The Lagrangian Multiplier Method of Finding Upper and Lower Limits to Critical Stresses of Clamped Plates (open access)

The Lagrangian Multiplier Method of Finding Upper and Lower Limits to Critical Stresses of Clamped Plates

"The theory of Lagrangian multipliers is applied to the problem of finding both upper and lower limits to the true compressive buckling stress of a clamped rectangular plate. The upper and lower limits thus bracket the true stress, which cannot be exactly found by the differential-equation approach. The procedure for obtaining the upper limit, which is believed to be new, presents certain advantages over the classical Rayleigh-Ritz method of finding upper limits" (p. 213).
Date: May 3, 1946
Creator: Budiansky, Bernard & Hu, Pai C.
System: The UNT Digital Library