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512 Structural Stability (3-0-3)

Fall 2010
November 18

Buckling of Thin Plates

Dr. Tzu-Yang Yu
Structural Engineering Research Group (SERG)
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Lowell, Massachusetts

Outline

Basic theory of thin plates

Circular thin plates
Thin plates in bending
Buckling of uniformly loaded simply supported thin plates
Buckling deformation of a thin tube of square cross section
Buckling of rectangular thin plates under the action of shearing
stresses
Buckling of uniformly loaded circular thin plates
Buckling analysis of a composite tube
Summary

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Basic theory of thin plates

Assumptions:
One dimension (thickness) is much smaller than the other two
di
dimensions
i (width
( idth andd llength)
th) off the l t t << Lx, Ly
th plate.
Shear stress is small; shear strains are small. z = 0; z = xz = yz = 0

Thin plates must be thin enough to have small shear deformations

but thick enough to accommodate in-plane/membrane forces.

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Thin Plates

Basic theory of thin plates

Analysis approaches:
Elastic theory
Lagranges 4th-order D.E. approach

Elastoplastic theory
Finite element analysis
Finite difference analysis

Approximate/empirical methods
Direct design method
Equivalent frame method
Moment distribution method

Limit analysis
Yield line theory (lower & upper bound analysis)

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Basic theory of thin plates

Shear and shear stresses:

Bending moments:

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Thin Plates

Basic theory of thin plates

Membrane forces:

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Basic theory of thin plates

Strain-displacement relationships:

Equilibrium equations:
Force

Moment

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Thin Plates

Basic theory of thin plates

Resultant forces and moments:

(Source: Timoshenko and Gere 1961)

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Basic theory of thin plates

Equilibrium in a thin plate cell:

(Source: Timoshenko and Gere 1961)

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Thin Plates

Basic theory of thin plates

Bending of a thin plate with small displacements:

(Source: Timoshenko and Gere 1961)

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Basic theory of thin plates

Constitutive equations:

Flexural rigidity of thin plates:

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Thin Plates

Basic theory of thin plates

In-plane problems:

Out-of-plane problems:

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Basic theory of thin plates

Out-of-plane problems: Governing equation

where

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Thin Plates

Circular thin plates

General circular thin plates:

Axisymmetric circular thin plates:

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Thin plates in bending

Simply-supported rectangular plate subjected to uniform load

Boundary conditions:

Solution:

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Thin Plates

Thin plates in bending

Axisymmetric circular plate with built-in edge subjected to uniform load

Boundary conditions:

Solutions:

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Buckling of uniformly loaded simply supported thin plates

Boundary conditions:

Thickness: t

Solution:

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Thin Plates

Buckling of uniformly loaded simply supported thin plates

Solution:

Thickness: t

where

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Buckling of uniformly loaded simply supported thin plates

a/b
(Source: Timoshenko and Gere 1961)

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Thin Plates

Buckling of uniformly loaded simply supported thin plates

Simplified solution:

(Source: Timoshenko and Gere 1961)

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 Thin Plates

Buckling deformation of a thin tube of square cross section

There is no bending moments acting between the sides of the buckled tube
along the corners; each side is in the condition of a compressed rectangular
plate with simply-supported edges.

(Source: Timoshenko and Gere 1961)

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Thin Plates

Buckling of rectangular thin plates under the action of shearing

stresses

(Source: Timoshenko and Gere 1961)

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 Thin Plates

Buckling of rectangular thin plates under the action of shearing

stresses
Solution:

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Thin Plates

Buckling of rectangular thin plates under the action of shearing

stresses
Simplified solution:

(Source: Timoshenko and Gere 1961)

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Buckling of uniformly loaded circular thin plates

Governing equation:

Boundary conditions:

Solution:

(Source: Timoshenko and Gere 1961)

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Thin Plates

Review Bessel functions

First kind: Second kind:

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Buckling analysis of a composite tube

(a = b)

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Summary

Thin plates are thin enough to permit small shear deformations but thick
enough to permit membrane forces.

Boundary conditions and the aspect ratio of thin plates are primarily
responsible for the level of critical load of thin plates.

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