Validation of the Rayleigh-Ritz method for the postbuckling analysis of rectangular plates with application to delamination growth

DOI10.1016/S0093-6413(03)00060-0zbMath1041.74044MaRDI QIDQ1433021

D. Massart

Publication date: 15 June 2004

Published in: Mechanics Research Communications (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Rayleigh-Ritz method; energy release rate; postbuckling deformation; rectangular delamination

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

74K20: Plates

74G65: Energy minimization in equilibrium problems in solid mechanics

74G60: Bifurcation and buckling

74R99: Fracture and damage