Abstract: An explicit elastic stability analysis for local buckling of fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) structural shapes is presented. Flange of pultruded FRP wide-flange sections is modeled as a discrete panel with elastic restraint ...

Abstract: An analytical study of local buckling of rectangular composite plates rotationally restrained elastically along unloaded edges and subjected to nonuniform in-plane axial action at simply supported loaded edges is presented. ...

Abstract: Postbuckling analysis is essential to predict the capacity of composite plates carrying considerable additional load before the ultimate load is reached, and manufacturing-induced geometric imperfections often reduce the ...