Simplified Buckling Analysis of Plate with Compound Edge Stiffeners
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 119, Issue 1
Abstract
Turning the free edge of the unstiffened flange inward or outward to form a lip, can substantially improve the local buckling resistance of a member, thus leading to greater efficiency. This is one of the most common edge stiffeners, used in cold‐rolled, thin‐walled sections. In the present paper, the behavior of plate elements stiffened by a compound edge (i.e. double‐fold lip) is examined both theoretically and experimentally. An outline of a series of tests on compound‐edge‐stiffened plate elements of various geometries is given and some load‐end compressive displacement paths are compared with the theoretical predictions. Reasonably good agreement is obtained between the experimental and theoretical results. Comparisons of the theoretical predictions with work done by other researchers are also presented in this paper.
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Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 119 • Issue 1 • January 1993
Pages: 19 - 38
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Copyright © 1993 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Feb 13, 1992
Published online: Jan 1, 1993
Published in print: Jan 1993
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