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Application of the Discrete Element Method to the Buckling Analysis of Rectangular Plates under Arbitrary Membrane Loading

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

D. J. Dawe
D. J. Dawe*
Affiliation:
Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough
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Summary

The discrete element displacement method is used to analyse the instability of flat rectangular plates subjected to arbitrary systems of in-plane loading. Critical load intensities calculated in a range of applications, some of which include discrete reinforcing members, are compared with the predictions of past investigators and demonstrate the accuracy of the procedure.

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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , May 1969 , pp. 114 - 128
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1969

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