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O ya. i know its buckling when the tubes buckles (haha). With bending deflection isn't that only when a force is applied perpendicularly to the tube and not when applied against the tube?

before the buckle. i want to know what it is called when it starts to bend and before it buckles.

thanks for the move. i really didn't know where to ask this question.

Ok so I have been looking over the internet on reading material on structures of tube. From experience I know this happens with items like straws (see illustration below). Is there an actual name of the phenomenon that happens (maybe a few formulas) If you don't understand the picture...