A Basic Study on the Buckling Strength of a Ship's Bottom Plating : The 1st Report

Abstract

As a basic study on the buckling strength of a ship's bottom plating, deformation behaviour and buckling strength of rectangular plate (aspect ratio α=2) with four clamped edges, and infinitely long plate (α=∞) with opposite edges simply supported or clamped, subjected to compression and hydrostatic pressure, are theoretically clarified in this paper. And the effect of edge conditions on the buckling strength of plates under such combined loads, is also discussed.