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Guedes Soares, C. and Kmiecik, M. (1993), “Simulation of the Ultimate Compressive Strength of Unstiffened Rectangular Plate”, Marine Structures, Vol. 6, pp. 553-569

This paper addresses the collapse strength of rectangular steel plates under uniaxial compressive stress. A set of typical patterns of initial distortions are simulated so as to represent a random sample of typical distortions in ship plating. The strength of the set of initially distorted plates is calculated using a non-linear finite element code. A Monte-carlo simulation of the steel properties is performed and incorporated in the description of the plates to be calculated. The variability of the resulting ultimate plate strength was observed to depend on plate slenderness, confirming previous result from an analytrically based approach.

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