Research Article

Estimation of Local Delamination Buckling in Orthotropic Composite Plates Using Kirchhoff Plate Finite Elements

Table 5

The local critical amplitudes in N mm−1.

Cases Modes
1st global 2nd global 3rd global

S-S Corresponding 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
local top 114.8 160.9 147 216.4 121.8 177.3

B-B Corresponding 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
local top 153.7 227.3 162.1