Handbook of Thin Plate Buckling and Postbuckling

"… The authors present a significant source of information, giving the results in comparison and often in generalized, ready-to-use form, which makes them useful not only for solving practical problems of design and engineering, but also for testing newly invented analytical and numerical algorithms. Finally, the explicitly place list of unsolved problems makes it handy for tutorial and research work in high school practice. On balance, this well-written book is a reader-friendly and goo-organized handbook in the field of buckling and postbuckling of thin plates. It can be highly recommended to experts in mechanics of thin-walled structures as well as to engineers."-Zentralblatt für Mathematik"…an impressive collection of important topics in these areas not found in a single text book published so far…a worthwhile addition to any engineering library here and elsewhere…a very valuable addition to the reference market."-M. Sathyamoorthy, Chair, Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, Clarkson Engineering"…fills a long-standing need as a source of data on plate buckling. It should be in the library of every organization dealing with structural design and structural research on plate-type structures."--Applied Mechanical Rev., Vol. 54, No. 5

• Preface. Introduction. Initial and Postbuckling Behavior of Thin Rectangular Plates. Initial and Postbuckling Behavior of Thin Circular Plates. Initial and Postbuckling Behavior of Thin Annular Plates. Postbuckling Behavior of Imperfect Plates and Secondary Plate Buckling. Generalized von Karman Equations for Elastic Plates Subject to Hygroexpansive or Thermal Stress Distributions. Thermal Bending, Buckling, and Postbuckling of Rectangular and Circular Plates. Other Aspects of Hygrothermal Buckling. References.