Symmetrical Buckling of Right-Angled Isosceles Triangular Plates

Summary

The problem considered is that of the buckling of a right-angled isosceles triangular plate subjected to shear along the two perpendicular edges together with uniform compression in all directions. Four combinations of boundary conditions are considered, and the buckle is assumed to be symmetrical about the bisector of the right angle. In each case it is shown that, if the plate is subjected to shear only, the critical stress is changed considerably upon reversal of the shear. The larger value occurs when the shear is tending to decrease the right angle. Because of this fact, the interaction curve, giving critical combinations of compression and shear, is unsymmetrical and the critical compressive stress can be appreciably increased by the application of a suitable amount of shear.