S. Wang et Dj. Dawe, SPLINE FINITE STRIP ANALYSIS OF THE BUCKLING AND VIBRATION OF COMPOSITE PRISMATIC PLATE STRUCTURES, International journal of mechanical sciences, 39(10), 1997, pp. 1161-1180
A spline finite strip capability is described for predicting the buckl
ing stresses and natural frequencies of vibration of prismatic plate s
tructures which may be of composite laminated construction with arbitr
ary lay-ups. The plate structures may have general boundary conditions
. The capability embraces analyses based on the use of first-order she
ar deformation prate theory and of classical plate theory, and utilize
s substructuring procedures which include the use of superstrips. The
theoretical development is not detailed since the present paper report
s a very direct extension of a theoretical study developed for the ana
lysis of single plates in an earlier paper in this Journal [1]. A cons
iderable range of buckling and vibration applications is documented an
d comparison of spline finite strip numerical values of buckling stres
ses and frequencies is made with results. generated using the semi-ana
lytical finite strip method and, in some cases, the finite element met
hod. Buckled and vibrational mode shapes are presented for some applic
ations. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.