Postbuckling behavior of an axially compressed flat plate with a cluster of bifurcation buckling loads associated with different buckling mode shapes

Fig. 1 from the 1997 modejump paper. This slide is a schematic showing clustered bifurcation points. mu is the buckling modal displacement amplitude, and I, II, III are possible postbuckling equilibrium branches for a perfect axially compressed plate. (drawing by Eduard Riks)

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