Abstract
Buckling and postbuckling behaviours of rectangular plates of composite construction are studied by means of the generalised von Karman equations counting for arbitrary lamination and material properties. In conjunction with four edges simply supported, higher order asymptotic solutions to the large deflection equations with incorporation of initial geometrical imperfection are constructed by the deflection type perturbation technique. Effects of initial imperfection, transverse shear deformation, shear-bending material interaction, and in-plane edge condition on buckling and post-buckling of the plates are examined through typical examples, and comparison of the present solution are made with other theoretical and numerical results. It is shown that the present predications are of fairly good accuracy.
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