A combined experimental/analytical effort is carried out to elucidate the post-buckling response of bilaterally constrained columns and plates under monotonically increasing edge displacement. Real-time observations of the outward deformation of the plate via the shadow moire technique facilitate deep insight into the behavior of this class of problems. The lateral constraints lead to a sequent...

Axisymmetric deformations of a uniformly heated pre-buckled and post-buckled thin circular plate reinforced with shape memory alloy (SMA) fibers placed in the radial direction only are studied. Effects of von Kármán’s nonlinearities are incorporated in the problem formulation. The matrix is assumed to be linear thermoelastic and the thermo-mechanical response of the SMA is modeled by one-dimens...

The problem of large deflections of thin flat plates is mderived here using a novel integral equation approach. These plate deformations arc governed by the von Karman plate theory. The numerical solution that is implemented combines both boundary and interior elements in the discretization of the continuum. The formulation also illustrates the adaptability of the boundary element technique to ...

This paper reviews selected recent innovations that expand the range of applicability of a number of new and emerging structural steel systems that can provide effective seismic performance. Focus is on recent developments on: (a) Steel Plate Shear Walls having light gauge infill plates; (b) Perforated Steel Plate Shear Walls; (c) Buckling Restrained Braced frames designed to meet Structural Fu...

This research presents, buckling and free vibration analysis of fiber metal-laminated (FML) plates on a total and partial elastic foundation using the generalized differential quadrature method (GDQM). The partial foundation consists of multi-section Winkler and Pasternak type elastic foundation. Taking into consideration the first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT), FML plate is modeled and...

This paper deals with local buckling analysis of rectangular functionally graded material plates using finite strip method and based on classical plate theory. The modulus of elasticity of the plate is assumed to vary according to a power-law distribution in terms of the volume fractions of the constituents. The principle of minimum total potential energy is employed to obtain stiffness and sta...

In this research, mechanical buckling of rectangular plates of functionally graded materials (FGMs) is considered. Equilibrium and stability equations of a FGM rectangular plate under uniform in-plane compression are derived. For isotropic materials, convergent buckling loads have been presented for non-uniformly compressed rectangular plates based on a rigorous superposition fourier solution f...