Abstract
This paper augments bubble functions to the ordinary spline finite strip method in order to calculate the elastic local buckling coefficients of plates and plate structures. The results show that the use of bubble functions improves significantly the convergence of the spline finite strip method in terms of the strip subdivision, and therefore leads to smaller storage requirements for the global stiffness and stability matrices, and faster eigenvalue extraction. Benchmark numerical investigations are presented, including the study of plates with different boundary conditions under uniaxial and biaxial stresses, plates with different aspect ratios under shear, and a stiffened panel under combined shear and compression that has been studied elsewhere. These studies demonstrate that by implementation of the bubble functions, rapid convergence of the solution is obtained. The formulation is ideal for analysing local buckling under a variety of boundary and loading conditions. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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