Free vibration behavior of buckled composite plates are studied by using a high precision triangular plate element. This element is developed based on a simplified high order plate theory and von Ka´rma´n large deformation assumptions. The nonlinear governing equations of motion for the plates is linearized into two sets of equations by assuming small amplitude vibration of the laminates about its buckled static equilibrium profile. Results show that, in the postbuckling regime, the fundamental mode may be shifted from the first mode to the second due to squeezing effect of the in-plane force on the plate. For plate with certain boundary conditions, the natural frequency may have a sudden jump due to buckle pattern change of the plate in the postbuckling regime.

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Research Papers
Topics:
Finite element methods, Free vibrations, Plates (structures), Boundary-value problems, Composite materials, Deformation, Equations of motion, Equilibrium (Physics), Laminates, Plate theory, Vibration
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