old and cusp catastrophe models of symmetric and antisymmetric instability of the circle arc double arcuated arch, under radial uniform load, are established.
建立了径向均布压力作用下圆弧双铰拱正对称失稳和反对称失稳的折迭和尖点突变模型，模型可以很好地描述这两个失稳过程的各种性态，求解拱失稳时的临界荷载，给出拱屈曲后路径与荷载的初步关系。