An initial post-buckling analysis for prismatic plate assemblies under axial compression

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 34, Issue 28, 1997, Pages 3705-3725

  Sun, G ^a,b   Williams, F W ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; LOADS (FORCES); NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRESS ANALYSIS;

COMPRESSION (DEFORMATION);

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0031247629     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7683(96)00204-1     Document Type: Article

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