesimal viscosity in
linear non-conservative systems causes a decrease in the stability
boundary by a finite value. Similar phenomena are discussed in
detail, e.g., in the review [4]. In [5], the dynamic stability of a
beam with non-linear internal viscosity is studied. One end of the
beam is clamped, while the other end is subjected to a constant (in
magnitude) follower force. It is shown that the effect of decrease
in the stability boundary also takes place in the presence of
non-linear viscosity.
 
 In the present paper, a free straight beam having non-linear
internal viscosity and loaded by a follower force at one end is
considered. It is shown that in this case the decrease in the
stability boundary takes place as well.
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Center for Biological Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, 1985. |  |  | Received | 25 February 2005 |  | << Previous article | Volume 41, Issue 2 / 2006 | Next article >> |  |  | 
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