Bucklng of a Simply Supported Triangular Plate Having Inner Angles of 30, 60 and 90 Degrees

Abstract

In this report, the buckling problem of a simply supported triangular plate having inner angles of 30, 60 and 90 degrees under uniformly distributed compressive and shearing load is solved. In the case of uniform compression, the exact solution is obtained by combining the solutions for a simply supported rectangular plate. In the case of general loading condition, the solution is approximately obtained by the Galerkin's method. Numerical results obtained which give the buckling load are shown in graphical form and in a table.