Research Article

Orthotropic Models of Corrugated Sheets in Finite Element Analysis

Table 9

Critical buckling stresses calculated for the corrugated sheet section situated between structural beams as described in Section 6 and Figure 7, as well as the critical stresses for a half corrugation beam, and analytically calculated references.

CorrugatedOrthotropic Half corrugation Analytical
FEAFEA FEA beam ref.

1st buckling stress (MPa) 12881484 (2101*)13631463
Local buckling stress (MPa) 199021102140

*Uncorrected buckling stress, correction factor 𝑙 / 𝑐 .