Buckling of simply-supported skew plates

✍ Scribed by R. J. Edwardes; A. P. Kabaila

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1978
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 263 KB
• Volume: 12
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0029-5981
• DOI: 10.1002/nme.1620120504

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The difficulties associated with the solution of the skew plate buckling problem are described, and the work of other writers is summarized.

By solving a numerical example, the relative advantages of two proposed refinements to the finite element displacement method are demonstrated: A technique of boundary condition relaxation appears justified and gives favourable results compared with conventional boundary condition specification. A mesh grading technique, which is simple to apply, results in a marked improvement in convergence to a solution.