“…This problem was raised, among others, in [ 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 ], where the authors showed that a structure with local buckling of its elements can still be used, provided that the mode of stability loss is elastic buckling and that the post-critical equilibrium path is stable. This observation has also been confirmed by the author’s previous studies [ 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 ] devoted to the loss of stability of compressed thin-walled composite profiles, the results of which have shown that, in spite of buckling, thin-walled profiles retain a considerable reserve of load-carrying capacity allowing for the safe bearing of loads in the post-critical range.…”