OK, I kept plugging and got parameters B & D - something to be said for good bookkeeping. But I still get tripped up with the relationship at the top of pg. 5; I still don't see how the -Qc(l-c)/Pl in eq. 1 becomes +Q(l-c)/Pl in eq. 2.
In trying to continue my education past my Bachelor's, I'm using my lunch time at work to sharpen the saw, so to speak. I acquired a copy of Timoshenko's Theory of Elastic Stability and am currently working through Chapter 1 in an attempt to expand my knowledge base. I have noticed that in the...
