Computational approach to damped Beck's column

The paper discusses on the basis of computational energy approach the effect of damping on stability of damped Beck's column. By making the present computational approach to the damped Beck's problem, it has been demonstrated that though the internal damping dissipates energy, the damping at the same time help the non-conservative force to do more work on the column. This paper aims at explaining the mechanism of the effect of damping on stability of non-conservative systems.