Nonlinear Buckled States of Rectangular Plates.

Abstract

A constructive method is developed to establish the existence of buckled states of a thin, flat elastic plate that is rectangular in shape, simply supported along its edges, and subjected to a constant compressive thrust applied normal to its two short edges. Under the assumption that the stress function and the deformation of the plate are described by the nonlinear von Karman equation, the approach used yields information regarding not only the number of buckled states near an eigenvalue of the linearized problem, but also the continuous dependence of such states on the load parameter and the possible selection of that buckled state preferred by the plate. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0744993

Entities

People

  • D. Sather
  • George H. Knightly

Organizations

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Differential Equations
  • Eigenvalues
  • Equations
  • Mathematics

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Structural Dynamics.