Buckling of polar orthotropic circular plates on elastic foundation by computerized symbolic algebra (Q581063)

Buckling of polar orthotropic circular plates resting on elastic foundation is studied in the context of the Rayleigh method. A variant of this method, suggested originally by Rayleigh and based on the use of noninteger power, is contrasted with the variant containing an undetermined multiplier. It is demonstrated that this undetermined multiplier variant is far superior to the original Rayleigh method. Results are obtained by computerized symbolic algebra.