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Geometric Buckling Cartesian

The document derives the expression for geometrical buckling in cartesian geometry. It begins by considering the Helmholtz equation and applies separation of variables to obtain three separate equations. The solutions to these equations provide the eigenfunctions and eigenvalues. Taking the fundamental mode where n=0 provides an expression for the geometrical buckling in terms of the dimensions of the cartesian system and eigenvalues. This expression is the key result of the derivation.

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Geometric Buckling Cartesian

The document derives the expression for geometrical buckling in cartesian geometry. It begins by considering the Helmholtz equation and applies separation of variables to obtain three separate equations. The solutions to these equations provide the eigenfunctions and eigenvalues. Taking the fundamental mode where n=0 provides an expression for the geometrical buckling in terms of the dimensions of the cartesian system and eigenvalues. This expression is the key result of the derivation.

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Derivation of geometrical buckling for cartesian geometry

Consider the Helmhotz equation as follow:


 
 2 (r )  B 2 (r )  0 (0)

The above equation is actually about the Eigen value problem.

For cartesian geometry, the Laplacian takes the form:

2 f 2 f 2 f
2 f    (0)
x 2 y 2 z 2

And now substitute eq. (0) to eq. (0):

 2 2 2 
 2  2  2   ( x, y, z )  B  ( x, y, z )  0
2
(0)
 x y z 

Now apply the separation of variable:

 ( x, y, z )  x ( x) y ( y )z ( z ) (0)

And now substitute eq. (0) to eq. (0) and divide by x ( x) y ( y )z ( z ) :

1  2x 1   y 1  2z
2

   B2  0 (0)
x x 2
x y 2
x z 2

By defining B 2  Bx2  By2  Bz2 , we then have three separate equations:

 2x
  Bx2x (0)
x 2

With boundary condition: x ( a / 2)  0 and a  a  2  0.7104  3D

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 2 y
  By2 y (0)
y 2

With boundary condition:  y (b / 2)  0 and b  b  2  0.7104  3D

 2z
  Bz2z (0)
z 2

With boundary condition: z (c / 2)  0 and c  c  2  0.7104  3D

Eq. (0) is a harmonic function, which has general solution as follow:

x ( x)  Px cos( Bx x)  Qx sin( Bx x) (0)

Since x (0)  0 , then we must set Qx  0 , therefore:

x ( x)  Px cos( Bx x)  The Eigen Function (0)

n
x ( a / 2)  0  Bx   The Eigen Value
a (0)
n  1,3,5,...

Eq. (0) and eq. (0) can be solved in the same manner, and the results are as follow:

 y ( y )  Py cos( By y )  The Eigen Function (0)

n
 y ( b / 2)  0  By    The Eigen Value
b (0)
n  1,3,5,...

z ( z )  Pz cos( Bz z )  The Eigen Function (0)

n
z ( c / 2)  0  Bz   The Eigen Value
c (0)
n  1,3,5,...

The geometrical buckling is defined as the fundamental mode of the Eigen function, which

means to take n = 0 for Bx , By , Bz :


2 2 2
     
B 2  Bx2  By2  Bz2          (0)
 a   b   c 

Eq. (0) is the expression of geometrical buckling for cartesian geometry.

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