Critical Buckling Load for

delaminated plate under

compressive loading

Geometry
L =200m, length of the plate
L =40m, length of delamination or crack length
T =15, height of the plate
t =1, vertical distance from top surface to crack
l=40

T= 15

t=1

L=200

Material Used
Graphite epoxy
E1= 215e9 N/m^2
E2= 6.5e9 N/m^2
G12=3.2e9 N/m^2

12= 0.26

Loads and Boundary Conditions

Applied Load : Compressive load at both ends
Boundary Conditions : Fixed at both ends (free along x direction since
load is applied in nodes along the edges). Displacement along x is
fixed at the center of the plate

Element type used in FEA

Shell Elements (4 nodes per element )

Plane strain condition is used for analysis

Results

calculations
= 4.0034e8 (from FEA)
Pcr= applied load *

4.0034e8*13