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This paper addresses the inelastic local buckling of the curved plates using finite strip method in which buckling modes and displacements of the curved plate are calculated using sinusoidal shape functions in the longitudinal direction and polynomial functions in the transverse direction. A virtual work formulation is employed to establish the stiffness and stability matrices of the curved plate whilst the governing equations are then solved using a matrix eigenvalue problem. The accuracy and efficiency of the proposed finite strip model is verified with finite element model using ABAQUS as well as the results reported elsewhere while a good agreement is achieved. In order to illustrate the proposed model, a comprehensive parametric study is performed on the steel and aluminium curved plates in which the effects of curvature, the length of the curved plate as well as circumferential boundary conditions on the critical buckling stress are investigated. The developed finite strip method is also used to determine the buckling loads of the curved plates with thickness-tapered sections as well as critical stresses of the aluminium cylindrical sectors that are subjected to uniform longitudinal stresses.
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Note.-Discussion open until February 1, 2013. This manuscript for this paper was submitted for review and possible publication on September 8, 2011; approved on September 6, 2012.
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Kasaeian, S., Azhari, M., Heidarpour, A. et al. Inelastic local buckling of curved plates with or without thickness-tapered sections using finite strip method. Int J Steel Struct 12, 427–442 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13296-012-3011-9
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