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Dual Boundary Element Method for Instability Analysis of Cracked Plates

by J. Purbolaksono¹, M. H. Aliabadi²

1 Department of Engineering, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK.
2 Correspondence to: Ferri Aliabadi, Department of Aeronautics, Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington, SW7 2BY, UK. Email address: m.h.aliabadi@imperial.ac.uk
3 Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, South Kensington, London, SW7 2BY, UK.

Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences 2005, 8(1), 73-90. https://doi.org/10.3970/cmes.2005.008.073

Abstract

This paper presents the dual boundary integral equations for the buckling analysis of the shear deformable cracked plates. The domain integrals which appear in this formulation are transferred to boundary integrals using the dual reciprocity method. The plate buckling displacement and hypersingular traction integral equations are presented as a standard eigenvalue problem, which would allow direct evaluation of the critical load factor and buckling modes. Several examples with different geometries and boundary conditions are presented to demonstrate the accuracy of the proposed formulation.

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