A hybrid Trefftz finite element (HT FE) model fl~r postbuckling analysis of thin plates is presented, based on a modified variational principle. With the aid of incremental form of equilibrium equations, all non-linear terms may be viewed as pseudo-loads, and then the in-plane and out-of-plane equations can be unoccupied. As a consequence, the solution procedure for the postbuekling plate becom...