AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES ANALYSIS OF
AIRCRAFT
– II STRUCTURES
(AER18R372)
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Syllabus
BUCKLING OF PLATES
Behavior of a rectangular plate under
Unit 4
compression, governing equation for plate BUCKLING OF PLATES
buckling, buckling analysis of sheets and
stiffened panel under compression, concept
of the effective sheet width, buckling due to Outcomes
shear and combined loading, crippling. On completion of this unit, Students can able to
estimate the buckling strength and load carrying
capacity of aircraft skin.
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Course Progress
Lesson 1. Plate Buckling
Lesson 2. Governing equations and Post Buckling
behavior of thin plate
Lesson 3. Effective width concept
Lesson 4. Buckling analysis of thin plate
Lesson 5. Tension field beams (Wagner’s beam)
Lesson 6. Wagner’s theorem - Experiment
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Lesson 3: Effective width concept
Topic 6: Effective Width concept – Plate failure load
Theoretical calculation of plate failure loads is difficult. Consequently we
introduce a simplified approach based on the concept of effective width.
Von Karman proposed that the nonlinear stress distribution across a
plate at failure (diagram-left and diagram-right in the next slide) be
replaced by a uniform stress distributed over two reduced strips adjacent to
the supported edges, with the central buckled region ignored.
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EFFECTIVE WIDTH
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EFFECTIVE WIDTH
He proposed that the
strips be considered
together as a rectangular
plate of width be, and that
failure occurs when the
critical buckling stress of
the equivalent plate reaches
. y
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EFFECTIVE WIDTH
We know that, The elastic buckling load is given by
For the equivalent width plate, at failure cr y , so
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EFFECTIVE WIDTH
be < b only when cr < y.
Considering the case of a rectangular steel plate simply supported on all edges:
K=4
Using the following equation, plot cr/y against b/t:
E=200,000MPa
y=300MPa
=0.3
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EFFECTIVE WIDTH
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EFFECTIVE WIDTH
It can be seen that when b / t 49
, yielding precedes buckling and no
reduction in b is needed.
When b/t > 49 we need to reduce
b such that be / t 49 (the
maximum value for which yield
stress can be reached without
buckling).
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YIELD LIMIT
The ratio b/t is known as the plate slenderness ratio, and the limiting value of 49
is known as the plate slenderness yield limit.
For the equivalent width plate, at failure cr y ,
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Buckling coefficients for axially
loaded plates with various support
conditions
Buckling load
Buckling Stress
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Buckling coefficients for plate
subject to in-plane shear loading
Buckling load
Buckling Stress
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BUCKLING OF A SIMPLY-SUPPORTED PLATE UNDER
COMPRESSIVE EDGE LOADING
Buckling mode of a long plate
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YIELD LIMIT – Plate supported on both edges
Substituting K = 4; E=200,000MPa; y=300MPa; =0.3
= 49.1
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YIELD LIMIT – Plate supported on one edge and free on
other
Substituting K = 0.5 (approximately – this is for an aspect ratio a/b=5 – Refer
the graph);
E=200,000MPa; y=300MPa; =0.3
= 17.4
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Topic 6: Effective Width
concept – Plate failure load
The ratio b/t is known as
the plate slenderness ratio,
and the limiting value of 49 is
known as the plate
slenderness yield limit.
For the equivalent width
plate, at failure cr y Third Lesson Summary
Effective Width concept
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References & External Resources
Click to edit Master text styles ◦ Fourth level
T. H. G. level
◦ Second Megson, Aircraft Structures for Engineering
◦ Fifth level Students (Aerospace
◦ Third level
Engineering) 6th Edition, Kindle Edition
Rivello, R.M., Theory and Analysis of Flight Structures, McGraw Hill, 1993.
Bruhn. E.H., ‘Analysis and Design of Flight Vehicles Structures’, Tri-state off-set
company, USA, 1985
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Problems on Tesnion field Experiment on Wagner’s
beams (Wagner beam) Theorem ( Thin plate
buckling)
Tension field beams (Wagner
beam)
Problems on Buckling of
Buckling analysis of thin plate
stiffened plate
Effective area of thin plate element
Effective width concept – plate failure
load
Post Buckling behavior of
thin plate
Governing equations
for laterally loaded
Introduction to Thin plate – Internal force
plate
plate and plate and moment curvature
buckling relationship
Buckling of a simply
supported plate under
compressive edge loading
Buckling Analysis of thin plate
Tension field beams (Wagner beam)
Governing equstions and post
buckling behavior of thin plate
Plate Buckling Tension Field Beams
Effective width conceptt
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