Tutorial: Structural buckling analysis

When an object is very long when compared to its cross-sectional area, it becomes unstable under a compressive load. A buckling load factor of less than one means that buckling will occur under that load.

In this tutorial, you use a structural buckling analysis to identify if you can eliminate the likelihood of buckling on a plastic table, without redesigning the model, simply by changing the plastic material. You compare the buckling results of two different materials, so you can practice interpreting results.

In this tutorial, you You

• Setup a Structural Buckling analysis
• Apply constraints and loads
• Review buckling mode shapes and buckling loads
• Interpret the results.

Total Modal Displacement result for a plastic table.