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Finite strip buckling and postbuckling analysis

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Buckling and Postbuckling of Composite Plates

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The finite strip method (FSM) is an effective procedure for the numerical analysis of single rectangular plates and of complicated prismatic plate structures. Figure 4.1 shows examples of such plates and plate structures, each modelled by a number of finite strips which run the whole length of the structure. The finite strips are rigidly joined at longitudinal reference lines at which the requisite compatibility conditions should be satisfied. With regard to Figure 4.1 it should be noted, though, that finite strips may well have reference lines (i.e. lines with which degrees of freedom are associated) in their interior, in addition to at their exterior longitudinal edges, and that in some types of analysis the length of the strips which is considered for analysis purposes is less than the full length of the structure.

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Dawe, D.J. (1995). Finite strip buckling and postbuckling analysis. In: Turvey, G.J., Marshall, I.H. (eds) Buckling and Postbuckling of Composite Plates. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1228-4_4

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