I want to analyze buckling in a composite using the FEM. So far I have studied this referencesZdenek P Bazant, Luigi Cedolin. Stability of Structures: Elastic, Inelastic, Fracture and Damage Theories. World Scientific Publishing Company, 2010.Wsben Byskov. Elementary Continuum Mechanics for Everyone.  Springer, 2013.Question: Is there a better reference that tackle the problem of buckling from a numerical point of view?
Buckling reference using the FEM
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I suggest you take a look at this site:http://shellbuckling.com/index.phpDave Bushnell has pretty much written the book on computational techniquesfor buckling analysis. There is a wealth of information on both classical andcomputational approaches to buckling analysis here. I would start with his survey paper:http://shellbuckling.com/papers/bosor4/1981.pitfalls.pdfIt has remarkable insights into what buckling means both physicallyand numerically.His software, which you can download from this site, is based on finite differencemethods but the concepts are equally applicable to finite elements.