1st Edition

Handbook of Thin Plate Buckling and Postbuckling

By Frederick Bloom, Douglas Coffin Copyright 2001
    776 Pages 200 B/W Illustrations
    by Chapman & Hall

    Stop searching through the endless amount of literature to find the most recent information on plate buckling. The authors of Handbook of Thin Plate Buckling and Post Buckling have already done the work for you. Detailed and clearly written, the book contains a comprehensive, up-to-date treatment of the buckling and postbuckling behavior of perfect and imperfect thin plates.

    The authors study, in detail and with specific solved examples, the essential factors that influence critical buckling loads, initial mode shapes, and postbuckling behavior for thin plates. Through their analysis of rectangular, circular, and annular plates, they present valuable information, some of which has never before been published in book form. Such topics include hygrothermal buckling, viscoelastic and plastic buckling, and buckling of various thickness plates. With this important collection, the Handbook of Thin Plate Buckling and Post Buckling provides you with a one-stop source of current research findings.

    PREFACE
    INTRODUCTION: PLATE BUCKLING AND THE VON KARMAN EQUATIONS
    Buckling Phemomena
    The von Karman Equations for Linear Elastic, Isotropic and Orthotropic Thin Plates
    Boundary Conditions
    The Linear Equations for Initial Buckling
    Figures: Plate Buckling and the von Karman Equations
    INITIAL AND POSTBUCKLING BEHAVIOR OF (PERFECT) THIN RECTANGULAR PLATES
    Plates with Linear Elastic Behavior
    Plates with Nonlinear Elastic Behavior: The Johnson-Urbanik Generalization of the von Karman Equations
    Plates which Exhibit Elastic-Plastic or Viscoelastic Behavior
    Comparisons of Initial and Postbuckling Behavior of Rectangular Plates
    Initial Buckling/Postbuckling Figures, Graphs, and Tables: Rectangular Plates
    INITIAL AND POSTBUCKLING BEHAVIOR OF (PERFECT) THIN CIRCULAR PLATES
    Plates with Linear Elastic behavior
    Plates which Exhibit Nonlinear Elastic, Viscoelastic or Elastic-Plastic Behavior
    Comparisons of Initial and Postbuckling Behavior of Circular Plates
    Initial Buckling/Postbuckling Figures, Graphs, and Tables: Circular Plates
    INITIAL AND POSTBUCKLING BEHAVIOR OF (PERFECT) THIN ANNULAR PLATES
    Plates with Linear Elastic Behavior
    Plates which Exhibit Nonlinear Elastic, Viscoelastic, or Elastic-Plastic Behavior
    Comparisons of Initial and Postbuckling Behavior of Annular Plates
    Initial Buckling/Postbuckling Figures, Graphs, and Tables: Annular Plates
    POSTBUCKLING BEHAVIOR OF IMPERFECT PLATES AND SECONDARY PLATE BUCKLING
    Imperfection Sensitivity
    Secondary Buckling for Thin Plates
    Imperfection Buckling and Secondary Buckling Figures, Graphs, and Tables
    GENERALIZED VON KARMAN EQUATIONS FOR ELASTIC PLATES SUBJECT TO HYGROEXPANSIVE OR THERMAL STRESS DISTRIBUTIONS
    Rectilinear Coordinates
    Polar Coordinates
    Boundary Conditions
    Thermal Bending and Buckling Equations and Boundary Conditions
    THERMAL BENDING, BUCKLING AND POSTBUCKLING OF RECTANGULAR AND CIRCULAR PLATES
    Small Deflection Theory
    Large Deflection Theory
    Application of the Berger's Approximation
    Thermal Bending, Buckling, and Postbuckling Figures, Graphs, and Tables I
    OTHER ASPECTS OF HYGOTHERMAL AND THERMAL BUCKLING
    Hygroexpansive/Thermal Buckling in the Presence of Imperfections
    Buckling of Plates of Variable Thickness
    Viscoelastic and Plastic Buckling
    Thermal Bending, Buckling, and Postbuckling Figures, Graphs, and Tables II
    REFERENCES

    Biography

    Frederick Bloom

    "… The authors present a significant source of information, giving the results in comparison and often in generalized, ready-to-use form, which makes them useful not only for solving practical problems of design and engineering, but also for testing newly invented analytical and numerical algorithms. Finally, the explicitly place list of unsolved problems makes it handy for tutorial and research work in high school practice. On balance, this well-written book is a reader-friendly and goo-organized handbook in the field of buckling and postbuckling of thin plates. It can be highly recommended to experts in mechanics of thin-walled structures as well as to engineers."
    -Zentralblatt für Mathematik

    "…an impressive collection of important topics in these areas not found in a single text book published so far…a worthwhile addition to any engineering library here and elsewhere…a very valuable addition to the reference market."
    -M. Sathyamoorthy, Chair, Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, Clarkson Engineering
    "…fills a long-standing need as a source of data on plate buckling. It should be in the library of every organization dealing with structural design and structural research on plate-type structures."
    --Applied Mechanical Rev., Vol. 54, No. 5