Question

Buckling occurs to members or elements mainly subjected to ________

(a) seismic forces

(b) tensile forces

(c) compressive forces

(d) shear forces

I got this question by my school teacher while I was bunking the class.

This question is from Local Buckling of Plates topic in section Plastic and Local Buckling Behaviour of Steel of Design of Steel Structures

Answer 1

The correct choice is (c) compressive forces

The explanation is: Buckling may be defined as structural behavior in which mode of deformation develops in direction or plane perpendicular to that of bending which produces it. Such deformation changes rapidly with increase in magnitude of applied loading. It occurs mainly members or elements that are subjected to compressive forces.