Torsional Buckling of Thin-Walled Columns with Transverse Stiffeners: Analytical Studies

In this paper the pure torsional buckling of thin-walled column members is investigated, with a special focus on the effect of transverse plate elements, such as end-plates or transverse stiffeners. The linear buckling problem is aimed to solve analytically, therefore the necessary (differential) equations are first established. For some simple problems, namely doubly-symmetric I-sections with pinned-pinned or clamped-clamped supports and with...