Effect of Through Stationary Edge and Center Cracks on Static Buckling Strength of Thin Plates under Uniform Axial Compression

Subject Areas : Engineering

A.V Raviprakash ¹ , B Prabu ² , N Alagumurthi ³ , M Naresh ⁴ , A Giriprasath ⁵

1 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pondicherry Engineering College
2 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pondicherry Engineering College
3 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pondicherry Engineering College
4 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pondicherry Engineering College
5 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pondicherry Engineering College

Received: 2009-07-10 Accepted : 2009-08-01 Published : 2009-06-01

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