Research Article

A Refined Higher-Order Hybrid Stress Quadrilateral Element for Free Vibration and Buckling Analyses of Reissner-Mindlin Plates

Table 18

The factor of biaxial buckling loads () for rectangular plates () with various boundary conditions and various thickness-to-width ratios ().

BoundaryElement
0.0010.0050.050.1

SSSS2.37742.37702.33772.2277
2.06712.06672.03341.9432
2.02752.02721.99541.9108
2.0152.01471.9841.9023
2.00952.00911.97931.8992
Exact [45]2.00001.99971.97181.8919

SFSC1.18201.18181.16521.1205
1.14741.14721.12611.0767
1.14271.14241.11841.0679
1.14161.14131.11551.0649
1.14141.14101.11401.0636
Exact [45]1.14311.14121.11191.0641

SFSS1.09251.09231.07941.0439
1.06061.06051.04451.0060
1.05581.05561.03780.9986
1.05461.05431.03520.9962
1.05411.05381.03400.9952
Exact [45]1.05481.05351.03220.99541

SFSF0.96710.96700.95830.9334
0.94000.93990.93020.9053
0.93510.93490.92470.9002
0.93350.93330.92280.8986
0.93280.93260.92190.8979
Exact [45]0.932090.93160.920710.89774

Note. QH8-R (). Shear correction factor . Shear correction factor .