Stability Analysis of Long Composite Plates with Restrained Edges Subjected to Shear and Linearly Varying Loads.

Explicit expressions are developed for the buckling analyses of rectangular (long) plates: for 'linearly varying axial load' the known results for hinged supports are corrected and new results are presented for built-in and constrained edges; for 'shear load' new results are presented for constrained edges; for 'uniform compression' new results are presented when the longitudinal edges are rotationally constrained by stiffeners. The results are based on the Rayleigh-Ritz method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]