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A Review of the Development and

Implementation of Contact Buckling
Theory in Composite Structures

Jianghui Dong
University of South Australia

Overview
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Introduction

Contact buckling analysis method

Future Research

Conclusion

Introduction
Clamped profiled skin sheets in
composite members

Composite slab

Composite column

Composite wall panel

Introduction

Introduction

General mechanical model of

unilateral contact buckling
phenomenon

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Contact buckling analysis method

Energy method:
Rayleigh-Ritz method (Smith et al.)
Galerkin method (Shahwan and Waas)
Timoshenko method(Timoshenko and Gere, Wright)
Finite strip method (Uy and Bradford)

Other analytical methods:

Penalty method (Oktake et al.)
Spectral method (Muradova and Stavroulakis)
One-dimensional analytical method (Ma et al.)

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Rayleigh-Ritz method (Smith et al.)
The elastic strain energy (U) and geometric
strain energy (T) can be expressed ad below

=pure shear, w is out-of-plate buckling

deflection, D is the flexural rigidity of the plate

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The strain energy S due to the
deformation of the spring is given
below.

The total potential

energy V of the system:

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Galerkin method (Shahwan and Waas)
The
Galerkin
method
has
a
similar
mathematical form of potential energy as the
Rayleigh-Ritz method.

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Timoshenko energy method (Timoshenko and
Gere, Wright)
The increment of elastic strain energy (U) and
geometric strain energy (V) can be expressed
as below.

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Finite strip method
The finite strip method is developed from the
finite element method and is also known as
the
semi-analytical
finite
strip
method.
Normally for the finite strip method, the
buckling displacements of plates can be
described by a simple polynomial function and
harmonic series function in the transverse
direction and the longitudinal direction,
respectively.

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Finite strip method (Uy and Bradford)
The out-of-plane buckling displacement w at any pointin
the plate can be described by the equation:

is a cubic polynomial representing the transverse

displacements of the plate.
[K] and [G] are he structure stiffness and stability
matrices, respectively. = buckling factor and =
eigenvector
The eigenvalue problem can be solved iteratively by
standard algorithms
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One-dimensional analytical method (Ma et al.)
Ma et al. proposed a series of simplified mathematical
models (one-dimensional mechanical model), in order to
find the solution to some practical problems in civil
engineering, e.g. local buckling phenomenon of skin
sheets in composite panels.
For

steel

plates,

(compression) :

the

governing

equation

is

, indicate partial
differentiatio ();
is the foundation reaction on the plate
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Buckling Skin Sheet of One Wave Length

Mechanics Model of Buckling Skin Sheet

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Analysis step:
1. Give the governing equations for buckling
2. Find appropriate displacement function:
w(x,y) = f(x)g(y)
3. Rewrite the governing equation (only about
x after y is eliminated)
4. Consider the boundary condition
5. Solve the equation to obtain the buckling
coefficient
6. Find out the critical load based on buckling
coefficient
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Finite element analysis method

buckling mode of a
CCCC plate L/b=4
(aspect ratios) on
tensionless rigid
foundations.
Compression
buckling mode of a
CCCC plate L/b=4
(aspect ratios) with
foundation stiffness
kr=10. Compression
Adopted from Ma et al. (2008)
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buckling mode of a CCCC plate L/b=4 with

foundation stiffness kr=0.1. Compression
Adopted from Ma et al. (2008)
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Finite element analysis method

buckling mode of a CCCC plate L/b=4 with

foundation stiffness kr=0.1. Compression
Adopted from Ma et al. (2008)
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Finite element analysis method

Unilateral buckling
mode for a simply
supported plate with
kr =10. Shear

Unilateral buckling
mode for a clamped
plate with kr =10.
Shear
Adopted from Ma et al. (2011)
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Unilateral buckling
mode for a simply
supported plate with
kr =10. Shear

Unilateral buckling
mode for a clamped
plate with kr =10.
Shear
Adopted from Ma et al. (2011)
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Ultimate strength of contact buckling sheet

According to the Australian/New Zealand Standard Coldformed steel structures (AS/NZS 4600:1996).
The compressive strength of a flat plate can be calculated
as = . , and are the design average
compressive strength, the yield stress of skin material
and effective width factor.
=

10.22
2

2
2

0.637

> 0.637

3
12 12

is the slenderness ratio.

. D, t, E and v are the flexural

rigidity ,thickness, elastic modulus, Poissons ratio of the

plate. =local buckling coefficient
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Future Research

New or improved analytical methods

Under dynamic loading, e.g. impact and cyclic
loadings
Postbuckling, especially secondary bucking
analysis
Thick plate resting on elastic/rigid foundation
Sandwich or laminated composite structures
Imperfect geometry like cutouts

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Conclusion

Contact buckling
behavior depends
on a number of
factors, e.g.
loading, boundary
conditions, aspect
ratio, foundation,
material properties
and geometry
(such as cutouts).

Analytical
methods are
still the most
effective tools
to investigate
the contact
buckling
problems in
composite
structures.

Finite element
analysis and
experiments
continue to
make
important
contributions
to investigate
and
understand
the buckling
phenomenon.

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