Analysis and Design of Plated Structures Volume 1 reviews the wealth of research in this important area and its implications for design, safety, and maintenance.

Features:

• Discusses the behavior of plated structures such as bridges, power plants, and cranes when under stress
• Provides extensive coverage of the key research now available in this important area
• Includes chapters contributed by an international panel of authors

Contents

Lateral Buckling of Tapered Steel Members

• Nonlinear Finite Element Formulation
• Linear Finite Element Formulation
• Elastic Buckling Curves
• Design Strengths

Buckling of Plates with Variable Inplane Forces

• Buckling of Rectangular Plates
• Numerical Examples and Discussion

Finite Element Formulation for Plate Stability Analysis

• The Formulation
• Derivation of the Elastic and Geometric Stiffness Matrices for the Bilinear Plate Element

Mesh-Free Methods for Buckling Analysis of Stiffened and Corrugated Plates

• Mesh-Free Galerkin Method
• Estimation of Equivalent Properties
• Formulation for Stiffened and Corrugated Plates
• Validation Studies

Plastic Buckling of Plates

• Buckling of Rectangular Plates
• Axisymmetric Buckling of Circular Plates
• Buckling of Annular Plates
• Buckling of Polygonal Plates

Mechanical and Thermal Buckling of Ceramic-Metal Plates

• Theoretical Formulation

Thermal Buckling and Postbuckling of Laminated Plates

• Governing Equations
• Analytical Method and Asymptotic Solutions
• Thermal Postbuckling of Antisymmetric angle-ply Laminated Plates
• Thermal Postbuckling of Symmetric cross-ply Laminated Plates
• Thermal Postbuckling of a Symmetric cross-ply Laminated Plate with Piezoelectric Layers
• Thermal Postbuckling of Fgm Hybrid Laminated Plates

Local and Interaction Buckling in Composite Columns

• Forms of Composite Steel-Concrete Members
• Background to Buckling
• Local Buckling of Composite Steel-Concrete Members
• Interaction Buckling of Composite Steel-Concrete Members

Buckling and Postbuckling of Stiffened Composite Structures

• Experimental Observations
• Finite Element Modelling
• Modelling Failure

Analysing the Strength and Ductility of Plated Structures

• Component Plates
• Stub-Columns
• Cantilever Columns

Concrete-Filled Steel Box Columns

• Theoretical Analysis

Analysis of Corrugated Web Plates in Bridge Structures

• Elastic Buckling of Corrugated Plates
• Elasto-Plastic and Finite Displacement Analysis of Plates

Interaction of Curvature on the Stability and Design of Curved Plate Girders

• Stability During Construction
• Cross frame Interval Design
• Influence of Curvature on Lateral-Torsional Stability
• Effect of Curvature on Flange Plate Stability
• Effect of Curvature on Web Plate Stability and Distortion

Buckling Failure of Structures Consisting of Curved Plates

• Cylindrical Structures
• Experimental Behaviour
• Prototype Failures
• Buckling through Differential Settlement

Local Buckling and Postbuckling Analysis of Light Gauge Steel Members

• Local Buckling in Plates and Systems of Plates
• Finite Strip Type Analysis
• Comparison of Different Strip Formulations
• Compression Members
• Buckling in Beams

Index

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