Consider now a clamped-free column subjected to a load P constrained to remain tangential to the free end of the column as it deforms (Fig. 9.23). You may verify that this is a nonconservative problem, as the loading is pathdependent. What are the boundary conditions at x = L? Show that the solution for the Euler equation subject to the boundary conditions for this problem leads to the characteristic equation.
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What does this imply about the buckling load? Why do we obtain this result?
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