Author(s)

ALBERTO NUNES RANGEL, LEANDRO PALERMO, LUIZ CARLOS WROBEL

Abstract

The application of the boundary element method to the buckling problem requires a domain integration and the use of the gradient boundary integral equation to perform the analysis. One of the most used techniques to convert the domain integral to equivalent boundary integrals is the dual reciprocity method (DRM). The present study employs the DRM in conjunction with a meshless solution using radial functions to obtain the gradient of the deflection instead of employing the gradient boundary integral equation. The plate bending model considered the effect of shear deformation and the results obtained are compared to those available in the literature.

Keywords

plates (engineering), boundary element method, buckling (mechanics)