I believe post-bifurcation and post-buckling are synonyms referring to the same aspect of columns' behaviour. Bifurcation load = buckling load. Sorry if that wasn't clear.
By now, I've surpassed the problems I had when I made this topic, since I figured out what was wrong with my ADINA finite...
Hello,
I need some help.
I'm working on my dissertation for college and I want to study the post-bifurcation behavior of a column, with a non linear (bi-linear) material, studying the relationship between the applied load and the transverse displacement at the mid-span. With this in mind, I...