Abstract
A study was conducted to drive design formulas for buckling interaction of orthotropic plates under combined loading. The buckling interaction formula can be obtained by using an accurate Rayleigh-Ritz analysis. The study developed a formula for long orthotropic plates with clamped edges and combined loading. Buckling coefficients is a monotonically increasing function of one non-dimensional parameter. Loading combinations includes, uniaxial tension or compression and shear, pure in-plane bending and shear, and uniaxial tension or compression and pure-in-plane bending loads. The study found that the buckling-coefficient ratios correspond to axial tension loads. The study observed that buckling interaction curves vary for each combined-loading case.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2391-2396 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | AIAA Journal |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sep 2008 |
| Externally published | Yes |