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863
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<TITLE>
loads and deformations of buckled rectangular plates .
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<AUTHOR>
stein,m.
</AUTHOR>
<BIBLIO>
nasa tr r40, 1959.
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<TEXT>
  the nonlinear large deflection equations of von karman for plates
are converted into a set of linear equations by expanding the displacements
into a power series in terms of an arbitrary parameter .  the
post-buckling behavior of simply supported rectangular plates subjected
to longitudinal compression and to a uniform temperature rise is
investigated in detail by solving the first few of the equations .
  experimental data are presented for the compression problem .  comparisons
are made for total shortening and local strains and deflections
which indicate good agreement between experimental and theoretical
results .
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