Research Article

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

Table 21

The uniaxial, biaxial, and pure shear buckling load factor for a square plate with a circular hole and different boundary conditions.

Buckling loadBoundaryEFG (FSDT)EFG (TSDT)Shear-MKHQ8-R

UniaxialCCCC7.9958.0978.07778.0543
SSSS1.9861.9691.95442.0580
BiaxialCCCC4.7814.8604.98784.8477
SSSS1.0321.0211.05111.0696
Pure shearCCCC12.66913.35713.525212.6976
SSSS7.8677.8738.15447.8971