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Solution of Post-Buckling & Limit Load Problems, Without Inverting the Tangent Stiffness Matrix & Without Using Arc-Length Methods

T.A. Elgohary¹, L. Dong², J.L. Junkins³, S.N. Atluri⁴

1 Department of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. Student Fellow, Texas A&M Institute for Advanced Study.
2 Corresponding author, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Hohai University, China, dong.leiting@gmail.com
3 Department of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. Founding Director, Texas A&M Institute for Advanced Study
4 Center for Aerospace Research & Education, University of California, Irvine. Fellow & Eminent Scholar, Texas A&M Institute for Advanced Study, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.