Explicit local buckling analysis of rotationally restrained composite plates under uniaxial compression

Engineering Structures

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 126-140

  Shan, Luyang ^a   Qiao, Pizhong ^a,b  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Discrete plate analysis; Explicit design; Local buckling; Rotationally restrained plates; Sandwich cores; Thin walled sections

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BUCKLING; COMPACTION; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; POLYNOMIALS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STIFFNESS;

DISCRETE PLATE ANALYSIS; ROTATIONALLY RESTRAINED PLATES; SANDWICH CORES;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

ASPECT RATIO; BUCKLING; COMPACTION; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POLYNOMIALS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STIFFNESS;

BUCKLING; COMPOSITE; COMPRESSION; EIGENVALUE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT;

EID: 36549068647     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2007.02.023     Document Type: Article

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