Stability Analysis of the Stiffened Plate with Rids under the Longitudinal Loads
The stiffened plate with rids was considered as a whole structure. Using energy method the stability of stiffened plates with rids under the longitudinal forces was analyzed. Calculating the potential energy of deformation of plate and that of rids and the work done by the neutral plane forces of plate when the plates were buckled, the formulas of critical loads of the stiffened plate with rids under longitudinal forces were derived from the minimum condition of total potential energy. Using the formulas in this paper engineers can easily calculate the critical loads of the stiffened plate with rids under the boundary conditions: the opposite sides are fixed and the other opposite sides are simply supported, four sides are simply supported. The formula of critical loads of the stiffened plate with rids under other boundary conditions can be derived using the method in this paper.