Elastoplastic Buckling Analysis of Plates Involving Free Edges by Deformation Theory of Plasticity

In present paper, a novel two variable shear deformation beam theories are developed and applied to investigate the combined effects of nonlocal stress and strain gradient on the bending and buckling behaviors of nanobeams by using the nonlocal strain gradient theory. The advantage of this theory relies on its two-unknown displacement field as the Euler-Bernoulli beam theory, and it is capable of accurately capturing shear deformation effects, instead of three as in the well-known first shear deformation theory and higher-order shear deformation theory. A shear correction factor is, therefore, not needed. Equations of motion are obtained via Hamilton’s principle. Analytical solutions for the bending and buckling analysis are given for simply supported beams. Efficacy of the proposed model is shown through illustrative examples for bending buckling of nanobeams. The numerical results obtained are compared with those of other higher-order shear deformation beam theory. The results obtained are found to be accurate. Verification studies show that the proposed theory is not only accurate and simple in solving the bending and buckling behaviour of nanobeams, but also comparable with the other shear deformation theories which contain more number of unknowns

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The Plastic Buckling of Axially Compressed Square Tubes

Journal of Applied Mechanics ◽

10.1115/1.2899517 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 59 (2) ◽

pp. 276-282 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

S. Li ◽

S. R. Reid

Keyword(s):

Deformation Theory ◽

Buckling Analysis ◽

Rectangular Plates ◽

Plastic Buckling ◽

Buckling Mode ◽

Important Conclusion ◽

Simply Supported ◽

Edge Conditions ◽

Crushing Behavior ◽

Incremental Theory Of Plasticity

A plastic buckling analysis for axially compressed square tubes is described in this paper. Deformation theory is used together with the realistic edge conditions for the panels of the tube introduced in our previous paper (Li and Reid, 1990), referred to hereafter as LR. The results obtained further our understanding of a number of problems related to the plastic buckling of axially compressed square tubes and simply supported rectangular plates, which have remained unsolved hitherto and seem rather puzzling. One of these is the discrepancy between experimental results and the results of plastic buckling analysis performed using the incremental theory of plasticity and the unexpected agreement between the results of calculations based on deformation theory for plates and experimental data obtained from tests conducted on tubes. The non-negligible difference between plates and tubes obtained in the present paper suggests that new experiments should be carried out to provide a more accurate assessment of the predictions of the two theories. Discussion of the results herein also advances our understanding of the compact crushing behavior of square tubes beyond that given in LR. An important conclusion reached is that strain hardening cannot be neglected for the plastic buckling analysis of square tubes even if the degree of hardening is small since doing so leads to an unrealistic buckling mode.

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