THE ELASTO-PLASTIC ANALYSIS OF IMPERFECT SQUARE PLATES UNDER IN-PLANE LOADING.

Keywords: IMPERIAL COLLEGE, ELASTOPLASTIC, SQUARE, IN PLANE, DEFLECTION, PLATES, MULTILAYER, EQUATIONS, PEAK, STRAIN, OUT OF PLANE, BIAXIAL, BASIC, PLASTIC, PANELS, INTERACTION, ANALYSIS, PLATES, FINITE DIFFERENCE, THIN, RIGIDITY, METHODS, DYNAMICS, CURVES, THEORY, AXIAL, HARDENING, IMPERFECTIONS, STRESS, ELASTIC, BOUNDARIES, ALGORITHMS, IMPERFECT, LOADS, FORMULATION, RECTANGULAR, CALCULATIONS, GOVERNING, INCREMENTAL, RELAXATION, RESPONSES, STEEL, SHEAR, MAGNITUDE, UNIAXIAL, RESIDUAL, BEHAVIOUR, COMPRESSION, CONDITIONS, SLENDERNESS