AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE BUCKLING OF ANISOTROPIC FIBER REINFORCED PLASTIC PLATES

Abstract

Experimental buckling loads are determined for stiffened and unstiffened plates of the following materials: aluminum, steel, graphite fiber reinforced composite, glass fiber reinforced composite, and boron fiber reinforced composite. The plates are subjected to a uniformly distributed compressive edge load in one direction only. The experimental buckling load is determined using the Southwell plot technique, and the results are compared to theoretical predictions obtained from a number of independent sources.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0685773

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  • John F. Mandell

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Composite Materials
  • Fabrication
  • Fiber Reinforced Composites
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Friction
  • Galerkin Method
  • Glass Fibers
  • Graphitic Materials
  • Load Distribution
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Stiffness
  • Test Fixtures

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Reinforced Composite Materials
  • Structural Dynamics.