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Plate Buckling - Elastic Critical Stress

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Elastic critical buckling stress of a plate panel under uniaxial compression per class formula - screens for instability of shell/deck panels.

Formula

$$ \sigma_{cr} = 0.9 \cdot k \cdot E \cdot (t/b)^2 $$

Symbol legend

SymbolMeaningUnitSource
$t$Plate thicknessmmscantling
$b$Short side of plate panelmmstiffener spacing
$k$Buckling coefficient-CSR Table

Sources

  • IACS CSR Ch. 8.