Similarity Criteria for the Buckling Process of Stiffened Plates

Title: Similarity criteria for the buckling process of stiffened plates subjected to compressive load

Authors: TianYuan, Yi Yang, Xiangshao Kong & Weiguo Wu

Journal: Thin-Walled Structures

DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2020.107183

Fig: Buckling mode of original model and scaled-down modes

Highlights:

• Similarity criteria for the buckling process of stiffened plates subjected to compressive load were theoretically derived.

• Numerical simulations proved that the derived similarity criteria could be widely used.

• Experiments were conducted to validate the criteria.