POSTBUCKLING RESPONSE OF THIN CIRCULAR PLATES AND ENERGY RELEASE RAf E OF CIRCULAR DELAMINATION

In the present paper, the problem of the axisymmetric postbuckling response has been investigated for thin circular plates and delaminated circular films under the action of inplane compression. Especially, the problem of the asymmetric bifurcation buckling occuring at the stage of the axisymmetric postbuckling deformation has beed investigated for the first time.The regular solutions of the axisymmetric buckling and postbuckling equations are derived by the use of power series expansions, and the solutions...