Formation of telephone cord blisters as a result of buckling delamination is widely observed in many compressed film-substrate systems. Here we report a universal morphological feature of such blisters characterized by their sequential sectional profiles exhibiting a butterfly shape using atomic force microscopy. Two kinds of buckle morphologies, light and heavy telephone cord blisters, are obs...

Using numerical integration in the formulation of the finite-element geometric stiffness matrix and placing movable nodes at integration points causes the geometric stiffness matrix to become lumped or diagonal. The consistent geometric stiffness matrix which is a non-diagonal matrix, is normally used in the finite-element eigenvalue buckling problem. Altering the method to deliver a diagonal (...

In this paper, buckling of orthotropic rectangular plates under different loadings was investigated. For this reason, governing buckling equations for an isotropic plate were modified by applying constitutive equations of orthotropic materials. After obtaining the equations of orthotropic plates, Generalized Differential Quadrature method (GDQM) was applied on buckling equations and thus a set ...

In this paper, buckling of orthotropic rectangular plates under different loadings was investigated. For this reason, governing buckling equations for an isotropic plate were modified by applying constitutive equations of orthotropic materials. After obtaining the equations of orthotropic plates, Generalized Differential Quadrature method (GDQM) was applied on buckling equations and thus a set ...

The following article investigates buckling of moderately thick circular Nano plates with an orthotropic property under uniform radial compressive in-plane mechanical load. Taking into account nonlocal elasticity theory (Eringen), principle of virtual work, first order shear deformation plate theory (FSDT) and nonlinear Von-Karman strains, the governing equations are obtained based on displacem...

The buckling behavior of functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced composite (FG-CNTRC) plates resting on Winkler-Pasternak elastic foundations under in-plane loads for various temperatures is investigated using element-free Galerkin (EFG) method based on first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT). The modified shear correction factor is used based on energy equivalence principle. Carbon ...

This paper details the development of the fixed grid FEA (FGFEA) method to the solution of eigenvalue (natural frequency and buckling) problems, using a 4 node 20 degree of freedom shell element. The formulation of the FG element stiffness, buckling and natural frequency equations is presented. The first natural frequency and buckling load are determined for the simply supported plate with a ce...

The elastic buckling modes of pultruded I-beams subjected to various loading conditions are studied. The coupling of lateral and distortional buckling, very likely to appear in thin-walled cross-sections, is investigated. Plate theory is used to allow for distortion of the cross-section. Shear effects and bendingt\\isting coupling are accounted for in the analysis, because of their significant ...

This paper is devoted to the buckling analysis of thin composite plates under straight single-walled carbon nanotubes reinforcement with uniform distribution and random orientations. In order to develop the fundamental equations, the B3-Spline finite strip method along with the classical plate theory (CPT) is employed and the total potential energy is minimized which leads to an eigenvalue prob...

This work concerns the critical buckling temperature of functionally graded rectangular thin plates; the properties of functionally graded material vary continuously in accordance with the power law of thickness z. Closed form solutions for the critical thermal parameter are obtained for the plate with the following boundary condition combinations: simply supported, clamped and guided edges, un...