flat plate buckling
flat plate buckling
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Has anyone seen information on the buckling of a flat plate with uniform pressure load applied across it? Stress and deflection are easy but I was surprised to not find a buckling case in Roark (5th ed). My plate is essentially an acrylic window with 1 ATM across and while the stresses are really low I am concerned that excessive deflection could cause it to collapse.






RE: flat plate buckling
For large deformation at nearly failure condition the analysis may have to be nonlinear and inlastic.
Roark formulas are essentially for linear-elastc applications.
RE: flat plate buckling
RE: flat plate buckling
If you do not have FEA access, you might be able to do a combination bending/stress stiffening analysis using formulas in theory of plates books.
fsi
RE: flat plate buckling
However, if the plate is VERY large (.ie. heigh), it can buckle under its own weight. To take care of this, the edges should be fixed and fastened to the frame effectively so that its weight to taken by the frame, not the plate itself.
HTH
RE: flat plate buckling
If the phenomenon that concerns you is as suggested by Bbird (buckling due to compression at the border under transverse loading), then I think it shouldn't really be dangerous. As you mention a plastic flat plate, I must assume the thickness is quite large with respect to width or diameter (as 1 atm is a relatively high pressure for a flat plate). Also buckling would produce waves at the outer tip, and this should be quite well contrasted by the containing frame.
prex
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RE: flat plate buckling
Best, Tincan